U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to share cyberthreat information with private companies and to create a cybersecurity framework focused on reducing risks to companies providing critical ...
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Using a smartphone to pay for purchases in lieu of a physical debit or credit card may become a US$1 trillion business by 2015, and some ancillary technologies for consumer engagement could help to make that happen. Shopping for products ...
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When a relatively small high-tech company with some big aerospace and defense customers wanted to adopt cloud-based email for its employees, it faced the challenge that whatever choice of cloud service it adopted, it had to meet the ...
Toyota's big splash at the Chicago Auto Show today was showing off a freshened 2014 Tundra pickup truck. Facing tough, significantly updated competition from Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, and Ram, a Tundra update (which debuted in 2007) was ...
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Jimmy Roppolo, an El Campo, TX, ginner, was named the 2012 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year. He was recognized on February 9 during the 2013 annual meeting of the Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) ...
Clyde Sharp, a Roll, AZ, cotton producer, was re-elected as chairman of the American Cotton Producers (ACP) of the National Cotton Council for 2013, during the NCC’s annual meeting here on February 8-10. Sharp, who has served on and ...
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The market continued its correction and pulled back to a low of 80.05 cents in March and 81.35 cent in May, but there were plenty of buyers waiting to buy on dips. Volume was heavy all week long due to the Goldman roll, but overall open ...
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Epcor Utilities Inc. has appointed David Stevens (photo) as the company’s new president and CEO, replacing Don Lowry, who announced his intention to retire from the company by December 2013. Stevens is a 30-year veteran of the ...
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John A. Burch was elected the 2013 president of Cotton Council International (CCI). “CCI is the best in the world promoting cotton, and I am proud to be leading such an organization,” said Burch, vice president of sales for ...
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BP announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. Underlying replacement cost profit, adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects, was $4.0 billion for the fourth quarter, compared to ...
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Advance Pierre Foods, an establishment based in Oklahoma, US, is recalling about 15,328 pounds of frozen, fully cooked country fried steak products as they may contain pieces of plastic, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s ...
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Texas Instruments has off-line, phase-dimmable, constant-current lighting controllers which can be retrofitted to a range of LED bulb types, including E14, GU10, A19, PAR20/30/38, MR16 and AR111. The TPS92075 is available in a 6-pin ...
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Photovoltaic inverter design is now seen as the crucial element in solar power development, writes James Turner, and he discusses some of the challenges that can shape PV inverter design. Over the last few years the photovoltaic (PV) ...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Driven by a 54% increase in furniture and bedding sales, specialty retailer Conn's Inc. said net sales rose 9.9% to $208.4 million in the quarter ended Jan. 31. In a preliminary financial report issued ...
Xylem Inc. previewed the addition of its integrated VFD sensorless control on the Bell & Gossett series 80 & 80-SC in-line pumps at AHR Expo in Dallas, Texas, January 28, 2013. Available in the second quarter of 2013, the variable speed ...