Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
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For high performance computing(HPC)cluster Bull Information Systems has signed what it calls a strategic alliance deal,valued at around 800,000 pound,with the University of Liverpool. Under the terms of the deal,which incorporates a ...
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Founded in 1911,StandardAero is one of the world's largest independent aviation service businesses.StandardAero specialises in maintenance,repair and overhaul for commercial,air transport,military,business and general aviation,industrial ...
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The long courtship between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, which promotes a fast wireless LAN technology that runs on very high frequencies, is set to end in marriage just a little too late for the International CES ...
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Economic Times reported that just days after the state auditor faulted it for not having a specific strategy to acquire mines abroad, India's largest iron ore producer NMDC, which is sitting on a big cash hoard, it is not in any rush to buy ...
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Japan's biggest cellular network operator, NTT DoCoMo, is working with Intel and Samsung on development of the Tizen operating system and the first smartphone based on the platform could be out in Japan in 2013, according to a Japanese ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
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Microsoft won't have its signature mega-booth at International CES 2013 starting next week in Las Vegas,but that's not expected to lessen the trade show's impact,or largesse. Show organizers said there will be 3,200 exhibitors and they ...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer have announced the US FDA's approval for Eliquis (apixaban), used to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. In 2007, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers ...
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The PrintCity Alliance is set to conduct its new Packaging Inspiration Forum on April 24/25 2013 in Düsseldorf, Germany, for brand owners, designers, printers and converters. The event will focus on Value Added Packaging (VAP) and ...
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According to the new set-up Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance, Taiwan's LED industry is expected to benefit from high growth in the global LED lighting business in 2013. Taiwan's LED industry to benefit from global LED lighting brisk ...
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Foolproof Brewing Company has made available its beers across selected bars in Rhode Island, US. Foolproof president and founder Nick Garrison said the brewery is happy to introduce beers across Rhode Island. "At Foolproof, we craft ...
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The global market for LED lights is growing all the time as an increasing number of people and companies are coming around to the energy-saving benefits of the illuminations. Indeed, the market is set to grow by as much as 32 per cent ...
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For the past three years,Nils Puhlmann was head of security for Zynga,the social games company that created mega-hits Farmville and Words With Friends. Managing Zynga's converged security department was a challenging job that Puhlmann ...
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