Global law firm Keller and Heckman will be hosting a Chemical Control Law Seminar on October 1-2, 2012, in Washington, DC. This comprehensive two-day seminar is designed for regulatory and legal professionals involved with the Toxic ...
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The Norwegian Data Protection Agency is planning to launch an investigation into Facebook's facial recognition feature this fall, a spokesman said on Monday. Last year, Facebook added the ability to use facial recognition technology to ...
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The opening address to the 162nd Meeting of the OPEC Conference, by HE Abdul-Kareem Luaibi Bahedh, Minister of Oil of Iraq and President of the Conference: Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Vienna for the 162nd Meeting of ...
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The Commission should ensure that EU state aid rules take account of steel industry needs, keep an eye on threatened plants and deliver its promised action plan to help the sector as soon as possible, Parliament in a resolution voted on ...
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KPMG International announced record high combined revenues of USD 23.03 billion for the fiscal year ending 30th September 2012, representing a 4.4% increase over the previous year in local currency terms. When adjusted to US dollars, ...
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Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company needs to improve. “It was an active and solid quarter with some nice ...
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In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the humanoid crew members of the Enterprise wore little boxes near the waistlines of their pajama-like uniforms. While their purpose wasn't explained in the film's dialogue, these were supposed to be ...
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When North Korea s Kim Jong-un commemorates a year of his rule next week, he will be able to declare he has fulfilled the country s long-held dream of becoming a "space power". Sharing the limelight with the 29-year old will be three ...
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The U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation criticised new cybercrime legislation that went into effect Wednesday in the Philippines, which has sparked protests over its heavy-handed approach to speech on the internet. Of most concern ...
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Global ICT leaders will gather to discuss topics including the ‘radical transformation of the ICT industry’ at this year’s ITU Telecom World 2012, opening in Dubai next month. The event is staged for 14-18 October, and ...
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July 27, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- To comply with the obligations of the pending Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) policy, the South African insurance industry must speed up the implementation of customer profiling and targeted, effective ...
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The government’s CloudStore model could be emulated across other government services as a means of improving the number of SMEs doing business with the public sector, the government’s procurement chief has said. Speaking at ...
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Naturally, Xiangsheng(comic dialogue) performers traditionally have trained skills including telling, imitation, amusing and singing. Since Xiangsheng is an art of language, and the techniques of handling language and voice are quite ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Reflectance Medical's CareGuide Oximeter. CareGuide Oximeter monitors hemoglobin oxygen saturation of microvascular blood in skeletal muscle tissue (muscle ...
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ESET Middle East has sent out a warning to consumers advising them to be extra cautious and alert when shopping online this holiday season. Festivities, year–end bargains and Dubai Shopping Festival will see a rise in online ...
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