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Sales 2.0 Leader Defies Recession, Grows 273 Percent Throughout 2009
February 2, 2010 5:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsInsideView today announced its 2009 growth numbers, trumping the worst economic downturn in decades with a 273 percent increase in revenue. During 2009, InsideView announced multiple record quarters, a premier partnership with NetSuite, multiple industry accolades, the launch of the Smart Cloud...
ADP's 2Q profit boosted by tax gain, lower costs
February 2, 2010 4:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsAutomatic Data Processing Inc., the world's biggest payroll processor, said Tuesday its quarterly profit rose 5 percent with help from a one-time tax gain and shrinking expenses.With the recession still reverberating through the jobs market, ADP said revenue remained flat from the year before...
World's First Model Complying to the New Capacitance Standard Commercializing Multilayer Ceramic Decoupling Capacitor "GW Series"
February 1, 2010 7:52 pm | by Murata Manufacturing | CommentsOverview Murata Manufacturin
Sony Pictures to lay off 450 people as DVDs fall
February 1, 2010 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSony Pictures Entertainment is laying off about 450 people mostly in the United States and leaving 100 positions unfilled in order to cut costs and cope with declining DVD sales.The movie studio subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corp. told employees about the cuts in a memo on Monday.The layoffs...
Virtusa posts lower 3Q profit and revenue
February 1, 2010 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsInformation technology company Virtusa Corp. said Monday its fiscal third-quarter profit declined, hurt by lower revenue and foreign currency exchange losses.For the three months ended Dec. 31, the company earned $2.9 million, or 12 cents per share, down from a profit of $6.3 million, or 27...
Switchable adhesive could let humans walk on walls
February 1, 2010 1:53 pm | by Cornell University | CommentsInvented in Paul Steen's lab, the device uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond.
CACI completes cybersecurity acquisition
February 1, 2010 1:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsCACI International Inc., which provides IT services to the government, said Monday it has completed its acquisition of cybersecurity company SystemWare Inc. for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition comes as the federal government steps up its focus on cybersecurity. President Barack Obama...
NCR opens 100 new Blockbuster kiosks in Arizona
February 1, 2010 12:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsNCR Corp., which makes devices including ATMs, self-service checkout machines and airport ticketing kiosks, said Monday it has installed more than 100 new Blockbuster Express DVD-rental kiosks at Food City and Bashas' supermarkets in Arizona.Blockbuster is scrambling to regain business it has...
Earnings Preview: Cisco expects sales increase
February 1, 2010 11:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsCisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, reports its fiscal second-quarter results after the stock market closes Wednesday.WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Cisco has said it expects to post its first year-over-year sales increase since Jan. 2009, with the improving...
ANADIGICS Power Amplifiers Selected for Novatel Phones
February 1, 2010 10:07 am | CommentsANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider of innovative RF solutions for broadband wireless and wireline communications, today announced that Novatel Wireless has selected its WCDMA/HSPA and EDGE power amplifiers (PAs) for two new wireless HSPA+ Mobile Broadband USB modems. HSPA+ is the next evolution of high-speed packet access (HSPA) wireless broadband technology, offering greater capacity for data throughput compared to current 3G networks.
Guidance, Control, and Astrodynamics Seminar Series: Brian Kaplinger, "Computational Challenges for Orbit Determination with Application to Asteroid Deflection"
February 1, 2010 9:55 am | by Iowa State University | CommentsBrian Kaplinger Major Professor, Bong Wie
Farmingdale High School Wins Science Bowl at Brookhaven Lab
February 1, 2010 9:55 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsFarmingdale High School took first place in the Regional Science Bowl at Brookhaven Lab, beating Half Hollow Hills West, which won second place.
Minnick fills coffers in Idaho's 1st CD
February 1, 2010 9:01 am | by JOHN MILLER - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsDemocratic U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick outraised his would-be Republican rivals in Idaho's 1st Congressional District during the final three months of 2009.Minnick, a first-term House member who represents northern and western Idaho, pulled in about $274,000, luring money from Democratic...
Rose named new biotechnology institute director
February 1, 2010 7:53 am | by Cornell University | CommentsAs director of the Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technologies, Jocelyn Rose will promote and enhance research and infrastructure associated with life sciences at Cornell.
Factory activity fueling modest economic recovery
February 1, 2010 7:01 am | by CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER - AP Business Writers - Associated Press | CommentsHopes that America's factories will help drive the economic recovery drew support Monday from news that manufacturing activity grew for a sixth straight month in January, to its strongest point since 2004.Other data, though, offered a reminder that the recovery lacks strength. Construction...
