The European Commission (EC) has announced funding for IT research totaling almost €1.5bn. The cash is part of a larger €8.1bn pot the EC plans to invest in various research projects proposed by businesses and organisations ...
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Intelligrated, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, announces the successful acquisition of Knighted, a provider of supply chain software solutions. The acquisition is a strategic component of ...
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The mining and minerals industry has made major advances towards sustainability, but the sector faces new challenges as governments reassert control over their natural resources, but lack capacity to ensure mining can contribute to ...
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What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of Gold Newsletter. Lundin, who also organizes the New ...
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National Interstate Insurance Company is planning to offer a new fuel distribution insurance program, in an effort to strengthen its long-standing captive fuel distribution business. Effective from 01 January 2013, the new program will ...
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"O'zbekyengilsanoat" State Joint Stock Company will complete 28 investment projects until the end of 2012. The announcement was made during a press conference at the National Press Center of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. Cotton yarn, fabrics, ...
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MIT is aiming for a leadership position in mobile technology with the launch on Thursday of its latest research center, Wireless@MIT. Also known more formally as the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, the new ...
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Patio umbrellas are attractive and practical. There are many styles of patio umbrellas available. For your deck, garden, pool, or the beach, there is an outdoor umbrella out there to match what you need. You can also find some great ...
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VMware and EMC today confirmed rumors that have been circulating for weeks that it would spin out its big data and platform as a service (PaaS) cloud products into a new division within the company named Pivotal Initiative, which will be ...
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UK - The APRS, in association with PLASA and the MIA, has made great progress in stimulating interest in exploring the Brazilian market since their scoping visit with the UKTI trade Mission in September. 15 UK companies have expressed ...
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Engineers working on communications technology were paid a a median salary of $135,087 last year, the highest in the profession, according to new IEEE-USA survey data. The lowest paid engineers, with a median salary of $107,820, ...
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K•Swiss Inc. announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The operations of FORM Athletics are accounted for as a discontinued operation in the Company's financial results and are excluded from futures orders data ...
BS reported that Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco will receive USD 100 million in financing from Export Development Canada or EDC, the country's export credit agency for its Mahan Aluminium Project in Madhya Pradesh. The agreement, ...
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LONDON -- Cloud computing may have become the “phrase du jour” for the IT industry but the vastly overused term still means different things to different people. Here are a few cloud computing definitions from IT pros, ...
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The eyes of the textile universe were focused on Vietnam as the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) held its traditional Annual Conference from Nov. 4 – 6, 2012. In the highly anticipated Fiber Session on Nov. 4, ...
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