The 2013 DHL Export Barometer reveals the continuing hurdles of a strong Australian dollar and a plunging business outlook from the mining sector have impacted exporters’ profitability outlook but not their confidence. Exporter ...
Tags: Australian, Dollar, Service
The League of American Bicyclists' Women Bike program recently awarded $7,500 in grants to organizations in four cities in an effort to engage more women of all ages and from all backgrounds in cycling. "We know new ideas and initiatives ...
Tags: Bike, Transportation
A Google security engineer accused Microsoft of treating outside researchers with "great hostility" just days before posting details of an unpatched vulnerability in Windows that could be used to crash PCs or gain additional access rights. ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products, Microsoft
Myanmar has granted license to five private companies to operate and write various kinds of insurance in the country, in a bid to bring greater transparency and more choices to customers. State-owned organization Myanma Insurance has ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Varian Medical's diagnostic X-ray image processing workstation that integrates radiography/fluoroscopy (RF) and digital radiography (DR) capabilities. The company's ...
Tags: X-ray Image, Medicine
Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma’s European subsidiary has announced that it has received marketing authorization from the Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) for Vesomni. The marketing authorization received for Vesomni is ...
Tags: Netherlands Meb, Medicine
For first-quarter 2013, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has ...
Tags: GigOptix, Electrical, Electronics
DBV Technologies and Stallergenes have entered into a strategic research partnership to develop immunotherapy treatments for respiratory allergies using DBV's skin patch, Viaskin. The collaboration combines Stallergenes' know-how in ...
The Android threat landscape is growing in both size and complexity with cybercriminals adopting new distribution methods and building Android-focused malware services, according to a report from Finnish security vendor F-Secure. The ...
Tags: Android, Computer Products
The world’s leading retail labels commit to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh before the midnight deadline. The Accord now covers more than 1000 Bangladeshi garment factories. Implementation starts now! Clean ...
Electronics thermal management innovator Cambridge Nanotherm is to build its first prototype manufacturing plant in Haverhill, UK following the award of 250,000 in matched funding from the UK Innovation Agency - Technology Strategy Board ...
Tags: Mass Manufacturing, Lighting
The Gillard government will put its use of enterprise resource planning systems under the microscope, 2013 budget papers reveal. The government will provide $2.8 million over two years to investigate the costs and benefits of ...
Tags: Canberra, ERP Systems
British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has granted several new contracts worth GBP2.8bn for supplying automotive parts for its Jaguar F-Type sports car. The company has awarded the contracts to over 270 companies across ...
Starr International Insurance (Asia), a global insurance organization, has received Philippine Insurance Commission's approval to set up a branch office in the country to offer general insurance product and services. The company plans to ...
The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) has announced a dramatic increase in funding for UK exporters to take part in key international trade shows. In the financial year 2013/4 and 2014/5, UKFT has received a commitment from UK Trade ...
Tags: Global Fairs, Textile