Parquet consumption in member countries of the European Parquet Industry Federation(FEP)declined again in 2011 by 1.7%to 91.475m m?2 after 2010 had shown a recovery.Increases in Germany(+6.7%), Sweden(+16.6%), Switzerland(+5.8%), ...
Twitter released a report on Monday about the user information requests it has received from governments this year and how it responded to them. The data shows that the U.S.government asked for information on far more users than any other ...
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Dutch insurer ING has inked an agreement with Pacific Century Group (PCG) to dispose of its underwriting business units in Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand for a combined consideration of $2.14bn (€1.64bn) in cash. Its insurance ...
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Negotiations on the future governance of international telecommunications will continue through the night at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The international conference is attempting to revise ...
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Intel will take a stake in semiconductor tools company ASML and invest in its research and development efforts,to advance manufacturing technologies that will help Intel produce smaller and more power-efficient chips,the chip maker ...
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Researchers from Israel-based IT security firm Seculert have uncovered a custom-made piece of malware that infected hundreds of point-of-sale (PoS) systems from businesses in 40 countries in the past few months and stole the data of tens of ...
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) has been dealt another blow as an influential European parliamentary committee rejected its adoption. The International Trade Committee voted against the proposed Acta legislation by 19 votes ...
MediPurpose, a manufacturer of advanced wound care products, has opened a new medical product distribution center in Born, Netherlands. The new center will distribute MediPurpose's SurgiLance safety lancet and babyLance safety infant ...
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation has announced the addition of ten new countries to its international ‘Litter Less' education campaign led by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).This addition brings the number of ...
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UK-based Hamilton Adhesive Labels has invested £500,000 in a new labeling press. The company bought an MPS 8 Colour UV Flexo Press from Netherlands-based firm Multi Print Systems (MPS). Hamilton said the purchase will help the ...
The Netherlands based ING bank has inked an agreement with Hong Kong's AIA, to offload its Malaysian insurance business for €1.3bn in cash. The transaction comprises ING's life insurance and employee benefits business as well as 60% ...
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Business Standard reported that Mahindra and Mahindra will commence production of tractors next month at its new facility at Zaheerabad in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. Currently, M&M has its automobile plant spread over 343.36 acres ...
Three key European parliamentary committees have voted against adopting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The agreement is aimed at setting an international standard for tackling large-scale infringements of intellectual ...
At the new copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) facility of the Solliance collaboration platform in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the first CIGS solar cells have been fabricated, demonstrating solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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LUXeXceL Group B.V., innovator of Printoptical Technology, is appointed as Research Associate by 3DS SolidWorks. LUXeXceL develops and manufactures optical products, structures and special graphic effects by means of a novel digital 3D ...
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