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World Bank suggests limits on disputed WTO farm safeguard
WASHINGTON AFP — World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday suggested limits for a proposed agricultural safeguard that torpedoed WTO trade talks last month, saying the world's poor need a successful Doha Round. "Given the high food prices around the world and the need for poor people to lower...
Tags: FINANCE, safeguard, tariff, World Bank, World Trade Organization
Research articles 2008-08-18
Serious violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Arctic Glacier Inc. of Fairport, NY for 20 alleged serious violations of OSHA health and safety standards. The ice manufacturer faces $90,000 in proposed fines for incomplete or inadequate safeguards for its refrigeration system and other hazards.
Tags: Benefits, hazard, HEALTHCARE, Manufacturing, OSHA, safeguard, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2008-07-01
Beef taken off the menu after largest US meat recall
WASHINGTON AFP — Schools in Washington state and California took beef off the menu on Monday after a Californian meatpacker recalled the largest amount of beef in US history. But agriculture officials played down the risk to humans after Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing agreed to take back more than 143...
Tags: California, food, Manufacturing, safeguard, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington
Research articles 2008-02-17
US nuclear deals with North Korea, India in limbo
WASHINGTON AFP — US deals to end North Korea's nuclear weapons drive and to bring India into the loop of global atomic commerce are in a limbo amid doubts they can be wrapped up before President George W. Bush leaves office in a year. The deal with North Korea...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, India, International Atomic Energy Agency, safeguard, U.S. Congress, Washington
Research articles 2008-01-09
Critics slam France-Libya nuclear deal, experts unfazed
PARIS AFP — France came under fire Thursday over its plans to build a reactor in Libya, but proliferation experts dismissed concerns that the deal was tantamount to handing Moamer Kadhafi a nuclear bomb. An official with France's Atomic Energy Commission CEA insisted that international safeguards imposed after Libya...
Tags: France, Government, International Atomic Energy Agency, Libya, safeguard, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-07-26
Protecting phone records: Congress considers a bill, while the FCC tightens regulatory requirements on telecoms to better safeguard personal data.(Technofile)(Federal Communications Commission)
PRIVATE PHONE RECORDS often end up in the hands of data brokers, and phone companies face few consequences for not protecting the information. Some members of Congress want to raise the bar by passing the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act (H.R. 936). But ...
Tags: FCC, Government, phone, pretexting, safeguard, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-06-01
Timminco Limited Receives Notice of Conversion of First Note Payable to Controlling Shareholder.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 27, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, DISTRIBUTED OR TRANSMITTED IN THE UNITED STATES. Timminco Limited ("Timminco" or the "Corporation") (TSX:TIM), a leading producer of specialty and light metals, and its principal shareholder, Safeguard...
Tags: Safeguard, Timminco Ltd.
Research articles 2007-04-27
EU/IAEA : JOINT COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE COOPERATION IN NUCLEAR SAFETY.
A high-level Liaison Committee between the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA and the European Commission was relaunched' in Vienna. The committee reviews nuclear safeguards and is now chaired by IAEA Deputy Director-General Olli Heinonen and Dominique Ristori, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate...
Tags: commission, European Commission, follow-up, International Atomic Energy Agency, Quality, safeguard, SALES
Research articles 2007-02-02
Automation Safety
Assessing the risks and understanding safeguardsAbstract:Safety in automated systems is an important issue. Several studies have been conducted to examine reports of automation-related accidents. This article summarizes some of these findings and identifies contributing factors to such accidents. In addition, safeguards and their limitations in preventing accidents are discussed, as...
Tags: accident, hazard, ISO, safeguard, worker
Research articles 2006-12-01
Timminco Announces Third Quarter 2006 Results.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 14, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- HIGHLIGHTS - For the third quarter, the net loss was $3.1 million or $0.04 per share, compared with a net loss of $5.8 million or $0.08 per share in the third quarter of 2005. ...
