In constant 2005 prices, seasonally adjusted, the total volume of all new construction orders in Great Britain in the fourth quarter of 2012 is estimated to have grown by 3.4 percent compared to the third quarter, and is 11.2 percent higher ...
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President Barack Obama's cybersecurity executive order, announced during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, elicited guarded praise from several quarters even as it revived calls for more comprehensive bipartisan legislation to ...
American technology giants including Google, Yahoo and Amazon have been criticised by privacy groups and European regulators for lobbying in Washington against new EU data privacy laws. The American firms are campaigning for more relaxed ...
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The nonresidential construction industry is expected to see a 5-percent rise in spending this year, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, and is expected to grow at a faster ...
Growing at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy, the nonresidential construction industry is expected to see solid, yet measured, increases in activity this year. High demand for hotels and retail projects have the commercial sector ...
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The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed the publication of the UK Renewables Roadmap. The Roadmap identifies the key renewable energy technologies that will enable the UK to fulfil its 2020 15% renewable energy target. Generation ...
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Microsoft Gulf and Union National Bank (UNB) on Monday announced a partnership that will see UNB upgrade parts of its IT infrastructure to Windows 8. UNB said that, when it is completed, the IT model will be the first of its kind in the ...
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The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of LED lighting. The Financial Times believes LED technology is reaching a tipping point, ...
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The Royal Institute of British architects(RIBA)has today released the results of its Future Trends Survey results for May 2012. The upward trend for architect's workloads,which started at the beginning of the year,continues to grow.The ...
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A glut of manufacturing capacity and near-collapse in rare earth metal prices is driving down the cost and hence encouraging the rapid take-up of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. LED lights are based on semiconductors and therefore do ...
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The future of outdoor lighting is constantly changing, LEDs, the reduction of electricity consumption, and even major feats like to removing oneself from the grid all together? The US Energy Information Association monitors energy usage in ...
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DULLES, VA, June 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Technology Advancement Group (TAG ), a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) that specializes in advanced engineering solutions, has released the first of several custom designed Mini-Brick ...
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DULLES, VA, June 24, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Technology Advancement Group , Inc. (TAG ), in cooperation with ITT Exelis , announced today the successful completion of its highly-integrated Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) system, providing ...
Global IT Services and Solutions Provider builds on success by expanding its capabilities and expertise. MONMOUTH JUNCTION,NJ,October 19,2012/24-7PressRelease/--Orion Systems Integrators,Inc.,(Orion)an award winning global provider of IT ...
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