IndiaMART.com Appoints Quasar as its Digital Agency on RecordNEW DELHI - IndiaMART.com, India’s largest online B2B marketplace, has appointed Quasar as its digital agency on record. It will be responsible for IndiaMART’s digital marketing campaigns, media planning and media buying. Quasar, which is a WPP company, has been selected after a vigorous multi-agency pitch. ART + AUCTION Is Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary 1979 - 2009NEW YORK - - The Magazine Looks Back at the Art Market’s Highs and Lows, from Keith Haring’s Pop Shop to Larry Salander’s Financial Shenanigans Pension Insurance Corporation Insures the Final Tranche of the Thomson Regional Newspapers Pension FundLONDON - Pension Corporation, a leading provider of risk management solutions to defined benefit pension funds, today announces that Pension Insurance Corporation (”PIC”) is to insure the remainder of the Thomson Regional Newspapers (”TRN”) Pension Fund, a pension scheme sponsored by Citigroup (”Citi”). Consumers Worldwire See Advertising as Key to Economic Growth: Nielsen-WFA ReportLONDON - Seven in ten consumers globally agree that advertising contributes to economic growth, while eight in ten agree that advertising helps create jobs, according to a survey of 25,420 consumers in 50 countries conducted by The Nielsen Company for the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) in April 2009. Social Networks & Blogs Now 4th Most Popular Online Activity, Ahead of Personal Email, Nielsen ReportsLONDON - - Two-Thirds of Global Online Population Visits These Sites Each Month - “Time Spent” on These Sites Growing Three Times Faster Than Overall Internet Rate, Now Accounting for Almost 10 Percent of all Internet Time Nielsen Wins “Most Innovative Approach” at the Best of Business Intelligence (BOBI) AwardsLONDON - - Nielsen’s BuzzMetrics Analysis of Consumer Experience to Influence Marketing Decisions for Pfizer’s Smoking Cessation Product - Champix - Cited by Judges as a Unanimous and Clear Winner How Companies Twitter in Germany: August 2009 Trend ReportBERLIN, Germany - - Blätterwald and Zucker. Investigate Twitter Content From More Than 50 International Companies: About Half of all Tweets are in Dialogue. Though, Report Reveals a Lack of Clarity Over Responsibilities for Twitter at Companies New Cables Will Kick-Start Africa’s New Broadband Era, Pyramid Research FindsCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Total broadband adoption in Africa will increase at a CAGR of 28 percent through 2013 as new undersea cables boost Africa’s international bandwidth, reducing the number of coastal countries without any cable access from 19 to one, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Internet Evolution Welcomes Andrew Keen to IE Radio TodayNEW YORK - - Silicon Valley author and media critic to weigh in on the future of online content and the relative value of Web 2.0 tools for individuals and businesses ELLE’s October 2009 Issue Featuring Victoria BeckhamNEW YORK - - With Photo ELLE’s October 2009 issue featuring Victoria Beckham (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090903/NY70490 ) Let’s Talk About Telly…’How to Make a Hit Drama Series’LONDON - - ALCS Sponsors Debate at Edinburgh International Television Festival 2009 What does it take to make a hit drama? Is it luck, alchemy or design? The Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS) is sponsoring this high profile event at the UK’s annual international television festival. The line up on Friday, 28 August features some outstanding creative individuals behind television series such as ‘Being Human’, ‘Primeval’,’ Law & Order: UK’, ‘Hotel Babylon’ and ‘Survivors’. New RISI Global 15-Year Packaging Outlooks Show Containerboard Demand Growth to Average 1.4% in North America, 5.6% in Asia and 6.6% in China Through 2024BOSTON - Forecast Highlights: North America - Bans on plastic bags not expected to lead to revival in paper bag markets, as reusable bags are quickly gaining a foothold in many markets. - Competition from alternative packaging products will continue to restrain domestic boxboard demand growth for the next 15 years - no more than 3% demand growth by 2024. Asia - Asian boxboard consumption ratio to favor virgin grades as the booming middle class in the region will buy more high-quality packaged products. - Major producers in the region will enjoy better profit margin on virgin containerboard grades. New capacity from China will also concentrate on the virgin grades. Europe - Despite 4% annual growth over the next 15 years, limited investment on the Eastern Europe cartonboard capacity base should result in net imports increasing by 60% relative to 2008 level. - Construction of two new recycled containerboard mills in eastern Europe is not expected to significantly threaten the western European suppliers as the region is expected to continue to run substantial trade deficit. Odyssey Pictures Corp. Posts First Profitable Year Since 1992PLANO, Texas - - Company’s 2008 10K Filing Reflects Expanded Business Model Odyssey Pictures Corporation (Pink Sheets: OPIX) (Odyssey), a media/marketing company, recently announced in its audited financial statements filed with the Company’s annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the results for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The Company posted profits for the first time since June 30, 1992. Gross revenues for 2008 of US$400,000 generated US$158,000 in profits after operating expenses and credits resulting from settlements. MarketsandMarkets: Global Agrochemical Market Worth $196 Billion by 2014WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global Agrochemical Market (2009 - 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets ( www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total global Agrochemical market is expected to be worth $196 billion by 2014, and the Asia market will account for nearly 43.1% of the total revenues. The global Agrochemical market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2009 to 2014. MarketsandMarkets: Global Anti Counterfeit Market for Food and Pharmaceuticals Worth US$79.3 Billion by 2014WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global Anti Counterfeit market for Food and Pharmaceuticals (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global anti counterfeit market for food and pharmaceuticals market is expected to be worth US$79.3 billion by 2014, with an estimated CAGR of 8.6% from 2009 to 2014. The North American market is expected to account for nearly 62% of the total revenues. MarketsandMarkets: