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Private inspections of food companies seen as weak (AP)

Private inspections of food companies seen as weak

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The mortgage meltdown exposed the weakness of self-regulation in financial markets. Now the salmonella outbreak is doing the same for the food industry.





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ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before

ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite.


FDA acts against unapproved colchicine

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will take action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout.


Toshiba to launch 32nm process NAND flash memory

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), ...


Retailers look to stretch out Cyber Monday push

Technology / Business

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday - a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving - and trying to spin their discounts into into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.


Web retailers extend shipping deadlines (AP)

Christmas Web sales spike after snowstorm

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- Stores in the snow-battered East Coast may have been sparse this weekend, but shoppers kept spending online. Retailers spurred sales with new discounts and shipping offers to make sure gifts arrive ...


Web shopping only holiday retailing bright spot, Purdue expert says

Technology / Business

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Despite anticipated weak holiday retail sales overall, Internet holiday shopping is expected to increase at least 10 percent, said a Purdue University retail expert. Online sales are estimated to be $35 billion to $40 bil ...


Intel Introduces Solid-State Drives for Notebook and Desktop Computers

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 3

Intel Corporation announced today it has begun shipping Intel X18-M and X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives (SSDs) based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology for laptop and desktop computers. The new high-performing ...


Buyer beware: Stressed plants won't survive shipping

Buyer beware: Stressed plants won't survive shipping

Biology /

created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It's a common springtime disappointment: you buy beautiful, flourishing potted plants from your local retailer, only to watch the once-healthy flowers wither and die shortly after you place them on your patio ...


Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls (AP)

Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(AP) -- Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters as tourist numbers rise, ...


Safer hair dyes and cosmetics to be made from Shetland seaweed

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have launched a project to make hair dye out of seaweed from around the Shetland Islands.



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