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China’s big banks "faking" their micro loans: researcher
China’s big banks are not delivering on their promise to lend more to the smallest firms and are instead “faking” their micro loans, a researcher said on Saturday, suggesting a government drive to increase micro-lending is struggling. Continue reading
Sony Xperia Z tablet announced with HD display and quad-core processor
Following the announcement of the Xperia Z smartphone earlier this month, Sony (SNE) on Monday unveiled the Xperia Z tablet. The 10.1-inch slate is equipped with a 1,920 x 1,200-pixel full-HD display, 2GB of RAM, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and an 8.1-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading
Wall Street ends higher after swings on ‘fiscal cliff’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks finished higher on Thursday as investors bought on sporadic dips in a market roiled by conflicting comments from Washington about negotiations on an agreement to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” Tech shares, including Research In Motion and Advanced Micro Devices , helped the Nasdaq outperform the broader market. Continue reading
Semiconductor Sector Downgraded by RBC Capital Markets — Semiconductor Market Revenues Forecasted to Decline 0.3%
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Marvell Technology Group and RF Micro Devices Continue reading
Calgarian launches brewery boycott twitter campaign
Minhas Micro Brewery only started doing public tours of its northeast Calgary brewery a few weeks ago, but it’s already getting some negative reviews on social media. Continue reading
Advanced Micro Devices and Texas Instruments on the Upswing as Semiconductor Outlook Brightens
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Advanced Micro Devices and Texas Instruments Continue reading
Twitter outage hits much of the world
People across much of the planet have experienced problems accessing Twitter, a day before the 2012 Olympic Games are expected to cause a spike in use of the micro-blogging site. Continue reading
Advanced Micro, ARMOUR Residential REIT Among Stocks Down on Above-average Volume Tuesday
Here are stocks that are down on high volume today: Advanced Micro (NYSE:AMD) is trading down on above-average volume today, seeing a price drop on a volume of 62.8 million, or five times its average daily volume. Continue reading
New campaign targets: Pet owners
Yes, it’s true — Campaign micro-targeting has gone to the dogs. Continue reading
Twitter site down for brief outage
Twitter users were unable to access the micro-blogging service for part of Thursday. Continue reading
