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Apple Reports Best Ever Result 6M iPhones Sold Last Qtr

Apple is steaming ahead despite an economic slowdown, with the Company selling 6,892,000 iPhones in the last quarter compared to 1,119,000 in the year-ago-quarter. They have also posted one of their best quarters ever with revenue of $7.9 billion, and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $6.22 billion and net quarterly profit of $904 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, up from 33.6 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 41 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Walter Scott & Partners, the Edinburgh investment boutique sold two years ago this month to what is now Bank of New York Mellon for a rumoured 400m, racked up 27.3m of profit in 2007, against 21.9m in a nine-month period the previous year.

Walter Scott & Partners, the Edinburgh investment boutique sold two years ago this month to what is now Bank of New York Mellon for a rumoured £400m, racked up £27.3m of profit in 2007, against £21.9m in a nine-month period the previous year.

Common Cold Virus Came From Birds About 200 Years Ago

A virus that causes cold-like symptoms in humans originated in birds and may have crossed the species barrier around 200 years ago, according to a new article published in the Journal of General Virology. Scientists hope their findings will help us understand how potentially deadly viruses emerge in humans.

Black Friday Sees $534 Million in E-Commerce Spending, Up 1 Percent Versus Year Ago

Black Friday Sees $534 Million in E-Commerce Spending, Up 1 Percent Versus Year Ago Upcoming 'Cyber Monday' Represents Strong Historical Bellwether for Total Holiday Season E-Commerce Spending RESTON, Va., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November - December 2008 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $10.41 billion has been spent online, marking a 4-percent decline versus the corresponding days last year, while Black Friday saw $534 million in online spending, up 1 percent. For the combination of Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, online sales were up 2 percent relative to last year.

Missing cat back in California home after going missing 13 years ago

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago.

Open Source Visionaries Speak at UC Berkeley Boot Camp; Event Marks Invention of Ingres Code on Campus 30 Years Ago

TMCNet: Open Source Visionaries Speak at UC Berkeley Boot Camp; Event Marks Invention of Ingres Code on Campus 30 Years Ago

Significant Fossil Discovery In Utah Shows Land Plants Of 200 Million Years Ago

The importance of a new archeological site in St George, Utah, U.S. was recently highlighted by Andrew Milner, Paleontologist, City of St. George, Jim Kirkland, State Paleontologist and Sidney Ash, Paleo-botanists. The site is significant because it is the only early Jurassic land flora known in the western United States. It provides evidence that a variety of land plants were present in the area about 200 million years ago.

comScore Study Finds the Total Number of Consumer Credit Card Applications Submitted Online in Q2 2008 Decreased by 6 Percent Versus Year Ago

comScore Study Finds the Total Number of Consumer Credit Card Applications Submitted Online in Q2 2008 Decreased by 6 Percent Versus Year Ago

Central Bank foreign currency reserves during the first quarter of 2008 increasing by $ 400 million to reach $ 35 billion marking a 1.35 % increase above their level three months ago.

Central Bank foreign currency reserves during the first quarter of 2008 increased by $ 400 million to reach $ 35 billion marking a 1.35 % increase above their level three months ago. That was announced by the Central Bank Governor, Dr. Farouk Al Oqda, confirming that imports during FY 2007/ 2008 reached $ 52.7 billion & that compares with $ 29.4 billion leaving the country with $ 23.3 billion balance of trade deficit. Dr. Al Oqda revealed that total foreign indebtedness as at 6/30/2008 reached $ 33.9 billion apart from local indebtedness put at L.E. 666.1 billion as at the same date. N.B. The daily Al Akhbar of the same day (P. 4) has quoted Dr. Al Oqda indicating that the said foreign currency reserves cover 8 months' imports. Utmost interesting statements of the Governor were regarding the Egyptian expatriates transfers (earlier repeate

Toronto Arts Scene Gets Big Boost

A week ago, Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario opened its doors the pubic once again. One of the largest art museums in North America, the AGO has been closed for three years for a nearly $300 million expansion, designed by star architect and native son Frank Gehry. The museum's expansion added 97,000 square feet and increased art-viewing space by 47%.

How did an iffy study on the neuroscience of bullies end up in a New York Times blog?

A year ago this month, the New York Times published one of the most notorious pieces of neuromarketing propaganda ever to show up in a major daily. Two Novembers ago, the Times science pages hawked a witless brain-imaging study of speaking in tongues. (In that case, converging evidence from scientists and journalists revealed a useful fact: If you think you're babbling incoherently, then you probably are.)

Why we must return the Elgin Marbles to Greece

wo weeks ago, at the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, due to open early next year, the Presidents of Italy and Greece took part in an historic ceremony (right) that could have major repercussions for Britain. The Italians were handing back to the Greeks a fragment of marble sculpture taken from the Parthenon 200 years ago. The fragment portrays, in exquisite detail, the draped lower leg and foot of a seated goddess, probably Artemis.

