MAIT cuts PC sales estimate by 7.5 lakh.
NEW DELHI: With slow uptake in the enterprise market in the first half of the current fiscal, IT hardware association MAIT has revised downwards its PC sales projections for 2007-08 to 7.25-million, against its earlier projection of 8 million units. Announcing the findings of its Industry Performance...

How to stay profitable in 2008.
How to stay profitable in 2008 By Garry Bartecki Read the papers and I'm sure you're all opening the windows getting ready to jump. Listen to the economists and you start pulling yourself back in but are still ready to take the dive at the...

Local retail centers cater to their niche.
Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard More choices for Eugene-Springfield shoppers this holiday season means a tightened focus for the growing legion of local retailers, according to store and mall officials. "Each of the shopping areas have something special to offer, and we all complement each...

Drug-eluting stents come under spotlight.
Recent information suggesting a small but significant increase in the rate of death and heart attack possibly due to stent thrombosis in patients treated with drug-eluting stents (DES) has prompted the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to state that a more formal evaluation of this information is now...

News Update.
Byline: The Register-Guard State atlas selling well A STATE ATLAS published by the University of Oregon last fall has topped sales projections and recently won a national map design award. More than 10,000 copies of "Atlas of Oregon" have been sold since the...

The eyes have it. (Eurotrends).
IT'S BEEN a good year for color cosmetics in Europe, with an explosion of bright shades, interesting textures and formats and booming sales. Only nail products have languished as consumers concentrate on their eyes and lips. Color cosmetics are always an interesting barometer of the social and economic climate....

Parners in style thrive on Fifth Avenue.
Byline: RETAIL NOTEBOOK By Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard When Meera Willis opened her Eugene shoe shop in November 2001, she had high hopes for the north side of Fifth Avenue, between High and Pearl streets, across from the Fifth Street Public Market. "I said that...

Meralco posts R2.6-B loss in 2004.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO The uncertainties posed by court rulings have weighed down on the financial performance of giant utility firm Manila Electric Company (Meralco) triggering it to register a net loss of P2.610 billion last year, effectively wiping out its P1.267 billion income in 2003. ...

Microwave cooking faces dim future.
Is the end at hand for microwave cooking? According to The Food Channel, a food industry trend report, expectations for microwave products had been estimated to reach $4,000,000,000 by 1995. Now, however, the industry has revised its sales projections drastically downward. In 1990, at a conference sponsored by the...

State sets retailers' video slot payment.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - The Oregon Lottery Commission on Thursday approved a profit-sharing contract for taverns and other retailers, clearing the way for thousands of state-owned gambling terminals to offer video slot machines starting in July. The compensation package will allow retailers...