Dell customers have given a mixed reception to its recent privatisation deal, causing some to re-evaluate their future relationship with the vendor. Dell became a private company in October as part of a $25 billion buyout deal, after a ...
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Critics of the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. residents' telephone records should offer a better way to track terrorists and protect the country against attacks, the agency's director said Wednesday. The NSA's ...
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Trend Micro has outlined its security predictions for 2014, and it has forecast that one major data breach will occur every month next year. It has also predicted an increase in advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks, along with ...
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The North American chemical market is in the midst of a major regulatory shift. On Dec. 1, 2013, this transition has impacted more than 43 million employees in the United States, including chemical manufacturers, distributors, exporters and ...
Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is compatible with European Union competition law, the General Court of the E.U. ruled Wednesday. Cisco Systems and Italian Internet communications service provider Messagenet had asked the court to ...
A new truck, specially designed for the road conditions in the country, the Hino 300 series, has been launched in Tema. “Equipped with a powerful engine to overcome the stress of road conditions in Ghana, the truck has flexibility of ...
Does your company or firm think that it has sufficient proof of calibration because it has official-looking test calibration certification nicely placed in calibration files? How carefully have you considered the exterior calibration ...
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The best scenario for the Chinese economy in 2014 would be to achieve 7.8 percent GDP growth, a major think tank said on Monday. That could be obtained if all the recently proposed reform initiatives are carried out and the global market ...
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has urged the Indian government to extend antidumping (AD) duty to imports of stainless steel flat products from China in all grades, widths, shapes and sizes, including ...
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Allspeeds Ltd, designers and manufacturers of the Webtool? range of products, have nominated the Webtool? HP690 intensifier panel for the Subsea UK Innovation for Safety Award. Safety concerns were being expressed from those working ...
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The US Commerce Department on Friday set preliminary dumping margin on prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire from China and Mexico, signaling that it may impose punitive duties on the products. The department made its preliminary ...
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China is reviewing a new application to import genetically modified (GM) corn after previous ones were rejected for the reason of insufficient application material, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Friday. In March 2010, ...
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When it comes to removing weight from a Class 8 truck, how do you determine the value of a single pound removed? That's one of the questions Volvo sought to answer when optimizing its regional haul tractors for lighter weight. To find an ...
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At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held in Paris on December 5-6, the participants discussed the slow growth prospects in the global steel market, exchanged views on the effect ...
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When it comes down to it, clean water may be the most precious resource on the plant. All life forms depend on water for their very survival and, as a human being, you can only go about three days without drinking water before dehydration ...
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