A year after the withdrawal of US troops,the terrorist attacks in Iraq continue,and the tensions between central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government continue to rise. In the year ahead,we can expect to see further ...
About 1 in 3 “mission-critical” applications are currently in the cloud, and this is expected to increase to 1 in 2 by 2015, according to a survey of 400 IT and business managers published today. The IT and business managers, ...
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Gartner expects total semiconductor revenue to reach $342bn in 2014 Worldwide semiconductor revenue will hit $311bn in 2013, an increase of 4.5% from 2012, according to analyst house Gartner. The report also revised the fourth quarter ...
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The Iranian government appears to have blocked access to Google’s search engine and Gmail webmail service from inside Iran, according to Internet users there. A security researcher going by the Twitter handle of @0xal reported that ...
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Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas R. Nides visited Iraq from December 10-11, 2012, and met with President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, and Minister ...
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released a new quarterly update to its 2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlooktoday. The report, which is focused on the $628 billion equipment leasing and finance ...
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Arab News cited Mr Abdullah Al Badri secretary general of OPEC as saying that ahead of the oil exporting group's meeting in Vienna next week. The market is comfortable as I see it at this time. OPEC is expected to stick with an output ...
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OPEC gathers in Vienna this week for a ministerial meeting to decide on the cartel's oil production ceiling as a predicted drop in demand risks weighing on high crude prices despite Middle East unrest. The Organization of Petroleum ...
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Gulf Oil Review said that as OPEC members meet in Vienna next week they have good reason to feel satisfied. For the first time in history, the average price of the group's basket of oil has been above USD 100 a barrel for 8 consecutive ...
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UK milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies has insisted it will look to bring more transparency to how it determines the price it pays farmers after a tense summer in the sector. The company has launched plans to work with representatives ...
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In ancient China, elaborate rituals and customs surrounded a marriage. In the pragmatism-oriented modern world, many of these customs are no longer performed (at least, not to the full extent as before). However, the marriage feast still ...
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BR reported that crude oil and gold prices scored one month highs this week boosted by Middle East tensions the faltering dollar and upbeat economic data but other commodities diverged amid holiday curtailed US trade. Dealers said that ...
The Chinese are a very family-oriented people. Weddings of a relative are cause for celebration while funerals are a time for deep mourning. Both weddings and funerals have distinct characteristics. Traditional Weddings ...
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Sept machinery orders -4.3 pct vs forecast -1.8 pct Govt maintains view on machinery orders Current account surplus -68.7 pct vs forecast -51.9 pct Analysts say economy has been weakening since spring Service sector sentiment index hits ...
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It was looking like it would be this time next year before mobile operators other than EE – formerly Everything Everywhere – were able to offer 4G. The merger between T-Mobile and Orange was the only brand to receive a ...
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