The Kenyan government has said that it has no intention of censoring what citizens do online or of closing access to social media networks in the country, despite facing challenges of identifying and tracking down people behind online hate ...
MiiPC, a new Kickstarter project, has been launched today by Young Song, the founder of eMachines. Young is looking to upset the traditional PC market again by launching the first family computer on Android, starting from $89 on a ...
PPR has changed its name to Kering. The name change will be subject to the approval of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Group, which will be held June 18, 2013. Since 2005, PPR has undertaken a major transformation. The new ...
Tags: Apparel leader, luxury brands, clothing
This work investigated the efficiency of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) and ozonation to remove endocrine disruptive potentials from hospital effluents. MBR treatment significantly reduces the estrogenic burden of sewage, and combined with ...
Tags: Sewage Treatment, membrane bioreactor, endocrine disruptive potentials
Reviews of offshore oil and gas exploration plans and approval of drilling permits may be delayed by mandatory across-the-board budget cuts known as a "sequester," US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau said ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, gas
Investors ignored positive offshore leads yesterday as political uncertainty grew following the dramatic events in Canberra throughout the afternoon. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent at 4959.4 points, reversing an early ...
Tags: benchmark, Canberra Chaos, Reverse
Perry Ellis International, Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter ("fourth quarter of fiscal 2013") and the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013 ("fiscal 2013"). Oscar Feldenkreis, president and chief operating officer of Perry Ellis ...
Tags: Perry Ellis, apparel, Revenue
CIOs and IT managers tracking the progress of the SharePoint-Yammer integration got more details about the road map this week, but the updates were a sobering reminder of the long road ahead as Microsoft works to mesh the two products. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, IT
German specialty chemicals company LANXESS has announced strong figures for the past fiscal year, with improvements in key reported numbers. “2012 was the best year in our growth story so far. Our business model proved itself once ...
Tags: Lanxess group, chemicals company, chemicals
INVESTMENT banks, suffering the softest period for takeover completions in almost a decade, are facing the prospect of another weak year of deal-making as companies remain cautious and shy away from big mergers and acquisitions. In ...
Tags: M&A, Downward Spiral, economy
After a short break at the end of January/beginning of February, the upward trend in softwood lumber prices on the US market has remained unabated over the last four weeks. According to Random Lengths, the price for the benchmark grade of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, softwood lumber
The Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) has revised its estimations for Australian nickel production in 2012-13. According to the latest estimates, world refined nickel production increased to around 1.7 million mt in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, nickel
THE sharemarket pared an early decline as bank stocks rose after Macquarie Equities upgraded its earnings estimates for the sector, while upgrading National Australia Bank from neutral to outperform. National Australia Bank, ANZ and ...
The latest declared glass recycling rate in South Africa is now, according to The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC), 40.1%; a 230% growth in annual volumes recycled since the inception of TGRC six years ago. Evidence of a shift in consumer ...
A mobile video app that allows consumers to create and share split-screen video – today announces a new version of its free iOS app, designed to make it easier than ever for people to create multi-perspective mobile video. Through ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, app, Streamweaver