Copenhagen, November 12 (ots/PRNewswire) - A report (http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2009_9) by the European Environment Agency released today shows that the European Union and all Member States but one are on track to meet their Kyoto Protocol commitments to limit and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Whereas the Protocol requires that the EU-15 reduce average emissions during 2008-2012 to 8 ...
Bristol-Myers Squibb GmbH & Co. KGaA
Cologne, Germany, November 12 (ots/PRNewswire) - - With Women Comprising Over Half of the Global HIV/AIDS Population,(1) Leading Experts to Convene to Explore the Impact of Gender on Treatment and Care With 33 million individuals infected, HIV/AIDS has long been classified as a global epidemic.(1) But with 17 million women between the ages of 15 and 49 years who are living with HIV/AIDS and its significant ...
Lake Zurich, Illinois, November 10 (ots/PRNewswire) - Fenwal Inc., a global medical technology company focused on improving blood collection, separation, safety and availability, announced today William H. Cork has joined the company as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Mr. Cork, 50, will lead Fenwal's research and development, regulatory and clinical affairs teams, reporting to Ron K. Labrum, ...
Independent Conference on Its Legacy from the Defence Perspective
Montreal, Canada, November 9 (ots/PRNewswire) - The Hague, Holland 14 et 15 Novembre 2009 Institute for Social Studies Kortenaerkade 12 2518 AX Den Haag The Coordinating committee is pleased to announce the conference to be held in The Hague on 14 and 15 November 2009. Speakers ...
Winnipeg, Canada, November 6 (ots/PRNewswire) - Frontiers North Adventures, the premiere provider of Authentic Arctic Experiences in Canada's north, has been awarded the 2009 Skal International Ecotourism Award in the Tour Operator and Travel Agent category. The award was presented to Frontiers North Adventures on November 2nd at the Opening Ceremony of the 70th Skal World Congress held in Budapest, Hungary. Skal ...
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
Paris, November 6 (ots/PRNewswire) - - 24 Hour Central Command Center now Offers Predictive and Proactive Diagnostic Monitoring Service in Eight Languages to Clinical Laboratories in 18 Countries Using VITROS(R) Systems PARIS, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind 24-7 central command ...
Castres, France, November 6 (ots/PRNewswire) - The case opposing the French Competition Authority and Pierre Fabre Dermocosmetics (PFDC) came before the Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday, 29 October 2009. It may be remembered that in this case, the "Conseil de la Concurrence" (now called Autorité de la ...
Cambridge, England, November 5 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Ability to Integrate With SAP(R) Solutions Provides Extended Information Management Ability to Customers AVEVA Group plc (LSE:AVV), the leading provider of plant design and engineering lifecycle solutions, today announced that its AVEVA NET 3.6 solution has been certified by SAP AG, achieving "Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R)" status. The solution has been proven to integrate with SAP(R) solutions, including the SAP ...
Montreal, November 5 (ots/PRNewswire) - GLV Inc. ("GLV"; ticker symbols GLV.A, GLV.B / TSX) announces an amendment to the conditions of its voluntary takeover bid (the "Offer"), launched on October 13, 2009, to acquire up to 100% of the shares of Christ Water Technology AG ("CWT"). Pursuant to this amendment, the ...
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
Paris, November 4 (ots/PRNewswire) - - 24 Hour Central Command Center now Offers Predictive and Proactive Diagnostic Monitoring Service in Eight Languages to Clinical Laboratories in 18 Countries Using VITROS(R) Systems Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind 24-7 central command center in Strasbourg, France, that ...
Paris, November 2 (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo today announced that it has increased to 100% its shareholding in the entity based in Changchun which develops and manufactures compressors. Valeo previously held a 60% stake and Fawer 40%. The new company, which employs 130 people and produces compressors for the Chinese and Asian markets, will be named Valeo Compressor (Changchun) Co., Ltd. The Valeo Group has been ...
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario and ILITA
Madrid, November 2 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Embed Privacy Into the Design of Technology, Business Practices and Infrastructure, to Protect Personal Freedoms: Commissioner Cavoukian An all-star cast of international privacy professionals will gather in Madrid today to consider how the concept of Privacy ...
Abbotsford, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - ICS Copper Systems Ltd. (ICX:TSX.V) announces that it has completed its non-brokered private placement as previously announced on October 19th, 2009. The private placement consisted of 1,000,000 units at a price of CDN$0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of CDN$100,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share (a "Share") and ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Eisai Plans to Submit Marketing Authorization Applications for. Eribulin Mesylate in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President and CEO: Haruo Naito) today announced preliminary results from a recently completed Phase III study with E7389 (generic name: eribulin ...
