US sheet steel prices are turning lower, sources said Thursday, due to a combination of lackluster demand, import concerns, and a slight weakening of discipline at the mill level. Platts lowered its hot-rolled coil assessment from ...
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Students at Buckinghamshire New University have launched a social media campaign against the closure of two undergraduate furniture degree courses. The campaign takes the form of a Facebook page, titled 'In Support of Furniture courses at ...
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Australia said it had made "substantial" progress on UNESCO benchmarks for protection of the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in a report aimed at staving off a world heritage downgrade. Environment Minister Greg Hunt said a progress report ...
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Hitachi Data Systems and SAP have announced an expansion of their worldwide alliance by signing a global original equipment manufacturer agreement that introduces plans to include SAP HANA delivered by HDS. With this agreement, the ...
With Gartner predicting the rise of sales of security software, one of the top security software houses, Symantec, appears to be struggling in the market it should be dominating. The firm’s latest quarterly results for the third ...
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A new study finds that the estimated prevalence of autism under the new DSM-5 criteria would decrease only to the extent that some children would receive the new diagnosis of social communication disorder (SCD). The study, funded in part by ...
Nike, Inc. last week attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2014 in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss the threat of climate change. ADVERTISEMENT :The Annual Meeting brings together top business leaders, politicians and ...
Intel is proposing a better voice recognition system experience for users; its own concept is in the form of a headset that would serve you answers without the cloud. People are talking about a recent interview in Quartz with Intel's ...
Apple's stock dropped Tuesday, hurt by a lackluster first-quarter performance and a cautious second-quarter revenue outlook. The shares fell 8 percent, hovering near $507 in afternoon trading. On Monday Apple Inc. said it sold more ...
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The outlook's flipped, and now one forecaster's calling for a drier Brazil and wetter Argentina moving forward moving through the remainder of South America's safrinha growing season. In a seasonal outlook released this week, Commodity ...
According to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal, nightmares have greater emotional impact than bad dreams do, and fear is not always a factor. In fact, it is mostly absent in bad dreams and in a third of nightmares. ...
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One of the few studies of its type has found that a startling 59 percent of college students at one Oregon university were "food insecure" at some point during the previous year, with possible implications for academic success, physical and ...
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Retail sales are projected to increase 4.1% in 2014 as the economy continues to improve, the National Retail Federation said. The projected rise from 3.7% growth in 2013 excludes automobile, gas station and restaurant sales. The retail ...
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- Many drivers still do not have a good understanding of CSA, but their concerns about its impact on their job security are decreasing. That’s according to the latest research from the American Transportation ...
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The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced today that the following projects (in alphabetical order) have been identified as the three finalist projects for the World Design Impact Prize 2013-2014: A ...
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