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China's retail market has become an attractive destination for overseas retailers and purchasers, with over 160 companies from 13 countries and regions attending the China (Shanghai) Retail Expo in Shanghai. The expo, which took place from June 28 to July 1, saw participation from IT giants such as
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China's Haier is making a significant foray into the US market with its bid for Maytag, one of the country's largest home appliance manufacturers. The deal, worth $1.28 billion, would value Maytag at $16 a share, significantly higher than an earlier bid by US buyout
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IBM plans to increase its payroll in India by more than 14,000 workers this year, even as it cuts 13,000 jobs in Europe and the United States. The tech giant's decision to shift work to India is driven by the surging demand for technology services in
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IBM and Cisco Systems, Inc. are collaborating to enable strong integration between middleware and network infrastructure layers, leveraging IBM's WebSphere software as part of Cisco's Application-Oriented Networking (AON) technology. This collaboration enables customers to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership through further simplification of the
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a pivotal shift in the company's architecture at the Worldwide Developers Conference, stating that Apple will transition to Intel's x86 platform, effectively ending its long-standing relationship with IBM and the PowerPC processor. This move, scheduled for completion by the end of
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Taipei's economic landscape has been highlighted by a recent public exchange between Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. chairman Terry Kuo and a ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker, William Lai. Kuo recently expressed opposition to the proposed "minimum" tax measure, stating that the government should focus
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As the stock market experiences fluctuations, several companies are making significant moves that are impacting their share prices. Consolidated American Industries Corporation, a Nevada-based public holding company, has seen its stock price fall by $0.31. Despite this, the company has had positive news, including the acquisition of Italian aeronautic
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Scott McNealy, outspoken chairman and chief executive of Sun Microsystems, used his annual conference speech to launch a verbal attack on the company's competitors, including Microsoft, IBM, Dell, and HewlettPackard. McNealy criticized HP's server and storage operations, calling it "that ink cartridge company" that
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Apple's decision to transition from using IBM and Freescale Semiconductor chips to Intel processors marks a significant shift in the company's strategy. This move follows years of sourcing chips from these companies, and the transition is expected to have far-reaching implications for the developer community, customers,
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In a shocking move, Apple has decided to sever its 14-year contract with IBM and Motorola and switch to using chips made by Intel. The decision, announced by Steven P. Jobs at the company's annual developer conference, is expected to have significant implications for the computer and semiconductor
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A significant development in the computer industry has taken place as Apple has chosen Intel as its new chip maker, replacing IBM, which has been providing chips for Apple's computers for over a decade. This move is significant, as it will require Apple to rewrite its basic software
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The sleek and sophisticated gadgets that populate our modern lives may seem innocuous, but they harbor a dirty secret: the toxic chemicals used in their production. Polybrominated diphenyl ether, polybrominated biphenyl, tetrabromobisphenol A, and hexabromocyclododecane, a quartet of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), leach into the environment, contaminating sediments, marine mammals,