Global Emerging Lighting Technologies Market Worth US$112.2 Billion by 2014WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global Emerging Lighting Technologies Market (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global emerging lighting technologies market is expected to be worth US$112.2 billion by 2014, recording an estimated CAGR of 7.9% from 2009 to 2014. The North American market is expected to account for nearly 39% of the total revenues. MarketsandMarkets: Global Biosimilars Product Market Worth $19.4 Billion by 2014WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global biosimilars Market (2009 - 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the global biosimilars market is expected to be worth US$19.4 billion by 2014, recording a CAGR of 89.1% from 2009 to 2014. The increasing demand from patients, insurers, and government agencies to reduce the costs of blockbuster biopharmaceuticals has created numerous opportunities in the global biosimilars market. Examiner.com Acquires NowPublic;DENVER - - Merges Examiner.com’s Breadth of Content with NowPublic’s Technology to Deliver Unparalleled Hyperlocal Offering Global Biomaterials Market Worth US$58.1 Billion by 2014WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new market research report, ‘Global biomaterials Market (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total global biomaterials market is expected to be worth US$58.1 billion by 2014, growing at a CAGR of 15.0% from 2009 to 2014. The U.S. market is expected to account for nearly 42% of the total revenues. The biomaterials market today has already crossed $28 billion. MarketsandMarkets: Dental Devices and Consumables Market to be Worth US$26 Billion by 2014WILMINGTON, Delaware - The dental devices report forecasts the size of global dental equipment and consumables market over the period 2009 - 2014. The report analyses the key trends of the market, and segments the global dental equipment and consumables market by components and into various geographic regions (with the market size of each of these regions). Further, it discusses the key market drivers, restraints and opportunities of the global dental equipment and consumables market. IPTV, VoIP, Mobile Data to Drive Revenue Growth in South Korea’s Telecom Market, Finds PyramidCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - The main engines of growth in South Korea’s telecom market from 2010 to 2014 will be services built around broadband technologies such as VoIP, IPTV, and mobile data, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Light Reading Launches Top Picks, A New Industry Recognition & Awards ProgramNEW YORK - Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading integrated media company serving the worldwide communications industry, today calls for nominees for its first annual Light Reading Top Picks awards program, in which top communications products and services from all over the world are recognized for their potential to shake up the industry. American Apparel Responds to Inquiry From UK Advertising Standards AuthorityLOS ANGELES - American Apparel (Amex: APP) has agreed that it will no longer use a UK advertisement after an Advertising Standards Authority request stemming from an offended viewer. /K I L L K I L L K I L L — IMC Business Global Ltd/We are advised by IMC Business Global Ltd that journalists and other readers should disregard the news release “BusinessGlobal.com - The New Innovative Force in Global Business”, issued earlier today over PR Newswire, as it contained some erroneous information. Please stay tuned for a corrected version of the news release coming soon. BusinessGlobal.com - The New Innovative Force in Global BusinessNICOSIA , Cyprus - - Announces the Launch of its on-line International Trade Exhibitions Destined to Revolutionize the Exhibition and Procurement Industries Sanofi Aventis: Study Shows Otamixaban Substantially Reduced Complications of Invasive Management of Acute Coronary SyndromesPARIS - - SEPIA-ACS Multiple-Dose Phase II Results Showing 27- 42% Risk Reduction in ACS Complications Presented in Plenary Session of European Society of Cardiology Congress and Published in The Lancet - Elsevier Publishes Jiang Zemin’s Book on China’s Energy Policy in EnglishAMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - - Former President of China’s “Research on Energy Issues in China” Shares the Views of one of China’s Influential Leaders on Energy Policy in English Kruger Claims World Record for Largest Coffee PartyCOLOGNE, Germany - Thousands of coffee drinkers of all ages today descended upon Cologne’s Jugendpark to become record-breakers at KrugerKranzchen - a Guinness World Records achievement for the world’s largest coffee party. Orange to Acquire Unanimis - The UK’s Largest Exclusive Digital Advertising NetworkLONDON - - Combined ad Sales Network Will Create an Unparalleled Reach of Over 70% of Internet Users in the UK, Extending to Over 66% Reach Cumulated Across UK, France, Spain and Poland Data From Largest GOLD Stage II Patient Population Treated With Tiotropium Highlight the Benefits of Earlier Treatment of COPDINGELHEIM, Germany - - New UPLIFT(R) Analysis Shows Tiotropium Significantly Improves Lung Function and Quality of Life in COPD Patients With Early Stage Disease University Students are Joining Social Education Networks for LearningLONDON - - GradeGuru, a McGraw-Hill Higher Education Start-up, is Leading the Online Learning Movement. World Finance Risk & Insolvency Awards, 2009LONDON - Given the extent to which current markets are struggling, the need to be able to pull in the right firm to minimise loss is of great importance. These specialist firms need to be at the ready 24/7, with the necessary expertise to do an essential job. In the September - October issue, currently in newsagents, World Finance heralds some of the top firms, as well as some of the individuals who make those firms tick. World Finance Telecom Awards 2009LONDON - Telephony is integral. Not only for the basic day to day upkeep and management of a company, but for any firm’s integrity within the twenty-first century, awash with progress and innovation. AMEC - Interim Results 2009 Interviews With CEO and CFOLONDON - In a video interview on www.cantos.com, Samir Brikho, AMEC CEO, talks about the improved profit and margin performance that the company has delivered for the first six months of the year and gives his reasons why AMEC can look with confidence to the second half and beyond, despite the challenging trading environment. 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