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141.9 Million Americans Got Outdoors Last Year to Exercise

Jun 7, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. — About 141.9 million Americans got outdoors last year to exercise and take part in at least one of the 43 outdoor activities that the Outdoor Foundation tracks. That’s up from 141.1 million in 2011 and the ...

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Styrolution Europe Has Nominated a Eur25/mt Increase in Its Polystyrene Contract Price

Jun 7, 2013

Styrolution Europe has nominated a Eur25/mt increase in its polystyrene contract price for June from May, the company said Tuesday. The company did not provide an outright value for its contracts but added that the premium of its high ...

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Ascend Performance Materials Experienced a Plant-wide Outage

Jun 7, 2013

Ascend Performance Materials experienced a plant-wide outage that caused unauthorized emissions at its Chocolate Bayou, Texas, chemical facility on Monday, the company said in a filing Tuesday with the Texas Commission on Environmental ...

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Sustained Weak Demand From North Asian LNG End-users Has Shown Little Sign of Recovering

Jun 7, 2013

Sustained weak demand from North Asian LNG end-users, reflected in the slump in spot prices, has shown little sign of recovering despite the start of the traditionally stronger summer season. Coming out of the April-May shoulder months, ...

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Japan's Inpex Signed Tuesday Shipbuilding and Shipping Contracts for Two New LNG Tankers

Jun 7, 2013

Japan's Inpex signed Tuesday shipbuilding and shipping contracts for two new LNG tankers, which will deliver cargoes to its new Naoetsu import terminal as well as to Taiwan's CPC from the Ichthys project in northern Australia, a company ...

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Fans of Defunct British Sports Car Manufacturer TVR May Feel Heartened

Jun 7, 2013

Fans of defunct British sports car manufacturer TVR may feel heartened by the latest update to the brand's website. The homepage of TVR.co.uk now features the car maker's badge alongside the words 'Never say never', potentially providing ...

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Gazprom Is Conducting a New Round of Gas Talks with a Number of Its Key European Clients

Jun 7, 2013

Gazprom is conducting a new round of gas talks with a number of its key European clients, including Italy's Eni and France's GDF, to revise down prices under long-term oil-indexed contracts, deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said Tuesday, ...

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NSA Is Collecting The Telephone Communication Records

Jun 6, 2013

The US government's National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone communication records of millions of Verizon customers in the US in accordance with a top secret court order issued at the end of April 2013. Details of the ...

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Sixty Per Cent of The 500 Largest Corporations Are Testing or Using BlackBerry 10 devices

Jun 6, 2013

Sixty per cent of the 500 largest corporations in America are testing or using BlackBerry 10 devices, the Canadian telecommunications firm has said, as phone operators' start stocking its keyboard interfaced Q10 smartphone. "This is a ...

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SAP Is Set to Acquire Swiss E-Commerce and Logistics Management Firm Hybris

Jun 6, 2013

SAP is set to acquire Swiss e-commerce and logistics management firm Hybris in a deal reportedly worth at least $1bn (£650m). SAP said the acquisition will allow it to begin focusing on optimising the customer experience for ...

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Microsoft and The FBI Have Combined Forces

Jun 6, 2013

Microsoft and the FBI have combined forces to strike a major blow against one of the world's biggest cyber crime networks, responsible for stealing more than $500m (£323m) from bank accounts. Aided by authorities in more than 80 ...

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The UK Government Has Defended a Deal with Chinese Telecommunications Provider Huawei

Jun 6, 2013

The UK government has defended a deal with Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei, which MPs have labelled as a possible risk to national security. The 2005 deal saw Huawei granted permission to provide BT with equipment for its ...

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BYOD Cloud and Virtualisation Will Transform The Role of The IT Manager

Jun 6, 2013

BYOD, cloud and virtualisation will transform the role of the IT manager from technical specialist to central business communicator, according to new research by Aruba Networks. Aruba’s ‘20/20 Vision’ report, which was ...

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ANAT Launched ANICO Strategy Indexed Annuity Plus 7 and 10, an Annuity Product

Jun 6, 2013

American National Insurance Company (ANAT) has launched ANICO Strategy Indexed Annuity PLUS (ASIA PLUS) 7 and 10, an annuity product with multiple interest crediting strategies. Designed to provide multiple features to assist clients in ...

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Dr Kevin Kelly Has Started His New Role as The Society of Light and Lighting's President

Jun 6, 2013

Dr Kevin Kelly has started his new role as The Society of Light and Lighting's president on Tuesday and has pledged to promote more collaborative working and the benefits of Building Information Modelling (BIM). During his inaugural ...

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