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HGC Launches o8Media
Digital Media
Entertainment Service
With Pioneer Hollywood
Movie Download Service
and Over 150,000 Music
and Music Videos for
Selection By PR Newswire Hutchison Global
Communications Limited
(HGC) and ViDeOnline
Communications (Asia)
Limited (VDO) jointly
announce a new service to
be launched in Hong Kong,
hgc.o8media.com on-demand
digital media
entertainment service in
Hong Kong. It is the
first online service to
offer legal Hollywood and
Asian movies, music and
music video content on
single service platform;
bringing a revolutionary
multi-platform
entertainment experience
to HGC broadband
customers. Mar. 29, 2007 06:58 PM Reads: 932 |
NSB Group Announces New
CEO By PR Newswire The Board of NSB Retail
Systems plc (NSB Group)
has appointed David
Henning as the company's
acting Chief Executive
Officer and a Board
Director. Mar. 29, 2007 06:56 PM Reads: 772 |
CellStar Announces the
Results of Its Special
Meeting of Stockholders By PR Newswire CellStar Corporation (OTC
Pink Sheets: CLST) today
announced that during its
Special Meeting of
stockholders, which was
held yesterday, holders
of a majority of the
outstanding CellStar
common stock voted to
approve the U.S. Sale
Agreement, the Mexico
Sale Agreement, the
Liquidation and
Dissolution proposal, and
the amendment of
CellStar's Certificate of
Incorporation to change
the corporate name to
CLST Holdings, Inc. Of
the 21,158,740 shares
issued and outstanding as
of the record date, the
Company received the
affirmative vote of over
13.0 million shares for
each of the proposals. Mar. 29, 2007 06:56 PM Reads: 718 |
washingtonpost.com
Enhances Homepage,
Increases Emphasis on
Video By PR Newswire washingtonpost.com, the
award-winning news and
information Web site,
today unveiled a revamped
homepage that includes an
increased emphasis on
multimedia reporting and
a streamlined, modular
interface that further
simplifies site
navigation improving user
experience. Mar. 29, 2007 06:52 PM Reads: 677 |
Gossan Acquires the
Galaxy Prospect on the
Bird River Sill By Marketwire . Gossan Resources Limited
(TSX VENTURE: GSS)(Frankf
urt/Freiverkehr
Xetra:GSR) has entered
into an Option Agreement
to acquire the
431-hectare Star Property
which is adjacent on
three sides to Gossan's
Bird River Sill Property,
just to the west of the
Page and Peterson Blocks.
The Star Property is
comprised of three claims
- the Galaxy, the UFO,
and the Quasar. The
Peterson Block is known
to extend westward from
Gossan's ground onto the
Galaxy claim where a
limited small-core drill
program encountered 0.44
metres assaying 3.79%
nickel, 0.8gpt platinum,
3.5gpt palladium, 0.16%
copper and 0.12% cobalt. Mar. 29, 2007 06:49 PM Reads: 594 |
Local Medical Leaders
Develop Plan for
Physician-Owned Insurance
Company By Marketwire . In response to the
growing health
insurancecrisis, local
medical leaders have
developed plans to create
The Physicians Assurance
Corp.(TPAC). The intended
goal of TPAC is to
provide a fair,
equitable, andshared
insurance solution
primarily owned and
managed by local
physiciansfor both the
medical community and
small employer members. Mar. 29, 2007 06:44 PM Reads: 790 |
WestJet Plans for 13 Per
Cent Capacity Growth for
2007 By Marketwire . WestJet (TSX: WJA) today
clarified comments made
at the National Bank
Financial Transportation
and Logistics Conference
held yesterday in
Toronto. Mar. 29, 2007 06:43 PM Reads: 482 |
La gestion des
investigations
d'entreprise brise les
barrières dans la
lutte contre le crime
financier By PR Newswire Norkom Technologies vient
de lancer, aujourd'hui,
une nouvelle solution de
gestion des
investigations
d'entreprise (EIM) visant
à compléter
sa gamme très
prisée de
solutions logicielles en
matière de crime
financier et de
conformité aux
règlements. Mar. 29, 2007 06:43 PM Reads: 700 |
Forget the Box: Thinking
Inside, Outside or About
the Box Will Not Improve
the Container Security
Market By PR Newswire The Aerospace &
Defense group at Frost
& Sullivan will host
an exclusive live
briefing on April 5, 2007
at 11:00 am EDT. Mar. 29, 2007 06:42 PM Reads: 548 |
St. Lawrence Cement
Lauded for Cutting
Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Marketwire . St. Lawrence Cement (TSX:
ST.A) is pleased to
announce that it has been
commended last week by
Marcus Peacock, Deputy
Administrator at the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency for having
achieved significant
greenhouse gas reductions
under the EPA's Climate
Leaders program. St.