The Gnome Wish List

IconA few weeks ago we published an article titled "The Great Mac OS X 10.4 Wish List", detailing a few personal wishes for the next version of OSX. Later I learned that quite a few Apple engineers read the article and so it felt good that the time spent writing the article was not just a voice in the void. A reader emailed me a few days ago asking me to do the same for other OSes and DEs. So here is my personal wish-list for a future version of Gnome. Please tell us about your own Gnome wish list in the comment section provided.

CELL PHONE USERS SHOULD GIVE IT A REST IN THE LADIES' ROOM

DEAR ABBY: My sister, "Shannon," and I had a major falling out years ago and I haven't spoken to her or her family since -- except briefly, when we had to make arrangements for our father's funeral three years ago. Shannon is 17 years older than me, married with two grown children. I'm perfectly OK with this arrangement. In fact, I prefer it, and I'm sure they do, too.

TWiki.net Kicks Out All TWiki Contributors

David Gerard noted an interesting story going down with a relatively minor project that has interesting implications for any Open Source project. He writes "Ten years ago, Peter Thoeny started the TWiki wiki engine. It attracted many contributors at twiki.org. About a year ago, Thoeny founded the startup twiki.net. On 27th October, twiki.net locked all the other contributors out of twiki.org in an event Thoeny called 'the twiki.org relaunch.' Here's the IRC meeting log. All the other core developers have now moved to a new project, NextWiki. Is it a sensible move for a venture capital firm that depends on a healthy Open Source community to lock it out?"

Hubble reopens its eye after month of inactivity

This view of a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147 is the first image recorded by the Hubble space telescope since it failed a month ago.This view of a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147 is the first image recorded by the Hubble space telescope since it failed a month ago.

Other ancient sites, museums in Iraq

Babylon is the most famous of Iraq's more than 12,000 archaeological sites. The ancient capital developed into one of the world's first urban societies more than 4,000 years ago. But it went into decline after Persia captured it 2,500 years ago.

TheFind Announces iPhone App (It’s Official)

TheFind officially launched its iPhone application today, called “Where to Shop.� I thought it had already been announced because it’s been out for a few weeks. We were briefed on the product a few months ago, then it came out a few weeks ago — but now it’s apparently official.

TheFind Launches iPhone Application (It's official)

The Find officially launched its iPhone application today called “Where to Shop�. I thought it was already announced because it’s been out for a few weeks. We were breifed on the product a few months ago, then it came out a few weeks ago, but now it’s apparently official.

Buzz Watch: Kevin Rose Demos Qik for the iPhone

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and Revision3, demos Qik live streaming video app for the iPhone on his blog (video embedded above). These new streaming services, including uStream, are very cool. Not long ago you needed a ton of equipment and a satellite-upload truck to achieve what you can basically do now with a cell phone and a Qik account. For free! But to put this in perspective, the promise of streaming video from mobile phones is nothing new. I remember video-calling being the much-hyped new "killer-app" for 3G-phones back in Europe many years ago. It flopped. The difference now is that the market is ready for these services and it’s about one-to-many and not one-to-one. The devices are also better, video-sharing websites widely used and the combination of video streaming and running a text-chat seem to be a winning combo.

Flamingo International expects higher online sales

www.eflamingo.ro, the e-shopping platform operating under Flamingo International's license, claims to have become one of the most dynamic players on the electronic retail market after the launch of its operations several months ago. Flamingo Group representatives estimate a constant sales growth on the online platform, indicating that such operations will account for five per cent of the total 2009 sales forecast and over ten per cent of the sales in 2010. "www.eflamingo.ro has been continually updated and optimized since its launch several months ago. Before the holiday peak season, we have decided to offer our clients easy access to all our products, to our special offers, as well as to the latest gadgets available on the Romanian market and we have achieved our target.

Q3 net sales up 31% at Amazon to $4.26 billion

With boosts from sales of electronics and other general merchandise and global markets, net sales at Amazon.com Inc. rose 31% to $4.26 billion for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $3.26 billion a year ago, as net income rose 48% to $118 million from $80 million, Amazon said today. Q3 sales included $80 million from a favorable impact in year-to-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Without that impact, net sales would have risen 22% from a year ago, Amazon said.

NVIDIA makes $61.7M in Q3

Despite the slowing economy, declining graphics share, and myriad of price cuts that occurred during Q3, NVIDIA managed to make money during the quarter, earning $61.7 million. Now granted that's a reduction in profit of 74% compared to year-ago levels of $235.7 million, but not nearly as bad as the markets expected given NVIDIA's current predicament. Q3 revenue fell to $897.7 million, this is a reduction of 20% compared to year-ago levels of $1.12 billion.

Gasoline price fall not leading to demand recovery: MasterCard

An ongoing fall in retail gasoline prices is not leading to an immediate bounce in US demand, according to figures released Tuesday in the MasterCard Advisors survey for the week ending October 24. On a four-week moving average, gasoline demand slipped 8% from the year-ago figure, with an average 61.724 million barrels consumed during the week. The demand decline was milder during the week-to-week period, with 62.279 million gallons consumed, and demand slipping to a negative 6.4% rate from the year-ago period -- the same percentage fall as in the previous week ending October 17, 2008. An average 8.897 million b/d of gasoline were used during the week ending October 24, the report said. National average prices in the most recent survey week dropped to $2.

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