Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft said Monday ...
Peter Solmssen will resign from the Managing Board of Siemens AG by mutual agreement, effective December 31, 2013. A member of the Managing Board since October 2007, Solmssen has served as General Counsel and head of the Legal and ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) is pleased to announce that today it closed the acquisition of Petrominerales Ltd. (TSX: PMG) (BVC: PMGC) ("Petrominerales") by way of a plan of arrangement (the ...
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Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) announced Tuesday the selection of Richard Chriss as its new Executive Director, replacing David Phelps, who is retiring. Phelps served as the Institute's Executive Director and later ...
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Energizer Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of James C. Johnson to its Board of Directors effective November 3, 2013. Mr. Johnson has been appointed to the class of Directors whose term of office expires at Energizer's 2014 Annual ...
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Proposals in Congress to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records would compromise the agency's ability to find and track terrorists, representatives of the intelligence community said Monday. The USA ...
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The National Energy Administration announced new guidelines for shale gas on Wednesday that aim to increase output of the fuel and thus improve China's energy security. The NEA's guidelines encourage local governments to subsidize shale ...
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Glatfelter announced the promotion of Kent K. Matsumoto to Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. In this capacity, he will report directly to Dante C. Parrini, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. ...
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Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), a wholesale open-access network transport provider, has expanded its network in the mid-Atlantic region with connections in Washington and Richmond, Virginia. MBC has expanded the ...
SK Capital, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, is expected to close the acquisition of the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses from ...
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The National Retail Federation asked a federal judge to “right or reject” a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, saying the measure needs to be rewritten to do more to bring the soaring fees ...
SK Capital, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, is expected to close the acquisition of the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses from ...
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Facebook and Yahoo have asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for permission to publish details of national security requests they receive from the US government for user data. In a policy statement on Tumblr, Yahoo's ...
The US government made 12,444 requests for data about 40,322 Yahoo users, the web firm has revealed in its first annual transparency report. The report marks a more detailed account of what world governments have requested from Yahoo, ...
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