COMPANIES

Banks with Asian focus hit by rising wage bills from regional expansion though strong growth boosts revenues.

Apple moves away from Google, as it creates own mapping service.

As part of an ongoing campaign to increase its Western market share, ZTE has joined the global tech patent war joining Apple, Samsung and Google, becoming the fourth biggest smartphone patent filer in the world.

Despite Apple's belief that we are entering a 'post-PC' era, where tablets and smartphones rule over traditional computers, analysts predict traditional PC sales to increase in 2012 and beyond.

A report is suggesting the online retailer Amazon will launch a refreshed 7in Kindle Fire alongside a larger 10.1in version later this year.

With the Apple iPad 3's release date in the UK just a week away, we pit it against the best on offer from Android to see which you should buy.

With the New iPad's release date just a week away (16 March), fans eager to grab the tablet would be scampering for information on its availability.

SThree, the permanent and contract staffing group, says that the GDP growth and the staffing market are not linearly related, given the current levels of global economic and political uncertainty, it is difficult to foretell the kind of market conditions the group will face during 2012 with any accuracy.

J D Wetherspoon, the developer and manager of public houses, which is scheduled to release its 2012 interim results on Friday, has moderate views for 2012 outlook, due to cost pressures resulting from government legislation, including further increases in excise duty, business rates and carbon tax.

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Morrisons Supermarkets, the food retailer, has reported that its turnover rose 7 per cent to £17.7 billion for the year ended 29 January, 2012. Profit before tax was at £947 million compared to £874 million in the previous year and raised its total dividend by 11 per cent to 10.7 pence.

Schroders, an international asset management and private banking group, has reported a slight rise in its profit before tax at £407.3 million for the year ended 31 December, 2011 from £406.9 million a year earlier.

The Cupertino-based technology giant unveiled its latest tablet at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts in San Francisco

Aggreko, the rental provider of power generation and temperature control equipment, started its FY2012 with a strong position with at least 20 per cent more on hire in international power projects than at the start of 2011.

Apple slashes the iPad 2 price as new iPad is announced

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The new iPad will be released on 16 March in the US and UK

Apple announces new Apple TV set-top box, with iOS-style interface

Angry Birds and Facebook are the most popular iOS apps among UK users

We could be seeing the third generation Apple TV as the "One More Thing" at the iPad 3 announcement.

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Sales up to £8.7bn but profits down for retail chain, full-year results for 2011 reveal.

Wm Morrison Supermarkets, a food retailer grocer, expects the consumer environment in the UK during 2012 to be cautious despite an anticipated reduction in inflationary pressures. It is expected to release its preliminary results for the year 2011 on March 8, 2012.

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Tarsus, the international business to business media company, has reported a rise of 42 percent in its revenues at £61.7m for the year ended December 31, 2011 with adjusted pre-tax profits up 77 percent to £16.8m.

Cobham, the engineering group anticipates that the US defence and security market will remain challenging with constraints over Government spending tightening, with important and ongoing uncertainty over the size, timing and allocation of federal budget cuts. As a result, there is continued poor visibility for 2012 trading.