The growth rate of China's economy for 2014 has revised marginally lower to 7.3 percent from previous forecast of 7.4 percent. The drop in services sector weighed more on gross domestic product (GDP). According to the latest data from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the GDP stood at 63.6 trillion Yuan ($10 trillion) in 2013 and this was 32.4 percent lower than earlier projection. The latest data casts shadow over the Chinese government's target of seven percent for 2015.
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Will Lenovo, HP and Dell consolidate in the PC market in the coming years?
Three PC makers, Lenovo, HP and Dell will consolidate in the PC market, says Michael Dell on a press briefing in Bengaluru, India Michael Dell, Dell Inc. CEO, told Reuters he predicts there would be consolidation among three PC makers in the market. These are Dell, HP and Lenovo. These three PC manufacturing companies will take over 80% of the market in a few years.
Borderlands movie adaptation plagued with issues; Originality, storyline and execution questioned
Borderlands movie adaptation had just been announced but several issues have already surfaced. Questions on originality, storyline and execution plague the beginning of this production.
Merger of Four Major Insurance Companies May Harm Healthcare Industry
Doctors, hospitals and healthcare groups criticized the proposed merger of four major insurances, saying that it could lead to harm for the healthcare industry.
One Third Of US Workers Say They're "Free Agents," Not Tied To Just One Boss
More and more U.S. workers don't want to work for the "Man" anymore and be tied up to just one boss as they consider themselves "free agents." In a report by CNN Money, 31% of workers in the US consider themselves "free agents," according to a survey from Kelly Services, a recruiting and employment firm. These "free agents" consider themselves contractors, small business owners, temps, freelancers, and moonlighters, but never "traditional employees." This means, they don't get their income from just one boss. Most of these free agents said they entered their type of work willingly, and only 10% said they were forced into it due to economic conditions.
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Investors have been asking about how Facebook's Messenger can earn more money. CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans during the earnings call on how Facebook will bring more dollars to its recently acquired messaging app.
Richard E. Grant was casted to join "Game of Thrones" season 6. There has been no details about his role yet.
Stephen's King's The Dark Tower film adaptation is also getting a TV series although not much has been said about it. In line with this, suggestions of where the TV series should be released or streamed are made, like Apple.
One of the episodes of 'The Vampire Diaries' Season 7 will be directed by Ian Somerhalder. Rumors are spreading that there might be a baby born from the Stefan-Caroline relationship.
"Toy Story" 4 is highly anticipated to cover the life of Andy with his parents. As the rumors say, he will be searching for his mother in the upcoming movie.
Tom Hardy made headlines again after his MySpace underwear pictures went viral. With a whopping 1.3 million views after 'BuzzFeed' shared the photos, fans everywhere around the world went crazy over the goofy photos. After the popularity the pictures brought the actor, Hardy took the time to address the picture situation stating he's not at all ashamed.
Bad Boys 3 reboot is announced as part of Sony's 16-movie list. This may mean major cast and and crew changes, especially that scheduling conflicts plague the movie's lead Will Smith.
As the beta program for Sony’s PS4 Firmware Update 3.00 is ongoing, many screenshots and a video leaked out online, however. These showed its many features which include the Communities, stickers in Chat sessions, among others.
'The Flash' season 2 will see more of Jay Garrick, the first person who called himself the Flash. He will reportedly introduce Barry Allen to alternate universes.
