SAN FRANCISCO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The personal computer market limped along in the first quarter of this year, its footing aided a bit by businesses buying gear, according to a pair of industry trackers. Gartner Inc estimated that 62.2 million personal computers were shipped worldwide in the first three months of this year, marking the […]
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Business buys bright spot in dim computer market
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High economic cost of Barrier Reef bleaching – study
SYDNEY, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Mass coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could cost the region more than one million tourists a year and up to Aus$1.0 billion (US$760 million) in lost revenue, a study warned Wednesday. Scientists said this week that coral bleached for two consecutive years at the World Heritage-listed site had “zero […]
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Xi urges peaceful resolution of N. Korea tensions in Trump call
BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – China’s President Xi Jinping called for a “peaceful” resolution to tensions over North Korea in a phone call with Donald Trump, Chinese media said Wednesday. Xi told the US president that China “advocates resolving the issue through peaceful means,” according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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‘Badly injured’ Bartra has wrist surgery after bus attack – Dortmund
DORTMUND, Germany, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Spain international Marc Bartra underwent wrist surgery on Tuesday after being injured when the Borussia Dortmund team bus was rocked by a series of explosions that forced the postponement of their Champions League match against Monaco. Dortmund’s press spokesman confirmed the 26-year-old Bartra needed an operation on his right wrist. […]
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United finally apologizes as image takes beating
CHICAGO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The chief executive of embattled United Airlines unequivocally apologized Tuesday for an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a plane, and promised a thorough review of the airline’s practices. The apology came after a torrent of criticism of the carrier’s action on a flight Sunday and its initial explanation […]
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China producer prices jump 7.6% in March: govt
BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): Prices for goods at the factory gate in China jumped in March, the government said Wednesday, in a positive sign of strengthening demand for the world’s second-largest economy. The producer price index (PPI) rose 7.6 percent year-on-year in March, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, slightly beating economists’ expectations of a […]