Evidence for a New Genetic Link to Therapeutic Efficacy for Alzheimer’s DiseaseBROOMFIELD, Colorado - - Study to be presented at the 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease Studies Presented at International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease Reveal Substantial Economic Costs and Caregiver Burden Associated with Alzheimer’s DiseaseVIENNA - Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) presented information this week at the Alzheimer Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD 2009) from seven posters and one podium presentation about the growing burden of care and costs associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and how to measure them. This information sheds light on the impact of AD, which, as the population ages, will place a significant and increasing burden on patients, families, and caregivers, as well as public health systems worldwide. The costs of Alzheimer’s disease are difficult to estimate, highlighting the importance of the information presented. Finesse Solutions Forges Agreement With Leading Biotechnology Company for Single-Use Technology ExplorationSAN JOSE, California - Finesse Solutions, LLC, San Jose, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for biologics applications today announced a development agreement with Biogen Idec, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) aimed at evaluating emerging technologies for single-use bioprocessing. These technologies include novel disposable sensors, software platforms, and control algorithms. Acqua Building Gives Room for a Safe InvestmentPUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay - Punta del Este is the beating heart of Uruguay, renowned for being the most exclusive beach-resort in Latin America and a meeting place for international jetsetters. Punta also holds the distinction of being the country’s most attractive place for real estate investment. With an unprecedented residential offering that exceeds the highest living standards, the recently completed 34-unit Acqua Building has strengthened this rising market and taken it to a higher level. Coty Inc. Announces the Opening of Russian SubsidiaryNEW YORK - - Business Venture Establishes Direct Product Marketing Control and Strengthens Coty’s Global Presence Microsoft Commits US$50 Million in Higher Education Resources, Training and Certifications to Drive Economic RecoveryPARIS - - Resources offered in support of UNESCO-Microsoft Task Force on Higher Education and ICT. Viapass TV Selects Microsoft Mediaroom to Power Next-Generation Hospitality TV ServicesREDMOND, Washington - - The service will provide hotel guests with access to a highly customized in-room TV experience including interactive applications. Mohawk Industries, Inc. Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter 2009 Conference Call on the WebCALHOUN, Georgia - In conjunction with Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) 2nd Quarter 2009 earnings release on Thursday July 30, 2009 you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Friday July 31, 2009 at 11:00 am ET. NetDragon Launches Beta Test of Heroes of Might and Magic Online: Gold EditionHONG KONG - NetDragon Websoft Inc. (”NetDragon”, with its subsidiaries collectively the “Group”; Stock Code: 777), one of the leading game developers and operators in the PRC, announced that the beta test version of the 2.5D MMORPG Heroes of Might and Magic Online: Gold Edition will be officially launched at 15:00 (China Standard Time) on July 8th. GameStreamer, Inc. Launches the ‘Blazing Fast’ GameStreamer Game Store Along With the Extranets for Content Partners and White Label Partners as a Software as a Service (SaaS)TAMPA, Florida - GameStreamer, Inc. today at 10:11 a.m. announced the launch of its groundbreaking B2B White Label Online Game Store, which is provided as a SaaS. GameStreamer’s unique Game Store offers an intuitive White Label Partner Extranet with full CSS controls that allows Game Store operators to easily customize the branding and design of their store, as well as manage their own catalog and featured content. The White Label Partner Extranet also includes SAP accounting and analytics, statistics and customized reports for billing, marketing, and demographic reporting. GameStreamer has contracted over 3,500 games today ranging from Indie to Casual to AAA New Releases and is growing rapidly. We will be adding these contracted games and new additions daily. Vale Plans to Offer Two Series of Mandatorily Convertible NotesRIO DE JANEIRO - Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE, VALE.P) hereby announces that it plans to offer in the global capital markets two series of mandatorily convertible notes due 2012 (the Series VALE-2012 Notes and the Series VALE.P-2012 Notes) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vale Capital II. At their maturity and upon certain events earlier, the Series VALE-2012 Notes will be mandatorily converted to American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing one common share of Vale, and