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(AP) -- Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday and said it faces pressure from weak global demand and intense competition. http://www.physorg.com/news168765098.html Technology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:12:00 EST news168765098 (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations, and the company said the quarter may have been the bottom of the recession-related downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news168713659.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:54:51 EST news168713659 (PhysOrg.com) -- Transaction prices of commercial property sold by major institutional investors fell by 18 percent in the second quarter of 2009, according to an index developed and published by the MIT Center for Real Estate (MIT/CRE). http://www.physorg.com/news168528849.html Other Sciences Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:35:04 EST news168528849 Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi announced Tuesday a net loss of 82.7 billion yen (870 million dollars) for the fiscal first quarter with sales down heavily amid the economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news167991642.html Technology Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:03 EST news167991642 (AP) -- Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years. http://www.physorg.com/news167028108.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:30:03 EST news167028108 Microsoft has approached five of the world's biggest advertising companies about buying its digital advertising agency Razorfish, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news166715612.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:30:02 EST news166715612 India's second-biggest software exporter Infosys announced Friday a better-than-expected 17.2 percent rise in first-quarter net profit, but said global conditions remained challenging. http://www.physorg.com/news166434640.html Technology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:10:04 EST news166434640 (AP) -- As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news165555567.html Technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:10:01 EST news165555567 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fewer Americans are dying on our nation's roads, not only because they are driving less, but also because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news163351130.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:19:42 EST news163351130 Defying the worst recession in decades, green cars in Japan are gaining ground against conventional gas-guzzlers, offering automakers hope of re-energising a flagging domestic market. http://www.physorg.com/news163348614.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:38:39 EST news163348614 Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine that will be published online Thursday. The data were collected prior to the current economic downturn and hence likely understate the current burden of financial suffering. Between 2001 and 2007, the proportion of all bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 49.6 percent. The authors' previous 2001 findings have been widely cited by policy leaders, including President Obama. http://www.physorg.com/news163318959.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:23:39 EST news163318959 (AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will end production of mobile phones in Japan due to plummeting demand amid an economic slump. http://www.physorg.com/news162041429.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 12:30:58 EST news162041429 (AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 170 workers worldwide to further cut costs as the global downturn continues to weaken demand in the mobile phone industry. http://www.physorg.com/news161954917.html Technology Tue, 19 May 2009 12:29:15 EST news161954917 Toyota Motor on Monday rolled out a cheaper, revamped Prius, seeking to boost its flagging sales and maintain its lead in fuel-sipping hybrids in the face of growing competition from rival Honda. http://www.physorg.com/news161869828.html Technology Mon, 18 May 2009 12:51:02 EST news161869828 She never gets invited to lunch with the rest of her co-workers. He always gets publicly criticized for his mistakes. http://www.physorg.com/news161519402.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 May 2009 11:30:38 EST news161519402 (AP) -- Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers. http://www.physorg.com/news160893783.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 05:43:41 EST news160893783 Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announced an annual net loss of 1.3 billion dollars, its first ever, due to a slump in sales, but it forecast a return to profit this year. http://www.physorg.com/news160028099.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:18:26 EST news160028099 NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology announced plans for a merger to create Japan's largest semiconductor maker, as they seek a way out of the global economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news160027873.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:13:22 EST news160027873 (AP) -- Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple Inc. lift its quarterly profit 15 percent, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday despite the global economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news159642501.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:08:52 EST news159642501 The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news159521415.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:39:18 EST news159521415 Legalized gambling is weighing down a global economy already mired in its deepest downturn since the Great Depression, according to a new collection of research that renews decades-old calls to outlaw betting. http://www.physorg.com/news159112783.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:00:33 EST news159112783 (AP) -- Nokia Corp. on Thursday said profits plummeted 90 percent in the first quarter because of fading demand for mobile phones amid the worldwide downturn - but its shares surged as analysts had expected an even gloomier report. http://www.physorg.com/news159099507.html Technology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:18:56 EST news159099507 (AP) -- Prices of the most popular brand-name prescription drugs are on the rise even as the economy falters, the AARP says. http://www.physorg.com/news159039025.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:30:54 EST news159039025 The prairies offer opportunities for capitalizing on environmentally friendly farming practices and potentially useful agricultural waste to produce jobs, economic growth, commercial opportunities, and renewable energy sources, according to a perspective article published in the current issue of the International Journal of Private Law. http://www.physorg.com/news158417381.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:50:11 EST news158417381 Research firm Gartner Inc. said Monday the market for software sold to businesses is likely to grow only 0.3 percent this year compared to 2008, a downward revision from the firm's previous forecast of 6.6 percent growth. http://www.physorg.com/news157655970.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:20:34 EST news157655970 (AP) -- Google Inc. is jettisoning nearly 200 workers in its largest round of layoffs yet, demonstrating that even highly profitable companies are feeling the recession's pinch. http://www.physorg.com/news157311786.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:36 EST news157311786 A University of Iowa study found that when a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to seriously consider doing so. But at-risk teens are less likely to be suicidal if they hold summer jobs. http://www.physorg.com/news157211151.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:46:16 EST news157211151 (PhysOrg.com) -- Almost one-third of small- and medium-sized business owners will need to put plans for their retirement on hold because of the downturn in the UK economy, an online survey by The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) has revealed. http://www.physorg.com/news156705500.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:19:16 EST news156705500 (AP) -- Sales growth of prescription drugs in the U.S. slowed for the second straight year, with the economic downturn playing a key role, according to IMS Health Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news156696781.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:53:43 EST news156696781 (AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc., the company behind the popular Photoshop software, posted a decline in fiscal first-quarter profit and sales Tuesday, squeezed by the economic downturn. http://www.physorg.com/news156526829.html Technology Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:40:57 EST news156526829