The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that European Union (EU) new car registrations recorded in January this year totaled 885,159 units, up 10.7 percent compared to December last year ...
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According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in December last year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-27) decreased ...
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European privacy authorities have threatened action before the Summer to curb Google’s collection, combination and storage of its users’ personal information. The E.U. has apparently grown impatient with the company’s ...
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“The Pakistan Government will apply for Least Developed Country (LDC) status, which it would get by 2014”, the Textiles Minister - Makhdoom Shahabuddin recently told the Pakistan National Assembly. This would mean that ...
The European Commission has announced that it has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation regarding imports of seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel, of an external diameter exceeding 406.4 mm, from China. The application was ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark certification to ApiFix's minimally invasive treatment system for use in patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). Designed as an alternative to complex spinal surgeries, the ApiFix AIS ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb has reached an agreement with Reckitt Bencksier for several of its over-the-counter medicines. As part of the agreement, Reckitt Benckiser will pay Bristol-Myers Squibb $438 million (£282 million) upfront for ...
A report released National Audit Office revealed that the UK IT skills shortage means that Britain could have trouble defending itself from cyber attacks over the next 20 years. The UK was hit by over 40 million cyber attacks in 2011 ...
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The growth in cloud computing is a double-edged sword, Europe’s top cyber security agency warned on Thursday. The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) published a new report on the cloud from the perspective of ...
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Facebook has deleted all European facial recognition data, the Irish data protection commissioner and a German data protection regulator confirmed independently Thursday after reviewing parts of the social network's source code. "We ...
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Any bank, hospital or energy provider that suffers a cyber-attack would have to inform regulators under new EU proposals announced today. Launched in Brussels by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, ...
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Computer security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the European Union's proposed computer security directive which, he says, represents "yet another unfortunate step towards the militarisation of cyberspace". EU security ...
China has extended anti-dumping duties on the imports of potato starch from the European Union (EU) for five more years. According to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of China, the decision has been taken in a move to protect the ...
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UK-based sugar products manufacturer Ragus has opened a new plant at Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire, which will produce specialist sugars. The company noted that the facility is equipped with advanced equipment for efficient drying, ...
German company MICRODYN-NADIR has installed membrane bioreactor technology to ensure that wastewater from a hospital meets the highest possible effluent standards and eliminates micro pollutants. The chemical industry faces many ...
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