BitGou: Morning Digest: Apple blames rare miss on new iPhone anticipation, economy

2012年7月25日星期三

Morning Digest: Apple blames rare miss on new iPhone anticipation, economy

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07/25/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Apple blames rare miss on new iPhone anticipation, economy

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc results fell short of Wall Street's lofty expectations as a sagging European economy and a pause in iPhone sales ahead of a new version saw revenues slip from the previous quarter..

Syrian armored column closes in on Aleppo

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army turned its forces on Aleppo on Wednesday, ordering an armored column to advance on the country's second biggest city and pounding rebel fighters there with artillery and attack helicopters, opposition activists said..

Stock index futures signal mixed Wall Street open

LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones rising 0.2 percent, while futures on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were down 0.8 percent following Apple's disappointing results..

HBO nixes idea of Netflix partnership

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Consumers who dream of watching HBO hits like "The Sopranos" or "Game of Thrones" by streaming to TVs using their Netflix accounts shouldn't hold their breath..

More troops deployed, Games about sport and diplomacy

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain deployed 1,200 extra soldiers on Tuesday in a last-minute effort to bolster Olympic security while global diplomatic tensions started to play out among athletes and politicians three days ahead of the opening ceremony..

EU warms to Google antitrust concessions

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google took a significant step toward resolving its antitrust problems in the EU after regulators warmed to new concessions offered to settle an investigation into alleged anti-competitive behaviour and avert a possible fine..

Are mutant mosquitoes the answer in Key West?

KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - When Hadyn Parry, chief executive officer of the British biotechnology company Oxitec Ltd, appeared at a Key West town hall meeting to present his plan to use genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight to eradicate dengue fever, he came up against familiar resistance..

Austrian find dates bras back to 15th century

VIENNA (Reuters) - Four mediaeval bras have been found in a collection of textiles excavated from an Austrian castle, confounding conventional wisdom that bras did not exist before the 19th century..