Lawrence Cement was able
to reduce its greenhouse
gas emissions by more
than 16% from 2000 to
2006, surpassing its
original target of 15%
four years ahead of its
target date of 2010. Mar. 29, 2007 06:42 PM Reads: 535 |
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IRS Owes Businesses Over
$10 Billion - New Website
Helps Get it Back By PR Newswire The IRS, by court decree,
owes American businesses
over $10 Billion dollars
(an equal amount is due
to individuals). Refunds
for Good Inc and Invoice
Insight LLC, have created
a free, online tool to
help organizations, both
for-profit and
non-profit, get their
money back in a timely
manner (http://www.refund
sforgood.org/business_ref
und.php). Mar. 29, 2007 06:35 PM Reads: 655 |
CenturyTel Completes
Public Sale of $750
Million of Senior Notes By PR Newswire CenturyTel, Inc. today
announced that it has
publicly sold $500
million aggregate
principal amount of its
6.00% Senior Notes,
Series N, due 2017 and
$250 million aggregate
principal amount of its
5.50% Senior Notes,
Series O, due 2013. The
Series N Notes were
priced to yield 6.083% to
maturity, and the Series
O Notes were priced to
yield 5.526% to maturity. Mar. 29, 2007 06:33 PM Reads: 621 |
Premier Global Honor
Society Implements
wyndstorm(TM) Social
Network Suite to Deliver
Valuable Member Needs By PR Newswire Golden Key International
Honour Society has
selected YFonGlobal, a
leading-edge provider of
turnkey social networking
solutions, to build and
host its new social
network, entitled MyGK. Mar. 29, 2007 06:30 PM Reads: 723 |
Liska Biometry DCS Europe
Unit Wins Second Germany
Pharmaceutical Contract By Marketwire . Liska Biometry (OTCBB:
LSKA), a leading
providerof biometric
identification solutions,
today announced its DCS
Europesubsidiary has won
a second contract from a
major Germany
pharmaceuticalfirm. The
contract includes the
manufacturing as well as
visual andelectronic
personalization of
20,000-employee smart
card credentials basedon
the LEGIC technology.
Liska will also consult
on the architecture toget
full functionality for
using the
multi-application card. Mar. 29, 2007 06:30 PM Reads: 591 |
TJX Data Loss Underscores
Industry-Wide Absence Of
Data Loss Prevention
Technology According To
Palisade Systems By PR Newswire Palisade Systems, the
leading provider of
content monitoring and
filtering and data loss
prevention products,
today announced that less
than 10% of organizations
in North America that
store, send and access
consumers' personally
identifiable information
have data loss prevention
technology deployed to
prevent illegal access
and sending of consumers'
personally identifiable
information. To date,
many of the millions of
affected TJX customers
have had their personal
and financial information
used for fraudulent
purposes, and now face
the daunting task of
repairing the damage that
has been done. Had TJX
deployed data loss
prevention technology,
such as that of Palisade
Systems' PacketSure
technology in place, the
loss of 34.5 million
customers' credit card
numbers and other
personally identifiable
information would never
have occurred. Mar. 29, 2007 06:29 PM Reads: 687 |
Cumberland Reports 2006
Financial Results and
Summary of Activities By Marketwire . CUMBERLAND RESOURCES LTD.
