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Beer Behemoths Betting on Craft Brews

When the board at Anheuser-Busch InBev held its yearly meeting in the U.S. this year, it met in Chicago at a very small brewery. The CEO Carlos Brito along with directors from the largest brewer in the world peeled as well as sliced... More of this article »
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Amazon Angers Authors Again With New Offering (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon has released another new service, but not everyone is happy about it. Authors are upset that Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited program has slashed the income that the authors are seeing from sales of their books in digital format.... More of this article »
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Electric Linear Actuators and Remote Control in Your Boat

Electric linear actuators are electromagnetic devices that can operate, produce and deliver a progressive oscillatory or un-directional short stroke motion. The force developed by electromagnetism in the actuator produces a motion.... More of this article »
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Brazil: Infrastructure Advances Making in a Global Industrial Power

To realize the potential for expansion economically, Brazil must confront its costs Brazil cost to invest strongly in its infrastructure, to ensure a global competitiveness for its domestic industry. French company Alstom has been... More of this article »
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More than 320,000 Pounds of Meat Recalled

Meat recalls have been carried out by three food processing companies based in Texas. Of the processed meats, 4 products were pulled from a local school district and different supermarkets. Close to 46,000 pounds of beef and chicken... More of this article »
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LG Headquarters Raided By Law Enforcement Over Samsung Spat

Law enforcement officials in South Korea have conducted a raid on the headquarters of LG Electronics (OTCMKTS:LGEAF) searching for evidence that its executives damaged products belonging to Samsung Electronics during a trade fair held... More of this article »
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Xbox Live Back Up, PlayStation Still Down

Xbox Live from Microsoft was restored Friday while PlayStation Network by Sony was still offline for a second consecutive day following an attack by a hacker group that claimed responsibility for taking down the two game services on... More of this article »
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Apple Releases First Ever Automated Security Update

Apple Inc has released its first ever security update that is automated to Mac computers to aid in defending against new bugs that have been identified that researchers in security have warned could help hackers gain remote control... More of this article »
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Staples: Over 1.15 Million Cards Exposed

Staples Inc said computer criminals stole the personal information from 1.16 million debit and credit cards back during back to school shopping season. Stores affected were from Massachusetts to California. The company, based in Framingham,... More of this article »
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U.S. Subsidies To Boeing Illegal, According To European Commission (NYSE:BA)

The European Commission has charged that the subsidies being given to Boeing by the United States are illegal, according to a trade case filed by the Europeans. The U.S. is accused of funneling billions of dollars in illegal subsidies... More of this article »
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More Privacy Problems Predicted

For all the good things it offers, the internet slowly has fallen into a world were public and private information is not distinguishable any longer. Many security and research experts predict a future where general information security... More of this article »
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Google Releases Top Searches For 2014

Google had trillions of searches all over the world during 2014. However, the death of one man stole the first place spotlight. Robin Williams was in the number one spot this year in the worldwide trends chart. The actor and comedian... More of this article »
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Xiaomi Invests in Home Appliance Maker Midea

Xiaomi the maker of smartphones based in China and with a big presence currently in India, invested more than $200 million in the Midea Group, a manufacturer of electrical home appliances in China. The investment gives the smartphone... More of this article »
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Apple Influence Caused Higher Prices For Customers In Canada (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Canadian regulators have reported that customers that purchased smartphones and accompanying services in Canada may have paid more for these items because of agreements Apple Inc. reached with phone carriers serving the nation. Because... More of this article »
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Hollywood Scared of Google Says Leaked Emails

Leaked emails that were released from the cyber-attack against Sony proved that big movie companies are currently working as a team with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) on an idea, which is aimed to take down a “Goliath”... More of this article »
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Instagram Surpasses 300 Million Subscribers

Instagram just passed 300 million users worldwide, which is a 50% increase in just the last 9 months. The site now has more monthly users than Twitter. The growth of its user base is going to be the key to attracting advertisers to... More of this article »
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Greek Government Brings Presidential Vote Forward

The government of Greece on Monday, brought forward an important presidential vote by over two months to be held next week in a crucial gamble that is aimed at ending the uncertainty politically that has been hanging over the country... More of this article »
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Authorities Identify Remains of One of 43 Missing Students

One of the 43 students, that have been missing for over two months was identified amongst remains that were for the most part burned to ashes, said a Mexico government official and family members of the victim. The official said that... More of this article »
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Sears Records Another Loss For Third Quarter (NASDAQ:SHLD)

For the third quarter of its fiscal year, Sears Holdings has posted another loss, marking four straight years of losses and eight straight years of sales declines. The company reported that revenue declined 13 percent when compared... More of this article »
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Google Designing YouTube, Chrome for Kids

Not so long ago, Google’s plans to make products like YouTube and Search kid-friendly were nothing but rumors. However, they have a new goal to make those aspirations into reality. Google is more than ready to discuss the changes... More of this article »
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Sprint Offers to Cut Verizon and AT&T Bills in Half

The pricing war has continued to heat up between the wireless carries in the U.S. AT&T initiated a promotion for a limited time this past September that increased the data by double for its customer on Mobile Share Value on existing... More of this article »
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Xbox Defeats PlayStation 4 in Black Friday Sales

The holiday strategy Microsoft is using for the holiday is working. Xbox one, the company’s new gaming console has beaten PlayStation 4 in Black Friday sales, according to InfoScout research. Xbox one has accounted for 53% of all... More of this article »