The revival of the North Sea will continue this year with strong optimism about activity in 2014 across both operators and contractors in the industry and continued record levels of investment in new fields, in line with recent trends. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, gas
Four foreign journalists were honored with Press Freedom Awards Tuesday evening recognizing their work in the face of severe reprisals, including physical threats and imprisonment. The Committee to Protect Journalists' 2013 International ...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recommends that all provinces follow Ontario and Quebec’s lead in requiring a truck speed limit of no more than 105 kilometres an hour. The recommendation comes in a white paper, a report stating ...
A to extend the right to request euthanasia to children suffering fatal illnesses cleared a committee in the Belgian Senate. Senate spokesman Patrick Peremans said the panel voted 13-4 on the bill to allow minors and to adults with ...
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Vittoria Industries North America says it has reduced online listings of counterfeit 3T products by 95 percent in the last six months. "3T has been working to push back on business-to-consumer and business-to-business sites selling fakes, ...
Tags: 3T, combat, counterfeit
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently successfully recovered a disused, high-activity cesium-137 source from Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston, Mass. and transported ...
Tags: NNSA removes high-activity radioactive materials from Boston
With the transportation of dangerous goods on the radar of federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt following a devastating train wreck in Lac Megantic earlier this year, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is looking at its own ...
Tags: CTA, issue, white paper, exploring, transportation, dangerous, good, truck
Apple has won another chance to bid for an injunction against Samsung Phones by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a move that suggests the iPhone and iPad producer is "running scared" of Samsung, its main ...
Tags: patent, infringement, case, revival, Apple, scared, Samsung
The number of cyclists killed while riding in traffic in 2012 jumped 6.5 percent, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports in its latest finding released last week. The NHTSA said 726 cyclists died last year compared with ...
Netherlands Ambassador in Dhaka Gerben De Jong on Wednesday said this November is extremely important for further development in the readymade garment sector as two important decisions will be taken during the period which will help ...
Tags: BGMEA conference, Apparel
The League of American Bicyclists has issued a call to its members, asking them to rally congress to co-sponsor recently introduced legislation aimed at reducing cyclist and pedestrian fatalities. The bill, HR 3493/S1708, or the Bicycle ...
Following U.S. Food and Drug Administration actions, USPLabs in Texas recalled and destroyed a supplement linked to liver failure and hepatitis, officials say. "As soon as we suspected a possible link between OxyElite Pro products and ...
One year after more than 60 died and 750 were sickened by fungal meningitis, the U.S. Senate passed a law to help ensure compound drug safety, officials say. The Drug Quality and Security Act reflects a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ...
The Ministry of Commerce will launch the e-commerce law to regulate the surging online-shopping industry, according to Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng, Beijing Times reported. China's online retailing has grown nearly 30 times during the past ...
Tags: E-Commerce Law, Service
The issue of toxic chemicals in upholstery foam is the subject of a HBO documentary scheduled to air on Monday, Nov. 25, the New York Times reports. In "Toxic Hot Seat," directors James Redford and Kirby Walker explore the health impact ...
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