Verizon on Wednesday became the first major US telecom carrier to release a "transparency report," and said it received 320,000 data queries last year in the United States alone. Verizon also said it received between 1,000 and 2,000 ...
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The first Subaru hybrid will hit Australian roads within 12 months – though it will be years before customers can get behind the wheel. Subaru Australia managing director Nick Senior confirmed the local division planned to bring a ...
The US police car market has opened up following the retirement of the long-serving Ford Crown Victoria, and SUVs are muscling in. Until production ended in 2011, the Ford Crown Victoria – a V8-powered, rear-wheel drive, ...
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THE Australian dollar is lower, driven down by strong US data, a weak local inflation measure and a bleak federal government budget forecast. At 5pm AEST the local unit was trading at 89.07 US cents, down from 89.58 cents yesterday. The ...
THE Australian dollar sank below US90 cents overnight for the first time since September 2010, as good US economic data and a Federal Reserve announcement provided mixed messages for currency investors. At 7am AEST on Thursday, the local ...
The differential for California-grade blendstock dropped 15.5 cents/gal on Wednesday after US data showed an 818,000-barrel gasoline build on the West Coast. The move left the differential at a discount to NYMEX RBOB for the first time in ...
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The Australian dollar has opened firmer despite some positive US manufacturing activity data. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 92.36 US cents, up from 91.99 cents at yesterday’s local close. The currency regained ...
The Australian dollar fell after another batch of good US economic data cemented hopes of a winding down of economic stimulus measures by the US central bank. At 7am AEST the local unit was trading at 96.16 US cents, down from 96.55 cents ...
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The sharemarket pared an early rise as profit-taking emerged before the release of US non-farm payrolls data due overnight. Strong earnings results from Westpac and Macquarie Group, together with a jump in resources stocks, initially ...
NYMEX May crude settled 16 cents lower at $97.07/b on Monday, as the complex came under pressure from a combination of weaker-than-expected US manufacturing data and the closure of ExxonMobil's 96,000 b/d Pegasus crude pipeline on Friday. ...
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US fuel oil exports to the Netherlands, Europe's primary demand hub, were the second-highest on record for 2012 but slowed in the latter part of the year, according to US data, signaling a shifting dynamic as domestic demand for the ...
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Finsphere says flash storage reduced cost per IOP by nine times Flash storage array vendor Violin Memory announced a new customer in the shape of Finsphere, a provider of identity authentication services to global financial institutions. ...
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The Australian dollar slumped to its lowest level in more than four months overnight after improved US economic figures and comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's boosted the greenback. At 7am AEDT the currency was down ...
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The Australian dollar has pushed back above $US1.05, despite the release of weaker-than-expected retail spending figures. At 5pm AEDT, the dollar was trading at $US105.08, up US0.26c. Easy Forex currency dealer Francisco Solar said the ...
THE bad news out of Washington as talks to resolve the US fiscal cliff broke down pushed the dollar lower as investors ran to the safe haven of the greenback. At 5pm AEDT,the dollar was trading at$US1.0453,down US0.38c. Risk appetite ...
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