An executive order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group expressed concern that ...
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Bill Moggridge, the British-born industrial designer credited with the creation of the first laptop computer in 1982, has died of cancer aged 69. Until his death, Moggridge was best known for his design of the Grid Compass, the first ...
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Pope Benedict XVI used his first tweet to bless the approximately 648,000 people who followed him before he had even made his first Twitter appearance. Pope Benedict XVI posts his first tweet using an iPad on ...
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AUSTRALIAN stocks are expected to start the last full trading week before Christmas on a cautious note amid ongoing negotiations over the looming US budget deadline. Futures trading was pointing to a weak start on the local market today, ...
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Reuters reports that London copper was steady near 2 month highs as signs of a revival in China's economic growth and hopes of further easing by the United States underpinned prices while wrangling over the US fiscal cliff weighed on ...
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Cities across the United States are lighting their Christmas Trees, and this season they are more energy-efficient than ever. Check out the nation's biggest, most energy-efficient holiday trees below, and read our energy-efficient holiday ...
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Reuters reported that London and Shanghai copper prices hit their highest in nearly 7 weeks cheered by news that China is seeking more effective policies to ensure stable economic growth. Concerns about the budget talks in Washington were ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 6, 2012 — United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that the United States has requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel regarding ...
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Chile’s peso weakened as copper declined on concern US authorities have made little progress in talks to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts. The currency depreciated 0.1% to 481 per US dollar at the close in ...
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Earlier this week, both the House and Senate passed H.R. 6582, which places a focus on important energy efficiency measures that provide opportunities for the glass container industry, in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE) and ...
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A company called inovateus solar has just issued a white paper called The Good News About Solar:Five Facts You Should Know,which is perfect timing because,although fossil fuels got quite a bit of notice during last night's debate between ...
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The Japanese government confiscated what appeared to be North Korean aluminum alloy bars from a Singaporean cargo ship at the end of August, the Asahi Shimbun reported Saturday. They were apparently bound for Burma and could have been used ...
Reuters reported that London copper edged up bracing to finish the month higher on signs that a recovery in China's economic growth took root in November although worries over Europe and the United States kept gains constrained. Three ...
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Reuters reported that London copper inched up after a prominent US lawmaker expressed confidence the world's top economy would avert a looming fiscal crisis but worries China's return to growth will be sluggish weighed on sentiment. ...
Solar energy zones in six western states that have been finalized by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Oct. 12. The program is intended to spur development of soalr projects initially on 285,000 acres administered by the federal ...
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