A recent study highlighting the net economic benefits of US liquefied natural gas exports is not the final word on whether to approve pending export applications, according to a top official at the US Department of Energy. "One thing to ...
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Screenings for several forms of cancer, such as of the prostate and ovaries, get low marks in our new Ratings of cancer screening tests, because their risks clearly outweigh the benefits for most people. But the decision whether to get a ...
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Residents in Rye will soon have their chance to raise any concerns that they have to the council over plans to turn off street lights overnight in the town as a way of saving money. East Sussex County Council is hoping to push through ...
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A study released today by the Vote Solar Initiative finds that net-metered rooftop solar will provide more than $92 million in annual benefits to ratepayers of California's three investor-owned utilities. Net metering provides rooftop ...
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The pros and cons of BYOD were laid out in a panel discussion at Infosecurity 2013 yesterday, with the CISOs of Commerzbank, law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and National Rail all giving their views on one of the most talked about ...
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This year's flu season is coming on fast and strong, especially in the South and Southeast. The extra bad news: Only about a third of people got vaccinated early this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...
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Over half of CIOs fail to test cloud vendors' security systems and procedures before selecting the provider, according to a survey of 250 senior IT decision-makers. The research, conducted by IT recruitment consultancy Robert Half ...
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Australia’s competition watchdog gave its preliminary approval yesterday to a global alliance between struggling carrier Qantas and Dubai based Emirates, but only for five years initially. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...
Buro Happold is a global engineering consultancy with 27 offices in seven countries. Founded in Bath in south-west England, Buro Happold has 1,500 staff worldwide and has worked on projects ranging from the O2 in London to the Louvre in Abu ...
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The EBU has warned that the post-production color correction costs required for video shot under LED lighting could outweigh the power savings compared with traditional tungsten lights. This is a setback for the LED movement, which ...
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Canadian rare earths explorer Pele Mountain Resources (TSX-V:GEM) closed up 18% on Monday after the Toronto company announced an updated PEA on its Eco Ridge project. The project near Elliott Lake, Ontario,is now looking at a 9,000 tpd ...
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Icebreaker New Zealand Ltd., which manufactures merino innerwear from wool sourced exclusively from New Zealand Merino sheep, will utilize cloud services offered by Microsoft Office 365 for its Intranet to support global expansion. ...
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Axis and StopLift are working together to provide systems to detect scan avoidance at self-service checkout tills in supermarkets this Christmas Axis Communications is working with StopLift, a point of sale (POS) analytics ...
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After starting amid the smoldering ruins of AT&T and T-Mobile USA's failed merger,2012 ended as a big year for mobile carrier deals in the U.S.,and possibly a final changing of the guard for a long time. If all the reshuffling that ...
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An industry analyst firm downgraded its 2012 forecast for the global semiconductor market based on slumping economic conditions and chip revenue. The worldwide chip market, which had been expected to grow by less than 3% for the year, is ...
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