The BBC is partnering with University College London(UCL)in a four-year research and development(R&D)programme to investigate the future of digital content. Over the next four years,the partnership between the BBC and UCL will focus on a ...
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Financial services is tipping over into an embrace of big data, according to a survey. More than half of the respondents to a big data in financial services survey, conducted among delegates registered for a conference in Canary Wharf next ...
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The Administrative Board of PUMA SE unanimously elected Jean-François Palus as Chairman of the Administrative Board,with effect from 1 December 2012,following the announcement of Jochen Zeitz's resignation on 15 October 2012. ...
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Gilbert Van Cutsem,senior vice president and general manager of the Database Division for Pervasive Software,has been named a Worldwide Who's Who Professional of the Year in Computer Software.While inclusion in Worldwide Who's Who is an ...
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China Garments & Textiles Sourcing Fair (CGTSF) will take place from October 27-30 in Hong Kong. It is a unique one-stop sourcing event during Asia's peak fashion sourcing season and gives international buyers the opportunity to trade with ...
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Don Stookey knew he had botched the experiment.One day in 1952,the Corning Glass Works chemist placed a sample of photosensitive glass inside a furnace and set the temperature to 600 degrees Celsius.At some point during the run,a faulty ...
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Three out of four VC-backed start-ups fail,says Shikhar Ghosh a researcher from the Harvard Business School. "VCs bury their dead quietly","says Ghosh.The commonly acepted rule of thiumb for start-ups is that,out of ten,three or four fail ...
Managing the availability of businesses'customer-facing online presence is moving away from IT departments and towards marketing.That is according to a newly released report commissioned by SunGard availability services. Delivering ...
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Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, today announced the 24th annual ARTS Awards finalists. The ARTS Awards is the premier awards program for the home industry and is held each January during the Dallas Total ...
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Kraft Foods has said the split of the company in two, creating a North American grocery company and a global snacks manufacturer, will take place in October. The establishment of US grocery business Kraft Foods Group and international ...
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Hawkins/Brown's new 5-storey teaching building for Kingston University to accommodate the Faculty of Business and Law has completed.Located at the heart of the University's Kingston Hill Campus in South West London,the new building is ...
Network World-The University of Connecticut's Business School in Storrs has been a solid believer in"bring your own device"since the year 2000.However,a few wrong turns,including focusing on supporting devices versus the application ...
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Lighting Science Group,North America's largest LED bulb manufacturer,announced today that K.R.(Kaj)den Daas,a leading figure in the worldwide lighting industry,will be joining Company's board of directors. "I believe that Kaj's wealth of ...
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The 111th Canton Fair will be hold in China Import and Export Fair Complex on 15th, April. As the biggest fair in China, Canton fair helps lots of enterprises succeeding and going for their business dream. During each Canton Fair, ...
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Charles Hendry today made a speech to the Business School at the University of Edinburgh.In it he stated that the security of UK energy is being challenged by: Declining domestic production,making us vulnerable to energy ...
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