Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead announced the move today (28 June) which follows a consultation that was held last year to gauge public opinion. He said shoppers would be encouraged to reuse carrier bags to cut down on the 750 ...
The Ministry of Shipping has issued an official order that the Cabotage restrictions for transshipment of exim containers at the International Container Transshipment Terminal, Vallarpadam may be relaxed under Section 407 (3) of the ...
Tags: the Ministry of Shipping, radiological scanning, container, security
One of the longest-running energy infrastructure sagas in recent history has finally reached its conclusion after the BP-led consortium that operates the giant Shah Deniz field offshore Azerbaijan snubbed the Nabucco West pipeline in favor ...
While mobile payments transform financial life in many less developed countries, retailers and payment providers in the U.S. and Europe are still trying to find the right incentives to drive adoption. The added convenience of mobile ...
Tags: Mobile Payments, credit cards
Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," née "Metro," user interface (UI), and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. "This is big," said Frank Gillett, an analyst ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office Apps, Windows
Purthread Technologies, a life science and performance fabric firm dedicated to developing textiles to reduce bioburden in the healthcare environment, has been awarded the 2013 American Technology Award in Advanced or Technology ...
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Elec-Tech International Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Elec-Tech) released announcement on June 20 to clarify, it was stated in the announcement that income data reported in media reports only is the judgment of Donglei Wang based on ...
Tags: Elec-Tech, MOCVD Equipment, 110 Units End of June, LED
Spending on cyber defence is set to increase despite the coalition government announcing a further £11.5bn of cuts from Whitehall spending set out for 2015-2016. The Treasury announced the decision following a series of phone calls ...
Tags: Cyber Security, Cyber Conflict
PayPal, the online third-party payment platform of eBay, is expected to become the first foreign firm to gain a financial payment license in the Chinese mainland. John Donahoe, CEO of the US online auction and shopping service ...
Tags: Service, PayPal, Financial Payment License
Mobile Helix, the enterprise application and data security platform provider, has launched Link, which it describes as the industry’s first pure HTML5 platform. Link unlocks enterprise productivity by combining unparalleled security ...
Tags: Mobile Helix, Link, HTML5 Platform
Commenting on the debate which is currently raging1 concerning the European Commission's placing of import tariffs on solar panels Richard Molloy, Renewable Energy spokesperson for Eaton UK said, "Opinion is divided with vehement views on ...
Tags: Construction, steel
China has produced a supercomputer capable of running at 54.9 petaflops that will likely be recognized as the world's fastest system in the forthcoming Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers. The new system -- called Tianhe-2, ...
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A decade ago, few leaders in the apparel industry would have predicted the high level of technical expertise, quality, and design sophistication we are seeing in China’s knitwear business. While opinion once held that Italian and ...
Tags: Chinese Spinners, Yarns
Global thermal coal prices are unlikely to recover this year unless Australian coal producers lower production or an unexpected event rattles the seaborne market and sends prices north, industry experts attending the Coaltrans Asia ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China isn't just building supercomputers, it's creating an infrastructure to create a tech industry, according to Peter Beckman, a top computer scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and head of the DOE's ...
Tags: supercomputers, tech industry