It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,33 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 44 remained unchanged on 17/12/2012.The largest rises were SBR (3.36%),Iron ore (2.61%),Adipic acid (2.27%),while the ...
Tags: SBR, Iron ore, Adipic acid, Dysprosium oxide, Acrylic acid, Polysilicon
As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a ...
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YouView, the broadband digital TV box service that launched two years later than planned in July this year, has lost a High Court appeal to keep using its name. Following a legal dispute that began in 2010 between the company and billing ...
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The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa have developed a new smartphone app, which enables customers to identify the salt levels in a food product, allowing them to make healthier food choices. The app, which is available for ...
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Volatility in global commodity markets remained a significant factor for the food industry during 2012. On the one hand, adverse weather conditions hit grain harvests causing prices to spike, while on the other, over-supply has meant cocoa ...
On 19-21 November 2012 the twenty partners involved in an EU funded research programme held their kick-off meeting in Wageningen,The Netherlands.Led by Wageningen UR Food&Biobased Research,the 4-year project has the goal to develop a new ...
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Panasonic said Monday it has developed a new system for artificial photosynthesis that can remove carbon dioxide from the air almost as well as plants do, as part of the company's push to join an industry-wide trend toward greener tech. ...
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One Laptop Per Child is redesigning its venerable XO-1.75 laptop, by adding a touchscreen, the nonprofit organization said in a blog post late last week. The next version, called XO Touch, will have a "tablet mode," the organization said ...
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FUTURE computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM says in an annual forecast. The seventh annual "IBM 5 in 5", a list of innovations that ...
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Future warfare could be fought by soldiers using bullets and bombs as well as people hunched over laptops according to experts in cyber conflict. The analysis comes in response to a recent article, titled “U.S. Admits to Cyber ...
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European e-collaborative solutions provider Trace One has announced the latest version of its Packaging Portal, which has been designed to help retailers revise their packaging specifications within the framework of the new European ...
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Verdezyne,Inc.,a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals from non-petroleum sources,has been granted a United States Patent for a bio-based adipic acid production process.U.S.Patent ...
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Kelley Country Creamery, a US-based ice cream manufacturer, has unveiled Kelley Country Creamery premium farmstead ice cream flavors for the holiday season. The holiday flavors include Heidi's Holiday Mint, Peppermint Bark, Christmas ...
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After pencilling in birthday celebrations, extensive press trips, events and launches and other shenanigans my diary for the coming weeks looks do-able (apart from two jam-packed days at BLE next week). But recently, Toyology has been ...
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Priced from the $470,000s, Taylor Morrison's Enclave at Lake Pointe in Sugar Land, TX near Houston will feature 64 detached 3-story townhomes on Oyster Creek. Fluor's corporate office in Lake Pointe Town Center is south of the enclave. ...
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