Lancashire County Council’s investment of pound 32m to get superfast broadband to rural areas is being brought into question by a local MP, who claims other, more pressing social issues should take priority. Graham Jones, Labour MP ...
The railway ministry in Wenzhou is seeking to raise 1.5 billion yuan from corporate and individual investors for a 16 billion yuan worth of railway project, the Chinanews.com reported, in its first attempt to channel private investments ...
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Swedish food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has announced the launch of its new portion pack, Tetra Brik Aseptic 200ml Edge with HeliCap, in the Middle East. Arla Foods Group's Danya Foods has selected the new carton-based ...
Fubon Financial Holding will foray into the banking market in southwestern China, as Xiamen Bank, under the auspices of the financial holding, will buy into a municipal commercial bank in the southwestern region, said Daniel Tsai, chairman ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abbott's Healon EndoCoat ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD). The Healon EndoCoat OVD is a clear, viscous, protective gel intended for use as a surgical aid in cataract ...
Tags: FDA, clinical product, ophthalmic viscosurgical device
The last Lexus LFA has rolled off its production line,ending the 500-unit run of the Japanese brand's epic$700,000 supercar. Lexus had been building the LFA at a rate of 20 per month since December 2010,with a Nurburgring Package version ...
Schools in Estonia are set to have a web and mobile application development curriculum, which will be taught to students as young as seven. The Estonian Tiger Leap Foundation has launched a programme called “ProgeTiger” this ...
Tags: Estonia, curriculum, students, web and mobile application
For 2013, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) sets capital expenditure at US$9 billion, R&D capital at US$1.6 billion and revenue increase rate at 15-20% year on year, according to corporate chairman and chief executive officer ...
Tags: TSMC, Goals for 2013
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pSivida's investigational new drug (IND) application for injectable sustained-release micro-insert, designed as a treatment for posterior uveitis. pSivida's injectable ...
Swedish ice cream producer SIA Glass has replaced its old thermoformed pot with a new injection-molded custom-made design from RPC Superfos. The container has tamper evidence, which improves customer safety. SIA Glass founder Per Stenstrm ...
Tags: desserts producer, container, RPC
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Vitacon's VitaScan LT USB bladder scanner, designed for measuring bladder volume in real-time which avoids the placement of indwelling urethral catheters, a major ...
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Zurich Insurance has extended an IT application outsourcing contract with CSC, which could lead to the relationship spanning 19 years. A seven-year extension to a deal originally penned in 2004, which will start in 2013, also has the ...
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Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are real and all companies should be taking them seriously, says telecommunications company AT&T. In the past year, the company has set up an IT security team dedicated to researching APTs and making ...
Three key European parliamentary committees have voted against adopting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The agreement is aimed at setting an international standard for tackling large-scale infringements of intellectual ...
German car maker Audi has put the decision over the investment of €200m to build a new assembly line in Brazil on hold till 2013. The decision was made after the Brazil's government increased a tax on foreign-made cars and auto ...
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