Barclays Pingit has been named in the App Store Best of 2012 list in the UK by Apple. The ground-breaking mobile payments app was selected from thousands in the Apple store for recognition in the awards' 'Disruptive Services' section, ...
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ScinoPharm and Foresee Pharmaceuticals have signed an agreement to form a joint venture for developing a series of peptide injectable drugs with the first being a new oncological Leuprolide injectable drug used for treating prostate cancer. ...
Sanofi has launched epinephrine auto-injector, designed for use in patients with extreme allergic reactions, in the US. Auvi-Q (epinephrine injection), which the company claims is the first-and-only epinephrine auto-injector with audio ...
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National news sources reported Wednesday that on Friday, Gerdau plans to lay off about 31 steel workers from its St. Paul, Minnesota steel mill that is currently undergoing a $50 million renovation. A company spokesman was quoted as saying ...
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US based global healthcare company Welch Allyn has entered into a collaboration agreement to distribute EarlySense's continuous, contact-free patient monitoring solution to hospitals across the US. The solution, EarlySense System, is ...
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The Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced the repayment of a $75 million pre-export facility and a $40 million loan facility. Metinvest Group secured the two-year $75 million pre-export facility with an ...
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ASI customers able to simplify tax printing process with a simple 3-step, web-based solution SACRAMENTO, CA, January 31, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ASI, the leading provider of retirement plan benefit disbursements, tax reporting, ...
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Brazilian miner Vale plans to reduce its 50 percent shareholding in Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP), a slab making joint venture with South Korean steelmakers POSCO (20 percent) and Dongkuk (30 percent), according to ...
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Microsoft's new pay-as-you-go Office 365 subscription plans differ from traditional buy-once software in one important aspect: When customers stop paying, the applications stop working. Although that makes sense -- Office isn't freeware ...
Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday made its bid to reduce the complexity associated with managing IT security processes in corporate environments, with a new product that combines the company's anti-malware technology with new mobile and system ...
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Salesforce.com is "aggressively investigating" a database software error that led to temporary performance problems in part of its infrastructure. The performance degradation cropped up early Wednesday in Salesforce.com's NA12 zone and ...
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Once vehemently opposed to open-source software, Microsoft has warmed to the development model over the years and will now take the unusual step of incorporating an open-source program developed by Linus Torvalds into its own development ...
Research In Motion is changing its name to BlackBerry, a move it hopes will signify a fresh start for the company. The surprise name change, which takes effect immediately, was announced by CEO Thorsten Heins at an event in New York to ...
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With its future in the balance, the company until now known as Research In Motion launched its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, two new handsets and a new company name on Wednesday. The new operating system brings the BlackBerry ...
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Mozilla yesterday announced it would automatically disable all plug-ins in Firefox except the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player, citing security and stability reasons for the move. The feature, called "click-to-play," has been part ...