Tags: amortization, asset, bank, banking, Company, covenant, equity, FINANCE, financial, financing, income, Investment, Safeguard, SALES, stock, U.S., U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2006-11-14
Timminco Announces Second Quarter 2006 Results.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Aug 14, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Timminco Limited (TSX:TIM) - HIGHLIGHTS - For the quarter, the net loss was $2.5 million or $0.03 per share, compared with a net loss of $3.0 million or $0.04 per share in ...
Tags: amortization, asset, bank, Banking, Company, covenant, FINANCE, financial, financing, income, Safeguard, SALES, Taxes, U.S., U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2006-08-14
Our safeguards are working
There's an unfortunate misperception about the value and purpose of testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy that a review of the science it's based on easily clears up. First and foremost, sampling cattle for BSE does not ensure food safety. In fact, it's not a food-safety test at all. What...
Tags: food, Manufacturing, safeguard, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2006-08-04
EURATOM : EUROPEAN UNION'S NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS OVERHAULED.
The European Commission quietly adopted a Communication on the implementation of nuclear safeguards within the European Union on 15 June. It is the product of a four-year review into how the safeguards against nuclear proliferation set out in Chapter 7 of the Euratom Treaty. Over a...
Tags: commission, International Atomic Energy Agency, safeguard, SALES
Research articles 2006-06-28
Top US Senator warns Congress against putting off Indian nuclear deal
WASHINGTON AFP — A top US Senator warned Congress against rejecting a nuclear accord with India as lawmakers move closer to making a decision on the controversial accord after lengthy debate. Richard Lugar, Republican chairman of the powerful Senate foreign relations committee, said "a Congressional rejection of the agreement...
Tags: accord, agreement, India, safeguard, senator, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-06-16
US House panel to decide whether to okay nuclear deal with India
WASHINGTON AFP — After poring over it for nine months, a powerful panel of the US House of Representatives will decide this month on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India, a congressional staffer said. The House International Relations Committee will "in the later half" of June decide whether...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agreement, civilian, India, safeguard
Research articles 2006-06-08
Indian, US officials bid to rescue landmark nuclear deal
NEW DELHI AFP — US and Indian officials will meet in London this week to try to rescue a landmark accord giving New Delhi access to US nuclear energy technology for the first time in three decades. Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran was to leave late Tuesday for talks...
Tags: agreement, India, safeguard, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-05-22
Timminco Announces First Quarter 2006 Results.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 9, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Timminco Limited (TSX:TIM) - HIGHLIGHTS - For the first quarter, the net loss was $1.9 million or $0.02 per share, compared with a net loss of $0.4 million or $0.01 per share in...
Tags: amortization, asset, bank, Banking, Company, covenant, FINANCE, financial, financing, income, Safeguard, SALES, Taxes, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2006-05-09
Bush administration slammed in Senate over Indian nuclear deal
WASHINGTON AFP — Senators criticised the US administration for not being transparent with lawmakers on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India. Legislators were particularly interested in an agreement being negotiated with New Delhi detailing the landmark deal clinched on March 2 by President George W. Bush and Indian...
Tags: administration, agreement, civilian, India, safeguard, senator, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-04-26
Atomic agency safeguards will speed Indian nuke deal: US senator
NEW DELHI AFP — India should move quickly on international safeguards for its civilian nuclear program to speed passage of an atomic energy deal in the US Congress, a US lawmaker said. The United States and India agreed the outlines of a landmark nuclear technology cooperation agreement last month...
Tags: agency, agreement, civilian, India, safeguard, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-04-13
US stops short of backing Australia-China uranium deal
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said that there were adequate safeguards in Australia's agreement to sell uranium to China for its fast-developing nuclear energy sector, but stopped short of supporting the deal. "I would note that it's subject to an agreement on safeguards, which addresses the issue of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agreement, Australia, China, safeguard, uranium, Washington
Research articles 2006-04-03
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