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The Global Retail Goods Market Expanded 5% in 2013 to an Estimated $379.6billion
Oct 21, 2014The Global retail goods market expanded 5% in 2013 to an estimated $379.6billion including sales taxes in Europe, according to research. Spending on athletic footwear and apparel outpaced the overall segment, growing 6% to 231.6 billion. ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, footwear, apparel
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Kimberly-Clark Q4 2013 Sales of $5.3 Billion Were Even with The Year-Ago Period
Jan 26, 2014Kimberly-Clark Corporation reported year-end 2013 results and provided its 2014 outlook and related key planning assumptions. Executive Summary Fourth quarter 2013 net sales of $5.3 billion were even with the year-ago period. ...
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U.S Tech Companies Lead All Other Industries in Patent Production
Feb 4, 2013U.S tech companies lead all other industries in patent production, and Silicon Valley has the highest patent-producing population, says a new study. Moreover, the rate of patenting by U.S. inventors "is at its highest point since the ...
Tags: Industrial Revolution, Computer Products, U.S.Inventiveness
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The Possible Fate of Big Bird Is Now Known
Dec 25, 2012After last night's presidential debate, the possible fate of Big Bird is now known. But the rival candidates gave no insight into the possible fate of exascale systems, the next generation of supercomputers. In the 90-minute debate ...
Tags: Big Bird, exascale systems, supercomputers
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Today We Rely on Studies for Similar,If Not Equally Dramatic Insights
Dec 24, 2012It was a ghost who revealed to Ebenezer Scrooge the"shadows of what may be,"but today we rely on studies for similar,if not equally dramatic insights.One such study,released last week,predicts that 2023 may be the year that America loses ...
Tags: R and D, track, government, investment, research spending
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Microsoft's $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Yammer Has Been Finalized
Dec 20, 2012Microsoft's $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer has been finalized, less than a month after the companies announced the cash deal. Yammer will become part of Microsoft's Office Division, which is led by its president, Kurt DelBene. Yammer ...
Tags: Microsoft, acquisition, Yammer, cash deal
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The U.S.Dept.of Energy Is Now Targeting 2020 to 2022 for an Exascale System
Dec 17, 2012The U.S.Dept.of Energy,which builds the world's largest supercomputers,is now targeting 2020 to 2022 for an exascale system,two to four years later than earlier expectations. The new timeframe assumes that Congress will fund the project ...
Tags: The U.S.Dept.of Energy, world's largest supercomputers, exascale system
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New Coating on Collector for Extreme Ultraviolet Source Increases Effective Lifetime
Jul 25, 2012Cymer reports improved EUV optics performance 25 Jul 2012 New coating on collector for extreme ultraviolet source increases effective lifetime by 50%. Bull run:Cymer hits long-term high Lithography light source provider Cymer has ...
Tags: Cymer, EUV optics, effective lifetime, lithography light source