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Is Indian Government 'Killing' The Country's Jewellery Industry by Its Misguided Policies

Jan 17, 2013

In a desperate move to restrict imports of gold, the Indian Government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are planning to further increase import duty on gold from prevailing 4% to 6%. It had quadrupled the gold import duty from 1% to 4% last ...

Tags: Government, India, Jewellery Industry

DOJ Conspired to Entrap The Site on Criminal Copyright Charges Are "Baseless"

Jan 16, 2013

The U.S. Department of Justice did not mislead a court and attempt to entrap file storage site Megaupload on copyright infringement charges, the agency said in a new filing in the case. Megaupload's charges that the DOJ conspired to ...

Tags: file storage, copyright infringement charges, infringe files

There Will a Rush to Create New Versions of The Controversial SOPA or PIPA

Jan 16, 2013

As A new U.S. Congress begins work this month, few insiders expect that there will a rush to create new versions of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Internet antipiracy legislation, as embodied ...

Tags: Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect IP Act, U.S.Congress

Welsh Government Has Invested 39m Into Faster Broadband Services for Schools

Jan 16, 2013

The Welsh government has invested 39m into faster broadband services for schools, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones has announced. The investment comes from a new "Learning In Digital Wales Grant" that aims to help students to ...

Tags: Welsh Government, broadband service, IT framework

Ultra HD and OLED-Sometimes in Side-by-Side Comparisons

Jan 16, 2013

Last week's Consumer Electronics Show was a great opportunity to check out the two newest TV technologies, Ultra HD and OLED—sometimes in side-by-side comparisons. During a live webcast in which I was interviewed along with USA ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, TV technologies, Ultra HD, OLED

Hewlett-Packard Has Held Onto Its Position as The Top Seller of PCs Worldwide

Jan 15, 2013

Despite a major push by rival Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard has held onto its position as the top seller of PCs worldwide, according to IDC. The researcher Thursday reported that HP maintained its worldwide PC lead in the fourth quarter despite ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard, PCs, PC sales

A Draft Bill to Exclude Terms of Service Violations From The CFAA

Jan 15, 2013

A draft bill to exclude terms of service violations from the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed amendment to the anti-hacking law comes in the wake of the suicide on ...

Tags: Computer Fraud Law Amendment, policy, Computer Products, Computer

OPKO Health Has Signed a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Cytochroma

Jan 14, 2013

Multinational pharmaceutical and diagnostics company OPKO Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cytochroma. Under the purchase, OPKO intends to include Cytochroma's Replidea and Alpharen, which are in Phase 3 clinical trials ...

Tags: OPKO Health, Cytochroma, CKD, pharmaceutical

US Treasury and Federal Reserve Won't Pursue a Plan to Mint a Trillion Dollar Coin

Jan 14, 2013

The US Treasury and Federal Reserve said they won't pursue a plan to mint a trillion dollar coin as a device to avoid the debt ceiling. "Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the law can or should be used ...

Tags: US, debt ceiling, US economy, debt limit

My Three-Year-Old Niece Has an iPad

Jan 11, 2013

My three-year-old niece has an iPad. Ok, so it’s the family iPad, but she uses it frequently. As do her parents and her 12-year-old brother. Although they like the idea of kids’ tablets, for whatever reason her parents ...

Tags: iPad, tablets, toys

Ontario's Recent Change to Make WSIB Coverage Mandatory in The Construction Industry

Jan 10, 2013

January 10,2013-Ontario's recent change to make Workplace Safety&Insurance Board(WSIB)coverage mandatory in the construction industry is an important component"in combating the pervasive underground economy",says the Ontario Construction ...

Tags: OCS, loophole, tax, public service

A Cybersecurity Proposal Was Passed by The U.S.House of Representatives Last Year

Jan 10, 2013

A cybersecurity proposal released Wedneday by the influential Business Roundtable supports many of the provisions contained in the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act(CISPA)that was passed by the U.S.House of ...

Tags: CISPA, cybersecurity proposal, Business Roundtable

The Lighting on The Eiffel Tower Is Now Swiched off at 1.00 Am

Jan 10, 2013

The lighting on the Eiffel tower is now swiched off at 1.00 am Paris's standing as the City of Light may come under threat later this year if a decision to switch off the French capital's lights gets the go-ahead. The French ...

Tags: Eiffel tower, lighting, neon light, energy

The influence of the new policy will soon the backward integration of China's cement

Jan 10, 2013

(Nigeria) -- Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has disclosed that a new policy will soon be effected as part of the country’s cement sector’s Backward Integration Policy (BIP). According to ...

Tags: Nigeria, Cement, Backward Integration Policy, Construction

Iran Decided to Keep Its Export Ban on Polymers

Jan 10, 2013

Iran has decided to keep its export ban on polymers like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, general purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonates and epoxy resins despite having lifted a ban on exports of other ...

Tags: Iran, export ban, polymers, polymers market

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