Ofcom has published a draft code today to tackle illegal file-sharers by passing their information onto copyright owners. The regulator was required to put together the code as part of the Digital Economy Act voted through in 2010. ...
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Capita Unite union members are to strike following proposals to offshore work to India. The dispute centres around four sites employing 220 staff in Reading, Craigforth, Birmingham and Bournemouth. The affected sites serve Prudential ...
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A UK steelwork fabricator’s contract to build part of the GBP 790 million Forth Replacement Crossing will bring construction work to Scotland, it was claimed last night. Cleveland Bridge has been awarded the order for supporting ...
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ARM and Imagination Technologies have united to acquire semiconductor designer MIPS Technologies, with ARM paying the lion's share of the purchase price to snap up MIPS' patent portfolio, while Imagination will acquire MIPS' operational ...
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YouView, the broadband digital TV box service that launched two years later than planned in July this year, has lost a High Court appeal to keep using its name. Following a legal dispute that began in 2010 between the company and billing ...
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Biz Journal reported that lawyers for RG Steel LLC’s parent company are seeking to recoup millions of dollars in payments the steel maker made to its suppliers in the three months leading up to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in May. ...
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Non-profit organisation the Alzheimer's Society has opted for Salesforce.com over Microsoft Dynamics because it was "easier to use" according to the charity's head of IT Phil Shoesmith. Further reading Benioff: 4G will enable an ...
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Reuters reported that troubled steelmaker Lucchini, Italy's second largest producer, has requested to be placed under receivership procedures to save it from bankruptcy. The measure, which involve the appointment of an administrator ...
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IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd has received the letter of award from IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Ltd for a INR 168 crore engineering procurement and construction contract. The contract was issued on behalf of ...
Metallurgical Corporation of China has decided to shelve an AUD 3 billion iron ore project in Western Australia as well as shut its Perth headquarters and withdraw all but five of its staff. The Australian said that that the state owned ...
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Reuters quoted Anglo American Plc as saying that an injunction blocking installation of an electricity transmission line at its Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil has been lifted, clearing the final hurdle for the project. A ...
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ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc announced that the ALJ stockholders approved the previously announced sale of KES Acquisition Company, ALJ’s majority owned subsidiary to Optima Specialty Steel, Inc for USD 112.5 million in cash pursuant to ...
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Bharat Petro Resource, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation, advices that Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, USA, the operator of Mazambique's offer Area 1 block, has reached Heals of Agreement with Eni, the operator of ...
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The children in front press their noses against the windows, staring slack-jawed and wide-eyed at the magic of the department store window at Christmastime. Behind, kids are hoisted — careful with that hot chocolate! — on the ...
African Minerals Limited recently disclosed in a regulation filing that it now prefers to expand its existing rail and port infrastructure in Pepel, rather than develop a new port at Tagrin Point. This revised expansion is expected to ...
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