Myanmar Times reported that the Pyithu Hluttaw has unanimously approved a motion to form an independent commission to investigate the Letpadaung copper project in Sagaing Region and whether a planned expansion should be allowed to proceed. ...
Tags: Letpadaung Mine Probe, Letpadaung copper project, copper, mine
Shares in Research in Motion(RIM),maker of the BlackBerry handheld devices,rose by 17.3 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday,as investors demonstrated their faith in the forthcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system and a new range ...
Tags: BlackBerry, RIM, smartphone
The National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S.plans to drop the BlackBerry smartphone from Research In Motion for Apple's iPhone,citing performance issues. The iPhone 5 smartphone will replace the NTSB's existing BlackBerry ...
Tags: BlackBerry, Apple's iPhone, NTSB, transfer
After a year in which some people called into question Research in Motion's future,the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is hoping that the much-delayed BlackBerry 10(BB10)operating system will help turn the company around. Further ...
Tags: BlackBerry 10, BYOD, US government agency, BB10, Holleran
Android-operated devices now represent three-quarters of the smartphone market, according to third quarter figures, far ahead of the iPhone in second place with 15 per cent. BlackBerry is a distant third, according to the research by ...
Tags: Smartphones, Android, group IDC
This week, just-food attended the SIAL food and drink exhibition in Paris where the team caught up food manufacturers including Genius Foods, Dare Foods, The Irish Dairy Board, as well as the Irish Prime Minister. Outside of Paris, the UK ...
Tags: dairy, food, gluten-free, biscuits
US chocolate manufacturer Hershey reported that its net income decreased 10.16%to$176.7m for the third quarter ended 30 September 2012,compared to$196.7m in 2011,due to acquisition and realignment efforts. The quarter included charges ...
Tags: net income, acquisition, realignment, macroeconomic challenges
Picomole patent paves way for breath analysis 13 Sep 2012 The company's infrared system for detecting signs of medical conditions in exhaled breath will soon receive US patent approval. Breath test Picomole,a developer of ...
Stevia Nutra,a Canadian company focused on stevia agronomics,announced that it has entered into a services provision agreement with Ecologica,a local Cambodian agro-development company. Stevia Nutra,a Canadian company focused on stevia ...
Tags: Ecologica, services provision agreement, stevia agronomics
New guide star laser debuts at SPIE astronomy event 26 Jun 2012 Apparatus could help observatory one day"find another Earth"–Toptica. Burning bright:ESO's portable guide star laser unit under test.A novel approach to laser guide ...
Tags: European, EOS, guide star laser system, SPIE, MPB, Toptica
In its quarterly report, the Canadian company Norbord states that it will shut down production at its OSB plant in Val d‘Or, Québec, at the end of July 2012 for an indefinite period. The shutdown is intended to improve the ...
Tags: market view, OSB
On January 6th, CAMCE announced its plan to acquire 60% of Canadian Procon Holdings (Alberta), Inc. Stock for the price of RMB 737 million as part of the company’s efforts to expand into the North American engineering market. ...
Tags: market view, construction
Nov 10 (Reuters) - Western Forest Products posted a rise in its third-quarter profit on improved demand for the Canadian company's lumber and log products. July-September net income was C$7.6 million, or 2 Canadian cents a share, up from ...
Tags: market view, demand, lumber
Three years ago, with much fanfare, Canadian upstart Arise Technologies Corp. opened the doors of a brand-new solar cell manufacturing plant in Bischofswerda, Germany. With financial support from the German government, the operation was to ...
Tags: solar