A Calmer Month For Uranium
By Andrew NelsonMarch was a mild and somewhat positive month for uranium, with producers hoping TS Elliot is wrong in his claim that April is the cruellest month.
Cheap Battery Causes Nexus S Phone’s Explosion
Mashable reported another case of an exploding smartphone involving the Nexus S model. However, it was not a manufacturing defect, but the fault of the owner who opted to use as a spare unit a cheap battery.
6-Fold Rise in Qantas’s Europe Bookings After Emirates’s Alliance; Fares Down by Average of $100
Qantas reported on Monday a six-fold rise in its Europe booking following its recent alliance with Middle Eastern carrier Emirates. The Australian flag carrier explained the higher bookings to shorter flight times between Europe and the Asia-Pacific.
Central Banks: The Ultimate Tool of the Rich and Powerful
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London Puts an Eye on Business
Back in the nineteenth century, Benjamin Disraeli, once the UK Prime Minister, said: "London is a modern Babylon." Time passed, yet the Prime Minister's allegation is still up to date. Once you visit London, you will not only feel that it is full of tourists from all around the globe as it is full of historic and cultural heritage but you will inhale the air sated with the international business and unlimited possibilities.
BP & Partners are to Invest $500m in North Sea’s Clair Field
On the 28th of March, it was made public that an oil consortium led by BP Plc would plow as much as $500 million in an appraisal drilling project in the Clair field near Shetlands Islands. The investment is expected to bring many benefits to North Sea oil sector.
Japan Witnesses Contraction in Factory Output in February
Official data showed that Japan witnessed a surprising contraction in factory output in February. The released figures highlighted a huge task ahead of the new government of the world's third economy. The government will have to work by the sweat of its own brow to get out of economic stagnation and deflation.
The Monday Report (On Tuesday)
By Greg PeelThe peasants, it seems, are not revolting. As a result, the bells rang out on Wall Street.
Australian Stocks: What Happened Today?
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Samsung Forays from Smartphones to Mine Construction; To Ink $5.6B Contract for Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill Project
South Korean tech giant Samsung is going beyond its popular smartphones and tablets. It is foraying into mining. Samsung won a $5.6 billion contract over the Easter weekend to develop Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore mining project in Western Australia.
Most Popular Video Sharing Site Closing: Is This YouTube’s April Fools’ Day Joke for 2013?
Tech Crunch just released an article on Sunday night that claims YouTube, the most popular video sharing site in the world, will close on Monday, April 1. The Web site explained that YouTube started as a competition and the portal is now deciding the winner of that alleged contest as part of the closing down.
Tumblr Tumbles Down During 3-Hr Good Friday Blackout After Hitting 100 Million Hosted Blogs
Popular blogsite, Tumblr, closed for three hours on Good Friday, March 29, due to networking problems. Tumblr reached a landmark when it reached 100 million blogs hosted and 44.6 billion posts on March 26, 2013, from only 50 million blogs hosted in April 2012.
3 Facebook Surprises: A Phone, Second Campus and a $1.1 Billion Tax Bill for Zuckerberg
Step aside, Samsung Galaxy S4, BlackBerry Z10 and iPhone 5S rumours. Facebook is creating noise once more, but not because of another change to its user interface but due to three surprises for the 1 billion members of the world's most popular social networking site.
BlackBerry’s $94M Revenue is Not Because of BBZ10 Sales But Cost-Cutting Measures
Techies as well as analysts appear not too impressed with BlackBerry's quarterly report on Thursday, March 28, which disclosed the shipment of 1 million units of the BBZ10 and revenues of $94 million.
Australian Stock Market Report – Afternoon 3-28-13
Local stocks fell back into the red today, as concerns about Cyprus once again affected global sentiment. Banks in Cyprus will re-open tonight for the first time since the controversial bank bailout was floated, with investors concerned there could be a run on bank deposits.
Papal Visits 2013: Pope Francis Tours Brazil in July; Argentina, Chile, Uruguay in December – Argentine Press
Less than a month, he was installed as the head of world's Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis is set to visit Brazil in July. He is also to visit his native Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in December, according to reports by the Argentinean press.
4.7-Inch Amazon Kindle Phablet at $US100 Reportedly in the Works?
And the phablet explosion continues with Amazon likely to be the latest entrant. The online retail giant will soon release its phablet version that new reports said will begin selling by June 2013 at starting price of $US100.
