The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing new minimum sound standards for hybrid and electric vehicles in an attempt to improve pedestrian safety. The proposed new ...
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Controversial Chinese firm Huawei has revealed its sales revenue for 2012 is to surpass the$35bn(£21.7bn)mark,with a net profit of$2.4bn(£1.4bn)–an increase of more than 10 per cent year-on-year for both figures. The ...
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London copper rose more than 2% on Wednesday, headed for its biggest daily rise since mid-November, as the US Congress struck a deal to avert a fiscal disaster and upbeat China data indicating steady improvement in the world's top copper ...
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The Australian dollar has hit a two week high after US politicians succeeded in passing legislation to avoid a potential economic crisis. At 07:00 AEDT, the local unit was trading at $US1.0490, up from $US1.0473 yesterday. In ...
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The US Congress is likely to consider the provisions of the proposed Save Our Industries Act (SAVE Act) bill this week, Philippines Department of Trade and Industry has said. Under an arrangement known as 809 program, the said bill ...
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The government is providing funds for a new project for the University of Surrey to develop the next generation of mobile broadband systems. Money for the research will be part of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund,which ...
A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
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LOCAL shares closed higher today as US President Barack Obama cut short his Christmas holiday to return to Washington for talks aimed at resolving the so-called fiscal cliff. Investors in Australia's sharemarket remained optimistic that ...
China has officially rejected a request by the US, Europe and Japan to have a special panel of the World Trade Organization arbitrate a dispute over the country's controversial policy of restricting exports of rare earths. China mines ...
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The software allows stalkers to continuously track a person's whereabouts. But the US Congress's Senate judiciary committee has approved a bill that makes it a crime for companies to make and intentionally operate such stalking apps. ...
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The Philippine Government is expected to grant duty-free access to all US-made textiles, yarn and fabrics in exchange for the duty-free access of Philippine garments to that market. This has transpired as Philippines Department of ...
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The US House of Representatives has voted unanimously to approve a resolution aimed at preventing any efforts to hand the United Nations more power to oversee the Internet. The resolution by the lower house of the US Congress had ...
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The US is prepared to"press the nuclear button"and walk out of talks in Dubai to establish a new global telecommunications treaty. Further reading ITU agrees deep-packet inspection of internet traffic UN and ITU intensify battle for ...
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Mobile telecoms provider Three has announced a management agreement deal with Chinese ICT provider Huawei. The five-year contract, worth £120m, will see Huawei deliver service management for Three's core network in the UK, ICT ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may request the US government to provide a bailout of its flood insurance operations to help deal with increasing claims from superstorm Sandy. FEMA's deputy associate administrator for ...
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