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IT gurus win Nobel Prize
October 07, 2009THREE physicists won the 2009 Nobel Prize for work on fibre optics and light sensing that helped unleash the information technology revolution.Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith were hailed by the Nobel jury as "the masters of light" for transforming communications from copper-wire telephony and postal mail...
Tags: Sensor, globe, jury, Camera, Digital Camera
News items 2009-10-06
AstraZeneca's Role in Nobel Prizes Is Questioned
UPDATE -- AstraZeneca failed to respond has now responded to BNET's request for comment, see below. The company also provided a statement to Pharmalot. The company confirmed its sponsorship of Nobel organizations but denied it had influenced the judges: "Because the Nobel Committee of Karolinska Institute, and not the Nobel companies,...
Tags: AstraZeneca Plc., AZ, Details, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2008-12-14
Laureate Effect: Will a Nobel Prize In Obama's Hand Help or Hurt the Climate Bill Cause?
Is a president with a Nobel peace prize in hand, more effective than one without? More specifically, will President Obama's Nobel laureate status be a shot in the arm or a hindrance in the political battle to pass climate change legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions? In...
Tags: Barack Obama, Copenhagen, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-10-09
Nobel chemistry prize awarded to trio
Three scientists will share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies of the structure and function of ribosomes, which are crucial to life. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday that Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath will be the Nobel chemistry prize laureates. Ribosomes produce proteins,...
Tags: Scientist, Antibiotics, Chemistry
News items 2009-10-07
Akzo Nobel, BASF announce deals to swap coatings businesses in Europe.(Mergers and acquisitions)
ARNHEM, The Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel and BASF announced a swap of coatings businesses in transactions that will send BASF's Glasurit Construction coatings business to Akzo Nobel and transfer parts of Akzo Nobel's Car Refinishes business in Europe to ARNHEM, The Netherlands -- Akzo Nobel and...
Tags: BASF AG, M&A
Research articles 2004-10-01
Oncotech Recruits Nobel Descendant
Oncotech Inc. isn't your average medical testing company. Or your average drug maker, for that matter. The Tustin-based maker of cancer testing products and drug developer has attracted one of the biggest names in science: Nobel. Earlier this year, Tustin-based Oncotech added Dr. Michael Nobel, a descendant of Nobel Prize...
Tags: Oncotech Inc.
Research articles 2004-11-29
Charles Kuen Kao, George Smith and Willard Boyle win Nobel for physics
Briton shares the honour with Americans for laying the foundations of modern communications Until now, its most notable graduates have been the ex-chairman of a Scottish football club, the manager of the railways pension scheme, and a man who is arguably the most influential Christian singer-songwriter...
Tags: foundation, communication, Fibre
News items 2009-10-07
Obama's Nobel Prize – What Effect Could it Have on the Copenhagen Conference?
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize score could have numerous implications – including potential benefits for the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (scheduled for December 7th through 18th). According to a Reuters report, some analysts believe the award could push Obama to attend the Conference, in part because officials will hand over...
Tags: Conference, Copenhagen
News items 2009-10-10
Acquisition boosts Nobel performance. (acquisition of Gillette's Personal Care Division by Nobel Consumer Goods)
The acquisition by Nobel Consumer Goods of Gillette's Personal Care Division in April 1990 was one of the highlights of the year for this business of the Nobel Group. The acquisition by Nobel Consumer Goods of Gillette's Personal Care Division in April 1990 was...
Tags: acquisition, Gillette Co., performance
Research articles 1991-05-25
Akzo Nobel Welcomes EU Commission Clearance on Courtaulds
ARNHEM, Netherlands--BUSINESS WIRE--July 1, 1998--Akzo Nobel N.V. welcomes the decision from the European Commission to clear Akzo Nobel's acquisition of Courtaulds plc. Akzo Nobel has undertaken as a condition of the clearance to divest the whole of its interest to be acquired in the aerospace coatings and sealants business currently...