Prague (ots/PRNewswire) - - Bug and Issue Tracking Receives an Innovative, Time-saving Solution Developed by Acclaimed Productivity Experts JetBrains(R), creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing development tools, today announced the release of YouTrack 1.0, the company's brand new bug and issue tracking system. Following the success of TeamCity continuous integration and build management server, ...
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario and ILITA
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - - Embed Privacy Into the Design of Technology, Business Practices and Infrastructure, to Protect Personal Freedoms: Commissioner Cavoukian An all-star cast of international privacy professionals will gather in Madrid today to consider how the concept of Privacy by Design can be ...
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.; Symbian Foundation Ltd.
San Diego and London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Collaboration Will Influence Direction of Symbian Platform, Strengthen Foundation and Expand Symbian Ecosystem, Enabling New, Innovative Mobile Devices - Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) and the Symbian Foundation today announced that QuIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has joined the Symbian Foundation and has been appointed to the ...
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, Inc.
Ottawa, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - A complaint filed by the Canadian owner of Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, an eco-tourist facility in Barbados, alleges that the Government of Barbados has violated its international obligations by refusing to enforce its environmental laws, thereby allowing increased pollution and land development to damage the Sanctuary. Notice of the dispute was given to Barbados in accordance ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Orange First Operator to Give Customers One-Click Access to Google Mobile App(TM) on Multiple Mobile Platforms in Addition to a Search Widget on the Android Mobile Platform Orange today announces an industry-first as it becomes the first operator to partner with Google(TM)[1] to bring Google Mobile App(TM) to mobile customers in ...
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario and ILITA
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - International privacy experts will gather in Madrid this coming Monday, November 2, for a special workshop to examine how Privacy by Design - a concept developed by Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada - can help to embed privacy into the design of technology, business practices and infrastructure to ...
Baarn, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - The Company hereby announces that the report of the liquidator, the liquidation accounts (rekening en verantwoording) and the plan of distribution (plan van verdeling) regarding the liquidation of the Company will be made available today with the Chamber of Commerce of ...
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - Management of GLV Inc. ("GLV"; ticker symbols GLV.A, GLV.B / TSX) is pleased to announce that the Management and Supervisory Boards of Christ Water Technology AG ("CWT"; ticker symbol CWT / Vienna Stock Exchange) have issued a statement recommending that CWT's shareholders accept GLV's ...
Wine Information Council (WIC)
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - Understanding Different Drinking Patterns Across Europe key to Successful Alcohol Policies EU-level policy to reduce alcohol-related harm must be tailored to respond to diverse, complex realities in the different Member States. This is the conclusion of experts meeting in Brussels today at a scientific conference, organised by the Wine Information Council. The Council of ...
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (ots/PRNewswire) - Avrim Lazar, President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and Chair of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (ACPWP), came out yesterday in strong support of the WWF's call-to-action to stop global deforestation saying the challenge could go even further by including a ...
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - New data on patient treatment satisfaction from the LEAD(TM) 6 trial presented on the 22nd October at the 20th World Diabetes Congress (International Diabetes Federation) shows that patients have higher overall treatment satisfaction with liraglutide than they do with exenatide.[1] ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Positive net income of 4 million euros, following 3 consecutive quarters of losses - Strong improvement in gross margin at 16.2% of sales, highest 3rd quarter level since 2005 - Operating margin at 3.6% of sales, up by 2.8 points versus 2nd quarter - Reinforced generation of free cash flow[1] (6 million euros) and reduction of net financial debt of 24 million ...
Rockville, Maryland (ots/PRNewswire) - -- Pivotal Clinical Study to Evaluate H1N1 VLP Vaccine Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy in Mexico -- Novavax forms Alliance with Avimex Laboratories to support the Clinical Trial and Potential Commercial Distribution of the H1N1 vaccine in Mexico -- GE Healthcare Provides Support with its Novel ...
The International Bureau for Epilepsy
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - IBE and UCB Announce Winners of Award to Improve Understanding of Epilepsy Around the World The International Bureau of Epilepsy and UCB are pleased to announce the winners of the Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award 2009. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/ucb/40532/ The award, an initiative of the International Bureau ...
Abbotsford, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - ICS Copper Systems Ltd. (ICX:TSX.V) reports that it has completed its non-brokered private placement as previously announced on September 30th, 2009. The private placement consisted of 1,000,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of $100,000. Each unit ...
Charlotte, North Carolina (ots/PRNewswire) - - Approximately US$2.6 Billion in Writedowns From Improvement in Company Credit Spreads - Terminating Government Guarantee Term Sheet Costs US$402 Million - Merrill Lynch Platform Continues to Boost Results - Extends US$183.7 Billion in Credit in the Third Quarter - Tier 1 Capital Ratio Rises to ...