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Government policies: NAM sides with Republicans on energy plan

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has praised an energy plan offered by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky while criticizing a proposal from Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada.
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Global trade report: WTO to push China on intellectual property rights protection

The World Trade Organization has drawn up a report urging China to enhance steps to protect intellectual property rights with stiffer fines and criminal penalties for offenders, according to a copy of the report obtained by Kyodo News shows.
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Mergers and acquisitions: Battery Ventures buying HighJump Software from 3M

Supply Chain execution solution vendor HighJump Software will soon cease to be a 3M company. The Minnesota-based industrial conglomerate is selling HighJump to Battery Ventures.
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Research report: Demand for collaboration driving digital asset management market

A new study from ABI Research forecasts the global market for Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions—the use of software and hardware to store, organize, retrieve, and distribute the world's exploding volume of digital media files—to top $1 billion in 2013. The demand for business-related collaboration is expected to fuel much of this growth.
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