David Ferris, chairman of the multi-union in Port Talbot, said: "Not only is this great news for employees at the works, but there are great advantages for the community and the environment".

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Analysts describe Surface as straddling the line between tablet and PC by featuring a tablet form with a multi-touch keyboard and USB port.

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The WD-73732 and WD-73831 both include dual HDMI inputs, along with a FireWire port, CableCARD slot, and multi-format card readers.

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Its camera has six imagers, an SoC with dual ARM11 cores and a custom-built multi-imaging video processor (MIVP), along with an Ethernet port and a USB 2.0 port.

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This protrusion (which is removeable) provides access to a multi-function button, volume controls, power switch and micro-USB port for charging.

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Their adoption of Network Magic is a big plus for privately held Pure Networks, which has already authored Port Magic, a product that enables gamers to play multi-player games over the Internet by automatically opening and closing ports on their Internet gateways.

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The Nextbook 7GP includes high performance hardware such as a Dual Core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB DDR3 RAM, a high definition (1024 x 600) capacitive multi touch screen, front and back cameras, and an HDMI-out port to send 1080p HD video to an HDTV or computer.

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Fan cited the case of strong rains in the port of Santos in Brazil, causing sugar shipments to be delayed and sending sugar to multi-month highs in July.

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