The National Electrical Manufacturers Association(NEMA)today commended the Senate for passing several energy efficiency amendments to HR 4850,the Enabling Energy Saving Innovations Act,before the chamber adjourned for the election. "NEMA ...
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Will U.S.regulators balk over Japan-based SoftBank becoming a 70%owner of Sprint,based in Overland Park,Kansas.? On the surface,analysts say the foreign ownership issue is unlikely to derail the$20.1 billion deal. Sprint and others ...
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Stage for Young Professionals will lead to contacts between graduates and employers The way turbines work in tidal power stations is examined in one of the theses presented by young academics(up-and-coming engineers)at the tenth Pump ...
''If you are still here,then you have survived one of the most challenging economic cycles of our lifetime,''said Oliver Stepe,senior vice president of sales&marketing,YKK AP America,during the State of the Industry panel at GlassBuild ...
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A controversial project to mine Brazil's vast indigenous territories in the Amazon, to be presented at the South American country's Congress in October, has revived a long-dragged confrontation among authorities, environmentalists ...
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A White House executive order on cyber security is "close to completion," according to Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security. The news comes just weeks after former White House cyber security chief Howard Schmidt said US ...
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India's plans to ease rules on foreign investment in retail have today(20 September)come into effect,even as protests against the policy took place throughout the country. In a statement,India's Department of Industrial Policy&Promotion ...
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Tesco CEO Philip Clarke has said retailers must embrace a strategy of "mass personalisation" as consumers increasingly use new channels to shop. Speaking to delegates at the World Retail Congress in London, Clarke said retailers need to ...
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The recent decision of the Indian Government to allow up to 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country's multi-brand retail sector has a condition that the consent of state governments would be necessary. Until now, ...
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The World Retail Congress, the annual meeting place for the international retail elites, has begun today in London - the global fashion capital and key retail hub. Over 900 retailers from nearly 50 countries have assembled in the most ...
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The exhibition"Post-Oil City:The History of the City's Future"presents a host of innovative city planning projects in Asia,Africa,and the Americas. The exhibition has been produced by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations and ...
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With opposition growing to reported plans by President Obama to issue an Executive Order to bolster cybersecurity within the nation's critical infrastructure,the main question now is whether the White House will plow ahead with the idea or ...
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Samsung will announce a 5-in.Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next February,according to company officials and executives at parts suppliers quoted in The Korea Times. While an S4 announcement early next year was long ...
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Information security awareness needs to be company-wide, according to Julie Peeler, director of the (ISC)2 Foundation. "Organisations need to think beyond IT when planning IT security awareness training, and tackle it from the bottom up, ...
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Home Trends & Design, a source for solid wood bedroom, dining room and occasional furniture, is moving its showroom to the Salon area of Suites at Market Square for the Oct. 13-18 High Point Market. The company, which had a temporary ...
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