Head ten minutes south of LAX on the 405, exit at El Segundo and you'll blunder upon a 200,000-square-foot concrete bunker lurking among the strip malls in this seedy bit of Los Angeles County. The low-slung structure, surrounded by a black ...
Have you ever wondered how lighting effects one’s behavior? Can those bright fluorescent tubes in your kitchen, in stores and even at work effect the way that you feel? The study of the psychological and physiological effects of ...
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Property and casualty insurer ACE has reported net income of $953m during the first quarter of 2013, with a decrease of 2% compared to $973m during the corresponding period earlier year. For the latest quarter period ended on 31 March ...
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SHARES climbed yesterday following a rally in Japanese stocks and as some analysts saw potential for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates next month. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.7 per cent at a two-day high of 4966.6. The ...
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Philips operational results improve by 31% to EUR 421 million; net income at EUR 162 million. Frans van Houten, CEO: “We made solid progress again in the first quarter as all sectors contributed to the 31% improvement of our ...
Opel Astra OPC versus Renault Megane RS is the ultimate example of challenger attacking, champion defending. But the French know, arrogantly but correctly, that the Megane RS has long been the benchmark sub-$50,000 hot hatch – when ...
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Retailers were awash in data Thursday as the second annual IBD Summit wound down with sessions on key performance metrics used by the National Bicycle Dealers Association’s Profitability Project and why the oft-neglected triathlon ...
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Intel's outgoing CEO took a few parting shots at Microsoft's Windows 8 Tuesday as he explained a slump in both revenue and profits for the first quarter. Paul Otellini, who will retire from Intel next month, joined a chorus of others, ...
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, reported first quarter 2013 adjusted earnings per share of $1.14 versus $0.79 in the prior year quarter. First quarter 2013 financial highlights: -GAAP operating ...
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The Etam Group generated sales of €1,216.9 million in 2012, including a positive currency impact of €40.3 million relating mainly to the appreciation of the yuan against the euro. This represents an increase of 2.8% versus 31 ...
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A 2013 Nissan GT-R has defeated a 22,000hp (16,405kW) jet fighter in a drag race?organised by German-based N-Magazine. Filmed at an airstrip in Switzerland, the Nissan?GT-R,?powered by its 404kW/628Nm?3.8-litre twin-turbo V6, comfortably ...
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Arbitrage shipments of styrene monomer from the US and Europe are set to arrive in China in late May and June, likely widening the backwardation between the two months in the Asian SM market, trade sources said Thursday. Around ...
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Members of the Salvadoran synthetic textile and apparel cluster are preparing to participate in the annual American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN) forum in which the theme will be "Apparel Made in the Americas". This forum seeks to ...
Consumers have a low level of satisfaction with run-flat tires versus more traditional tires, according to the research firm J.D. Power and Associates. These findings did not surprise us, though they serve as an important reminder for car ...
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Intel, the world's largest chip manufacturer, has not adjusted its sales forecasts for 2013, despite a drop in first quarter revenue and a slump in PC sales. Revenue for Q1 2013 was $12.6bn (£8.2bn), down from $12.9bn (£8.4bn) ...
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