Tags: aerospace, clearance, European Commission, FINANCE, Investment, Manufacturing, Netherlands, SALES
Research articles 1998-07-01
Tianjin Keunjung Akzo Nobel Peroxides Company Ltd. established. (Newsdesk: Company).(formed by Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industrial Group Corp., Akzo Nobel and Keunjung )(Brief Article)
Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industrial Group Corporation, Akzo Nobel of Holland, a company of Japan and Keunjung of Korea held a signing ceremony in Tianjin on Feb. 18 for the contract on jointly establishing Tianjin Keunjung Akzo Nobel Peroxides Co., Ltd. Attracted by the sound...
Tags: Akzo Nobel N.V.
Research articles 2003-03-06
BASF, Akzo Nobel In Separate Drug Pacts.
AZKO NOBEL and BASF Pharma have respectively formed agreements to forward their cardiovascular and oncology pipelines. In the first move, N.V. Organon, the pharmaceutical unit of Akzo Nobel, and the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Synthel AZKO NOBEL and BASF Pharma...
Tags: agreement, BASF AG, pharmaceutical company
Research articles 2000-09-11
EGYPTIAN MOHAMED ELBARADEI IS AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
According to anba: The Egyptian Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, of which he is the director general, were awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement was made on Friday (07) by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. TAccording to anba: The Egyptian Mohamed ElBaradei and the International...
Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency
Research articles 2005-10-10
ALBEMARLE TO ACQUIRE AKZO NOBEL'S CATALYST BUSINESS
U.S. chemical company Albemarle Corp. will acquire Akzo Nobel's catalyst business for 625 million euros (US$748.7 million). In September 2003, Akzo Nobel announced its intention to sell its catalyst business. The boards of directors of both companies h U.S. chemical company Albemarle Corp. will acquire Akzo Nobel's catalyst...
Tags: Cisco Catalyst
Research articles 2004-04-26
EU Okays Akzo Courtaulds Bid.(AKZO NOBEL'S acquisition of Courtaulds has been approved by the European Commission)
AKZO NOBEL'S acquisition of Courtaulds has been approved by the European Commission on the Condition that Akzo Nobel divests Courtaulds' aerospace coatings and adhesives business. The company predicted w hen it first bid for Courtaulds in April th AKZO NOBEL'S acquisition of Courtaulds...
Tags: acquisition, aerospace, European Commission
Research articles 1998-07-06
Akzo Nobel in Auto Coatings Price-Fixing Probe.
AKZO NOBEL NV of the Netherlands became the fifth company last week to confirm that it is under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly fixing prices in the US automotive coatings market. "Akzo Nobel confirms that it has rec ...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2001-06-11
Gillette sells European interests to Nobel. (Noble Consumer Goods AB)
The Gillette Company has reached an agreement to sell its European skincare and haircare businesses to the Swedish Nobel Consumer Goods AB, a division of Nobel industries, for $107 million. As reported in C.I.Issue No. 316, Gillette announced that it The Gillette Company has reached an...
Tags: Gillette Co.
Research articles 1990-05-10
Bush, Blair and EU nominated for Nobel Peace Prize as deadline closes
OSLO AFP ? Nominations for this year's Nobel Peace Prize have flooded in ahead of Sunday's deadline, with the European Union, US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair all known to be on the list. "The nominations are streaming in," Geir Lundestad, the director of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, nomination, president, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2004-01-31
Nobel prizes to be announced in October, Blair and Bush in the running
STOCKHOLM AFP ? The 2004 Nobel prizes will be announced between October 4 and 11, the Nobel Foundation said, with US president George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the running for the prestigious Peace Prize. The Peace Prize, the most celebrated of the Nobel honours,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Leadership, president
Research articles 2004-08-25
UN Nuclear Oversight Agency and Its Chief Win Nobel Peace Prize
VIENNA, Austria ENS — --> The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA and to its Director General Mohamed ElBaradei of Egypt for their work for a safer and more peaceful world. The award was announced Friday. "The...
Tags: agency, Dr., International Atomic Energy Agency
Research articles 2005-10-10
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