In a move to boost automotive manufacturing sector in the country, the Australian Government has provided A$200m($180m) support package to the industry. The new package has been announced following the criticism from automotive industry ...
Privacy and digital rights groups have dug in for a longer fight against massive surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, even after the House of Representatives voted last week against an amendment to curtail the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced that it has closed its private placement of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2023. The Company also announced that, as of 5:00 P.M., New York City Time, on July 29, ...
Tags: Nova Chemicals, Textile
Parliament has been told changes to Part L of the building regulations will be enforced from 6 April 2014, not this October as originally planned. The announcement comes more than a year after the consultation on Part L closed. In a ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The federal governments proposed changes to the fringe benefits tax might pass through the senate before the election, if Kevin Rudd has his way. Mr Rudd has been in contact with numerous world leaders in regards to the G20 summit and is ...
Tags: Fringe, Transportation
UK-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has postponed plans to increase its stake from 46.4% to 75% in GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria (GSK Nigeria), proposed under a scheme of arrangement. The minority shareholders considered the deal ...
Most of us are very much interested to learn about different things. But very few among us love to acquire the true source of knowledge. Having true source of information regarding any useful thing is necessary for everyone and having ...
In a strongly worded letter to members, Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) chief Bob Dolyniuk has warned of potential 400% fee increases that will affect some of the province's trucking companies. According to the MTA, the province plans ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Manitoba's "T" plate operators may soon find themselves with not only a new plate category, but a potential 300-400 percent cost increase in registration fees, meaning either some businesses will be forced to close their doors, lay off ...
Tags: Truckers, Auto Parts, Manitoba
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the final draft of "Energy Star" Lamps V1.0 specification, the specification is intended to replace the existing the Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs, V4.3) and Integral LED Lamp ...
Nissan appears to have lost its exclusive rights to power New York City’s Taxi of Tomorrow, after the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission decided that operators may use alternative vehicles. The New York Daily News reports ...
The Government of Canada has announced proposed regulatory amendments, which include changes to the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations for iconic icewine. Under the amendments, the mandatory labeling information on wine bottles ...
Microsoft has launched the Windows 8.1 preview - an early glimpse at the unfinalised update designed to improve the Windows 8 operating system. Further reading The flexible working revolution Microsoft Build 2013: 'We need to do a ...
Tags: Windows 8.1, Microsoft, Computer Products
Microsoft is seeking permission to disclose "aggregate statistics" about the number of requests for data it receives under the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, following a similar move by Google earlier this month. FISA has ...
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of a U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program targeting customers of Verizon Communications. The ACLU's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District ...
Tags: Aclu Files, NSA Surveillance