Indian outsourcing and services company Infosys has teamed up with Queen's University Belfast to conduct joint research into the global cyber security threat. The partnership brings together Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure ...
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A representative of the union Unite has warned that Carling management faces an impending “high-speed collision” with brewery workers over the “very severe pay cuts” and “radical changes to shift ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend opening day of the Eurobike trade show this year, Wednesday, August 28. Merkel will take about two hours to officially open Eurobike and then tour the show. “We are very pleased that the ...
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The Department of Textile Technology under the School of Chemical Engineering, Vignan University, Vadlamudi, Guntur District organized a one-day seminar on the topic entitled “Textile Industry: A Perspective on Future Potential ...
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The Government is to call for bids to share £55m for research into autonomous systems, robotics, and large scale energy storage. The cash is part of £600m towards the UK's scientific research infrastructure announced by the ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific has entered into a Technology Alliance Partner agreement with scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, to accelerate research in high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM) and triple quadrupole liquid ...
When Hannover Messe 2013 opens its gates on 8 April, it will do so with more exhibitors and an unprecedented level of international participation. Over 50 percent of the companies represented at the fair are based outside Germany. This ...
In the March 2013 budget statement the Chancellor announced that he “will exempt from next year the industrial processes for that industry [ceramics] and some others from the Climate Change Levy. And in the Spending Round we will ...
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Despite much talk during the preceding 12 months about the pivotal role that technology is expected to play in boosting the UK's ailing economy, there was precious little in today's Budget to add flesh to the bones. There is to be an ...
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Yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Budget statement. He pledged to scrap a 3p rise in fuel duty, cut national insurance payments and raise the personal allowance to £10,000 next April. Every business in the country ...
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Sales of rotisserie chicken have fallen by 18% since the government introduced VAT on hot foods last October, according to the British Poultry Council (BPC). The VAT hike has resulted in supermarkets selling about 138,000 fewer ...
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Facebook said Wednesday that University of California, San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann has been elected to be a company director, adding a second woman to the social-networking company's board. In addition to Facebook, Ms ...
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Sue Desmond-Hellmann follows in Sheryl Sandberg’s footsteps and joins the board of Facebook. Sue Desmond-Hellman is currently the Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco and also services on the board of directors ...
Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), has been named a recipient of City & State magazine’s 2013 Above and Beyond Award. Dr. Brown, who is being honored in the Public Service category for her ...
UK like-for-like retail sales rose 2.7 per cent in February. On a total basis, sales were up 4.4 per cent, against a 2.3 per cent rise in February 2012. Excluding "distortions" caused by the timing of Easter in previous years, that's the ...
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