(TSX: CLG)(AMEX: CLG) is
pleased to report audited
financial results for the
year ended December 31,
2006, and a summary of
recent activities. Mar. 29, 2007 06:26 PM Reads: 477 |
Harris Corporation Names
John L. Draheim VP -
Financial Services and
Assistant Treasurer;
Terry L. Feiser Is Named
VP - Internal Audit and
Compliance By PR Newswire Internal Audit and
Compliance. Draheim is
in the company's
financial organization
while Feiser reports to
the Audit Committee of
the Harris Board of
Directors. Mar. 29, 2007 06:25 PM Reads: 709 |
HydroFlo Water Treatment,
Inc. Launches New Website By Marketwire . HydroFlo Water Treatment,
Inc. (HWTI), a
portfoliocompany of
HydroFlo, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: HYRF),
announced the launching
ofits new website that
more clearly outlines the
services and equipment
thatit offers for clients
requiring odor and
corrosion control,
wastewateraeration, and
improved dissolved air
flotation. Mar. 29, 2007 06:24 PM Reads: 521 |
Alcatel-Lucent Announces
Successful Experiments to
Substantially Increase
Capacity and Robustness
of Today's Commercial
Optical Networks By PR Newswire Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext
Paris and NYSE: ALU)
today announced that it
has successfully
demonstrated the
potential for upgrading
existing 40 Gbit/s
transparent long-haul
transport networks to 100
Gbit/s Ethernet; the use
of coherent detection
instead of conventional
direct detection for
unmatched resistance to
fiber impairments at 40
Gbit/s; the ability to
receive and convert
serial 107 Gbit/s optical
data into lower rate data
streams; and the first
WDM transmission of
channels based on serial
binary modulation format
exploiting full
Electronics Time Domain
Division Multiplexing
(ETDM). These important
optical networking
milestones have been
presented in several post
deadline papers by
Alcatel-Lucent's Bell
Labs and Research and
Innovation teams at the
OFC/NFOEC conference in
Anaheim, California this
week. Mar. 29, 2007 06:23 PM Reads: 696 |
SPIE Defense &
Security Symposium Offers
Largest Sensors and
Infrared Imaging Event in
North America By Marketwire . SPIE Defense &
Security Symposium,
thelargest unclassified
conference and exhibition
covering sensor
technologyfor military
and homeland security
applications, is set to
open in Orlando,Florida
on April 9. More than
5,000 scientists,
engineers and
militarypersonnel will
attend 1,800
presentations, 55 courses
and workshops and seenew
products from 400
suppliers, including the
biggest infrared
technologyexhibit in the
world. Evening speakers
include former Secretary
of the NavyRichard
Danzig; author, venture
capitalist and detection-
technologyexecutive Mark
Mills, Chairman of ICx;
and Major General Steve
Reeves,Joint Program
Executive Officer for
Chemical and Biological
Defense, U.S.Department
of Defense. Mar. 29, 2007 06:16 PM Reads: 510 |
Delta Galil Announces
Restructuring Plan By Marketwire . Delta Galil Industries
Ltd. (NASDAQ: DELT),
('Delta') the global
provider of private label
ladies' intimateapparel,
socks, men's underwear,
baby-wear and
leisurewear, today
announceda restructuring
plan. Mar. 29, 2007 06:15 PM Reads: 482 |
Agility Appoints Anthony
Enright as New SVP Sales By PR Newswire Agility, a global US$4.5
billion logistics
provider, has
significantly
strengthened its Americas
Region sales operation
with the announcement of
Anthony E. Enright as its
new Senior Vice
President, Sales and
Marketing, Americas. Mar. 29, 2007 06:14 PM Reads: 710 |
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Melkior Completes the
Final Tranche of a
$1,980,000 Private
Placement By Marketwire . Melkior Resources Inc.
