INTELENET SELECTS...
MUMBAI - Intelenet Global Services, a leading provider of
business process outsourcing services, has selected Verizon
Business to develop, host and manage a secure portal for the
exchange of information with clients, partners and vendors.
http://www.verizonbusiness.com
VALE DISCONTINUES...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Vale informs that it put forward an
indicative proposal to Xstrata Plc (Xstrata) that included a
cash and shares offer for 100 per cent of Xstrata which it
believes would have created significant value for both sets of
shareholders, but given that an agreement was not reached,
discussions between the parties have been discontinued.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
CITECT AWARDS...
SYDNEY - Citect is pleased to announce that six Citect
partners will be honored at its upcoming Global Partner
Conference
Collaborate 2008
this April 13-16 in Budapest,
Hungary.
www.citect.com
THOMSON COLLABORATES...
PHILADELPHIA - Thomson Scientific, a leading provider of
information solutions to the worldwide research and business
communities, and Ringgold, Inc. have announced the availability
of Journal Analysis Database Expanded (JADE), which allows
users to see a detailed analysis of authors and subscribers of
a journal, or set of journals, using precisely defined
definitions of the "publishing institutions" to which those
authors and subscribers belong.
http://www.scientific.thomson.com
http://www.thomson.com
http://www.ringgold.com
PEPSICO WEBCASTS...
PURCHASE - PepsiCo, Inc. Tuesday announced that its
first-quarter 2008 earnings conference call and slide
presentation for financial analysts and investors will be
webcast live over the internet on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at
11 a.m. (ET).
http://www.pepsico.com
COMPARISON.TRAVEL LAUNCHES...
LOS ANGELES - Comparison Corporation, operator of popular
online web properties Wednesday announced the launch of
Comparison.travel; a tool that enables users to search the top
20 travel web sites such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz,
Priceline, Kayak, HotWire, SideStep, Hotels.com and other major
travel websites at the same time with one click without having
to search each website individually.
http://www.Comparison.travel
DHS BEGINS...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
announced Tuesday that it has begun collecting additional
fingerprints from international visitors arriving at New York's
John F. Kennedy International Airport.
http://www.dhs.gov/us-visit
DARA APPOINTS...
RALEIGH - DARA BioSciences announced Tuesday the appointment
of John Didsbury, Ph.D. as President and Chief Operating
Officer.
http://www.darabiosciences.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$600
million on April 4 & 14 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PHOENIX TEAMS...
MILPITAS - Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Tuesday announced a
partnership with CyberLink Corp., a world leader in digital
home solutions, to produce a multimedia suite optimized for the
Phoenix HyperSpace platform.
http://www.phoenix.com
http://www.cyberlink.com
EUROFIGHTER ARRIVES...
HALLBERGMOOS - With the handover of GT015, a German
Twin-Seater aircraft, the final aircraft out of Tranche 1
destined for the four partner Air Forces of Germany, Italy,
Spain and the United Kingdom in the core programme has been
delivered on 20 March 2008.
IPANEL REACHES...
SHENZHEN - iPanel Technologies, Ltd., a leading provider of
embedded software platforms for digital and IPTV services and
applications, and ICTV, which provides solutions that bring the
Web media experience to television, announced Tuesday that they
have reached an agreement that is designed to spread the
availability of ICTV's ActiveVideo Web-infused television
throughout China and the Asia-Pacific markets.
http://www.ictv.com
http://www.ipanel.cn
MONIKER UNVEILS...
POMPANO BEACH - Moniker.com, an Oversee.net company and
provider of Domain Asset Management services, Tuesday announced
additional premium domain names will be available for purchase
via a live and online domain name auction at the Casino
Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam.
http://www.moniker.com
http://www.moniker.com/liveauction
STARTECH ANNOUNCES...
WILTON - Startech Environmental Corp., a fully reporting,
internationally recognized Award-winning Environment and Energy
company, announced its plans Tuesday to produce and market its
Carbonless Power System for "Green Electricity" in stationary
facilities.
http://www.startech.net
EXTRICOM INTRODUCES...
NEW YORK - Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance
enterprise-class wireless solutions for converged voice, data,
video, and location-based services, Tuesday announced its new
suite of 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant products.
http://www.extricom.com/80211n
NTT JOINS...
TOKYO - NTT Communications Tuesday announced that it signed
a construction and maintenance agreement to participate in a
consortium building a new optical fiber cable system - the
Trans-Pacific Express Cable Network (TPE) - that will link
Japan, Mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan and the United
States.
www.ntt.com
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