UK natural gas for same-day delivery rose to 108 pence/therm Monday morning -- a price the market has not closed above since 2006 -- due to unplanned North Sea outages. Stormy weather caused a failure in the Norwegian power grid system ...
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Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has rolled back its plan to set up a US$ 5.3 billion methanol plant in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The negotiations for constructing a methanol complex were stopped after SABIC ...
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Eighteen lingerie stores in shopping centres located in east Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have been shutdown by the Labour Ministry and the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, following failure of these shops to fulfil the Saudization ...
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The European Commission has imposed a €561 million fine on Microsoft for failing to comply with its commitments to offer users a browser choice screen enabling them to easily choose their preferred web browser. In 2009, the Commission ...
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Handling original equipment manufacturing (OEM) contracts in China can be a bit of a minefield, especially for the new-to-China business. Stories of molds and design IP being ripped off and then sold by your own supplier are legendary. Here ...
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ArcSystem SSL fixtures provide the color rendering needed for a broad range of uses in the iconic entertainment venue while also increasing energy efficiency and dimming smoothly from 0-100% The Portsmouth, UK City Council sought to ...
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Adopting Eurocodes helps increase safety, boost efficiency, and reduce costs, according to the world’s largest coatings manufacturer. Speaking at a Parliamentary Seminar on fire safety, Peter Scott, Structural Engineering Manager at ...
European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a fine before the end of March for failing to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to a report today by the Reuters news service. Citing several unnamed sources ...
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European privacy authorities approved a plan to come up with measures to curb Google's collection, combination and storage of its users' personal information before the summer. The data protection regulators have decided to continue their ...
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Bust computer services company 2e2 outsourced large amounts of the data it was managing for clients to third-parties, raising question marks over the due diligence that companies need to perform before putting data and applications "in the ...
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Finsphere says flash storage reduced cost per IOP by nine times Flash storage array vendor Violin Memory announced a new customer in the shape of Finsphere, a provider of identity authentication services to global financial institutions. ...
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Chancellor George Osborne could spring a huge surprise when he announces his budget on March 20 by raising short-term borrowing to stimulate much needed growth in Britain’s stagnant economy, the head of economics at the HSBC has said. ...
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Medtronic has obtained regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an early feasibility study on its Native Outflow Tract transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV), designed for the treatment of patients with ...
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Hospira is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of five different injections, due to reports of faulty packaging and contamination. According to the firm, the recall was took place as the consumers have reported that one lot of ...
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Nestled at the foot of the Cairngorms national park, Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a delightfully spacious, airy venue that is responsible for a veritable list of productions as well as a range of workshops, tours, concerts and even a wine ...
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