A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. The House ...
Tags: CISPA, Surveillance Bill
A German court has invalidated an Apple patent for the slide-to-unlock feature on mobile phones, according to a published report. The Thursday ruling by Bundespatentgericht, Germany's federal patent court, is a victory for Samsung ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products, smartphone
The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed April 1-7 as Asbestos Awareness Week to raise awareness about asbestos-related diseases and the risks of asbestos exposure. According to the World Health Organization, says the government, about ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, asbestine
Cytec Industries Inc. announced, in connection with its currently pending offers to purchase for cash up to $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its notes, including up to $125,000,000 of its 6.0% Notes due October 1, 2015 (the "2015 ...
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The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) held its Annual National Bargaining Conference from 28th February to 3rd March 2013, in Cape Town. The Conference was attended by 200 delegates ...
Tags: SACTW Conference, Worker Living Wage, Clothing, Textile
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma has welcomed the announcements made by the Finance Minister on textiles sector in his Budget Speech. Shri Sharma, while delivering the keynote address during the one-day ...
Tags: Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma, textiles sector
Victoria’s $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project has been given the go-ahead following a decision by Planning Minister Matthew Guy to provide the planning approval for works to commence at Melbourne’s Webb Dock. The planning ...
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Health Canada is all set to strengthen its health warnings about the dangers of tanning beds by introducing new labels on them linking to their use to skin cancer. Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq said the Harper Government is committed ...
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A delegation consisting of Dr. Khaled Fahmy, Minister of Environment, Dr. Osama Kamal, Governor of Cairo, accompanied by a number of senior officials Shoura Council members and NGOs, visited on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013, Tourah Portland ...
According to the amendment on government support for investments published in Turkey's Official Gazette, automotive production investments of at least TRY 300 million ($170 million) will benefit from ‘fifth region' status which offers ...
Tags: Auto Investments, Mineral
Li Ning Company Limited, one of the leading sports brand companies in China, announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") proposes to raise approximately HK$1,847.8 million to HK$1,868.6 million by way of an Open Offer of Convertible ...
Tags: Li Ning, sports brand, Open Offer
Health Canada has requested all manufacturers of botulinum toxin products to revise their product labels in a bid to help prevent medication errors with their use. According to Health Canada, the new labeling should reflect in such a way ...
A court in California has allowed Apple and Samsung Electronics to add recent products from both companies in a patent infringement lawsuit. Apple was also allowed to drop its bid to include Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini among infringing ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung Electronics, patent infringement lawsuit
During the panel discussion at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Izmir on January 16, Mehmet Zeren, general secretary of Turkey's Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association, said that Turkey ranks first in Europe and fifth in the world ...
Tags: SteelOrbis Market, Izmir, Turkey, Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association
It is reported from the seminar on research and development on utilization of Baosteel's steel slag. It was known to all that the successful application of the permeable brick made of steel slag in the Expo Park of 2010 Shanghai World Expo, ...
Tags: Baosteel, steel slag, applications, China