The Board of EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) has declared Iraq to be ‘Compliant’ with the EITI Standard. There are now 18 countries that are ‘EITI Compliant’. EITI compliance means that the ...
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Microsoft started accepting on Wednesday requests for access to the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Developer Preview programme, the company said in a blog post. To apply, developers can go to the Microsoft Connect site, and the deadline is Sept. ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law. Since 26 May, UK website owners have been required by law to ensure the sites obtain users' opt-in ...
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The European Union's competition chief has said negotiations with Google to settle an antitrust probe have"advanced",but talks are not yet concluded. Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said he could could not anticipate the outcome ...
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AUSTRALIAN stocks are expected to start the last full trading week before Christmas on a cautious note amid ongoing negotiations over the looming US budget deadline. Futures trading was pointing to a weak start on the local market today, ...
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Hidden Brains is an India based offshore development company offering perfect web designing solutions.It is famed for custom website design and delivers excellent web application development. PLEASANTON,CA,July ...
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The High Court of the southern Indian state of Karnataka issued a stay on the implementation of the regulations and some of the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006. A six-month extension has reportedly been ...
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Xinhua reported that Colonel San Yu Myanmar's Sagaing region police commander has apologized to senior monks at a ceremony for wounding some junior monks among protestors in the November 29th 2012 disperse action of boycott camps at the ...
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Reuters reported that London copper was steady and was set to close the week little changed as traders focused on the progress in US talks to avert a looming fiscal crisis while also waiting for a crucial jobs report from the world's ...
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US retailer Save Mart is to hold talks with union officials in a bid to resolve a dispute over cuts being made to staff salaries and health care. Save Mart's offer for discussions follow a union vote in which a majority of members backed ...
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Reuters reported that 5 international engineering firms have bid to build 50,000 tonnes per year polyacetal plant at Ibn Sina an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. SABIC said in 2010 the project, producing a plastic which is ...
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Steven Sinofsky,the Microsoft executive in charge of the development of Windows 8 and widely regarded as the future successor to CEO Steve Ballmer,has resigned from the company.He was also responsible for leading the development of Windows ...
Local and international trade associations are giving strong support to the premiere of Ifat India,which takes place from October 24 to 26,2013,at the Bombay Exhibition Centre(BEC)in Mumbai. Dr.Amiya Kumar Sahu,President of the ...
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One year to go-join the countdown The fourth Professional Lighting Design Convention will be held in Copenhagen,Denmark from 31.October to 2.November,2013,following in the footsteps of PLDC 2007 in London,UK,PLDC 2009 in Berlin,Germany ...
Baltimore County officials are urging workers who were laid off from the Sparrows Point steel mill this year to ensure they meet deadlines for receiving federal assistance. The deadline for applying for Trade Adjustment Assistance is 26 ...
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