Computerworld - Employers in Illinois and California cannot ask for usernames and passwords to the personal social media accounts of employees and job seekers under laws that took effect on Jan. 1. Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn in August ...
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Popular micro-blogging website Twitter could be valued at $11 billion if it goes public in 2014, according to a report by specialist financial researchers Greencrest Capital. This would suggest that the company has regained value that was ...
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Computerworld - An elite hacker group credited last year with having an inexhaustible supply of zero-day vulnerabilities was responsible for digging up and first using the newest unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE), a Symantec manager ...
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HIGH POINT — Jason and Jeff Harris of retailer Furnitureland South here launched Monday the beta version of The Design Network, a new digital home furnishings content concept designed to engage female consumers anywhere, anytime. ...
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Within a couple of days first Fortescue Metals' Nev Power and then Rio Tinto's Sam Walsh have warned that the remarkable rebound in iron ore prices won't last. Others are not as sure. Earlier this week, Power attributed the sharp rise in ...
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The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that non-manufacturing sector economic activity showed growth for the 36th consecutive month. In its monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, the ISM reported that the index it ...
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A new contribution framework negotiated between mineral resource giant Xstrata and the Espinar community regarding the company's Tintaya-Antapaccay copper mine in Peru's Cuzco region is to be included in the agreements reached with local ...
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Exhibiting at Made in Steel, the conference and exhibition of the steel industry that will be held in Milan from the 3rd to the 4th of April 2013, offers opportunities not to be missed. If your target is making your company international, ...
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LINCOLNTON, N.C. --- Just over a year ago Bruce Cochrane realized a long-term dream to reopen a case goods factory in the area where his family had done business since 1850. Lincolnton Furniture's product line included the Lincoln ...
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Reuters reported that Cuba has closed the oldest of three nickel plants in the country, a local Communist Party leader said, a looming event that had become the talk of the mountain town of Nicaro, in eastern Holguin, where it is located. ...
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China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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Olympic CIO Gerry Pennell and Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox are included in this year’s New Year honours list Martha Lane Fox, who advises government on digital strategies, including the move to a single domain for ...
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JFE Holding Inc has delayed a decision to build a USD 3.6 billion integrated steel plant in Vietnam,saying it is worried that the poorly developed market could hinder its operations. JFE had said earlier it would defer a decision on the ...
Apple will launch the next iPhone in May or June 2013, offering a swath of colors and multiple screen sizes in a move that would depart from a six-year practice, a Wall Street analyst said today. "Apple has the option to go up [in screen ...
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Google is looking to lure 90 per cent of all Microsoft Office users to its Google Docs offering. In an interview with AllThingsD, Google vice president and head of enterprise, Amit Singh (pictured), said that Google will step up its ...
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