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		  <title><![CDATA[Mobile communications market expanding successfully]]></title>
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		  <title><![CDATA[European market for small domestic appliances records positive figures]]></title>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Major Domestic Appliances Back in Worldwide Demand]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[There are signs of a strong recovery for Major Domestic Appliances this year. The markets in Europe and North America showed positive trends for the first half of 2010, while the emerging markets in Asia and Latin America continued to record substantial growth. In the Middle East, demand is increasing significantly after very weak development in the previous year. Spending was up worldwide by almost 10% (basis: US dollar) in the first six months, with a rise in unit sales of around 7%. GfK Retail and Technology present key market figures as the IFA 2010 trade fair kicks off in Berlin.]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Trend towards mobility and home networking]]></title>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Pleasing growth for consumer electronics]]></title>
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		  <dc:date>2010-09-01T08:39:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Doom in the Irish Desktop market…but not across all form factors]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[The Desktop market in Ireland makes up around 10% of all PC sales in volume. Unfortunately it has been a declining market throughout all of 2010, year to date down 31%. 

There are four main form factors which make up the desktop market; Tower, Desk, All in one and Micro. Not all desktop computers have faced a downfall in sales, the AIO and the Micro desktop have seen year on year growths.]]></description>
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