Reuters reported that South Africa wants to impose export curbs on minerals such as platinum and iron ore as part of a drive by the ruling African National Congress to create more jobs in industry in the continent's biggest economy. The ...
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Business reaction to DCMS announcement Local government reaction to DCMS announcement Consultation could hold back broadband roll-out The broadband industry has said goodbye to Jeremy Hunt as he takes Andrew Lansley's old job as secretary ...
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The department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) introduced its new minister to the broadband industry today with controversial rules aiming to speed up deployment of superfast connections across the UK. Maria Miller, who takes over ...
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MONROE, Mich. — Furnishings importer and manufacturer La-Z-Boy will receive a $3 million Michigan Business Development Program incentive to keep and build its new headquarters here. Michigan was chosen over a competing site in ...
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AmWINS Group(AmWINS)has signed an agreement to acquire Gresham&Associates and is likely to close the transaction by the end of 2012. Under terms of the agreement,more than$7.5bn will be invested by the combined firm in annual premiums and ...
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Mr Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow president of Turkmenistan said that we have to work hard to create favourable conditions for the implementation of the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India project. Mr Berdimuhamedow said that the ...
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The U.S. House is moving closer to acting on legislation that would make green cards available to as many as 55,000 foreign nationals who have earned advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math -- the so-called STEM fields. ...
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A planned network of regional patent offices and the effects of new legislation are expected to slow the recent proliferation of patent lawsuits between big-name tech companies, Rebecca Blank, U.S. acting secretary of commerce, said on ...
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Cook Medical has opened a new $19m medical device manufacturing plant in Canton, Illinois, US. The new 60,000ft2 facility, which will join the company's existing $20m Canton-based facility, will manufacture polytetrafluoroethylene tubing ...
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Many global organisations have failed to implement a data management strategy but will have to as IT leaders need to support big data volumes, velocity and variety, according to a new Gartner report. In its Predicts 2013: Big Data and ...
Lancashire County Council’s investment of pound 32m to get superfast broadband to rural areas is being brought into question by a local MP, who claims other, more pressing social issues should take priority. Graham Jones, Labour MP ...
A company called inovateus solar has just issued a white paper called The Good News About Solar:Five Facts You Should Know,which is perfect timing because,although fossil fuels got quite a bit of notice during last night's debate between ...
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Solar energy zones in six western states that have been finalized by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Oct. 12. The program is intended to spur development of soalr projects initially on 285,000 acres administered by the federal ...
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Cutting regulation, reforming agricultural policy and buying British will boost the UK food industry and help create jobs, Owen Paterson, the new Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. ...
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Nestle has invested CHF121m (US$124.4m) in its facility in Goa, India in a bid to boost production capacity. The facility, which produces Kit Kat and Munch branded products, is expected to create around 250 jobs and increase the company's ...
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