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Earnings Preview: Nokia Q4 profit seen falling
January 26, 2010 6:01 am | by MATTI HUUHTANEN - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsNokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, is expected on Thursday to report a drop in profits and sales as it tallies up the last quarter of 2009 — a difficult year in the cellular industry.OVERVIEW: Falling sales combined with lower handset prices helped push Nokia into the red for...
Venture Capital Was Tight for Tech Start-Ups in ’09
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by New York Times | CommentsVenture capitalists invested 37 percent less money and made 30 percent fewer deals last year than in 2008.
Verizon Posts Loss, Citing Charge Related to Layoffs
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by New York Times | CommentsRevenue rose 10 percent to $27.1 billion, largely because of Verizon’s acquisition of the Alltel Corporation.
A Smaller Player Mounts Must-See Events
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by New York Times | CommentsMonster Cable made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, part of its strategy to curry favor for its products.
Green Guide to Electronics Is Disputed, but Influential
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by New York Times | CommentsWhatever might be said of its methods and accuracy, there is little question that the Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics'' has become an important fixture on the consumer electronics scene.
Now, Electronics That Obey Hand Gestures
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by New York Times | CommentsDevices will soon be sold that allow people to flip TV channels or move computer files with hand gestures.
EBay Cuts Auction Fees for Sellers
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsEBay is doing away with the fees it charges people to list items if they occasionally auction items on its site. Instead it will just take a cut of an item's selling price.
No Idiots
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by New York Times | CommentsThe massive Indian blockbuster, '3 Idiots,' has hit a nerve. Its simple message - enjoy what you're doing, and success will follow - may inspire many to do just that.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: November 2009
January 26, 2010 6:00 am | by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis | CommentsThe U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $138.2 billion and imports of $174.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $36.4 billion, up from $33.2 billion in October,...
World's Fastest Rad-hard Powerpc(TM) Processor Ready For Space
January 26, 2010 5:59 am | by 1888 Press Release | CommentsBroad Reach Engineering Completes Development of BRE440 PowerPC® CPU.
LED to Surpass CCFL in Large-Area TFT LCD Backlights in 2011
January 26, 2010 5:59 am | by General Electric | CommentsThe LED backlight unit market has rapidly emerged in the TFT LCD industry, and momentum for this segment is expected to continue over the next five years. [...]
Girls May Learn Math Anxiety From Female Teachers
January 26, 2010 5:59 am | by Product Design & Development | CommentsDespite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of the answer: Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own...
Dartmouth researchers help secure the power grid
January 26, 2010 5:59 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Dartmouth College) Dartmouth researchers are part of the national Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid team that has been awarded a five-year $18.8 million grant from the US Department of Energy with contributions from the US Department of Homeland Security. This...
Out of This World Achievement
January 26, 2010 4:53 am | by Duke University | CommentsSince graduating in 2005 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Noel Bakhtian has been living the life of an academic. She is currently in the middle of her PhD program in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford. Although her program has a heavy workload, Bakhtian admitted, “It’s wonder
Economist Robert J. Shiller to Speak at Brookhaven Lab on How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, March 2
January 26, 2010 3:55 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsRobert J. Shiller, economics professor and fellow at Yale’s International School of Finance, will give a BSA Distinguished Lecture, titled “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism,” at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Tuesday, March 2.
