M2 PRESSWIRE-16 August 2006-IT Europa: Business Briefings complete comprehensive mobile multimedia agenda at IBC2006C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16082006 With 2.5 billion mobiles in use worldwide, the emergence of the 'fourth screen' is one of the hottest topics of debate at this...
HP tops IBM Hewlett-Packard Co. was the top seller of server-computer systems in the first quarter, taking the lead held by IBM Corp. in the previous period, market researcher IDC said. Palo Alto-based Hewlett- Packard, the world's No. 2 computer maker, had first-quarter share of 27.9 percent based...
Hospital operations have become increasingly reliant on electronic systems - from administrative functions and electronic patient medical records to healthcare information technology IT and digital imaging systems. Given the nature and complexity of today's energy-intensive healthcare facilities, it should come as no surprise that, according to the US Environmental Protection...
Aberdeen confirms deal for Credit Suisse fund arm * Aberdeen Asset Management confirmed the purchase of Credit Suisse's fund management arm yesterday. The deal expands Aberdeen's operations by a third and turns it into the UK's largest fund company. Its shares shot up by more than 14...
Business in brief AIRLINES International airlines saw a 13.5 per cent fall in cargo traffic in November and a drop of 4.6 per cent in passengers as business shrank across the industry, the carriers' grouping IATA said yesterday. The figures, reflecting what IATA has dubbed a...
Business in brief BANKING HBOS pension fund trustees are threatening legal moves to delay the bank's takeover by Lloyds TSB until better protection is given for the scheme. The guardians of the 80,000-member pension fund are to meet on Friday to vote on whether to lodge...
Business in brief The British financier Guy Hands is in talks to buy A$425m (202m) worth of cattle ranches from James Packer, scion of the late Australian media mogul Kerry. The deal would see Mr Hands, owner of EMI, buy 90 per cent of Consolidated Pastoral...
Business in brief AEROSPACE Dubai's Emirates airline received its fourth A380 superjumbo yesterday, as Airbus reached- with two days to spare - a key 2008 target of 12 deliveries . The fourth out of 58 planes ordered by Emirates was handed over to the airline at...
Business in brief PENSIONS Britain's biggest company pension schemes have ended the year with a 3bn surplus despite suffering a dire 2008. The top 200 privately sponsored final-salary pension schemes swung into the black from a 2bn deficit at the end of last year, according to...
Sport in brief TENNIS Andy Murray has joined David Beckham, the Spice Girls and Claudia Schiffer by signing for Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment management company. Murray, who is joining with his brother Jamie, is at the end of his contract with Patricio Apey's Ace Group. Murray...
Sport in brief TENNIS Andy Murray has joined David Beckham, the Spice Girls and Claudia Schiffer by signing for Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment management company. Murray, who is joining with his brother Jamie, is at the end of his contract with Patricio Apey's Ace Group. Murray...
Sport in brief TENNIS Andy Murray has joined David Beckham, the Spice Girls and Claudia Schiffer by signing for Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment management company. Murray, who is joining with his brother Jamie, is at the end of his contract with Patricio Apey's Ace Group. Murray...
Ten-Year Moving Average of Insured Catastrophe Losses Costs Rises by 7 Percent NEW YORK -- Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist, today published 2008 Catastrophe Update, a briefing about the catastrophe reinsurance marketplace in 2008. The briefing, available on www.GCCapitalIdeas.com, Guy Carpenter's...
David Cameron is under pressure from Tory activists to bring back "big beasts" including Kenneth Clarke and David Davis to give his Shadow Cabinet more gravitas. The Tory leader will consider shaking up his front-bench team in the new year as he tries to give the Opposition...
Britain in brief Neil Lucas, who runs a garden business in Dorset, unloads a container of disease-resistant elm trees from the US. He aims to replace some of the 17 million trees lost to Dutch elm disease Peter Willows...
Business in brief HOUSING Bovis Homes has agreed a 220m banking deal that will last until 2011. The housebuilder said that it also planned to cut its loan facilities to 160m over the period. "The facility includes a covenant package which is more appropriate for the...
Business in brief The costs associated with natural disasters in 2008 will be about $200bn, the third highest on record, according to estimates from Munich Re. The world's biggest reinsurer said the year continued the trend of increasingly frequent weather extremes and showed that an agreement...
Business in brief TECHNOLOGY Israel-based Dmatek has agreed to a 53m offer from an investor group headed by the private equity firm Francisco Partners. The company, which sells products that monitor people remotely, said the cash offer of 215p per share represented an 82 per cent...
Preparing an environmental workforce The Long Island Works Coalition, in conjunction with the Ford Motor Co. Fund and the Long Island Association, launched career academies in September in several Long Island high schools to help prepare students for jobs that are needed locally. While Massapequa's academy features...
BEIJING, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Land Star Inc. (http://www.landstarcorp.com/) Landstar management announces that it has entered into a serious dialogue with a USA based company for the sale of its oil and gas vapour recovery division Hubei Chuguan. Chairman Mr. Li Congtang said "The market for a...
