Helena Helmersson,Head of Sustainability of Hennes&Mauritz AB(H&M)has elaborated little bit on the issue of wages in the textile industry.As most other fashion brands,we don´t own the factories.Instead we buy garments from ...
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KENT, Wash. --Thousands of Northwest foster children went back to school equipped for success this year, thanks to Sleep Country USA. The Kent-based mattress retailer collected 50,309 items in its annual School Supply Drive for Foster ...
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Arabian Cement Co saw its net profit for the nine month period decline by 8.3% to $81.3m, and profits for the three-month period fell by 17% to $23.2m. The firm s lower profits have run against the trend of third quarter results posted by ...
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Aggreko, a temporary utility service provider, has provided power to the RAK White Cement after production stalled when one of its gas turbines failed, and while standby power was shut down for annual maintenance. Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Co. ...
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Orthofix International, a developer of repair and regenerative products, has launched a natural physiologic wound covering for use in both spinal and orthopedic applications. The wound covering VersaShield, which is processed from ...
Zhaga has made the interface specification 'Book 3' publicly available as free download. Book 3 defines the interface for a small, round, LED light engine suitable for spot lighting and other applications that need a point light source. ...
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IDG News Service-When it comes to analyzing big data,software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind.But at least one company,AppNexus,also relies on the Python programming language to help conduct ...
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IDG News Service-Softbank's planned US$20 billion investment in Sprint validates the way the U.S.government handled last year's proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and AT&T,Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday. The proposed 2011 deal,which ...
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IDG News Service-AMD has called a press conference in San Francisco on Monday where it's likely to announce plans for a SeaMicro server based on an upcoming 64-bit processor design from ARM. AMD CEO Rory Read is expected at the event,and ...
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IDG News Service-Sprint Nextel's deployment of its ambitious Network Vision infrastructure,which includes the gradual rollout of 4G LTE technology,is about three months behind schedule due to several factors,the company said during its ...
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Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 ahead of the commercial release of its operating system (OS) and Surface tablet worldwide on Friday. The new OS has been designed for use on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones ...
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IDG News Service-Open and misconfigured DNS(Domain Name System)resolvers are increasingly used to amplify distributed denial-of-service(DDoS)attacks,according to a report released Wednesday by HostExploit,an organization that tracks ...
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Bredel hose pumps eliminate the all too familiar problem of pumping ceramic slip in the ceramics industry. Slip consistency must be maintained at correct levels for production efficiency and product quality but the abrasive nature of the ...
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Westinghouse Electric Company and McAfee have announced a partnership around information security for nuclear power plants at McAfee Focus 2012 in Las Vegas. Westinghouse will use McAfee Enterprise Security Manager and Network Intrusion ...
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Mega-deals are driving increased total spending on outsourcing in Europe, which had the highest total spend of all global regions in the third quarter of this year. European businesses increased outsourcing investments by 14% in the third ...
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