Semiconductor design for automotive systems is an important and growing technology capability for European companies, according to Jean-Marie Saint-Paul, European director at Mentor Graphics. "Europe's strong car industry is a big ...
Tags: Car, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductor
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with the école Polytechnique in Paris, France, say that they have identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes nitride light-emitting diodes ...
Tags: LED light, LED, light, Electronics
High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
Tags: GFK Consumer Climate, unemployment
The financially strapped Peugeot Citroen group (PSA) views its alliance with General Motors as a must if it’s to survive long term and become a global player. Speaking to the media at last week’s launch of the Peugeot 2008 SUV ...
Tags: Peugeot Citroen&GM, PSA Survival
Mobile phone apps are accessing users' private data and transmitting it to remote servers far more than appears strictly necessary, while users have inadequate tools to monitor or control such access, according to a new study by two French ...
Tags: APP, Computer Products, private data
France-based chlor-alkali and polyvinyl chloride maker, KemOne, has been put into administration Wednesday, the company said in a press release Wednesday. In view of the financial position of KemOne, its chairman, Gary Klesch, filed for ...
Tags: France's Kemone, Pvc Producer
French authorities have found 57 tons of banned mutton at the French company Spanghero, which was earlier implicated in the horsemeat scandal. Spanghero operates a factory in Castelnaudary, near Toulouse, in south-west France. The meat ...
Reports that STMicroelectronics have failed to find a buyer for ST--Ericsson mean that only one option remains for ST-E and that is closure unless the French government bails it out. Last December ST committed to exiting from the jv by ...
France's digital economy minister Fleur Pellerin has endorsed Labor's $37.4 billion National Broadband Network, describing it as the "best long-term technology" for high speed broadband rollouts. Ms Pellerin said that although politicians ...
Russia sees a dramatic 42% increase in FTTH subscriptions, Europe reports “steady” 15% growth, where Lithuania and Sweden lead the way. European fiber to the home (FTTH) deployment continues to grow steadily, but the ...
Alcatel-Lucent's board has appointed Michel Combes as the company's new CEO, following Ben Verwaayen's recent resignation. It only took the Alcatel-Lucent's board two weeks to appoint a new CEO after Verwaayen's plan to step down became ...
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The European Commission has called on the EU's 27 members states to test for horse DNA in beef products. Tonio Borg, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, has set out plans for tests to be carried out to see if food containing beef ...
Tags: EU, Horse DNA Tests, Beef Products
Romania this afternoon (11 February) insisted the two slaughterhouses in the country under scrutiny over horse meat contamination have not broken EU food rules. Victor Ponta, the Romanian Prime Minister, said the slaughterhouses under ...
Tags: Romania, scrutiny, horse meat
Tesco has admitted an own-label spaghetti bolognese in the UK contained horse DNA. The UK's largest retailer announced this evening the product, sold under its cut-price Everyday Value own label, contained over 60% horse DNA in some ...
An abbatoir in Romania is alleged to be the source of the horse meat contained in Findus products that have sparked the crisis that has rocked Europe's food industry. Initial investigations by the French government have linked the ...
Tags: horse meat, Romania, Findus products