Meat packer Hilton Food Group, which supplies retailers such as Tesco, is expected to ride out the recent horsemeat contamination issue unscathed, following publication of its preliminary results for 2012 which showed sales up 5% to 1bn. ...
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Ever striving to stay on top of latest textile trends and give their customers the greatest choice, Curtains Made Simple has expanded its product offering to include 12 new fabric collections from Prestigious Textiles – Atmosphere, ...
The green carpet was rolled out at Mansion House as eco-fashion ambassador Livia Firth and the British Fashion Council (BFC) crowned high street retailer Marks and Spencer and Fair Trade milliners Pachacuti champions of Sustainable Fashion ...
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Pump Solutions Group announced that it recently donated children’s bicycles and helmets to children associated with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley. The event took place at the Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. ...
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A classic example of Parisian luxury meeting British charms can be seen at a conceptualized exhibition paying tribute to the works of French luxury fashion house Christian Dior at London’s popular upmarket department store Harrods. ...
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IBM has started a new practice to help organizations interact more effectively with their customers through the use of social media and other emerging technologies. "Today, businesses have a completely different way of engaging ...
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Chevron is "in discussions" with Venezuela about adding opportunities to invest in that country following the recent death of its controversial populist President Hugo Chavez, Chevron CEO John Watson said Tuesday. But Watson told ...
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Jordan - the country, not the model - has unveiled a 25-teraflop supercomputer based on Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) hardware. The IMAN1 computer had its first public outing at the MENA ICT Forum in Amman last week, unveiled by Zaid Abudayeh, ...
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IBM's Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer, Watson, may have started out the size of a master bedroom, but it will eventually shrink to the size of a smart phone, its inventors say. The supercomputer is currently performing "residencies" at ...
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Lighting in a lift is usually fairly unforgiving, but a new show proves that it can be so much better - provided the lift is as big as a stage. Lighting designer Andrew Voller used ETC Source Four LED Lustr+ luminaires to light Lift at ...
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Bibby Financial Services, a leading global debtor finance specialist, has appointed Mark Cleaver as Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand. Mr Cleaver has worked for Bibby Financial Services for the past 16 years. He is relocating ...
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Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is unveiling a new range of 400RXMD panel-mount pumps designed specifically to meet the demands from medical device specialists serving the surgical ablation market. Unique performance and robust modern design ...
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IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper. You may recall the epic man vs. machine battle two years ago in which the supercomputer beat former champions on the show Jeopardy. Well, now there's a ...
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Applying the same technologies used for voice recognition and credit card fraud detection to medical treatments could cut healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes by almost 50%, according to new research. The research by Indiana ...
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Computerworld - Amid a flurry of news surrounding the Watson supercomputer, IBM this week released major upgrades to three enterprise storage products, including a self-service software portal for end users. The Log in screen for the ...
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