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Moody's downgrades Nokia's rating, keeps negative outlook

The international ratings agency Moody's downgraded on Monday its ratings for the Finnish telephone maker Nokia owing to poor prospects for future sales.

Technology / Business

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Twitter fights spammers with lawsuit

Twitter on Thursday turned to a US federal court in its latest effort to stop spammers targeting the worldwide one-to-many text messaging service.

Technology / Internet

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Apple offers to refund Australian iPad customers

Apple Wednesday offered to refund Australian customers who felt misled by advertising about the 4G capability of its new iPad, which can only access the ultra-fast wireless network in North America.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Egyptians want democracy, but not U.S. efforts to promote it: researcher

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Egyptian trial of employees of four American groups that were promoting democracy was abruptly postponed earlier this week. But the crisis in U.S.-Egyptian relations continues, for reasons, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Twitter expands ad program to mobile users

Twitter said Tuesday it was expanding its advertising program to mobile users, the latest bid by the short-messaging service to boost its money-making efforts.

Technology / Internet

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Should patent and commercialization activities by faculty count toward tenure and promotion?

Increasingly, institutions of higher learning are including faculty member patents and commercialization activities in their calculus for offering tenure and promotion. However, a report published in Volume 13 Number 3 of ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Perception, work-life balance key factors in workplace safety: study

Six thousand workers die on the job in the U.S. each year, and millions more are injured. According to a recent University of Georgia study, a worker's perception of safety in the workplace and the work-life balance established ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

NanoCAGE reveals transcriptional landscape of the mouse main olfactory epithelium

The problem in biology of how to identify the promoters of olfactory receptor genes (>1000 genes) has remained unsolved due to the difficulty of purifying sufficient material from the olfactory epithelium. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marketing trends in 2012: Viral promotion, product placement, crowdsourcing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Traditional product advertising -- full-page magazine ads and 30-second television commercials -- may be going the way of the rotary phone. Emerging concepts such as crowdsourcing, viral Internet campaigns, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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US online holiday shopping climbs 15 pct to $30.9B

U.S. shoppers spent 15 percent more in online holiday buying compared to last year, after what may have been the busiest week of the season, said research firm comScore on Sunday.

Technology / Business

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US online spending rises 15% nearing year's end

US online shopping rose 15 percent from November 1 to December 9 compared to the same period last year, according to industry tracker comScore.

Technology / Business

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The best way to market fine wine: Teach and learn or wine and dine?

According to new research, wine promoters may want to spend more money on brochures and flyers and less money on wine tastings as they market to novice wine drinkers. A recent study published in Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (a SAG ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Daily deal companies are here to stay, according to consumers

Despite recent news reports questioning the long-term viability of daily deal companies, a new study from researchers at Rice University and Cornell University shows that the companies are more popular than ever among consumers.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Twitter to serve up ads with 'Promoted Tweets'

Twitter said Thursday that it will begin placing advertisements known as "Promoted Tweets" in the timelines of users who follow a particular brand or company.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Daily deal promotions beneficial for certain kinds of startups: study

In the first-of-its-kind analysis of Groupon's impact on a startup company, a new Rice University study found that the daily deal promotion was beneficial even though it had no material impact on the company's profits when ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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