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Council Lead Partner GE won the prize in competitive bidding to supply Indian Railways with the locomotives, construction and maintenance facilities it needs to upgrade its system. GE plans to invest $200 million in the project, and anticipates a...
Article - 11/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Transportation
Thomson Reuters is exploring strategic options for its Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business, which had revenue of about $ 1 billion in 2014. The business, which has 3,200 employees, provides intellectual property and scientific...
Article - 11/15/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Transportation
The latest change in foreign direct investment (FDI) norms linked to the construction sector might help attract private players to the government’s ambitious smart city project. Since the Centre has allocated only Rs 500 crore per city under the...
Article - 11/15/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
It's bad enough that cities typically struggle with limited budgets and stretched resources to maintain the services and systems their residents need and expect, but the task is even harder against the background of a sluggish global economy.Roland...
Article - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Citizen engagement
New "collaborative" robots are taking work away from humans, as you'll read below. Unless you want to see your city's unemployment rate rise, you'll want to take steps to stem the tide. Especially since the best fight-back tactic is something you...
Article - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Computing resources