With Michael Dell still battling to get his US$24.4 billion buyout deal approved by shareholders, his company needs to avoid a long, drawn-out battle that could erode customer confidence. Dell will soon provide details about any ...
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Following similar disclosures from companies like Google and Twitter, Microsoft has for the first time released statistics about requests it has received from law enforcement agencies for data about its users, and the criteria it employs to ...
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Agile development specialist Alistair Cockburn acknowledges that "agile is not for every project, but the hard part is to name which projects it's not for." Broadly, anything where a need for 100% reliability exceeds the need for ...
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LED lighting is being used to stop geese flying into a wall In the seaside town of Scarborough, LED lighting is being used to stop geese dying after flying into the side of a block of flats. Or as the Daily Mail describes it, ‘an ...
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The Chinese government has approved the establishment of China Railway Corporation, which will perform the commercial operations of the defunct Ministry of Railways (MOR). The new corporation will have a registered capital of RMB 1.036 ...
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If the bathroom fixtures in your home were made before 1995 then you are flushing money down the toilet. By switching to a WaterSense toilet and repairing or replacing leaky plumbing fixtures and sprinkler systems, you can save 10,000 ...
We've just taken delivery of two 2013 Lincoln MKZs for our test program. Why two? We bought one of the standard, 231-hp EcoBoost four-cylinder models, as well as the 188-hp hybrid version. We're curious to see how Ford's upscale Lincoln ...
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Counterfeit food robs Americans of $10 billion each year Californians lose 800,000 acre-feet of water to 305 minnows Golden rice battle only just beginning As we head into a new year, U.S. agriculture faces 2013 filled with opportunities ...
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By Adeline Bash, Public Relations Associate for Product Architects, Inc.? — the manufacturer of the Polar Bottle insulated water bottles.? Last week Polar Bottle asked our Facebook fans to tell us the name and location of their ...
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The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has ruled that small apparel manufacturing units, owned by families of Chinese and Taiwanese descent in Newcastle, in South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, are exempt from National ...
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The Palestinian National Authority announced on the 12th, it will tax import tariffs of 35% on Chinese goods. The decision will be put into implement on April 15. According to statistics, Palestinia imports $ 320 million goods from China ...
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As Muslims, we are constantly striving for perfection in all facets of life. As a result, we are constantly trying to gain knowledge so that we may further progress. The reality is that while we aim to perfect our relationships, our roles ...
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On Tuesday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the results of its expedited sunset review of the antidumping orders on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine. The DOC ...
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A January change to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal for you to unlock your smart phone without your carrier's permission. That is, if your phone is tethered to Carrier A, you can't "unlock" it on your own so ...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced a preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty investigation of hardwood and decorative plywood from China. As a result, a majority of imports of the product will be ...
Tags: hardwood, decorative plywood, US