Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
Tags: Housing, Economy, Construction&Decoration, mortgage interest
Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011. Ryan Cleary , 21, Jake Davis, 20, ...
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Google has denied accusations from MPs that it minimises the amount of tax paid in Britain, claiming that all sales staff operate out of Dublin rather than being based in the UK. Google's sales in the UK are worth £3.2bn, but the ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
Amazon is the latest tech firm to have question marks hanging over the extent of its business activities that are carried out in the UK. The e-commerce firm, which also owns TV and film streaming service LoveFilm and cloud platform Amazon ...
Google’s Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event in San Francisco. Google also announced several APIs that will let developers add more capabilities to their Android apps, including in ...
According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in January-March this year Ukraine did not export any steel scrap, while in the same period of last year the country had exported 123,900 mt of scrap. Meanwhile, in January-March of ...
Tags: Export Activity, Mineral
A Japanese government institute has warned that satellite transmissions, GPS readings, and power lines could be affected over the next two weeks if a recent spate of solar flares continues. Four large solar flares have been detected over ...
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The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, the peak industry group which represents the major producers offshore Norway, said Thursday a proposed tax being considered by the government could led to a decline in production and urged it to ...
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Houston-based Furie Operating Alaska reached its planned depth of 10,400 feet and is making plans to do a natural gas production test in a closely watched Cook Inlet exploration well, state officials said Thursday. Kyle Smith, petroleum ...
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IDG News Service - Bitcoin is growing up. The virtual currency that caught the public's attention last month when its value zoomed briefly past $200 kicked off its first Silicon Valley conference Friday evening and shows no sign of losing ...
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IDG News Service - Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week. Google brands I/O as a conference for developers, and ...
Tags: Google I/O, Developer Services
Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco. Google also announced several APIs that will let developers add more capabilities to their Android apps, including in ...
Tags: Google, Android, Computer Products
Salesforce.com wants to simplify the way mobile users find, access and share files from its Chatter enterprise social networking (ESN) application. A new version of the Chatter mobile application for iOS and Android tablets and ...
Tags: File View, Mobile APP, Computer Products
Tubos Reunidos, a leading Spanish seamless tube and pipe producer, has announced its financial results for the first three months of the current year, announcing an 86 percent year-on-year fall in its consolidated net profit to €1.16 ...
Tags: seamless tube, pipe producer
BinWeevils.com is building on its consumer marketing activity, taking a stand at this week's Mums Show Live at Alexandra Palace. BinWeevils will take a stand in the 'lifestyle' area of the new show - which runs from May 16th to 19th. It ...
Tags: BinWeevils, Toys