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Verizon Wireless Has Completed The Initial Rollout of Its 4G LTE Network

Jul 1, 2013

Verizon Wireless has completed the initial rollout of its 4G LTE network, covering 95% of the U.S. population, and is now looking to reuse other spectrum for LTE and deploy small cells using the technology. On Thursday, in Parkersburg, W. ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Sonoco Enters Into Consultation with The Workforce

Jul 1, 2013

Global packaging company Sonoco has announced its intention to enter into consultation with the workforce regarding the closure of the Carrickmacross packaging plant in County Monaghan, Ireland, in November 2013. The plant, which ...

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Printers Are Taxed to Compensate Rights Holders for Illegal Reproduction of Their Work

Jul 1, 2013

Europe's top court ruled Thursday that it is legal for countries to impose a levy on printer manufacturers in order to compensate rights holders for unauthorized reproduction of their work. Under European Union law, authors and other ...

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Citadel Malware Steals Log-in Credentials and Credit Card Information From Users

Jul 1, 2013

A new variant of the Citadel financial malware uses in-browser injection techniques combined with extensive content localization to steal log-in credentials and credit card information from users in different countries, according to ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Submissions to Microsoft's Windows Store, After Stalling, Are Again on The Increase

Jul 1, 2013

Submissions to Microsoft's Windows Store, after stalling earlier this year, are again on the increase, perhaps because developers have been reinvigorated by talk of Windows 8.1 and this week's BUILD conference. According to the MetroStore ...

Tags: APP, Windows, software, Computer Products

Google Is to Enter "The Battle for The Living Room" with Its Own Games Console

Jul 1, 2013

Internet giant Google is to enter "the battle for the living room" with its own games console based on Android, which will connect wirelessly via Bluetooth to Google Glass, smart watches and other wireless devices. The aim of the ...

Tags: Google, Microsoft, Sony

Sales of Blackberry's 10-Series Devices Weighed in at Just 2.7 Million in The Last Quarter

Jul 1, 2013

Sales of BlackBerry's 10-series devices weighed in at just 2.7 million in the last quarter - at the lower end of financial analysts' expectations. The news, conveyed as the company delivered its quarterly financial results, provoked a ...

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Evraz Is Considering Slashing Working Days to 4 Days a Week

Jul 1, 2013

Evraz, the top steelmaker in Russia is considering slashing working days to 4 days a week at parts of its ZSMK plant which is one of Russia's largest mills. The sluggish demands for steel together with the approaching slow summer season are ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel

Flemming's Career Began as an Apprentice in Prince Edward Island

Jul 1, 2013

It is with sadness that Electrical Business announces the passing of Phil Flemming, first district international vice president representing Canadian members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), on May 25 at the ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Schwan Food Will Speak at Packaging Digest Food & Beverage Packaging Summit Conference

Jul 1, 2013

Jane ChaseOn July 17, 2013, Jane Chase, senior director, packaging innovation and R&D, The Schwan Food Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & Beverage Packaging Summit conference in Chicago. Her topic: How to drive innovation ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

A Breakthrough of Fuel-Cell Technology Will Make Cars Cheap in Future

Jul 1, 2013

As any auto show attendee can attest, the cars of the future have long been forecasted to be powered by fuel cells, rather than rely on gasoline for motivation. Durability and affordability have been formidable obstacles to widespread ...

Tags: Futuristic Cars, Fuel-Cell

The Company Processes a Variety of Frozen Meat Products

Jul 1, 2013

Birmingham-based Central Food Services sources and packs frozen meat and has successfully grown in a short space of time operating out of an A-grade BRC accredited site which houses, what it describes as, a state of the art food processing ...

Tags: X-ray Machine, Packaging, Printing

The Retrofit Project Replaces a Bag Forming Until That Was Originally Supplied 20-Year Ago

Jul 1, 2013

The retrofit project replaces a bag forming until that was originally supplied more than 20 years ago. Kerry Agribusiness provides a range of products and services that are aimed at optimising profitability at a farm level. From their ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

The NYMEX August RBOB Crack Spread Basis ICE Brent Settled at $11.76/B Thursday

Jul 1, 2013

Gasoline cracks have plunged in the wake of recent data from the US Energy Information Administration showing unseasonably high gasoline inventories across the country, particularly in the East Coast. The NYMEX August RBOB crack spread ...

Tags: Chemicals

The NYMEX August Natural Gas Futures Contract Continued to Plunge Midday Thursday

Jul 1, 2013

The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract continued to plunge midday Thursday on an above-average storage injection that also was higher than analyst expectations. As of 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT), it traded at $3.576/MMBtu, 16.1 cents ...

Tags: Chemicals, economy

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