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European car market shrinks for sixth straight year

2014-01-20 19:00:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines

European car sales dropped for the sixth straight year in 2013, but there were signs of improvement.

HP shrinks full-size Haswell desktops with new mini PCs

2013-12-10 18:03:26| InfoWorld: Top News

Hewlett-Packard has redesigned its beige-boxed desktop PCs, sizing them down into mini-desktops without compromising on components. HP says the new EliteDesk 800 G1 and ProDesk 600 G1 mini-desktops are its smallest business desktops yet. The mini desktops, which weigh around 95 grams, can be easily held in one hand and offer the performance of normal desktops.

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Brazil's economy shrinks by 0.5%

2013-12-03 13:32:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Brazil's economy falls into contraction in the third quarter, with output shrinking by more than analysts had forecast, according to official state figures.

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China desert lake shrinks by one-third in 13 years

2013-11-28 18:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: China's largest desert freshwater lake has shrunk by one-third in the last 13 years, state media said Thursday, as the country's breakneck modernisation continues to damage the environment. Northern China's Hongjiannao Lake covers 32.16 square kilometres (12.86 sq miles), less than half its size in 1969 and two-thirds of its area in 2000, Xinhua news agency said. "Experts said human activities including reservoir construction, mining and agricultural irrigation are the main causes for the sad phenomenon,"...

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