('Melkior') (TSX VENTURE:
MKR) is pleased to
announce the closing of
the second and final
tranche of its
non-brokered private
placement consisting of
1,180,000 units at a
price of $0.44 per unit
for gross proceeds of
$519,200. The total
private placement,
consisting of two
tranches, raised a total
of $1,980,000 by the
issuance of 4,500,000
units. Mar. 29, 2007 06:10 PM Reads: 535 |
CSC Announces $40 Million
IT Outsourcing Contract
Extension With UK
Department of Health By PR Newswire Computer Sciences
Corporation today
announced that the United
Kingdom Department of
Health has extended its
information technology
(IT) outsourcing contract
with CSC for two
additional years to 2011.
CSC first began
supporting the Department
of Health in 2002. CSC
estimates the value of
the extension to be
approximately $40 Million
(20 million pounds
sterling). Mar. 29, 2007 06:09 PM Reads: 611 |
LSI Shareholders Approve
Agere Merger By PR Newswire LSI Logic Corporation
announced that it has
obtained the required LSI
shareholder approval of
the previously announced
merger with Agere Systems
at a special meeting
held today. Mar. 29, 2007 06:06 PM Reads: 600 |
Global Triad, Inc.
Announces Plan to Build a
Broadcast Television
Network By Marketwire . Global Triad, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: GBTD)today
announced its plans to
build a 24/7 Digital
Broadcast
TelevisionNetwork. This
decision moves Global to
not only be a service
provider but acontent
provider for those
independently owned and
operated
televisionstations as
well as deliver
independently produced
quality content with
anetwork that will be
focused on quality family
friendly programming.
Globalintends to deliver
advertisements to
consumers through this
and its uniquetelevision
media syndication model
including its new media
outletswww.IPTVEN.com,
which will also be a 24/7
Internet streamed online
network. Mar. 29, 2007 06:01 PM Reads: 472 |
Panasonic Security
Systems Enrolls Cisco as
the Founding Partner in
the Panasonic Solution
Developer Network By PR Newswire Panasonic Security
Systems, a division of
Panasonic System
Solutions Company (PSSA),
has announced the
enrollment of Cisco as
the Founding Partner in
the Panasonic Solution
Developer Network (PSDN)
program. The program
joins two leading
suppliers of advanced
networking products and
technologies -
Panasonic's i-Pro Series
of intelligent and
professional IP video
surveillance products,
and Cisco's Intelligent
Converged Environment
(ICE) video surveillance
products for
best-in-class networked
system operations. As the
Founding Partner, Cisco
will receive high levels
of developmental and
marketing support from
Panasonic. Mar. 29, 2007 05:57 PM Reads: 790 |
ART: Papers Published in
Applied Optics
Peer-Reviewed Journal
Report on Optimization of
Fluorescence Imaging Data
using eXplore Optix By Marketwire . ART Advanced Research
Technologies Inc.
('ART')(TSX: ARA), a
Canadian medical device
company and a leader in
optical molecular imaging
products for the
healthcare and
pharmaceutical
industries, is pleased to
announce that Applied
Optics, a peer-reviewed,
widely distributed
publication of the
Optical Society of
America, has published
two articles by ART
research teams working on
the optimization of the
eXplore Optix(TM) device,
in the April 1, 2007
issue. Mar. 29, 2007 05:50 PM Reads: 496 |
Aviation and Remote
Access Are the Future of
Satellite WAN
Acceleration, According
to Freesky Research By PR Newswire a convenient place to
generate a few extra
dollars with products
designed for terrestrial
networks. But this will
soon change as remote
access and aviation
transform satellite
service from an
industry-centered niche
to a standard for mobile
workers, according to a
report released today by
Freesky Research. Mar. 29, 2007 05:36 PM Reads: 634 |
Aquacell Water Hires
Chief Operating Officer
for Water Treatment
Subsidiary By Marketwire . Aquacell Water, Inc.
