News tagged with government contracts


CEO of EMC Corporation Joseph M. Tucci

US files complaint against EMC

Technology / Business

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The US Justice Department announced that it has filed a complaint against EMC Corp. over contracts the information management and storage giant secured with the US government.





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Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist ...


Rare economic espionage case going to trial

Technology / Other

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...


US, Canadian judges approve Nortel bankruptcy sale

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nortel Networks Inc. won approval Wednesday from judges in Delaware and Ontario for the $900 million sale of a Nortel unit that makes communications systems for businesses.


BMJ raises concerns over 'outlawed' gagging clauses in NHS contracts

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Despite government outlawing of gagging clauses in NHS contracts, new evidence published in the British Medical Journal today reveals how some trusts have continued to use them.


Study: Oil speculators dominate open interest in oil futures

Other Sciences / Economics

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new policy paper by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy shows a clear increase in the size and influence of noncommercial traders, or "speculators," in the oil futures market since regulations were eased ...


Contracts adding legal twist to family health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Financial contracts to care for sick or aging relatives - nearly unthinkable just a decade ago - are drawing new interest as everyday Americans wrestle with the time and expense of providing long-term health care, a University ...


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Sun Micro: We may have broken US anti-bribery law

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking ...


Vivek Kundra

New US government website tracks IT spending

Technology / Business

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

President Barack Obama's chief information officer unveiled a new website on Tuesday which tracks the more than 70 billion dollars in annual information technology (IT) spending by federal agencies.


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Malaysia urged to force big oil to produce biofuel

Technology / Energy

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Malaysia must force major oil firms to produce biofuel if the once-vaunted biodiesel industry is to have any future, industry experts told a conference Thursday.


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Hewlett Packard to create 500 jobs in Ireland

Technology / Business

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US technology company Hewlett Packard is to create 500 jobs with an 18-million-euro (23-million-dollar) expansion of its global service desk operation in Leixlip, County Kildare southwest of Dublin, Prime ...



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