The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has prosecuted a GP surgery manager for unlawfully accessing the medical records of almost 2,000 patients registered with the practice. 37-year-old Steven Tennison was employed by the College ...
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Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or "the Company") (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL) today gave an update on its operations in Kazakhstan. AKD08 ("Doto") The AKD08 ("Doto") exploration well has reached a total depth of 3,556 metres and electric logs ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Bezos' idea to let self-guided drones deliver packages may be too futuristic for Washington to handle. The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less. ...
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There’s a patchwork of regulation when it comes to the towing industry— out of Ontario’s 444 municipalities, only a handful have towing regulations and even those are not harmonized and don’t properly regulate ...
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Peter Solmssen will resign from the Managing Board of Siemens AG by mutual agreement, effective December 31, 2013. A member of the Managing Board since October 2007, Solmssen has served as General Counsel and head of the Legal and ...
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The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like Wal-Mart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now, stores are fighting to get customers back during the busiest shopping period of the year. Story ...
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A privacy watchdog said Thursday that Google has been breaching Dutch law on personal data protection since it introduced a new privacy policy last year. Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the College for the Protection of Personal Data, said ...
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With new flammability standards set to take effect Jan. 1, the California Furniture Manufacturers Assn. will hold a seminar to provide critical information to furniture industry members. The seminar is set for Dec. 11 in Fullerton and is ...
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The Government of Bangladesh has set up three committees to probe into the last week’s fire incident at the ten-storey factory building of Standard Garments Limited in Gazipur, about 40 km from the capital Dhaka. The committees ...
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India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has passed a law making it mandatory to use jute packaging material for about 90% packaging of the food grains and for about 20% sugar production during 2013-2014. The new law follows ...
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ASF has been awarded the "32nd Research Prize for the promotion of methodological work aimed at reducing and replacing animal experimentation" in Berlin. The research team "Experimental Toxicology and Ecology" received this honor for their ...
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A research paper published in the scientific journal Tobacco Control shows that graphic warning labels on cigarette packs led to a decrease in smoking rates in Canada of between 12% and 20% from 2000 to 2009. The authors estimate that if ...
In a first-ever effort to foster greater collaboration between the E.U. and U.S. apparel and footwear industries, the International Apparel Federation (IAF) and the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) will host a two part webinar ...
Delek Group gas subsidiaries announced that the partners in South West Tamar exploration well have concluded that strong signs of natural gas were discovered based on logging tests while drilling that were carried out by the Operator, Noble ...
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Following reports about U.S. surveillance worldwide, a United Nations panel has adopted a draft resolution on potential threats to human rights such as the right to privacy in the digital age. The draft resolution, approved without a ...