Zurich (ots) - Whale watching is a growing trend. Millions of people put to sea in order to observe free-swimming whales and dolphins, with their numbers increasing each year. Although there is not yet a quality label for whale watching, a uniform evaluation of selected tour operators is now available thanks to a pilot project initiated by OceanCare, together with Kontiki Saga, Glur Reisen and Scandinavian Airlines. ...
Berlin (ots) - ProBioGen and Minapharm jointly announced today that they have entered into two separate agreements to develop two therapeutic proteins, one exclusively for Minapharm and another second generation biopharmaceutical product for co-promotion. In the first agreement, ProBioGen will apply its proven cell generation process for biopharmaceutical cell ...
Toronto, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - - Vasogen to Host Conference Call Today at 9:00 a.m. (ET) Vasogen Inc. (NASDAQ:VSGND; TSX:VAS) today announced a collaboration with Grupo Ferrer Internacional, S.A. ("Ferrer"), a leading European pharmaceutical and medical devices company, to commercialize Vasogen's Celacade(TM) technology for the treatment of chronic ...
Tokyo (ots/PRNewswire) - - Leading Company to Mass Produce Lithium-ion Batteries for the Global Automotive Community Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and its subsidiary, NEC TOKIN Corporation, have signed an agreement to establish a joint-venture company - Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) - to focus on lithium-ion battery business for wide-scale automotive application by 2009. Nissan ...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - Belgium's BASE Leverages Gemalto Highly Secure M-Payment Solution Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it is providing Belgian mobile operator BASE with a comprehensive solution which allows its subscribers to perform secure payment by just sending an SMS. ...
Geneva/Malaga (ots) - WISeKey represented by its founder and Chairman Carlos Moreira has join the Malaga Valley e-27 Club, one of the initiatives of higher vision and ambition of the IT sector in Spain. More than 40 Presidents of multinational and technology companies have decided, under the presidency of Javier Cremades, of Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo, to promote ...
Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - VRB Power Systems Inc. (TSX-V: VRB) announces that the VRB-ESS(TM) being sold to Tapbury Management Limited ("Tapbury") for Phase II of the Sorne Hill Wind Farm in County Donegal, Ireland ("Sorne Hill") has been increased in size from a 1.5MW x 8hr system to a 2MW x 6hr ...
Shanghai, China, and Chicago (ots/PRNewswire) - CITIC East China (Group) Corp., Ltd. and Calyon Financial Hong Kong Ltd. today announced the signing of a joint venture agreement, forming a new futures brokerage entity established under the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (referred as CEPA). If all ...
Thalwil, Switzerland (ots) - u-blox AG, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, today announced the inclusion of its LEA-4S GPS module in the G300 GPS phone made by Longcheer, a leading Chinese designer of handheld devices. The new phone combines a high performance GPS engine, VGA camera, MP3/MP4 music player, GSM phone and WAP Internet browser in ...
Laufenburg (ots) - On March 6, 2007, Switzerland signed an agreement with Italy regarding the mutual recognition of electricity from renewable sources. This event wraps up an important stage in the development of electricity exchange arrangements with foreign countries based on swissgrid's system for registering and issuing certificates of origin for Swiss ...
Espoo, Finland (ots/PRNewswire) - TietoEnator now takes the next step in the componentization evolution by launching next generation signaling products - carrier grade IMS Signaling Middleware and a family of Signaling/Protocol Gateways. The products are launched at 3GSM in Barcelona on 13 February. ...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, and Abaxia, a leader in Mobile Desktop solutions, today announces the launch of a complete package that will enable the dynamic management of on-device services. This innovative solution relies ...
Madrid (ots) - 1 February 2007 - UNWTO and WISeKey announced an agreement today to expand the use of traveller identification and authentication technologies in the multibillion dollar tourism sector. This collaboration builds on the Public Private Partnership agreement signed by UNWTO and Microsoft in 2006. ...
Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Perceptronix Medical Inc. ("Perceptronix") today announced its participation in a research project to detect early oral cancer lesions through a new initiative inside the BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program. This Program is bringing together a network of dentists, researchers and technology companies to develop early screening ...
Stafford, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Medify Solutions and Vodafone UK are delighted to announce the first sales success of the Vodafone UK/Medify Solutions partnership. This news comes within days of the MedifyRemote(TM) Vodafone Certified application status announcement and is the first success in delivering MedifyRemote(TM) to the Vodafone UK 155,000 strong ...
