News tagged with speculators
Research group suggests Madagascar's unique animals arrived on rafts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the island of Madagascar was first visited by people, some two thousand years ago, there has been speculation about the unique plants and animals that live on the world’s ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Apple event begins where new iPad expected
(AP) -- Apple has begun an event in San Francisco where it's expected to reveal a new iPad model. There's been speculation of an updated tablet with a speedier processor, a sharper screen and an option for ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Apple expected to reveal new iPad
Apple is expected to reveal a new version of its coveted iPad on Wednesday in its first major media event since the death of legendary founder and beloved pitchman Steve Jobs.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Experts: Linking farmers to markets critical for Africa's rural development
As a food crisis unfolds in West Africa's Sahel region, some of the world's leading experts in agriculture markets say the time is ripe to confront the "substantial inefficiencies" in trade policy, transportation, information ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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A research challenges the theories on the global increase in jellyfish population
An international research, involving the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), provides a new perspective on the jellyfish proliferation in world's oceans. This phenomenon has noticeably impacted ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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China's Alibaba posts 16.6% rise in 2011 net profit
Chinese Internet company Alibaba on Tuesday posted a net profit of 1.71 billion yuan ($271.48 million) in 2011, up 16.6 percent over the previous year, but with weakness in the fourth quarter.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Google to make home entertainment system: report
Google will mirror Apple's winning hardware-software formula with an Android-powered entertainment system that wirelessly streams content through homes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Report: Facebook IPO filing could come next week (Update)
When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Facebook stock offer rumors renewed
The Internet on Monday buzzed anew with talk that Facebook is poised to go public after the Wall Street Journal reported the social networking giant could issue stock as early as April.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Yahoo shares soar on new Microsoft takeover hopes
Yahoo Inc.'s stock price soared more than 10 percent late Wednesday on hopes that its once-spurned suitor, Microsoft, will return with another takeover bid now that the struggling Internet company is mulling ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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A buyer's guide to the new iPhone 4S
(AP) -- Apple is trotting out a new iPhone on Oct. 14, but it's not the iPhone 5 some were expecting. Instead, it's a more modest upgrade, the iPhone 4S. Here are some facts to help you decide if it's time ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Interview: Samsung to step up Apple patent war
(AP) -- A top Samsung executive says the company will take a bolder stance in its patent battle with smartphone and tablet rival Apple, which Samsung claims has been "free riding" on its patented wireless ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Microsoft lower on Nokia report
Microsoft shares were down nearly two percent on Wall Street on Wednesday amid an unconfirmed report that the US software giant had agreed to purchase Nokia's mobile business for $19 billion.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Another Higgs rumor reminds us how science is correctly done
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the Large Hadron Collidor (LHC) running smoothly for well over a year now, the excitement surrounding the possibility for the discovery of new physics has generated a few rumors - speculations ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Virology Journal retracts paper on Jesus curing possible case of influenza
The Virology Journal published a paper on July 21 speculating that a woman said in the Bible to have been cured by Jesus had influenza. Now, the journal has retracted the paper and apologized for publishing it online.
Aug 16, 2010 |
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