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BIR Warned Its Members About Fraudulent Scrap Transactions Reported
Jan 24, 2013The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has warned its members about fraudulent scrap transactions reported over the past several weeks. BIR stated that scrap metal recyclers have been offered non-existent cargoes of scrap metal. The ...
Tags: scrap metal recyclers, scrap metal, scrap metal cargoes
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The 2012 Passenger Count Brings The Total Number of Passengers
Jan 24, 2013In 2012, 947,600 passengers used Erbil’s new International Airport, a 53% increase on the previous year, whilst cargo tonnage also increased dramatically, with a 54% increase to 27,849 tonnes per annum. The 2012 passenger count ...
Tags: Erbil, International Airport, 2012
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CPP Company Is Said to Be Close to Winning a $650-Million Contract to Build a Pipeline
Jan 24, 2013The China Petroleum Pipeline (CPP) company is said to be close to winning a $650-million contract to build a pipeline linking the southern oilfields in Maysan province to the al-Fao [al Faw] storage depots. The chief of state-run Maysan ...
Tags: China, Iraq, Oil Pipeline
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Cuba's Internet Speeds Increased on Tuesday
Jan 24, 2013Cuba's Internet speeds increased on Tuesday, and the country appears to be routing more traffic through a previously dormant undersea fiber-optic cable, according to Internet monitoring company Renesys. Renesys noticed last week that ...
Tags: Cuba, Internet speeds, fiber-optic cable
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Trade and Investment Minister Lord Green
Jan 24, 2013The United Kingdom’s Trade Minister Lord Green met with local business leaders, British company executives, as well as the Iraq Britain Business Council representatives in Basrah today (23rd). The hour long meeting focussed on the ...
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Kuwait MPs Have Overwhelmingly Ratified The $500-Million Settlement Deal
Jan 24, 2013Kuwait MPs have overwhelmingly ratified the $500-million settlement deal to end the 22-year-old dispute between Kuwaiti Airways Corporation (KAC) and Iraqi Airways. Iraqi Airways agreed in July to pay the compensation to KAC for damages ...
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Manufacturers Celebrate The Things in Australia Day
Jan 24, 2013Australia Day is a great time for all of us to celebrate the things our country does best, says Australian Made, Campaign Chief Executive, Ian Harrison. This includes manufacturing high quality products and growing delicious, nutritious ...
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The SA Index Was off 2.3 Percent, The Worst Year-Over-Year Result Since November 2009
Jan 24, 2013The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.8 percent in December after surging 3.9 percent in November. The back-to-back increases in November and December were by far the ...
Tags: ATA, truck, tonnage index
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Top Priorities in Application Development and Delivery Space Include Faster APP Delivery
Jan 24, 2013Top priorities in the application development and delivery space this year include faster delivery of software and better alignment with business, according to an annual survey taken by Serena Software. The survey involving 86 ...
Tags: software, delivery space, Serena Software
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Hortonworks Sandbox Is a Single-Node Implementation of Hadoop
Jan 24, 2013Those who want to try the much-hyped Hadoop but haven't got a cluster or two to spare can now test the data processing platform on their desktops, thanks to a new release from Hadoop distributor Hortonworks. Hortonworks Sandbox is a ...
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The Agreement Would Have Enabled The Companies to Hold Down Wages
Jan 24, 2013New documents have been filed in court showing how a number of big, Silicon Valley-based companies operated an informal "no poaching" agreement to prevent them from taking each other's staff. The agreement, which contravened ...
Tags: Apple, Intel and Google, no poaching deals
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US Raw Steel Production Rose 0.3 Percent in The Week Ending January 19
Jan 24, 2013The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that US raw steel production rose 0.3 percent in the week ending January 19, following a 3.6 percent increase the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
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Product Quality Requires Close Attention to Process Variables
Jan 24, 2013Brewery product quality requires close attention to process variables throughout the production cycle. Separating trub (sediment) from a brewery’s process liquid is essential after the wort boil and after fermentation. In the latter ...
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Iron Ore Production in Peru Amounted to 539,103 Long Tons,Increasing 14.2 Percent
Jan 24, 2013In November 2012, iron ore production in Peru amounted to 539,103 long tons (547,753 mt), increasing 14.2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and up strongly compared to 139,860 long tons (142,104 mt) recorded in October ...
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HI & PSM Have Announced The Kick-off of The First Webinar Series of 2013
Jan 24, 2013The Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter have announced the kick-off of the first webinar series of 2013. The highly anticipated Variable Speed Drives 4-part webinar series will begin on February 14, 2013. The series also includes ...
Tags: HI&PSM, Variable Speed, Webinar Series, 2013
