February 22nd, 2012
How good is EAs digital business? Digital revenue for 2011 grew 79% year-on-year, coming in over $1 billion. The third quarter (its fiscal year ends in March) was especially strong for the company, with all its digital businesses bringing in $274 million over the holiday quarter, a 40% boost over the same period in 2010. This is in addition to revenue from the companys subsidiary PopCap, a mobile- and social-games maker that EA acquired in July and isnt included as part of EAs quarterly financials.
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Whats significant about the strong performance of EAs digital initiatives at the end of 2011 is that it marked a period when EA was aggressively touting its big-budget...
February 22nd, 2012
Mothercare has hired an ecommerce veteran as its new chief executive as it looks to improve its position as a multichannel retailer.
Simon Calver joins the nursery retailing group, which also includes the Early Learning Centre, from digital entertainment company LOVEFiLM, which is now part of Amazon. Calver replaces Ben Gordon, who left the company by mutual consent in November after nine years. He joins Mothercare at a time when falling sales have prompted a structural review of its UK business, including its ecommerce operations.
In the first half of its financial year, to October 8 2011, the company reported bottom-line losses of £81.4m, down from a profit of £0.3m at the same...
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February 21st, 2012
An excellent report this week on CNN, sheds light on the neglect of these animals, from domestic pets, to farm animals and everything in between.
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February 21st, 2012
An emu and a ewe are not your usual domestic pets. But, for Mary Dewsnup and her partner Willard Bedford, they were pets and family members.
An emu is a large, exotic bird, very similar to the ostrich. A ewe is a female sheep. Though they were two very different animals, Mary said they bonded and were inseparable.
Where you saw one, you saw the other, she said.
Dewsnup said that the emu was hatched right there in their backyard, nearly 10 years ago.
But Dewsnups happiness and joy for her pets came to end last Sunday, when she said they were brutally killed. She said they were mauled and attacked by her neighbors two pit bull dogs.
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February 20th, 2012
Dr. Clare Knottenbelt is a professor at the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where her recent research involves assessing hair nicotine in dogs exposed to secondhand smoke. She answers this weeks questions.
Question: What role does secondhand smoke play in a pets health?
Answer: It has been difficult to prove many associations with secondhand smoke (SHS) in pets because we cant ask the pet themselves. However, we know it can increase the risk of some cancers.
In addition, the smoke sticks to the pets hair, which means when they groom themselves the smoke will be eaten as well as breathed.
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February 18th, 2012
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Nick Scali Limited (ASX: NCK) has reported lower profits, but strong trading in January, and immunity from the online threat makes this no ordinary retailer.
Furniture retailer Nick Scali Limited today reported an 11% fall in net profits from $5.9m to $5.3m for the half year ending 31 December 2011, despite an increase in sales revenue to $53.8m. The increase...
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February 17th, 2012
ATLANTA, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Total Revenues Increased 8% for Both the Quarter and Year
Same Store Revenues Increased 3.7% for Quarter
Diluted EPS of $.40 for Quarter and $1.43 for Year
Diluted EPS Includes $.03 Charge in Both Periods
Expanded Number of HomeSmart Stores and Incurred Startup Expenses
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February 17th, 2012
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Mercer County health officials announced Friday that a wounded raccoon had proven to be the countys second confirmed case of rabies this year.
This new case occurred at Mount Horeb Road near Princeton, Doris Irwin, RN, BSW said. The first case, involving a skunk, was found earlier this month at Hinton Road near Athens.
This is another one of those situations in which domestic pets were exposed, Irwin said. The good news this time is that they were up to date on their rabies vaccinations; however, there is an unexplained bullet hole that makes me concerned that there was another interaction with this rabid raccoon somewhere in the neighborhood.
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February 17th, 2012
Starwood Hotels and Resorts, with brands including Le Meridien and Westin, is expecting further growth in rates and occupancy in its properties in Dubai this year.
In the fourth quarter of last year, the hotel group experienced a 12 per cent increase in revenue per available room in its 15 Dubai properties over the same period a year earlier, it reported
We anticipate that [growth] will continue this year and we will build on the momentum, said Guido de Wilde, the senior vice president and regional director for Starwood Hotels and Resorts in the Middle East. We believe there is enough demand coming into the market to further build on occupancies and to further build on rates.
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