Dairy organizations in the United States, Australia, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand has issued a joint letter to their respective trade and agriculture officials, expressing indignation about Canada's recent actions to deepen ...
Tags: dairy trade, joint letter, Canada's protectionist policies
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and more than 40 other associations are urging the State Department to move ahead toward completion of the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter sent Tuesday to Secretary of State John Kerry, in ...
Tags: Steel products, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A total of 311 U.S. and international environmental and clean energy groups said today that, while they respect the climate change work of Dr. James Hansen and three of his academic colleagues, they take strong exception to the notion that ...
Tags: climate change work, James Hansen, nuclear power, global warming
Four board members of the PLDA have tendered their resignations blaming a lack of transparency and intransigence at board level for their decision. Katja Winkelmann, president elect, Stephan Horn, circle of sponsors liaison officer, Berry ...
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The New York State Motor Truck Association and the Teamsters have sent a joint letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) urging him to sign a private contractor bill supported by the truckers and labor. Under state law, Cuomo has until Dec. 31 to ...
The US National Security Agency (NSA) propagated malware around the world in a bid to infiltrate and compromise more than 50,000 networks. The claim is the latest in the Edward Snowden disclosures and published in the German newspaper ...
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Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed US$8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said. Google was sued in October ...
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The White House has threatened to veto the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its current form, citing concerns that the bill does not adequately prevent sharing of irrelevant personal information. If ...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has announced the approval of Helicobacter pylori Gastritis as an additional indication to eradicate Helicobacter pylori using triple therapy with proton pump inhibitor by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and ...
Tags: Helicobacter pylori Gastritis, Helicobacter pylori eradication
US public interest groups - Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumers League and Shape Up America! - have proposed Treasury Department to finalize the rules for standardizing the alcoholic ...
On Tuesday, Relational Investors LLC announced that Relational and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), collectively owners of 7.31 percent of The Timken Company, sent a joint letter to the Board of Directors of Timken ...
Tags: steel business, steel, bearings
Two digital rights group urged Facebook on Tuesday to halt changes to its governance and data use policies, warning the modifications could increase privacy risks. Facebook said last Wednesday it would no longer allow users to vote on ...
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Two privacy watchdogs filed a joint letter with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging Facebook may already be skirting an agreement to be more clear over how it handles user data. A partnership with a data collector called ...
Tags: Facebook, user data, datalogix deal, privacy
Salesforce.com has decided to withdraw its applications to trademark the term “social enterprise” following objections from social organisations who held that the term was understood to describe businesses with a social purpose, ...
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Salesforce.com has decided to withdraw its applications to trademark the term “social enterprise” following objections from social organisations who held that the term was understood to describe businesses with a social purpose, ...
Tags: cloud, cloud computing, Salesforce, social organisation, trademark