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IBM profit falls 21 percent on weak hardware sales, workforce writeoffs
2014-04-17 13:34:58| InfoWorld: Top News
Falling hardware sales and the cost of layoffs hit IBM's profit hard in the first quarter, sending it down 21 percent from a year earlier. Sales also fell, sliding 4 percent from last year's first quarter to $22.5 billion.
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Google revenue jumps 19 percent but still disappoints
2014-04-17 13:29:38| InfoWorld: Top News
Google reported a 19 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter, but results from its advertising business were mixed. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $15.42 billion, Google reported Wednesday. That was a healthy jump from last year but less than the $15.52 billion analysts had been expecting, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters.
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Software Reduces Fieldbus Device Commissioning Time Up to 80 Percent
2014-04-16 19:48:00| Chemical Processing
Project with Shell leads to new bulk-commissioning tool in AMS suite.
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EU seeks to cut plastic bag use by 80 percent by 2017
2014-04-16 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Parliament passed a directive on Wednesday aimed at cutting the use of thin single-use plastic carrier bags by 50 percent by 2017 and 80 percent two years later. The directive leaves it to individual states to choose their strategy, for example taxing bags or banning them. EU ministers are due to debate the law in June and the parliament will take it up again later this year following elections in May. Some 100 billion plastic bags are used every year within the European Union and...
Northern California County Produces 152 Percent More Solar Energy Than It Uses
2014-04-16 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: California is known for being a leader in solar energy, but a small county in Northern California has taken things a step further. It has become the first county government in the state to not only zero-out its electric bill with renewable energy, but also to become grid positive. Yolo County (population 200,000), just west of Sacramento County, now produces 152 percent more energy from solar panels than it uses. Terry Vernon, deputy director of Yolo County General Services, is behind much...
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