Aibel is to carry out modifications to Kristin valued at NOK 200 million. The task is to connect the platform to the new Polarled pipeline. The contract has been awarded as a part of the framework agreement Aibel has with Statoil on ...
Tags: Oil and Gas News, Aibel, Kristin, Polarled pipeline
Apple has bought Topsy Labs in a deal that will provide the iPhone maker with more insights about the chatter on Twitter. Topsy pores through the stream of conversations occurring on Twitter to identify trends and people influencing ...
Apple has acquired Topsy, a social analytics firm, for a rumoured $200m. The company specialises in crunching Twitter data, but Apple will not reveal its plans for the start-up. "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time time, and ...
If you live in an older home, you may well be grinding your teeth over your bathroom. Considering how much time we spend in our bathrooms, there's good reason to want yours to be a pleasant place to be. Ancient cupboards, peeling linoleum ...
Preliminary production figures for October 2013 indicate an average daily production of about 1 751 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 175 000 barrels per day (about 11 percent) more than in September 2013. Total gas sales ...
Tags: Norwegian, petroleum, production, figure, 2013
University of California Santa Barbara has been exploring the use of laser diodes (LDs) in combination with phosphors as a means to produce white light [Kristin A. Denault et al, AIP Advances, vol3, p072107, 2013]. Commercial 'white' ...
Tags: Near-UV LD, Blue LD, LED, Electrical, Electronics
As a modern culture, we crave artificial white lights -- the brighter the better, and ideally using less energy than ever before. To meet the ever-escalating demand for more lighting in more places and to improve the bulbs used in sports ...
Tags: Laser Based Lighting, Lighting
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that Ashley Furniture and Ethan Allen are not eligible to receive millions of dollars in duties in the wooden bedroom furniture antidumping case. In an Aug. 19 decision, the U.S. ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Pulverized glass may be coming to a beach near you, but you won't be able to tell the difference because it will look and feel like sand beneath your feet. Broward County commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to support a program that ...
Tags: Recycled Glass, Glass, Construction
Apple has won a court order against rival Samsung to prevent the South Korean company from importing devices into the US that infringe on two key Apple patents. The ruling was delivered during an ongoing legal battle between the two ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, Patent Import
Communications agency Verde PR & Consulting, which represents many companies in the cycling and outdoors industry, is launching a new events planning and management division called Verde Events. The new division will provide event ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
The Alliance for Biking & Walking has hired Kristin Purdy as its new national campaigns manager. Purdy comes to the Alliance with field organizing experience at both the national and local level on transportation and political campaigns. ...
Cintas Corporation the largest uniform supplier in North America, released its 2013 Uniform Book. Featuring more than 100 new colors and styles and three new suiting collections, the 108-page catalog showcases sharp, retail-inspired and ...
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International Checkout Inc. today announced its partnership with one of the leading names in contemporary fashion, Nanette Lepore, expanding her brand’s reach to consumers in more than 220 destinations. International customers can now ...
Tags: International Checkout, International consumers, Nanette Lepore
We didn’t hear a peep from the Waterkeeper Alliance and its president Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., after a federal judge admonished them soundly in a December ruling in favor of a family farm. It’s not a victory for agriculture just ...