the Series VALE.P-2012 Notes will be mandatorily converted to ADSs, each representing one preferred class A share of Vale. Together, the ADSs will represent up to an aggregate of 18,415,859 common shares and 47,284,800 preferred class A shares of Vale, all of which Vale currently holds in treasury. Leading Developer Selects Energy-Efficient Otis Products for Projects Across ChinaFARMINGTON, Connecticut - Otis Elevator Company’s joint venture Xizi Otis has secured a new contract from Longfor Properties, a leading real estate developer in China. Xizi Otis will deliver and install 442 elevators and 10 escalators for residential and commercial projects in four cities. The order, which includes energy-saving Gen2(R) elevators with ReGen(TM) drives, is the second awarded by Longfor Properties to Xizi Otis, the largest of Otis’ 10 joint ventures in China. Otis is a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX). Servigistics and Click Commerce Service Network Solutions Division MergeATLANTA and CHICAGO - - Two industry leaders come together to deliver the broadest and deepest solution specifically designed for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) California Micro Devices Launches microSD Interface Protection Filter for Mobile HandsetsMILPITAS, California - - CM1624 Provides Excellent EMI Suppression, Lowest Line Capacitance and Robust 15kV ESD Protection Video: artnet Auctions Launches Sale of Urban Art 1972-PresentNEW YORK and BERLIN - Now through July 23, artnet Auctions is presenting a special online auction of Urban Art from 1972-Present. The sale traces the evolution of Urban Art from the 1970s to today with a spectacular range of 175 artworks by 60 artists including Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, CRASH, Faile, Keith Haring, and Mr. Brainwash. Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide WinnersCAIRO - - Students address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals with innovative technology. UNESCO and Microsoft Announce Higher Education ICT Task Force for Long-Term Skills and Sustainable DevelopmentPARIS - - Collaboration to promote greater access and use of ICT for higher education enhancements. Dean Foods Completes Acquisition of AlproDALLAS - Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) today announced that it has completed the previously disclosed acquisition of the Alpro division of Vandemoortele N.V. for a transaction price of approximately euro 325 million. Imagine Cup 2009 Kicks Off in CairoCAIRO - - Global finals of the world’s largest technology competition begin today in Egypt. Dyadem Expands Direct Presence in EuropePARIS and DEN BOSCH, Netherlands - Dyadem today announced that it is expanding its presence in Europe in order to support its growing European customer base. Dyadem, the leader in Operational and Quality Risk Management, has seen its revenues grow 357% from 2003 to 2008, and now has offices in Paris and Amsterdam to complement its existing infrastructure in London, Houston and its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. Statement on Lil Wayne European Tour From Bryant ManagementNEW YORK - Multi-platinum selling, Grammy Award winning artist Lil Wayne regrets to announce the postponement of his forthcoming European shows due to illness. Wayne, his band and crew arrived in Europe with full intention of performing but were forced to cancel the dates due to doctor-mandated rest. Management is actively working on rescheduling the shows and expects to have a new set of dates confirmed for later in year. CGS Named a Company on the Move in Worldwide Contact Center Services for 2009NEW YORK - - New York-based Computer Generated Solutions, Inc. has been recognized for its leadership, strategic expansion, and growth in Romania over the past two years. CGS services include inbound customer support, outbound sales and marketing, and outsourced back-office processes. New Avery Dennison Video Demonstrates How Item-Level RFID at American Apparel(R) Helped Achieve 99% Inventory Accuracy and a 14% Sales IncreaseFRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - A new video that guides viewers through the innermost operations of American Apparel’s item-level RFID inventory management system can now be accessed by apparel, retail and RFID professionals at www.ibmd.averydennison.com/american-apparel A Class Library Product for LINQ Just Released: ComponentOne LiveLinqPITTSBURGH - - ComponentOne LiveLinq Makes LINQ Faster and Supports Live Views With the release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, a new data access technology, LINQ, was added to the toolbox of Visual Studio developers. LINQ, or Language Integrated Query, is a set of features in the .NET Framework 3.5 used for writing structured type-safe queries over local object collections and remote data sources. KPMG Issues Apology Statement Regarding Wahaha CaseHANGZHOU, China - On June 27, 2009, a statement was issued by KPMG Huazhen and its Guangzhou branch regarding a public apology to Suqian Wahaha Beverage Co.Ltd. and two other companies. The statement reads, “As ruled by the Intermediate People’s Court of Suqian City and the Higher People’s Court of Jiangsu province, China, the asset-takeover letter sent by KPMG Huazhen’s Guangzhou branch to Suqian Wahaha Beverage Co.Ltd., Suqian Wahaha Hengfeng Food Co.Ltd. and Suqian Wahaha Hengfeng Beverage Co.Ltd. on 16 November 2007 was a violation of China’s laws and constituted an infringement of Wahaha’s rights, KPMG Huazhen apologizes to the above three companies for the action.” 