The 2013 Budget has been hailed as "sound" for the IT industry but could have been better if certain measures were employed earlier, analysts say. "It's quite a sound budget from an IT perspective," Ovum Australia research director Kevin ...
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The sluggishness in economies of the US and European countries continues to eclipse India’s Gem & Jewellery sector as the annual export-import figures of 2012-13 recently declared by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council ...
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Within the U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill is a proposal to create a database that may shed new light on H-1B hiring. The intent of the database is to help improve the odds that a U.S. worker may get hired over a foreign ...
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Enbridge, the Calgary-based crude oil carrier, will have to "wait and see" whether it faces a replay of rival TransCanada's Keystone XL regulatory battle as it seeks US State Department approval for changes to its Alberta Clipper (Line 67) ...
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A special court established to review government requests for warrants to conduct electronic surveillance of suspected foreign spies received close to 1,900 warrant requests last year -- all of which it approved. A report released earlier ...
A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state sales taxes from their customers. Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act still hope ...
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The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an Internet sales tax until May, after a handful of senators blocked lawmakers from voting on the legislation this week. The Senate will again take up debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act after May ...
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The Hartford has introduced a new absence management suite of products and services to help employers reduce costs, maximize productivity and better manage employee absence. The company has introduced Employer View for Absence Management ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, despite opposition from the White House and several privacy and digital rights groups. The House on Thursday voted 288-127 to ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer Wednesday toward the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite concerns that the cyberthreat information-sharing bill will allow Web-based companies to share ...
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The first results of substance evaluation done by the Member States were concluded at the end of February. 17 Member States evaluated all together 36 substances in 2012 and in 32 cases they propose to ask the registrants to provide more ...
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The White House wants more protection for the privacy of citizens in the latest redraft of the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). CISPA, which has been pushed forward by the House Permanent Select ...
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The White House has threatened to veto the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its current form, citing concerns that the bill does not adequately prevent sharing of irrelevant personal information. If ...
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and ...
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Not much time has passed since the government of the Western Indian state of Gujarat unveiled its new textile policy in September 2012, but the state government is already mulling on making amendments in the same to make it even better. ...
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