By John Lee. A U.S. Marine could face a maximum of 20 years in custody for accepting $150,000 in bribes from contractors while stationed in Iraq. Associated Press reports that 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Gilbert Mendez, who worked as a ...
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Allen&Heath has appointed a new distribution partner in Taiwan called Seapower.The company has close contacts with Allen&Heath's Chinese distributor,Sanecore,and therefore has access to a wealth of product knowledge and experience with the ...
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UK-AKG's D7 dynamic vocal mic is proving popular with some of the UK's new generation of up-and-coming artists. Chart-topper Jake Bugg has been using one successfully on his concerts this year while Mercury Music Prize nominee Jessie Ware ...
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Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S.and the U.K. Consumer Reports,in the U.S.,and Which,from the U.K.,have recently run dozens of tablets through ...
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A KitchenAid stand mixer on the counter suggests not only that you have the cooking chops to use it but that you can afford a high-end appliance as well (typically they cost between $200 and $500). But keeping up appearances just got a bit ...
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IRIS reported that Broking firm Kotak Commodity Services gave following outlook on base metals segments: Copper - MCX Copper may note some decline amid firmer Indian rupee however downside is limited. LME Copper trades in a narrow range ...
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Demand for protective coatings in the European Union has been weakened by the downturn in EU manufacturing due to the euro crisis. But there is a protective coatings segment—coatings for oil and gas pipeline—further east in ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received more orders than originally expected for LED chips used in backlight units (BLUs) from South Korea-based LCD TV vendors in December, according to the company. Due to ...
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Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives have regarded an Nvidia executive's statement in a recent interview with a South Korean newspaper as the company's inclination to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its ...
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Reuters reported that Iran will build millions of barrels of oil storage facilities in the Gulf over the next few months in response to international sanctions on its exports. Mr Mahmoud Zirakchian Zadeh MD of the Iranian Offshore Oil ...
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A senior Iranian energy official said that the country will increase its oil storage capacity in the Persian Gulf by 8.1 million barrels with the construction of new storage facilities. Mr Mahmoud Zirakchian Zadeh MD of Iranian Offshore ...
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Jordan's imports of crude oil and its derivatives soared to JOD 3.363 billion at the end of September driven by a massive increase of 80 percent in diesel imports. According to a report by the Departments of Statistics, the Kingdom's oil ...
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RIA Novosti reported that Azerbaijan should start natural gas supplies to Ukraine in late 2017. Mr Einulla Madatli the country's ambassador to Ukraine said that "We will deliver gas from Shah Deniz-2 gas field around the end of 2017 as ...
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EQECAT and its consulting services group have introduced new catastrophe risk consulting services for the re/insurance, financial, and corporate markets. The new service involves US Flood Portfolio Analysis and Mortgage Impairment Risk ...
US based insurance broker Brown & Brown has named H Palmer Proctor, Jr, as the new director to the company's board, in a move to drive the firm's business to next level. The company's chief executive officer and a member of the board J ...
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