The U.S. Mission in Iraq, through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Financial Development Project, is working with the Iraqi banking industry to help banks improve best practices. The U.S. Mission ...
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February 6, 2013 - Thanks to IHSA (Infrastructure Health & Safety Association) for reminding you to get ready for this month’s Ministry of Labour’s (MoL) enforcement blitz on slips, trips and falls. “Unfortunately, falls ...
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For weeks, numerous Iraqi politicians have been speaking about a bundle of development projects in the country, including reviving the thousands of border villages that were abandoned and decimated during the Iran-Iraq war. However, some ...
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A host of Pac-Man construction toys will launch this autumn to accompany the new TV show. 41 Entertainment has granted K’Nex with the wordwide licence for the products (excluding Japan). Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures TV ...
When church officials at Sts. Anne & Joachim Catholic Church in Fargo, ND, added a sanctuary as part of the final phase of a multiphase building plan, they requested an HVAC system that churchgoers would not see, hear, or feel. The building ...
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NXP Semiconductors has joined the Mobile World Capital Barcelona Foundation in support of the deployment of NFC services. The intention is to support the adoption of NFC technology in public administrations, transport operators and reader ...
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ARM signed two architecture licenses in Q4 which is a rare thing for ARM to do. It has only given out about a dozen in its 22 year history. The architecture licenses were for ARM's new 64bit v8 processors which are principally aimed at ...
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Fingernail printers that paint photos of your family, pets and favourite designs on your nails will be in Australia this year. In a venture that turns nails into social media, Nebraska start-up Fashion Tec USA said its nail printer, which ...
RS Components has signed a distribution agreement with Samtec covering Europe, the rest of the EMEA region and the Asia Pacific region. RS will sell Samtec’s connector products which comprises three main categories covering signal ...
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Innes Willox … call for rate cuts Australia's manufacturing sector contracted for the 11th straight month in January, prompting a call for further interest rate cuts. The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of ...
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People with management, testing and development skills are likely to see the greatest pay rises this year, according to a report. The latest Global Salary Survey, by specialist recruitment consultancy Robert Walters, was confident hiring ...
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Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland to Give Keynote at Lighting Research Center’s 25th Anniversary The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer is pleased to announce Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group UK, will give the keynote ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that the EU steel market is expected to continue to slow down in the first quarter of the current year, despite several economic indicators edging up since November 2012. "We do expect a ...
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On Monday, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to conduct full five-year reviews concerning the countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled steel products from India, Indonesia, and Thailand and the antidumping duty orders on ...
On Monday, US Steel said that Patrick Mullarkey has been named plant manager--Fairfield Tubular Operations, part of US Steel Tubular Products Inc., located in Birmingham, Alabama, effective February 1, 2013. Mullarkey will succeed Dennis ...
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