New iPhone 6 Concept Fuses Looks of iPhone and Sony’s Xperia Z
Nothing yet is confirmed about the iPhone 6, not even its existence, but phone designers cannot help to express how they envision the rumoured Apple phablet, which a new render suggests looks like Sony’s Xperia Z.
New Touch Panel Display for iPad 5 Tips Twin-Tablet Debut for September 2013
Apple is reportedly using the same iPad Mini display for the 9.7-inch iPad 5 that would allow the tech giant to build a thinner and lighter regular-sized tablet computer.
Australian Stock Market Report – Midday 3-28-13
Uncertainties about Europe have again reared their head, rattling European and US blue chip stocks overnight. Locally, the Australian share market fell quite hard on open but is currently down around 0.3% at lunchtime in the East.
Australian Cash Holdings Down, Equities Holdings Up
Cash holdings of Australian investors have continued to decline, dropping to the lowest level since the inception of the bimonthly Australian Investor Sentiment Survey from the Australian Investors' Association (AIA) and FNArena in January 2011.
The Overnight Report: Remember Italy?
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 37 points, or 0.3%, while the S&P lost a point to 1562 and the Nasdaq rose 0.
Samsung Tops Mobile Patents Granted in 2012; Battles with LG Over Eye Scroll Technology
South Korean tech giant Samsung could have more legal protection against patent infringement lawsuits in 2013 since it topped the number of mobile patents granted around the world in 2012 when over 7 million such patents were awarded.
World Bank Willing to Work with its Challenger Development Bank from BRICS
The World Bank on Tuesday said that it was ready to support the new development bank being established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), in a statement just hours after the groups of emerging nations reached a deal to challenge nearly seven decades of World Bank dominance.
Chinese Oil Companies Courted to Invest in Ecuador's 'Amazon Land'
Ecuador could auction off more than three million hectares of Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies as part of a global road-show to develop its oil industry.
Australian Stock Market Report – Afternoon 3-27-13
The local market steadily improved throughout the session to end around its highest level of the day. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) jumped by 0.9 per cent, which has completely made up for yesterday's tumble.
Fingerprint Sensor to Skip iPhone 5S, Will Appear on iPhone 6 – Analyst
A new security feature that was earlier reported to debut with the iPhone 5S will not make it after all on the rumoured June 2013 release of the upcoming Apple smartphone, new reports said.
Optimus G, LTE Handsets Propel LG to Third Spot of the Global Smartphone Race
It appears consumers around the world have taken great notice of LG Optimus G’s high-end features and brisk sales of the flagship handset landed the South Korean firm to the number three spot in terms of global smartphone wholesale revenue.
Apple Secures Patent for Battery-Saving Multi-touch Displays; Software Glitch Shocks iPhone 5 Users in Australia
The U.S. Patent Office granted on Tuesday to Apple a patent for a system that implements multi-touch in a mobile device even if the display is not actively displaying any images, Tech Crunch reported. At the same time it helps save battery life.
Rio Tinto Suffers $1.4 Billion Cost Blowout at Mongolia Mine Amid a Planned Government Progressive Royalty Scheme
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO), the second-largest miner in the world, is having problems over rising costs at its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine as well as a planned progressive royalty scheme being introduced.
Google to Issue Nexus 7.7 First, Key Lime Pie on Motorola X-Phone before Releasing Nexus 5 – Report
We’ll get to see first the second generation Nexus 7 and the Motorola X-Phone, likely the bearer of Google’s Key Lime Pie, prior to the anticipated release of the Nexus 5 smartphone, a new report said.
Battle of the Large Screen Looms as Dell Releases Monster 18.4-Inch Tablet, InFocus Rolls Out 55-Inch AiO Desktop
Move over, 7-inch and 14-inch tablets. Large-screen computing devices are being introduced into the market as Dell rolled out this week its XPS 18 model which features an 18.4-inch touchscreen, while InfoTouch rolled out its 55-inch AiO desktop.
iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 Rumors: Component Shortage Cause the Release Date Delay to Q4 2013? [PHOTOS]
Apple’s iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 release date is reportedly delayed due to a supplier’s component shortage. Nissha, the main supplier of thin-film touch sensors for the Apple devices, revealed that the lack of production capacity caused the release date be pushed back to Q4 of 2013.
Don’t Expect HTC One to Arrive Until Late April 2013 – Reports
“Blame it on the camera,” is the apparent narrative behind the funky release date for the HTC One, which new reports said will likely take place late April 2013.
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