Amazon Web Services (AWS) recent storm-related outage, which left Web sites including Netflix, Pinterest, and Instagram inaccessible, is just the latest in a string of costly cloud failures. Since 2007, a total of 568 hours of downtime at ...
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The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski detailed plans on Thursday to free up more wireless spectrum that carriers say they need to offer high-speed mobile services. The agency is on track to make 300MHz of new spectrum available for commercial ...
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The effort to connect former Sparrows Point workers with training for new careers gained more urgency last week as the final hopes of the steel mill reopening were dashed and as the deadline to apply for the help or forever lose it fast ...
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Wal-Mart Stores, Kroger, Alpha Baking and Grupo Bimbo are seeking to acquire the assets that are being divested by Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products. The auction has attracted about 24 bidders. While some bidders ...
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As more than 12,000 unionized workers and supporters protested at the Capitol in Lansing, the Republican-led state House of Representatives gave final approval to a pair of "right-to-work" bills covering public- and private-sector unions. ...
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Rolling On - The Rolling Stones have announced four concerts in London and New York at the end of the year. The band will play London's O2 Arena on 25 and 29 November and at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey on 13 and 15 December. ...
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When the Chinese energy giant Hanergy decided last week to buy Miasole,a Silicon Valley-based thin-film solar company,at less than a tenth the amount venture capitalists had invested in the firm,it could have been making a savvy move.Though ...
The Commerce Department issued its final ruling Wednesday in a long-simmering trade dispute with China,imposing tariffs ranging from about 24 to nearly 36 percent on most solar panels imported from the country. The penalties are somewhat ...
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Micron also provides certain financing support for Elpida capital expenditures US based semiconductor firm Micron Technology has signed an agreement to acquire bankrupt Japanese chip maker Elpida Memory for $2.5bn, to expand its position ...
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Elpida had filed for bankruptcy protection in February this year A US Court will review bankrupt Japanese chip maker Elpida Memory's planned patent deals. In July this year, US based semiconductor firm Micron Technology had agreed to ...
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Philips has announced that it has received a fine of 313 million euros from the European Commission following an investigation into alleged violation of competition rules in the cathode-ray tubes industry. In addition, the European ...
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Warren Buffett's floated firm Berkshire Hathaway, the US underwriter has made an offer to acquire Residential Capital’s RESC.UL mortgage unit. Berkshire Hathaway is vying with Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, owned by Fortress ...
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has acquired major part of the bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab Automobile, for an undisclosed sum, defeating a bid from China's Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile. NEVS is an international ...
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Hostess Brands, the bankrupt producer of bakery products, is in talks with several bidders over the sale of its brands. About 110 bidders have contacted the company over the purchase of a part of the business, while 70 bidders are ready ...
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