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Shale Gas Supports More Than 600,000 American Jobs Today; by 2015, Shale Gas Predicted to Support Nearly 870,000 Jobs and Contribute $118.2 Billion to GDP, IHS Study Finds

Dateline City:  WASHINGTON WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The natural gas “shale gale” that has dramatically transformed the outlook for U.S. energy supplies is also having profound economic impacts — creating jobs, reducing consumer costs of natural gas and electricity, stimulating economic growth and … Continue reading

China Continues Domination of Global Market for Nylon Engineering Plastics, Says IHS Analysis

Dateline City:  HOUSTON Growing demand for durable goods, and the production of those goods in Asia and China, in particular, means that, through 2016, Northeast Asia will continue to be the largest consumer of nylon engineering resins, a specialty chemicals … Continue reading

Why Europe’s trustbusters targeted Apple’s e-book ‘cartel’

The antitrust probe dates back to a deal Steve Jobs cut with five publishers in Jan. 2010 iBookstore on an iPad The language of the European Commission’s press release Tuesday announcing the start of a formal antitrust investigation of Apple … Continue reading

IHS Reaffirms 2011 and 2012 Financial Guidance; Will Host Full Year 2011 Earnings Conference Call on January 6, 2012

Dateline City:  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, is reaffirming its 2011 and 2012 revenue and adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) guidance. The company plans to … Continue reading

Top Android phone maker faces U.S. import ban Tuesday

Shares of HTC are down sharply in advance of a ruling on a key Apple patent suit HTC Incredible S HTC shipped more than 5.7 million smartphones to the U.S. last quarter, according to Canalys, beating out Samsung and Apple … Continue reading

Top Android phone maker faces possible U.S. import ban next week

Shares of HTC are down sharply in advance of a ruling on a key Apple patent suit HTC Incredible S HTC shipped more than 5.7 million smartphones to the U.S. last quarter, according to Canalys, beating out Samsung and Apple … Continue reading

Mac 101: Using Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp

Boot Camp lets you run Microsoft Windows on your Mac. Learn how Boot Camp runs Windows and what the installation requirements are.

iCloud: Microsoft Exchange behavior with iCloud

iCloud and Microsoft Exchange data can simultaneously exist on iOS devices, OS X, and Microsoft Outlook. Below are some examples to help you better understand where your data is stored and how it is managed.

Chart of the day: iPad, iPhone dominate “couch commerce”

Source: Compuware APM As a companion piece to the comScore report Monday that Americans have spent a record $18.7 billion online so far this holiday season — up 15% from last year — consider this chart from Compuware APM showing the … Continue reading

Evercore: Amazon will own 50% of Android tablet market in ’12

The Kindle Fire may “vaporize” the market for every for-profit tablet maker except Apple Kindle Fire In a note to clients Monday about Apple (AAPL), Evercore Partners’ Robert Cihra summarizes the impact of Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle Fire on the tablet … Continue reading