2009 Cannes Lions Official T-shirt Grand Prix Winner SelectedTOKYO - - UNIQLO decides to make and sell official T-shirts from 2010 onwards UNIQLO has been responsible for the creation and sale of official T-shirts for the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, one of the world’s top three advertising fests. Ten short-listed designs have been made into commercial products. And from among those entries, “KING” designed by Sho-san, an arts university student living in Tokyo, has been selected as the 2009 Grand Prix winner. The design perfectly matched the 2009 Grand Prix with an image of a crown-wearing lion, the symbol of the Cannes Lions. UNIQLO will continue to create and sell official T-shirts for the Cannes Lions Festival from 2010 onwards. The 2010 competition opened for entries from June 22. Internet Security Expert Named ICANN CEOSYDNEY - - Rod Beckstrom is Global Entrepreneur, Analyst and Author Internet founders and leaders are joining industry executives and government officials in praising the selection of Rod Beckstrom as the new Chief Executive Officer and President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Leading Global Strategy Firms Join Forces to Become the Albright Stonebridge GroupWASHINGTON - Stonebridge International and The Albright Group today announced their merger, creating the Albright Stonebridge Group, the premier global strategy firm helping clients navigate the intersection between business, finance, government and civil society in markets around the world. KPMG’s Appeal Rejected by Jiangsu Higher People’s Court, Marking Danone’s Seventh Loss to Wahaha in Three MonthsHANGZHOU, China - The Higher People’s Court of Jiangsu Province recently rejected the appeal lodged by KPMG and its branch firm in Guangzhou and ruled that the original verdict shall be upheld, which marks the end of the hot “KPMG Case” — Danone vs Wahaha, as well as Danone’s 7th loss to Wahaha in three months, considering the same verdicts made for the previous “Henan Case”, “Liaoning Case” and “Trade Mark Case”. Thirty-Six Percent of Employed Workers in Europe Don’t Plan to Take a Holiday in 2009LONDON - Concerns about the economy and personal finances have workers rethinking holiday plans, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder. Thirty-six percent of employed workers in Europe reported they are not planning to take a holiday in 2009, similar to findings reported by U.S. workers in a separate survey. Of those not planning to take a holiday, 41 percent of European workers said they simply can’t afford it while another 10 percent are worried about taking days away from the office in an economy where so many jobs have been lost. Canadian Solar to Offer Six Year Product WarrantyTORONTO - Canadian Solar Inc. (”the Company”, “Canadian Solar” or “we”) (Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced it would offer a six year warranty on module material and workmanship, extended from two years previously. Under this extended warranty, Canadian Solar warrants its standard solar module products, which account for more than 90% of the Company’s production, to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a duration of 72 months from the date of delivery (EX-work). Some of the company’s off-grid and specialty solar products may carry different warranty terms. ZeniMax Media Acquires id SoftwareROCKVILLE, Maryland - - Brings together two of world’s best game studios - Library of powerhouse franchises will include DOOM, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, QUAKE, Wolfenstein and RAGE Abbott Receives CE Mark for Company’s Next-Generation XIENCE PRIME(TM) Drug Eluting Stent, Advancing Leadership PositionABBOTT PARK, Illinois - Broad Size Matrix of XIENCE PRIME to be Launched in Europe in the Third Quarter United Nations and Marketing Industry Leaders Launch “Hopenhagen”CANNES, France - - Global Campaign to Harness Action around the UN Climate Change Conference ATX Provides Connected Vehicle Services to Sixt Rental Car Customers in GermanyDUSSELDORF, Germany - ATX Group, a leading provider of customized connected vehicle (telematics) services to global automobile manufacturers, announced today that its services are now available to rental car customers in Germany through a program offered by BMW and Sixt rental car agency. Sixt customers who rent a BMW at one of the over 500 Sixt retail outlets throughout Germany will have exclusive and free access to BMW Assist and BMW Online connected vehicle services, provided through the BMW Connected Drive program supported by ATX. |
