The Los Angeles, California-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. has proposed setting up of a new ethylene plant in Texas. In its application to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occidental said the construction for the plant ...
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The pace of development in the Google ecosystem means that Apple is fast losing it's first-mover advantage in mobile, with sales of Android apps in the Google Play store booming in the fourth quarter of 2012, while the growth in sales of ...
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Computerworld - Booming sales of tablets, smartphones and solid-state drives (SSDs) are taking a toll on hard-disk drive (HDD) sales, revenue from which is expected to drop by about 12% this year. According to a market report from ...
The online retailer has revealed a steep decline in profits for the end of 2012, whilst reporting a increase in revenues across the three-month period. Amazon announced its net income for the final three months of 2012 as $97m ...
Russia’s TMK, the biggest steel pipe supplier for the energy sector, reported cautious optimism on Tuesday as recovery of domestic demand in core pipe products. TMK shows a loss of pipeline project sales but welded oil country ...
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For occasional and accent suppliers, this week's Las Vegas Market should be a good indicator of business to come in 2013. Coming out of an election year and a partial resolution to the "fiscal cliff," many suppliers are hoping that the ...
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A cheaper iPhone ? A deal with China Mobile ? Despite having neither of the two, Apple reported strong earnings in the Chinese market in its fiscal first quarter, with revenue buoyed by triple digit growth in iPhone sales. The company's ...
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Cycling apparel company Craft plans to offer consumers a 30-day guarantee on base layers and jerseys, a bold step for Huub Valkenburg, the company’s CEO. But he’s confident that once cyclists wear Craft’s cycling apparel, ...
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Internet retail colossus Amazon.com has announced the purchase of a text-to-speech technology company in a move evidently aimed at ramping up the capabilities of its Kindle Fire tablet computers. Amazon did not disclose financial terms of ...
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LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN) — Fixed-gear bike company Pure Fix Cycles has hired industry veteran Terry Duran as global sales manager. Duran was previously national sales manager for Scott Sports' U.S. bike division. The company said ...
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Taiwan-based LED driver IC suppliers Richtek Technology, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see shipments boom in 2013 on anticipated growth in LED demand for backlight and lighting applications, according to industry ...
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The province of Basra has awarded Dewan Architects and Engineers the contract to design the sprawling Al Nakheel City, for which the foundation stone was recently laid. As a modern urban development, the Al-Nakheel City is expected to ...
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IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence, said staffing professionals. But cloud computing jobs for on-site infrastructure support and software management are likely to be ...
The Australian sharemarket closed higher, following an afternoon run on the back of economic data from China showing exports rose by 14.1 per cent. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 14.9 points, or 0.32 per cent higher at ...
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Despite the lingering market pessimism which may last through 2013 and bring even greater challenges to LED lighting companies, the anticipation of a growing market share for LED lighting gives reason for optimism. Bridgelux The market ...
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