Printer ink might be the most expensive liquid you buy—and tests from Consumer Reports show that some printers use far more of it than others, to clean print heads and for other maintenance chores. The extra cost of using those models ...
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Global packaging company Sonoco has announced its intention to enter into consultation with the workforce regarding the closure of the Carrickmacross packaging plant in County Monaghan, Ireland, in November 2013. The plant, which ...
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The inquiry committee formed by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to probe into the April 24 Rana Plaza collapse incident that claimed over 1,100 lives, has furthered nine reasons that led to the ...
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Diodes Incorporated is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Yesterday, it announced a miniature DC/DC converter ...
The European Union (EU) has imposed a tentative anti-dumping tariff of 11.8% on solar products imported from China and is negotiating with the China government. If both sides reach a settlement, China-based makers will have to hike product ...
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Linen has been "a warm-weather go-to fabric for ages," according to Lucky magazine. And GQ and the Gentleman's Gazette recommend it for outings this summer. But all three style magazines caution that linen can be a challenge to keep crisp. ...
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US Gulf Coast propane stocks have grown 3.61 million barrels in the first three weeks of June, roughly four times the amount that was added to storage in the comparable period of 2012, Energy Information Administration data showed ...
French retail giant Carrefour is said to quit the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. Sources said recently that Carrefour, the biggest retailer in the world and the second-biggest one in Europe, was considering selling business in both the ...
Microsoft has launched the Windows 8.1 preview - an early glimpse at the unfinalised update designed to improve the Windows 8 operating system. Further reading The flexible working revolution Microsoft Build 2013: 'We need to do a ...
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A total of 328 website domains accused of selling counterfeit goods were shut down by US and European authorities in the latest crackdown on online fraud. US authorities shut down 177 domain names for websites selling counterfeit ...
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What's the difference between Consumer Reports'best and worst gas grills?For starters,the best preheat quickly and evenly,and when it comes to evenly cooking food on high-and low-temperatures,they're superb.But the worst didn't deliver even ...
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Crude oil futures settled slightly higher Tuesday as a pipeline shutdown in Alberta, Canada, and escalating tensions in the Middle East lent the complex a bullish note, amid rising equities markets. NYMEX August crude settled 14 cents ...
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China's state-owned refiners plan to run their refineries at around 81% of capacity in June, a rise of three percentage points from 78% in May, Platts monthly survey showed Monday. The survey this month covered 11 Sinopec refineries, ...
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Are you bugged by frequent power shut down, low voltage and poor supply of fuel in your state? You need not worry about this anymore. Thanks to technological advancement that has helped us innovate alternate sources of energy like solar, ...
CERN is making the infrastructure that handles the data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) more flexible by upgrading it with OpenStack for virtualization and Puppet for configuration management. The research organization's objective is ...
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