('Aquacell')(PINKSHEETS:
AQWT) announced today
that it has hired Mr.
James Knoll asChief
Operating Officer of its
Aquacell Water Treatment
subsidiary. Mar. 29, 2007 05:34 PM Reads: 539 |
C-COM Reports Increased
Revenues in Fiscal 2006 By Marketwire . C-COM Satellite Systems
Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CMI)
today reported total
revenues of $6,408,903
for fiscal year ending
November 2006 and a net
profit of $303,849 or
$0.010 per share compared
with results from last
year when total revenues
were $6,001,802 and there
was a net profit of
$450,375 or $0.015 per
share. Mar. 29, 2007 05:33 PM Reads: 490 |
PolyServe Solutions Added
to EMC Support Matrix By PR Newswire PolyServe, Inc. announced
today that solutions
based on PolyServe Matrix
Server are now listed on
the EMC Support Matrix
(ESM). ESM listing
assures PolyServe
customers who rely on EMC
CLARiiON(R) and EMC
Symmetrix(R) DMX
networked storage systems
that their PolyServe and
EMC products have
successfully completed
and met EMC
interoperability
requirements. Mar. 29, 2007 05:30 PM Reads: 702 |
Franklin Mining
Consultant William Petty
to Discuss Major
Financing Plans By Marketwire . Franklin Mining, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: FMNJ)
ispleased to announce
that their Consultant
William A. Petty will
conduct anexclusive
webcast interview with
The Green Baron so that
FMNJ shareholdersand the
investment community can
learn more about
prospects of the
companyand its recent new
financing relationship
with New York investment
bank GDRPrivee. The
webcast will be conducted
by Evergreen Marketing,
Inc. andtheir subsidiary
TheGreenBaron.com and
will be available for
listening onMonday, April
2, 2007 at
www.TheGreenBaron.com. Mar. 29, 2007 05:30 PM Reads: 534 |
Immigration Reform by
Congress to Be Discussed
at Town Hall By Marketwire . Town Hall Los Angeles
presents a
paneladdressing current
immigration reform bills
pending in Congress at
theOmni Hotel. Angelenos
are encouraged to ask
panelists about the
currentstatus of
immigration legislation
and how it will affect
our region. Mar. 29, 2007 05:30 PM Reads: 546 |
La gestión de la
investigación
empresarial erradica las
barreras para luchar
contra el fraude
financiero By PR Newswire Norkom Technologies lanza
hoy una nueva
solución de
gestión de la
investigación
empresarial (EIM) para
complementar su gama
líder del mercado
de soluciones de software
de conformidad y
prevención del
fraude financiero. Mar. 29, 2007 05:25 PM Reads: 800 |
The Third Soundtrack
Album From "ONE TREE
HILL" to Be Released
April 3 on Warner Bros.
Records By Marketwire . The CW Network drama 'ONE
TREE HILL' hasoften
offered its fans unique
opportunities to interact
with its charactersand
their storylines outside
of traditional television
viewing. The
show'slatest effort to
reach viewers takes the
cast and crew from their
NorthCarolina set to the
small town of Honey
Grove, Texas. Everyone
knows thata good mix of
music is the key to any
road trip's success.
'The Road Mix,'the third
soundtrack of 'ONE TREE
HILL,' will be released
on Tuesday, April3 on
Warner Bros. Records. Mar. 29, 2007 05:13 PM Reads: 837 |
Fund Publishing Adopts
Thunderhead to Automate
Creation of Key Financial
Documents By Marketwire . Thunderhead, the leading
provider of
enterprisecommunications
technology, today
announced that Fund
Publishing, anintegrated
provider of publishing
services for the mutual
fund industry, isusing
the Thunderhead document
generation platform to
automate theproduction of
regulated mutual fund
compliance documents and
key EDGARfilings,
resulting in up to a 70%
reduction in the time
required to designand
produce these documents. Mar. 29, 2007 05:08 PM Reads: 503 |