Sumitomo and Tokyo Gas have concluded a natural gas liquefaction tolling agreement with Dominion Resources and signed heads of agreements to supply LNG from the US company's proposed Cove Point project in Maryland, the Japanese companies ...
The global LED lighting market will be worth $25.4 billion in 2013, representing 54% growth on the 2012 figure of $16.5, while the LED lighting penetration rate will also rise to 18.6%, according to a new DIGITIMES Research Special Report ...
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The US government is to introduce a "cyber espionage review" process into future purchases of IT after the measures were passed in a new funding law signed this week by President Obama. It follows reports in the press since the beginning ...
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli are partnering with the US Department of Agriculture to support genetics research on fine-flavor cocoa varieties grown in Ecuador. The USDA's Agricultural ...
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Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, an agency of the US Department of Commerce) have tested ...
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Triple J Family Farms, an establishment based in Minnesota, is recalling approximately 15,270lbs of bone-in ribeye products as the vertebral column may not have been completely removed, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food ...
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Myanmar is set to resume the export of rice to Japan in May, 45-years after the restrictions were established. This development is expected to strengthen the trade relations between the two countries. The export of the first shipment of ...
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Trade using surface transportation modes between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico increased by 6.2 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, valued at $960 billion in 2012, according ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has revoked the antidumping (AD) orders on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Germany and Korea and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products ...
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The US energy industry must vigorously oppose efforts to restrict exports of liquefied natural gas, ExxonMobil Chemical President Stephen Pryor said Wednesday at the IHS World Petrochemical Conference. As the US Department of Energy ...
BlackBerry's upcoming American launch of the Z10 smartphone on 26 March has received a blow, with reports suggesting one of its biggest customers, the US Department of Defense, is looking to replace staff BlackBerry phones with iPhones and ...
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The US government plans to reinforce its cybersecurity programme by expanding web monitoring, using a process which currently scans traffic going in and out of defence contractors and expanding it to private firms. That means employees of ...
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BlackBerry has denied reports that its smartphones are set to be dropped by the Pentagon, insisting the Z10 smartphone and BB10 are in the US Department of Defense's plans. Sources suggested that the Pentagon was purchashing 650,000 Apple ...
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The US DOE, the IES, and the IALD used LEDucation 7 as a stage to announce that 28 products were recognized as winners in the 2013 Next Generation Luminaires indoor SSL design competition with three of those luminaires also selected as Best ...
BP can bid in next week's Central Gulf of Mexico offshore lease sale, but will be disqualified if, after a 90-day review, the company remains under the suspension that was imposed on federal contracts after its guilty plea to Macondo oil ...
Tags: BP, Macondo well, Ocean Energy