From that date shoppers will have to pay at least 5p for each single use carrier bag they use. According to the Department of Environment, the main aim of the charge is to help protect the environment by "reducing the unnecessary use of ...
US commercial crude stocks likely rose 2.5 million barrels in the reporting week that ended Friday, analysts polled by Platts said Tuesday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT), while ...
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SAP last week held a demonstration of its new HANA-powered Business Suite at Dubai Autodrome, announcing that the new suite is now available on the Middle Eastern market. At the Audi Driving Experience Centre, in one of the conference ...
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There is a particular procedure for casting the iron for the purpose different utilities. The casting of iron is an uphill task and there is no dispute or difference of opinion so far as the procedure is concerned. This metal possesses more ...
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Microsoft could rake in more than $1 billion in revenue in the first year after launching Office for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, an analyst said today. Gerry Purdy, principal of MobileTrax, did a back-of-the-envelope ...
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Before writing off your home office, make sure to read up on the lengthy list of qualifications required by the IRS. With the number of home offices exploding (an article in Forbes estimates that more than 3 million workers can make the ...
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A trademark infringement lawsuit against Facebook over its use of "timeline" will go to trial before a jury, after a judge ruled that the company had failed to show that the trademark was generic or descriptive, or Facebook's use of it ...
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Two people will share a $50,000 prize from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for the best idea to block illegal robocalls from reaching the owners of mobile and wired phones. Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss will each receive $25,000 for their ...
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A Web and app designer has stolen a page out of Microsoft's own playbook in urging users to abandon three of the company's four newest browsers because Microsoft is "standing in the way" of progress. Josef Richter, formerly a website ...
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Oscar Galeano details how the decision to study in China changed his life and opened up new ‑ elds of business endeavor. Returning home from China last year was as exciting and as terrifying as it was when I first came to ...
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Microsoft today took another shot at rival Google, the target of its "Scroggled" campaign, with an April Fools' Day prank that turned its Bing search engine into a Google look-alike. (See our slideshow of how some sites are marking April ...
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BlackBerry today reported a return to operating profit for its fourth quarter amid sales of 1 million Z10 smartphones. But there was also a decline of 3 million global subscribers, down to 76 million. "BlackBerry has gone through a major ...
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China is tipped to produce more cars than Europe for the first time ever in 2013 as the Asian powerhouse continues to boom and the traditional home of the automobile struggles through continuing economic hardship. The Financial Times ...
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The Canadian government announced earlier this month that it would eliminate tariffs on several categories of imported goods, from baby clothes to skis and snowboards to golf and hockey equipment. But bicycles weren’t on the list ...
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When Hannover Messe 2013 opens its gates on 8 April, it will do so with more exhibitors and an unprecedented level of international participation. Over 50 percent of the companies represented at the fair are based outside Germany. This ...