Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is off to a strong start, according to a new analyst report, suggesting a solid future for the smartphone platform. – Microsoft may be reluctant to reveal early sales numbers for
Windows Phone 7, but at least one analyst believes the new smartphone platform
has a solid chance of establishing itself in the marketplace.
“The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace reaching 4,000 apps two months after launch has to be one o…
The market brought in revenues of $3.1 billion, which also amounted to a 6.3 percent increase from the second quarter in 2010. – The worldwide storage software market showed another healthy gain in
the third quarter of 2010, with 8.7 percent growth over the same period
a year ago, researcher IDC reported Dec. 7.
The researcher in its Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker said
the market brought in revenues of $3….
Cindy Crawford says she makes schedules for sex with husband Rande Gerber to keep their bedroom life healthy. The supermodel has been married to the businessman for 12 years and they are parents to two children. Crawford admits work and parenthood can often get in the way of her private time with her husband, so [...]
Two large studies from Northwestern Medicine have confirmed that a healthy lifestyle has the biggest impact on cardiovascular health. “Health behaviors can trump a lot of your genetics,” said Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair and professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a staff cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “This research shows [...]
Making healthy food is easy. Making people eat it is not
A SERVING of Kraft’s Ranch dressing boasts 370mg of sodium and 12g of fat. That is what nutritionists would describe as “far too much” and consumers would describe as “yummy”. The Kraft food company has brilliant scientists, of course, so it can easily take the salt out of its dressing. Alas, what remains tastes horrible.
It has been a hectic year for food companies in America. In April the Institute of Medicine recommended a mandatory limit on the amount of sodium in food. In May Michelle Obama, who frets that American children are too porky, urged the industry to create healthy new products. More is to come. The Federal Trade Commission wants to curb the marketing of unhealthy food to children. The Food and Drug Administration is developing new labels to help consumers identify what is good for them. Congress may soon pass a new Child Nutrition Act. …
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How long can corporate America’s profit rebound continue?
THE quarterly results season that is drawing to a close has revealed that corporate profits are back within a whisker of the all-time highs achieved before the downturn in late 2008. American profits are already back to 11% of GDP. Corporate America is reaping the rewards from cutting costs, especially in capital investment and labour, through an unpleasant mix of redundancies, reduced hours and lower pay. The great squeeze cannot go on forever, of course, but it shows no sign of slackening. Figures released on Friday August 6th show the unemployment rate remained steady at 9.5% in July, but non-farm payroll employment fell by 131,000, some 65,000 more than expected. The great decoupling of profits from jobs could last for a long time.
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Singapore shares just marginally lower by end of morning session, suggesting market undertone still firm, underpinned by city-state’s economic resilience, according to Dow Jones.
Wing Tai Holdings (W05.SG) is up 1.2% at almost 4-week high of $1.62, extending yesterday’s 5.9% rally, as more analysts highlight developer’s investment merits.
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister’s Advisor on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh was noncommittal on Friday about the pay raise, as he launched the Economic Survey that indicated declining growth of growing unemployment.
Answering a question on government servants’ salary increase at the Economy Survey launching Press conference, he said, “We should not draw a comparison between the salaries of the civil servants and that of the Army.”
“Relief is not a better word to be used here but certainly government employees salaries would go up as much as it would be possible. And they should go up. However, the Cabinet in its budget meeting on Saturday would make a final decision in this regard,” was his answer.
He gave again a vague answer to the second vital question about the value added tax. He made it clear that it has to be imposed but only after the Parliament would legislate it. In a way he indicated a possible delay of a month or so in imposition of VAT as against the deadline of July 1, as agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund.
Earlier, while giving out the theme of the Survey the annual document of the government that economy was back on recovery track but to sustain the momentum of recovery was critical challenge ahead.
According to the Survey, GDP growth remained 4.1 percent during the current fiscal year including 2 percent growth in the Agriculture sector. Industrial growth was projected at 4.9 percent for the current financial year while provisional figures of Services Sector growth amounted to 4.6 percent.
The most alarming thing was the raise in unemployment. According to the Survey, per capita income had reached the figure of Rs 37,810 while unemployment ratio had been scaled up from 5.2 percent to 5.5 percent. Livestock sector showed 4 percent growth rate to enable 2 percent overall growth in the Agriculture sector since the crops showed negative growth rate by two percent. Fiscal deficit would stay equal to 5.1 percent of GDP while foreign current account deficit would remain less than 3 percent.
The Economic Survey revealed that power tariff was enhanced by 60 percent during the last two years but cost of power production was still on the higher side. Large scale manufacturing growth ratio was recorded as 4.4 percent. The agriculture sector was affected due to uncertain weather.
The Survey disclosed tax collection ratio rose by 14 percent during the period from July to April. Fixed investment dipped by 3.5 percent while a sum of Rs 35 billion were distributed under Benazir Income Support Programme. It was also revealed that remittances inflow stood at $7.4 billion and the factor of terrorism left negative impact on economy, he remarked.
The domestic debt had touched the mark of Rs 8,160 billion and the delayed payment of Coalition Support Fund was the major factor that led to the increase in the foreign debt. Due to devaluation of rupee, the quantum of debt had been increased by 17 percent.
Renewed concerns over Greece’s debt problems may mitigate any boost to Singapore shares from Wall Street’s modest gains overnight. Early decline in Japan bourse may also weigh, says Dow Jones.
Singapore blue chips are expected to end lower for the first time in five sessions, with STI negative since trading started, says Dow Jones.
Small caps, however, may remain buoyant given increasing investor appetite for such stocks, which have lagged large caps in past weeks.
The latest Singapore property market data suggest government cooling measures are having a limited impact, says OCBC Investment Research, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
OCBC says new property launches remained firm in February and while number of new properties sold fell on-month after strong January, sales levels still solid and developers cleared more inventory than they launched during the month.
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Simon Johnson points out how hypocritical Summers and Geithner are:Some of the Treasury’s advice at the time was controversial — pressing South Korea to open its capital markets to foreign investors at the height of the crisis — but the broad app…
Former supermodel Cindy Crawford has said that she “would not have become a supermodel in 2009″ because she had too “normal” a body to succeed in today’s size zero obsessed fashion industry.
The 43-year-old Crawford was one of the highest paid glamour girls in the 1980s and 1990.
“I would not have become a supermodel in 2009. [...]
US First Lady Michelle Obama is to appear in the first episode of the 40th anniversary series of Sesame Street with a segment encouraging kids to plant gardens.
The First Lady will appear in the November 10 season debut of the educational show for kids.
The show’s producers said that Mrs Obama will teach the furry “residents” [...]
The aging process is for the greater part no mystery anymore. It consists for a great part of daily damages done on the macroscopic, tissue, cellular and genetic levels. These add up as the years are passing. These damages have specific causes like oxidating agents, sun beams, mechanical wear and tear, psychological stress, lack of [...]
