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Credit squeeze spawns sharp spike in fraud
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Logistics outsourcing budgets set for growth
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Role-playing games take off as mobile gaming booms
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Construction equipment OEM telematics set to reach 8,3m worldwide
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SaaS-based network security up 26%
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Intel sells SSD business and Dalian facility to SK hynix
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China overtakes US in App Store downloads
China and the US continue to dominate the App Store market in the third quarter of 2021. According to the latest figures presented by SafeBettingSites.com, China and the US saw 1,93-billion and 1,86-billion downloads respectively. There was a switch in the top two...
Deepening underinvestment in hydrocarbons could drive continued price shocks, volatility
Underinvestment in oil and gas development extended into a second year in 2021 even as global energy demand rebounded, raising the prospect of price shocks, scarcity and growing energy poverty, according to a new report by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and IHS...
The most talked-about technologies in 2021 were …
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Infor announces Dynamic Science Labs
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