US telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash, valuing the prepaid mobile operator at about $1.2bn (£800m). The move comes amid continued consolidation and restructuring in the ...
Tags: 4G, Computer Products
Recycled glass could solve the problems of the building industry's huge demand for river sand and minimise the ecological impact on the Pearl River Delta. The Construction Industry Council commissioned a HK$3 million study at the ...
Tags: River Sand, Construction Glass
International infant formula producers in China have announced their plans to lower the prices, a move which comes after the government initiated an investigation into alleged price fixing by foreign firms. Danone said that it will lower ...
Tags: infant formula, baby formula
A second foreign manufacturer of baby formula is planning price cuts amid an investigation by China's top economic planner. Dumex, part of France's Danone group, said Thursday it was preparing a price reduction proposal. On Wednesday, ...
Tags: baby formula, dairy products, milk powder
British spy agency GCHQ taps and stores all transatlantic network traffic, totalling between 60 and 100 petabytes, for at least three days. That is the claim of investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, speaking at The World Conference of ...
About a third of the country's baby formula businesses will be axed, in what experts are calling a major consolidation of the industry. The government has been trying to revive the industry since the 2008 melamine scandal, but consumer ...
Tags: Baby Formula, milk powder
The U.S. Congress should press for privacy protections and more information about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, some technology and civil liberties activists said Friday. After recent news leaks about two ...
EPA’s Pinocchio nose continues to grow longer. Despite a barrage of criticism following the admitted release of private farmer data to three environmental groups after a Freedom of Information Act request, EPA has clammed up and ...
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The Honeygate scandal is over; or at least the latest incarnation of honey laundering has come to a close. Two major U.S. honey packers, Groeb Farms in Michigan and Honey Solutions in Texas, confessed to importing million of dollars in ...
In the 1990s Virgin and British Airways brought you the 'dirty tricks' scandal; this month Lighting brings you its very own corporate intrigue: Trollgate! We usually wouldn't bore you with the minutiae of publishing warfare but this ...
European cloud providers think the U.S. spy scandal will result in more enterprises choosing local alternatives over the likes of Amazon Web Services and Rackspace, which, on the other hand, are adamant that they aren't taking part in ...
Tags: US Cloud Providers, Europe, NSA Revelations
Even before bombshell disclosures of the U.S. government's massive collection of Internet and cellphone data, many U.S. residents were concerned about privacy violations. In a survey conducted just days before reports surfaced about ...
Tags: NSA Scandal, Privacy Breaches
Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the correct implementation and use of data ...
Tags: Data encryption, Spy-Proof, Surveillance
Sustained weak demand from North Asian LNG end-users, reflected in the slump in spot prices, has shown little sign of recovering despite the start of the traditionally stronger summer season. Coming out of the April-May shoulder months, ...
Tags: Chemicals
Greencore has reported a significant increase in its half-year results, despite the problems it has faced with the horsemeat contamination scandal. Coveney acknowledged that the UK retail environment was a tough one The convenience ...