Detroit (ots) - General Motors Corp. today announced it has awarded advanced battery development contracts to two suppliers to design and test lithium-ion batteries for use in the Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid SUV. One contract has been awarded to Johnson Controls - Saft Advanced Power Solutions, LLC, ...
Zurich (ots) - Accenture is a new Associate Implementation Partner for Avaloq. The global group will support the software company in Switzerland initially, then across Europe and in Asia as well. Avaloq has gained a new partner for the introduction of its banking software. The cooperation with Accenture, one of the world's leading management consulting, technology service and outsourcing providers, reinforces the ...
- During a press conference in Geneva this morning, Martin Velasco, Pascal Mock MD and Prof. Patrick Aebischer, President of the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), presented a solution which opens promising new prospects in terms of assisted reproductive technology. - A major advantage of the ...
Beijing (ots/PRNewswire) - - 'Trans-Pacific Express' to Offer Greater Speed, Reliability and Efficiency Verizon Business today signed a construction and maintenance agreement with a consortium that includes China Telecom and China Netcom to build the first next-generation undersea optical cable system ...
Miami and Hanover, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Joint Venture to Operate Existing AIDA Cruises Brand and Launch New TUI Cruises Brand in Germany Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL; LSE) (NYSE: CUK), the largest cruise vacation group in the world, and TUI AG (DE: TUAG00), the world's largest tour ...
Pompey, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Solvay Pharmaceuticals and Novasep have signed a five-year strategic manufacturing alliance which includes the exclusive synthesis of two active pharmaceutical ingredients for Solvay Pharmaceuticals. Solvay and Novasep have recently set a strategic manufacturing alliance defining Novasep as a preferred partner for the ...
Alvarez & Marsal Development LLC and Dr. Heinz-Dieter Kals Announce World Class Partnership in State of the Art Cancer Therapy Dusseldorf (ots) - ION Boston Management GmbH, which is 50%-owned by Alvarez & Marsal Development LLC and Dr. Heinz-Dieter Kals, has entered into a Radiology Oncology Associates ...
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London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Partnership Will Combine Dissemination in France and Across the EU, to Provide a Transparency Obligations Directive Compliant Solution PR Newswire, the world's leading disclosure and corporate news distribution service and Les Echos, the leading French financial newspaper and website (http://www.Lesechos.fr) today announced ...
AC Immune, Ltd. enters into an Exclusive Global License Agreement and Research Collaboration with Genentech, Inc. for Development of Anti-beta-amyloid Antibodies for the Potential Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other human Diseases. Ecublens/Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - AC Immune, Ltd., a Swiss Biotech Company developing innovative therapies against Alzheimer's Disease, today announced that it has entered into ...
Hong Kong (ots/PRNewswire) - - Enhances Research and Resource Sharing for Students and Faculties The Joint Universities Computer Centre (JUCC) of Hong Kong is using the high-speed, high-bandwidth power of Metro Ethernet technology from Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) to allow faculty and students of its eight ...
Belgrade, Serbia, November 30 (ots/PRNewswire) - - JV Nortel SE will Address Regional Carrier Growth Nortel[x] [NYSE: NT; TSX: NT] and Southeast European Communications and Investments Inc. (SECI) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture in southeast Europe. The creation of the joint venture with SECI - a company that is actively involved with providing advisory services in telecommunications, ...
Vancouver, Canada, November 29 (ots/PRNewswire) - StrataGold Corporation (SGV-TSX) is pleased to announce the commencement of a 2000 metre (m) diamond drilling (DD) program at Monosse, Guyana. Monosse is subject to a joint venture agreement (the "Agreement" or 'Barama JV') (see press release dated October 3, 2005) with Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE ...
Lakewood, Colarado, November 21 (ots/PRNewswire) - NewWest Gold Corporation (TSX:NWG) ("NewWest" or "the Company") today announced the preliminary results of the 2006 Phase One drilling program at the Northumberland project, located in Nye County, Nevada. These drill results were provided by the Company's joint venture partner, Newmont Mining Corporation ...
Laufenburg (ots) - swissgrid will commence activities as Switzerland's national grid operator on 15 December 2006, assuming operational management and responsibility for the Swiss high-voltage grid. swissgrid employs approximately 130 highly qualified employees at its head office in Laufenburg. "The operational launch of swissgrid is a milestone in the evolution ...