The EU Parliamentary committee (ENVI) responsible for making recommendations on the revised proposed EU Tobacco Products Directive were due to vote on the proposals last Thursday (5 September). They also planned to ban slim cigarettes and ...
If you've ever wanted to work like a Canadian prime minister (or at least work behind the desk of a Canadian prime minister) here's your chance. A set of office furniture owned by the charismatic Canadian politician Pierre Elliott Trudeau ...
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Internet giant Google is migrating from Oracle's MySQL databases to MariaDB, the fork from MySQL established by its co-founder, Monty Widenius. The news was broken by Jeremy Cole, a senior systems engineer at Google at the Extremely Large ...
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Nissan has hit back at plans by Volkswagen to become the electric vehicle market leader by 2018, while reaffirming its own aim to increase range to 200km on Leaf and introduce four new electric vehicles to market within two years. ...
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Dusseldorf District Court, Germany has ruled that Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight Electronics and its Germany-based subsidiary Everlight Electronics Europe GmbH have infringed a YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) patent owned by ...
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While mid-power LED chips account for only a small proportion of LED lighting currently, the proportion will grow fast over the next few years to reach about 50%, Philips Lumileds Lighting CEO Pirre-Yves Lesaicherre said during a Digitimes ...
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The man behind the dramatic Lexus LF-NX concept says the company could make an even smaller SUV to challenge the likes of the Mercedes-Benz GLA. Asked about the potential for a compact SUV during a media round-table at the Frankfurt motor ...
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After years of growth, LED industries have entered into the fast lane for development. This year however has been particularly special for lighting giant Philips. After adjusting market channels, WPG Holding has come out on top from other ...
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Tucked away in the rainforests of Costa Rica's Manuel Antonio National Park lies a land bound airplane that will no longer take flight. In what looks like an accidental crash landing is actually a deluxe aviation inspired hotel suite. ...
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We all can feel like a Hollywood star. Check out the bright, bold and trendy designer and fashion luggage collections from Irv’s Luggage. These affordable luggage collections feature top name designers who have selected the latest ...
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Michael Dell has won the battle to take the company he founded in 1984 private after shareholders voted in favour of the deal on the table from Michael Dell and private equity company Silver Lake. It means that the company will be taken ...
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The production version of the BMW i8 has been unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show. A revolution for both the brand and for production supercars, the 2+2-seat carbonfibre-reinforced-plastic scissor-door flagship ‘i’ model ...
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US-based property/casualty insurer Mutual Benefit Group has replaced its legacy claims system with Accenture Claim Components, to enhance efficiency in handling and paying claims by automating certain claims processes and put sharper focus ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has named Todd M Greeley as its new vice president, claims, executive & professional lines, to boost the service offering to the clients. Prior to accepting the current role, Greeley was serving as ...
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Campaign for Wool 2013 is ready to start, spreading across the world a message of respect for the environment through a number of unexpected and comical educational activities, all inspired by the "Live naturally, choose wool" claim, ...
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