Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft said Monday ...
Archer Daniels Midland Company today announced a package of additional commitments related to its proposed acquisition of GrainCorp Limited. Key elements of that package are: An additional A$200 million investment to strengthen ...
One year after more than 60 died and 750 were sickened by fungal meningitis, the U.S. Senate passed a law to help ensure compound drug safety, officials say. The Drug Quality and Security Act reflects a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ...
SAP has been slapped with a lawsuit by California’s state controller over a payroll software implementation that cost taxpayers vast sums, but has never worked correctly. The suit, filed Thursday in Sacramento County District ...
A debate has been raging within the pages of Truck News in recent months, about the need for heightened standards within the entry-level commercial driver training industry. Currently, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and ...
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RSA Insurance, a UK-based general insurance company, has commenced an independent review of its financial and regulatory reporting processes and controls within its Irish operations. The move comes after the insurer suspended its CEO ...
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Hearts must have sank at 58.com and Qunar Cayman Islands late last month when a report from short seller Muddy Waters sent shares at the US-listed Chinese firm NQ Mobile plummeting by 47%. The two firms, both based in China, planned to list ...
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Proposals in Congress to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records would compromise the agency's ability to find and track terrorists, representatives of the intelligence community said Monday. The USA ...
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USFloors has opened a Mainland China office in Shanghai to provide local management and oversight of sourcing, quality, and logistics. The operation will be fully staffed and headed up by Julian Dossche, USFloors' senior manager of global ...
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The board-commissioned inquiry committee at New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has announced findings of the WPC80 precautionary recall. Led by a legal team from Chapman Tripp and two independent experts, the inquiry team has ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office has doled out its latest data breach fine, this time to the Ministry of Justice, to the tune of £140,000. The ICO identified a "serious data breach", which saw details of all 1,182 prisoners ...
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Esker, a worldwide leader in document process automation solutions, announced today that it has reached an agreement with a leading food production company. The U.S. division of the multinational manufacturer has chosen Esker's ...
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Cotton Australia and Cotton Incorporated announced a joint program to raise awareness of the responsible growing practices among cotton producers in Australia and the United States. Called Cotton LEADS, the program is aimed at textile ...
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Transportation Media and Dan Goodwill & Associates hosted the 2013 Surface Transportation Summit today in Mississauga, Ontario, featuring leading carrier, shipper and economist presentations. In a session on Dedicated Transportation, and ...
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Here are seven principles of sales-effective package design that account for the realities of shoppers: 1. Standing Out, You're Doing It Wrong Standing out on the shelves of high-volume retailers amongst a sea of 30K+ products ...
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