The Canadian Building Trades says the federal government’s budget for 2013-2014—the Canada Jobs Grant, specifically—will allow an increase in the delivery of training and the capacity to access such training. “We ...
March 22, 2013 - The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI) commends the Government of Canada for its 2013 budget, saying it provides strategic investments in the manufacturing sector, as well as investing in skills training that ...
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The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
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An industry coalition with backing from Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle has objected to Google's application for certain top-level domain strings. FairSearch.org said it has filed objections with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ...
Vivid's Micro Moshi Series One toys have seen "fantastic" sales during their first month on sale. The Moshi Monsters property has maintained its number one position (NPD, 2013) with sales of core collectables and blind bags up 11 per ...
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Coca Cola has ended its involvement with the Northern Territory cash for containers scheme, following its recent, possibly temporary, court victory. The Boomerang Alliance of 26 environment groups have urged the NT government not to be ...
More than 1000 brands from nearly 20 countries are going to participate in the 21st edition of China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC 2013), which acts as a key to enter the fast growing Chinese consumer market. The ...
Tags: Clothing, fashion apparels, apparels
The UK High Street has changed massively in the space of a few months. In December, electrical retailer Comet closed its last store, and January brought about the demise of Jessops, HMV and Blockbuster, with all three entering ...
Tags: Toys, Toy Retail Safe
US-based family-owned dairy company Shamrock Farms has broken ground on a $50m dairy manufacturing plant in Augusta County, Virginia. The 130,000ft2 facility is being established in the Mill Place Commerce Park. It will feature extended ...
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SheerID, point-of-sale verification provider for retailers and consumers at Apparel Tech Conference West on how combining pinpoint-segmenting with verification technology can result in increased incremental revenue for apparel retailers. ...
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The UK High Street has changed massively in the space of a few months. In December, electrical retailer Comet closed its last store, and January brought about the demise of Jessops, HMV and Blockbuster, with all three entering ...
When you walk into the new Las Vegas Cyclery store, the pleasing aesthetics of the building are striking.The 34-foot-tall ceiling with the wooden décor gives the bike shop an open, airy feel, reminiscent of a ski lodge. The nearly ...
Ming Ma, doctoral student at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute A US student has won a $30,000 grant to develop a new way of manufacturing LEDs. Ming Ma, who is studying at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insititute in New York State in ...
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Australian food processing and canning company Windsor Farm Foods has entered into voluntary administration, leading to a loss of nearly 70 jobs. The company's manufacturing has been halted and the workers have been terminated without ...
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Car Charging, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, is planning to acquire the EV Pass, EV charging network provider with its Central New York Destination Location Network from Synapse Sustainability Trust in the US. With ...
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