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EU: Competition policy in the digital era (Part 1)

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The benefits are enormous, as digital communication facilitates exchanges and searches, and enhances consumer choices not only in purchasing consumer goods, but also in finance, healthcare, and producing industries from manufacture to agriculture. 1] COMP/2020/16 of November 2011. [2] were not yet developed. Stay tuned.

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Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See

John Battelle's Searchblog

Last year I asked a senior executive at a major auto manufacturer the age old question: “What business are you in?” Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did. The world of the automobile moves slowly. It can take years for a new model to move from design to prototype to commercially available model. 2013: How I Did.

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The history of renewable energy

IBM Big Data Hub

And, in the 19th century, settlers in the Americas used windmills to pump water for agriculture. Celestica, a multinational company specializing in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions, reduced its dependence on natural gas by transitioning to geothermal power at its facility in Oradea, Romania. 2] Solar PV. 3] Wind Energy.