In putting together this year's special report on kitchen remodeling trends, Consumer Reports spoke to designers, architects, remodeling contractors, among other professionals. But we also checked in with our Facebook fans to learn what ...
China, the world's largest food consumer, continued to lead global consumption of Bordeaux wines in 2012, according to the latest industry data. During the year, it imported 64 million liters of Bordeaux, twice of the volume of Germany, ...
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HTC has canceled plans to develop a larger Windows RT tablet because demand for tablets based on the Microsoft operating system has been weak, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. HTC will still release an ARM-based 7-in. Windows RT tablet in ...
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With its classic rivalry with the Falcon heading for an end, the new Holden VF Commodore must continue to fight another battle: relevancy. With the majority of Australian car buyers either wanting to sit in something smaller or ...
Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 4.5 Comfort & Interior 4.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 5 Luxury for less is the Holden VF Calais and Calais V pitch and that's exactly how it translates. The Holden VF Calais ...
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Over the last few years light dimmers have made some very dramatic changes due to the incorporation of new light bulb types. Urban dimmer lighting myths have surfaced and have deterred many prior dimmer users to move into more advanced ...
Electricity supply is not same everywhere, worldwide. Sudden or frequent power disruption can actually harm our computer systems & other gadgets that are commonly found at home, educational institutes, shops, malls, public transport, ...
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This hybrid is fast! When BMW engineers set out to design a hybrid system for the iconic 3 Series sports sedan, they wanted to break the green-car mold. And break it they did. The ActiveHybrid3 packs a ton of technology into one small ...
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The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says it has been warning the Federal Government for two years that the large reductions to incentives to employ apprentices was going to result in a dramatic drop-off in the number of ...
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Textile Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating sustainable practices in the textile industry, released the 2011-12 Farm & Fiber Report. The overall findings demonstrate that organic cotton production dropped 8% from ...
The sharemarket completed its biggest weekly drop in a year as a cocktail of global and domestic concerns drove the nation's benchmark index down all but once in the past five days. The S&P/ASX 200 index slumped 3.8 per cent this week as ...
No matter what room you want to tile these days, the process of narrowing down your choices is daunting. Tiles come in different sizes, textures and materials including marble, natural stone, glass, mosaic, metal and clay. There are also ...
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Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), an England-based company that represents over 33,500 convenience stores, has asked government, local authorities, non-government organizations and industry to focus on partnership for future alcohol ...
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It appears Canada's anti-money laundering regulator will leave Bitcoin exchanges in the country alone for now. LibertyBit, which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to ...
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Customer satisfaction with Microsoft's software, primarily Windows, dropped slightly in the last year, likely part of the fallout over Windows 8, a national survey released today said. Microsoft scored 74 points, down a point from the ...