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- Department of Justice Issues Favorable Review Letter to RFID Consortium
- Department of Justice Concludes That Proposed Arrangement Appears Procompetitive, Likely to Yield Efficiencies, and Encourages Innovation WILMINGTON, Del. -- The RFID Consortium is pleased that the US Department of Justice has issued a favorable Business Review Letter relating to the Consortium's proposed licensing arrangement. The full text of the...
- Research articles 2008-10-23
- Accenture and Sagem Defense Securite Win Prime Contract for European Commission's Biometric Matching System
- BELGIUM, Brussels -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Sagem Defense Securite SAFRAN Group, as lead partners in the Bridge consortium, have won the contract to develop the European Commission's Biometric Matching System. The system is the central biometric component of a collection of European Union identity programs for the protection of...
- Research articles 2008-10-20
- Aerospace & Defense News - Defense Europe
- Oct 13, 2008 Germany's Ministry of Defence is to select a contractor for its medium altitude long endurance MALE unmanned air vehicle in December with the winning manufacturer being awarded an initial $95 million contract. The two final contenders are the Israel Aerospace Industries IAI Heron-TP and the General...
- Research articles 2008-10-13
- Industry's First Cross-Channel Think Tank Focuses on the Future of Retailing
- Sterling Commerce , an AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) company, and Deloitte LLP today announced the creation of the Cross-Channel Retailing Consortium. The Consortium was founded to discuss the potential for cross-channel retailing , defined as consumers conducting their research, selection, purchase and return shopping activities across channels....
- Research articles 2008-10-09
- Company Watch - Virgin Group
- Sep 7, 2008 Polynesian Blue, the joint venture between Virgin Blue and the Samoan government, reported a pre-tax profit of NZ$9.2 million ($6.5 million) in the fiscal year ended June 30, up 71% from the NZ$5.4 million earned the prior year, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reported. On...
- Research articles 2008-09-08
- WirelessHD's Industry Leadership and Award-Winning Solutions Fuel Consortium Expansion and Standards Harmonization
- Consortium Experiences Significant Growth With Addition of Broadcom Corporation as a Promoter Company and Continued Interest From Consumer Electronics Community BERLIN -- WirelessHD[TM], currently comprised of global leaders in the consumer electronic and personal computing industry, has witnessed a significant increase to the momentum of the Consortium since announcing...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- HR-XML Consortium Awards Certifications to BackTrack, Inc., Fidelity Investments, HireRight, InfoMart, and Sterling Infosystems
- The HR-XML Consortium announced today that it has awarded certifications to BackTrack, Inc., Fidelity Investments, HireRight, InfoMart, and Sterling Infosystems, Inc. BackTrack is a new certification, whereas the awards to Fidelity Investments, HireRight, InfoMart, and Sterling Infosystems are renewals of earlier certifications. Background on these certified companies is provided...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Former Bush advisor mulls Iraq oil business: report
- WASHINGTON AFP — A former Pentagon advisor who was an early advocate of invading Iraq has been looking into entering the potentially lucrative oil business there, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Citing documents outlining a possible deal and people close to the negotiations, the Journal said Richard Perle...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Consortium hammers out details to land national research facility
- Though the announcement is not due until this fall, the group lobbying the Department of Homeland Security DHS to select Flom as the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility NBAF is not sitting around and waiting. The Gulf States Bio and Agricultural Consortium made its case before an...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- SKorea-led consortium strikes Myanmar gas deal with China
- SEOUL AFP — A South Korean-led international consortium said Monday it has reached a deal to sell natural gas from Myanmar to China. The consortium led by Daewoo International, operator of two natural gasfields in waters off Myanmar, said it signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Petroleum...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Releases Suction Entrapment Safety Standards Pertaining to Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
- On June 18, 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC released its guidance document outlining safety standards resulting from the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act passed last December affecting all public pools and spas. This Federal act preempts all state laws, and those not...
- Research articles 2008-06-19
- Spiderhost Sets New Standards in Web Hosting
- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Spiderhost, Inc., Central Florida's IT and Internet Solutions Partner, introduces a softer side to Web Hosting. Today, the Company announced a recent partnership with the University of Florida, Gainesville UF to host the Aspergillus Technology Consortium's AsTeC website through their Non-Profit Program. AsTeC was created to...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- British bank RBS announces sale of rail unit for 3.6 billion pounds
- LONDON AFP — Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday that it had agreed to sell Angel Trains Group, the largest rolling stock leasing company in Britain, to a consortium of investment funds for 3.6 billion pounds (4.5 billion euros, 7.0 billion dollars). "The Royal Bank of Scotland Group...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- France Recognizes Gemalto's Innovation with R&D Funding
- Gemalto's innovation drive in personal mobile services for GSM and future network evolutions is approved by European Commission AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces that the European Commission has authorized the financial grant by the French government to the MaXSSIMM(*)...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- Russian pipeline plan threatens whales: environmental groups
- MOSCOW AFP — A planned oil pipeline off the island of Sakhalin in eastern Russia threatens an entire population of gray whales that feed in the area with extinction, environmental groups said on Thursday. "The pipeline threatens a small population of Asian gray whales since it crosses diagonally across...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- 45th Design Automation Conference to Host Six Collocated Events
- BOULDER, Colo. -- The 45th Design Automation Conference DAC has coordinated with organizers of six related industry events and conferences to collocate with DAC to provide greater benefit to participants. This year's DAC collocated events are: the Semiconductor Test Consortium; MEMOCODE 2008; 6th IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors; Gigascale...
- Research articles 2008-05-21
- Nominations Requested for EDA Industry's Prestigious Phil Kaufman Award
- Annual Award Jointly Sponsored by EDA Consortium, IEEE Council on EDA SAN JOSE, Calif. & NEW YORK -- Nominations for this year's recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation EDA, sponsored by the EDA Consortium EDAC and IEEE Council on EDA CEDA, are...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Mauritania bounces back: Mauritania's history of oil and gas development has been a chequered one. but the Sahelian country now appears to be enjoying a renaissance. Neil Ford investigates Mauritania's huge potential and the companies that are beginning t
- China's recent attempts to strengthen its ties with Mauritania underline the tide of renewed interest in the northwest African country's oil and prospects. After the initial wave of excitement generated by the discovery of the Chinguetti oilfield in 2001, the euphoria dissipated somewhat following a series of disappointing exploration results....
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Tennant introduces WearGuard-CRU 250
- Tennant Company has reformulated its WearGuard-CRU (chemical-resistant urethane) topcoats to meet the strict VOC requirements of the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium LADCO, the Ozone Transport Commission OTC and the Chemicals Control Branch of Environment Canada. While the original WearGuard-CRU coatings have always met EPA VOC regulations, the reformulated coatings,...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- InCytu Announces Partnership in Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine
- U.S. Army funds new Institute of Regenerative Medicine focused on healing war wounded LINCOLN, R.I. -- InCytu Incorporated today announced that it is a partner in the newly formed Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine AFIRM. InCytu Inc. is an applied biotechnology company developing cell therapy delivery devices...
- Research articles 2008-04-22
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