News tagged with global market
Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream
Fierce competition over raw materials for new green technologies could become a thing of the past, thanks to a discovery by scientists from the University of Leeds.
Dec 15, 2009 |
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EU unveils trillion-euro single energy market
The European Union's energy chief Wednesday unveiled an ambitious 10-year trillion-euro energy investment plan for a single EU energy network to cut fossil fuel imports and fight climate change.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Statistical analysis could predict bankrupt stocks
(Phys.org) -- During the 20-year period from 1989 to 2008, 21% of of all stocks listed in US stock markets became bankrupt. Since bankruptcies affect many investors and have played a large role in the recent ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 03, 2012 |
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Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)
An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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No more tasty surprises: Calculating the probability of extreme events
It had to happen: the property bubble burst and the global financial market experienced its biggest crisis in the last hundred years. In retrospect, many suspected it was coming, but nobody could have known for sure. The ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display
(AP) -- A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Computer chip sales up sharply in May over a year ago
Worldwide semiconductor sales rose 47.6 percent in May over a year ago and were 4.5 percent higher than the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Tuesday.
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Android grabs more tablet market share: survey
Tablet computers powered by Google's Android software are increasing their global market share but Apple's iPad still dominates the category, a research firm said Thursday.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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China solar industry rejects US anti-dumping probe
Chinese solar panel makers on Tuesday rejected an anti-dumping complaint filed in the US by competitor SolarWorld, saying it risked "seriously hindering the development of green energy."
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Nokia share price plummets as it lowers outlook
The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia on Tuesday downgraded its second quarter outlook, saying sales would be far lower than expected and that it could no longer give a full-year forecast.
May 31, 2011 |
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Mobile phone sales up six pct in 2008, 4th qtr weak
Mobile phone sales grew by six percent in 2008 over the previous year but fell nearly five percent in the fourth quarter as the global economy weakened, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Africa world's fastest growing mobile phone market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phone subscriptions in Africa have defied the world economic crisis by growing faster than in any other region of the world since 2003, according to a United Nations report published ...
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Rush to develop stock markets has huge downside
France had the first one back in the 12th century. In 1980, less than 60 existed worldwide. But since then, the number had doubled.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Family businesses: 'Success and Familiness Go Hand in Hand' according to new research
Against the backdrop of the toughest economic times in living memory, family businesses seem to be not only surviving, but thriving, according to research conducted by law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards and the University of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Samsung on top as mobile phone sales dip: survey (Update)
Mobile phone sales worldwide suffered a rare dip in the first three months of this year on softened demand in Asian markets, industry tracker Gartner reported Wednesday.
May 16, 2012 |
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