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As the years went by, corporate America's reputation has faced numerous scandals, recalls, and economic crises. However, public perception has surprisingly improved, according to the 2011 Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient (RQ) Study. The study reveals that 16 companies achieved an RQ score over 80, indicating an "excellent&
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The Nasdaq Stock Exchange Ltd. has recently released its list of the 20 most active share volume companies, with Sirius XM Radio Inc. leading the pack at 160,255,338 shares traded. Other notable companies include Intel Corporation, PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1, and Microsoft Corporation, which have seen significant
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The stock markets ended on a high note on Tuesday, with major indices rebounding from a sluggish start to the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained 0.5% to close at 12,266.75, while the Standard & Poor 500 Index (S&P 500) rose 0.6%
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Intel's robust first quarter earnings results, featuring a 25 percent revenue rise to $12.9 billion and adjusted profit of 59 cents a share, came as a relief to investors after Texas Instruments' disappointing earnings earlier. Yahoo!'s first quarter earnings also exceeded expectations, with a
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The upcoming week promises to be a turbulent one, with Chinese authorities potentially taking a more drastic approach to curbing economic growth, and a slew of earnings releases from major US corporations, including Apple, Goldman Sachs, and IBM, set to hit the markets. While investors seem increasingly risk-tolerant, with the
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Intel, a renowned technology giant, has been assigned a patent (7,924,809) developed by Hujun Yin, Roshni Srinivasan, and Sassan Ahmadi for techniques to provide a channel quality indicator in wireless networks. The patent abstract states that techniques are described to allocate distributed and/or contiguous basic resource blocks
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Freescale Semiconductor has been granted a patent for its innovative method of anti-stiction dimple formation under Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS). The patent, developed by Woo Tae Park and Hemant D. Desai, addresses the challenge of reducing stiction between MEMS structures and their substrates. By creating a method to form dished portions
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Seven Summits Research, an independent investment research group, has issued critical PriceWatch Alerts for five top stocks: Intel Corporation (INTC), Alcoa, Inc. (AA), AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS), United Continental Holdings, Inc. (UAL), and Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (QCOR). The alerts are designed to provide concise detailed strategies for each covered
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As incomes rise in India, businesses selling to other businesses (B2B companies) are finding themselves in unfamiliar marketing territory. Companies like Tetra Pak, a Swedish carton manufacturer, and Infosys Technologies Ltd, a software solutions provider, are reaching out to end consumers to address perception issues and generate goodwill. While some
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SGI, a leading provider of technical computing solutions, has recently announced that its customers can now deploy standard Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows-based applications at unprecedented scales. These capabilities, made possible by SGI's Altix UV system, now support up to 256 physical cores and 2 terabytes of
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Business-to-business (B2B) companies often maintain a low profile when it comes to marketing, but as Jaideep Gokhale, communications director at Tetra Pak South Asia markets, notes, "the first misconception is about the product" when consumers are unaware of the company's offerings and services. To address this,
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As the world grapples with the rising prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, COPD, and congestive heart failure, the demand for remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies has increased significantly over the past few years. With the proliferation of low-energy Bluetooth, near-field communication, and wireless sensor platforms, the healthcare industry
