Then on Wednesday, ASML Holding, a key European supplier to computer chip makers, said it swung to a profit in the second quarter after a loss in the year-ago period thanks to a sharp rebound in demand.

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The Detroit-based car company reported first-quarter earnings that were better than consensus Friday, despite a drop in overall profit from a year ago thanks to weakness in Europe and Asia.

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But many Americans only jumped aboard the TARDIS a little less than eight years ago, thanks to the reboot that gave Christopher Eccleston a year in the title role.

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The relentless end-to-end play looked reminiscent of Pittsburgh's ugly six-game loss to Philadelphia in the first round a year ago, when the Flyers scored whenever they wanted thanks to a Penguins defense that hardly seemed interested in doing the dirty work.

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At least not anymore, thanks to Intel's Thin Mini-ITX platform, which it debuted roughly a year ago at Computex.

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Profit margins rose to 50.7% in the first quarter easily topping expectations thanks to cost cutting, up from 44.2% in the same period a year ago.

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Moreover, the yuan has become more competitive thanks to a sharp fall in inflation: prices, which three years ago were rising by 27% a year, are falling today.

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