Two starkly different views of rural America and U.S.agriculture emerged in recent weeks—one hopeful and optimistic,the other discouraging and maybe even a bit cynical. Starting with the bad news,USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced ...
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retroactive for 2012 and extended it for 2013. "The fact that the R&D credit was a cornerstone of the fiscal cliff package bodes well for the industry," said Kevin Richards, senior vice president of federal government affairs at ...
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CIO - There's no question, we're at an inflection point in the digitization of our world. In every domain and dimension, the substitution of digital for analog is racing ahead. A couple recent examples illustrate the power of this trend. ...
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The number of countries where a controversial movie trailer on YouTube has been blocked increased to five by Monday, as Google ran into legal threats in some of these countries. Malaysia is the latest country in which Google has blocked ...
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Apple will not include a YouTube app in iOS 6,the next operating system for the iPhone and iPad,the company confirmed yesterday. The app has been an integral part of iOS since the 2007 launch of the first-generation iPhone.YouTube is ...
Mobility and security hardly go hand-in-hand. But not at the Essar Group. In fact, for this Indian, multinational conglomerate, security was the stepping stone to enterprise mobility and a vibrant BYOD environment. What got the ball ...
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IDG News Service - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the payout in the separation agreement between Hewlett-Packard and its former CEO Mark Hurd in 2010. The lawsuit filed by HP shareholders against Hurd and the company's ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - An agreement in principle was reached on Thursday by East and Gulf Coast Port workers and operators with a federal mediator in labor contract negotiations that will allow both to avoid a shutdown of the nation's ports. ...
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Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman AEPC hailed Government for all exports incentives announced, by Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister of Textiles and Commerce. Speaking on the announcement Dr. Sakthivel said, “2% Interest Subvention ...
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REDWOOD CITY, CA, July 27, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SalesPortal, the first partnership marketing network for enterprises with contact centers, today announced its customers can receive real-time sales lead information generated by their ...
National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay issued the following statement on news that the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance agreed to extend their contract negotiations for an ...
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Extension of 2% interest subvention for one more year, up to 31st March, 2014 will help to increase the competitiveness and the exporters could also plan in advance and workout the costing accordingly. The Granting of incentive on ...
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Near field communications (NFC) technology has brought a new wave of techniques to the retail industry, enabling bricks and mortar stores to attract and interact with customers in innovative ways. Analysts see these tools as a money maker ...
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Transport for London (TfL) has finally released live bus data, several months after it delivered the information via its Countdown Live Bus Arrivals website. Launched in October 2011, Countdown Live Bus Arrivals was procured prior to the ...
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Spanish bank Banco Santander has pulled out of its multi billion pound agreement to take over 316 Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)branches,and the customers associated with them,because of IT integration problems. But sources say that IT ...
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