It seems almost too absurd to be true, but in the land of leviathan government, where the layers of bureaucracy are so intertwined it is impossible to navigate them, comes the revelation that the U.S. government has now taken to fining ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
Paperlinx has announced more cost cuts and job losses as shareholders rejected the struggling paper and packaging merchant's remuneration report. Shareholders voted against the report at last week's annual general meeting, including ...
Tags: Paperlinx, cost cuts, job losses, profitable businesses
On 31 October 2012, the Federal German cabinet passed a draft amendment s to the Holzhandels-Sicherungs-Gesetzs (HolzSiG – Timber Trading Safeguard Act), which came into force in July 2011. With that amendment, the HolzSiG is ...
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To draw attention to Rajasthan government's indifference in setting up the Apparel Park at Jagatpura in the state,the applicants of the project have decided to stage a protest during global textile event Vastra-2012,slated to take place in ...
Tags: Apparel Park, global textile event Vastra-2012, protest
NTT DoCoMo,Japan's largest mobile provider,said Friday it will soon launch the world's first femtocells to support both 3G and LTE networks. The company said it will begin using the new femtocells commercially from next month on its ...
Tags: Japan, NTT DoCoMo, mobile provider, dual 3G/LTE femtocells, femtocells
Dropbox today announced that it has passed 100 million users,and said its customers now save 1 billion files every day. Dropbox,a cloud storage company,also has paying users in more than 200 countries,it said. As of June,about 7%of ...
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Germany-based Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH has sold five of its rotation filters to North American customers since it launched Ettlinger North America last year, officials said at a KraussMaffei Corp. open house. Ettlinger will open a ...
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Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) releases wool sales report for week ending November 9. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Regional Indicators finished 4.3% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle ...
I recently attended a press event in Westminster where"three senior government officials"were to brief journalists on the latest developments in cyber security. These men,we were led to believe,are helping to ensure the UK is shielded ...
Tags: Government DDoS gaffe, cyber security, DDoS attacks, strategy
New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reported although the South Island sale saw several categories at slightly lower price levels than last week's North Island sale, there is still steady demand and a general underlying strength to ...
Tags: Wool, Merino Fleece, Fine Crossbred Fleece, Fleece
LVMH retraces the history, traditions and savoir-faire of its luxury wine houses through a coffee table released this week in the UK. Published by Flammarion, French Wine Chateaux: Distinctive Vintages and Their Estates explores old winery ...
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Tuesday's election leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress.In many longstanding technology debates,policy experts see little movement forward,although lawmakers may look for ...
Tags: high-skill immigration, U.S.election, large tech companies
Our parents were passed on the right set of lessons and guidelines to live their life. They were happy and lived healthy lives because of it. They had fewer resources, as compared to us, and utilized them till the end. They tried to teach ...
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Researchers in China have improved LED power output and droop behavior in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by including an electron-emitting layer under the active region [Jianbao Zhang et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, ...
NEW YORK --- As the Northeast continues to recover from Monday's devastating Hurricane Sandy, new reports of damage and potential damage to furniture stores in the storm's path are emerging. One of the hardest hit appears to be Seaside ...
Tags: Storm Damage, Furniture