More than 80 percent of students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) start smoking when they are as young as 14 years, a survey has found. Tobacco use among teenagers remains a concern for health authorities as new data shows a quantum leap in the number of student smokers in the past five years, Khaleej [...]
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Most UAE students start smoking before 14
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Bharti Airtel net slumps 41 percent on spectrum cost, margins
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Wednesday reported a 41 percent decline in its net income for the quarter ended December 2010 at Rs.1,303.3 crore owing to weaker margins from its African operations, currency fluctuations, spectrum charges and brand relaunch costs. The operator had posted Rs.2,194.9 crore net income during the same period last fiscal. “Adverse currency [...]
Android Shipped on 43% of U.S. Smartphones: Nielsen
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Nielsen said Google’s Android platform ran on 43 percent of smartphone shipments from July 2010 to December 2010; Apple iOS grabbed 26 percent, while RIM’s BlackBerry took 20 percent. – Google’s Android operating system continued to be the hit of the U.S.
smartphone world, accounting for 43 percent of smartphone shipments from July
2010 to December 2010.
Nielsen said Feb. 1 that Apple iOS was on 26 percent of smartphones
shipped over the last six months, whole Research in Motio…
Google Chrome Hits 10.7%, Apple Safari Tops 6%
February 1st, 2011 |
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Google’s Chrome Web browser topped 10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December 2010. Safari grew as well, while IE 9 is performing better. – Google’s
Chrome Web browser continued to grow through the first month of 2011, reaching
10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December
2010.
Researcher Net
Applications also noted that Apple’s Safari rose to 6.3 percent
from 5.9 percent over the same period. Thi…
Maruti Suzuki sales grow 14.74 percent at 109,743 units
February 1st, 2011 |
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Automobile major Maruti Suzuki registered a 14.74 percent rise in its sales at 109,743 units in January as against 95,649 units during the like period of 2010. The sales include 9,321 units of exports during the month, the company said in a statement. The company had sold a total of 95,649 vehicles in January 2010, [...]
Trade deficit down 10 percent in 2010
February 1st, 2011 |
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Statistical data is out for last year, and it shows that Serbia’s trade deficit was worth USD 6.94bn. The number is 10 percent lower than in 2009, the Statistical Office announced on Monday.
TVS Motor logs 30 percent sales growth in January
February 1st, 2011 |
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Two and three wheeler maker TVS Motor Company Ltd closed January with an overall sales growth of 30 percent. The company sold 165,152 units (two wheelers 161,725 units, three wheelers 3,427 units) last month, up from 127,288 units (two wheelers 125,578 units, three wheelers 1,710 units) sold during January 2010. The cumulative sales for the [...]
South Sudan votes for independence
January 30th, 2011 |
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Some 99 percent of South Sudanese voted to secede from the north, according to the first complete results of the region’s independence referendum.
A total of 99.57 percent of those polled voted for independence, according to the referendum commission.
Average December salary EUR 375
January 26th, 2011 |
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The average net salary in Serbia in December 2010 was EUR 375, an increase of 14.1 percent in real terms or 14.9 percent nominally in comparison to November. This was announced by the Serbian Statistical Office on Tuesday in Belgrade.
81 percent of EU integration plan fulfilled
January 22nd, 2011 |
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Report on the implementation of the amended National Program for Serbia’s EU Integration (NPI) shows that the country fulfilled 81 percent of the program.
In the period from July 2008 to September 2010, Serbia fulfilled 74 percent of the NPI as a whole, since it adopted 549 of the planned 742 regulations, the government’s EU Integration Office stated in a release.
Wipro net up 10 percent in third quarter
January 21st, 2011 |
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Wipro Ltd reported net profit of Rs.13.2 billion for the third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal (2010-11), registering 10 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth, according to the Indian accounting system. In a regulatory filing Friday, the IT bellwether said revenue for the quarter under review (Q3) posted Rs.78.3 billion, an increase of 12 percent YoY. Under [...]
“Growth in 2011 to reach 3 percent”
January 20th, 2011 |
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Serbia is expected to achieve around three percent of GDP growth in 2011 on the basis of local demand recovery, primarily in the area of investments. This is according to Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Dejan Šoškić, who spoke in Belgrade on Wednesday.
IBM’s Q4 2010 Profits Driven by Hardware, Software, Growth Markets
January 19th, 2011 |
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IBM experienced a rise in net income of 9 percent driven largely by systems, software and sales in growth markets. Sales of System z mainframes were up nearly 70 percent in the quarter. – IBM saw fourth-quarter profits rise 9
percent on the strength of systems, software and growth markets.
Announcing its fourth-quarter 2010 earnings on Jan. 18, IBM
said fourth-quarter net income was $5.3 billion, compared with $4.8 billion in
the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of 9 percent. …
Sensex rises in noon trade
January 18th, 2011 |
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A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Tuesday rose in noon trade, helped by strong earnings reported by corporates. Gainers in front-line stocks were led by IT and telecom firms. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,983.2 points, was ruling at 19,008.28 points — up 126.03 points [...]
Sensex lacklustre, Asian cues negative
January 17th, 2011 |
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A benchmark index of Indian equities market Monday was ruling dull, amid sombre cues coming from other major Asian markets. Broader markets saw profit booking. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,911.43 points, was ruling at 18,874.17 points — up 13.73 points or 0.07 percent from its [...]
Computer History Museum Exhibits Cream of the IT Legacy Crop
January 14th, 2011 |
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Only about 2 percent of the hundreds of thousands of historic IT artifacts in the new CHM collection are actually on display in exhibits. – MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — To be selected as a first-string exhibit at the newly revamped Computer History Museum, you have to have a pretty significant technology to show off.
Only about 2 percent of the hundreds of thousands of historic IT
artifacts in the CHM collection are actually on display …
Google Closed 2010 with 66.6% Search Share
January 14th, 2011 |
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Google finished 2010 with 66.6 percent share, up from 66.2 percent in November, comScore said. Microsoft Bing held 12 percent, while Yahoo fell to 16 percent, its lowest total in years. – Google
completed the 2010 campaign with 66.6 percent search share, tying its highest
ever stake in the market as rivals Yahoo and Microsoft Bing failed to make
headway versus the leader.
ComScore said Jan. 14 Google’s share was up from 66.2 percent in November. Microsoft grew search share to 12…
Android Claimed 46% of Ad Impressions to Beat iOS
January 14th, 2011 |
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Google Android claimed 46 percent of ad impression share compared to 32 percent for Apple iOS, according to Millennial Media. Apple’s iPhone was still the top smartphone. – Google’s Android operating system broke a two-month statistical tie with
Apple’s iOS in ad impressions in a big way in December, grabbing 46 percent of
hits.
Millennial Media had Android and iOS tied for 38 percent of ad impression
share in November, with each platform commanding a 37 percent sh…
Sensex holds on to gains despite volatile trade
January 11th, 2011 |
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Trading was volatile in Indian equities markets Tuesday with a key benchmark index ruling in a tight range though 98 points higher. The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened at 19,279.77 points and was ruling at 19,322.9 points, up 98.78 points or 0.51 percent from its previous close at 19,224.12 points. [...]
Storage Admins Plan to Spend More on Data Protection in 2011: Survey
January 10th, 2011 |
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Some 80 percent of those polled by CommVault reported that they will allocate as much as 20 percent of their budgets on data protection hardware, software, services/support and media. – Several key IT researchers
already have reported that global and U.S. IT spending in 2011 is expected to
increase modestly over that of 2010, thanks to an uptick in the general
ecomony.
Now some storage-specific
market research is coming to the fore. CommVault on Jan. 10 released the
results …