The steel industry is essential for growth and prosperity in Europe. It is in the interest of the whole European Union and its manufacturing sectors to have a competitive steel industry and to secure supply through domestic production. ...
Apple could be on the verge of losing the bans on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab it has won in German courts. If the Dusseldorf lower regional court were to rule today, Samsung would be unlikely to be found infringing on Apple's design ...
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International animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced that the chocolate bar Toblerone,which is owned by Mondelēz International,will now be produced only with eggs laid by cage free hens. This move comes after Mondelez ...
Apple and four major e-book publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for e-books for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European ...
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US regulators are likely to conclude a lengthy antitrust probe of Google's dominance of internet searches with a voluntary settlement, news reports say. The Wall Street Journal said Google was likely to agree to a settlement with the ...
Europe's top data privacy agency has launched a formal investigation into Microsoft's privacy policy. Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it had received a letter from the Article 29 Working Party that it would proceed with a probe.On ...
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The much awaited trade concession package from the European Union has finally come through for Pakistan, but with safeguards, which does not make the package attractive anymore, says a leader of a Pakistan apparel trade lobby group. ...
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A "huge loophole" is being carved in the European Union's upcoming data protection regulation, according Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at the University of Cambridge in England. The way the current draft of the law ...
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When users install Google Maps on their iPhone, the option to share location data with Google is switched on by default. By doing this, Google violates European data protection law, according to a German data protection watchdog. Google ...
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The extension of the Solvency II compliance deadline from November of this year to January 2014 can be seen as both reassuring and concerning from a data management perspective. The European Union directive, aimed at regulating insurance ...
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Facebook users will no longer be allowed to vote on proposed policy changes at the company because their comments weren’t good enough. The move prompted data protection regulators in Europe to seek urgent clarification from the ...
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Expanding the radio spectrum available for license-exempt applications such as Wi-Fi is one of a number of options the European Commission is considering to drive wireless innovation and make the use of radio spectrum more efficient, a ...
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Juergen Sturm, acting secretary general of Lighting Europe The European lighting manufacturer associations CELMA* and the ELC* are being replaced by a new trade association called LightingEurope. Lighting industry figures met in ...
Research and advisory firm, Gartner, has released its list of technology predictions and trends for the years 2013 and beyond. According to Gartner, its top predictions focus on economic risks, opportunities and innovations that will ...
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Brazil and Venezuela started the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in 2005, and the European Union, Switzerland, and Australia started to phase them out in 2009. Likewise, other nations are implementing new energy standards or have ...