• Level of customer experience increased
• Further contribution to group’s Go Green initiative
Mumbai, December 3, 2009: DHL Global Forwarding, the leading air and ocean freight forwarder of Deutsche Post DHL, is once again taking the lead by partnering with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its global e-freight campaign. Intended to take the paper out of…
Juniper’s MX Series Routers and Junos Operating System Provide Service-Enabling Platform for Blink’s Next Generation Network
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) today announced that Blink Communications, a data communications service provider that delivers fiber-based, high-bandwidth services for some of the largest organizations in North America, has deployed Juniper Networks MX Series Universal Edge Routers for their next generation…
IRVINE, CA United States and SYDNEY, NSW Australia – December 2, 2009 – Today, Incipio and Simms International jointly announce their new partnership to expand both companies product offering in Australia. With this exciting new partnership, Simms will become the sole distributor of Incipio’s award winning product line in Australia, which includes accessories for the Apple iPhone, iPod and Mac.…
Business leaders from international companies including Dell, AMEC, Fedex, Barrick Gold and Interface will join NGO directors, government and intergovernmental officials and thousands of delegates for three days of engaging and topical conference sessions on business and the environment.
GLOBE 2010 confirmed speakers include Samir Brikho, Chief Executive Officer of AMEC plc, Ray Anderson, Chairman of Interface Inc., Paul…
- facilitate oxygenation of water to reduce aeration and energy
requirements,
- eliminate habitat for methane producing bacteria in sewers,
- digest sludge to reduce or eliminate sludge handling,
transportation to land fills (resting the pollution elsewhere),
- biodegrade pharmaceuticals and hydrocarbons,
- reduce use and costs of toxic chemicals,
- protect and extend infrastructure life,
- prevent sewer overflows…
/CNW/ – Frank Addario, criminal lawyer has been retained to represent several directors of the Toronto Humane Society and contest charges laid by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), Bob Hambley, President announced today.
Mr Addario immediately identified several troubling issues with the conduct of the investigation to date.
Quotes:
Bob Hambley, President…
/CNW/ – BMW Group Canada (BMW and MINI Brands combined) reported November sales of 2,429 vehicles, an increase of 11 per cent compared to November 2008. Year-to-date sales for BMW Group Canada are 26,830 units, up 3 per cent compared to the same period last year.
BMW Brand: November Sales up 14%.
The BMW brand retailed 2,083 units, an increase…
San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced their list of DVD titles scheduled for release in January 2010. This includes the first box set of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN in regular and special editions, the next installments in POKÉMON ELEMENTS, as well as the…
Mobile website optimized for more than just smart phones
SANTA ANA, Calif. (December 1, 2009) – Now mobile visitors to Everest’s website can access campus and course information or begin the enrollment process to become a student from virtually any web-enabled cell phone, smart phone or other mobile Internet device.
With the launch of its mobile-optimized version of the…
Introduction of OxyContin linked to a five-fold increase in deaths
Toronto, Deaths from opioid use in Ontario have doubled—from 13.7 deaths per million residents in 1991 to 27.2 deaths per million residents in 2004—according to a new study led by physicians at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto.
Researchers also found…
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for October 2009.
Production: Global total and Japan
Total global production for October came in at 85,080 units, a decline of 29.6 percent over the same month last year and the fifteenth consecutive monthly decrease since August 2008. Production volume in Japan at 46,416…
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) today announced the declaration of a
quarterly dividend on its common stock of $.12 per share, payable March
4, 2010, to shareholders of record on February 11, 2010.
The TJX Companies, Inc. is the leading off-price retailer of apparel and
home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. The Company operates 889…
/CNW/ – Xerox Canada Inc. today announced the appointment of Emechete (Eme) Onuoha to vice president, Sustainability and External Affairs.
In his new position, Onuoha will be responsible for coordinating and advancing all aspects of Xerox Canadas environmental sustainability agenda as well as public policy advocacy and related stakeholder engagement.
Xeroxs commitment to the environment has been embedded in our…
/CNW/ – CH2M HILL has moved its Calgary operations into new offices in the Keynote Building, located in the Beltline area. The new space, with over 150,000 square feet, comprises the top seven floors of the newly constructed office tower.
All of CH2M HILLs Calgary operations are now co-located in this new space including CH2M HILL Canada Limited, CH2M HILL…
/CNW/ – A new global Ernst & Young survey finds the stage is set for mergers and acquisitions activity to heat up, with 57% of respondents classifying the current M&A environment as favourable for their businesses.
History has shown us that the period following a downturn often polarizes markets, as some companies struggle to keep up with those moving full-steam…
/CNW/ – North Shore commercial real estate market activity is expected to increase in most sectors in 2010, says a new Avison Young Metro Vancouver submarket report released today.
Sales and leasing deals in the office, retail, industrial and multi-family sectors are on the rise, comments Avison Young North Shore specialist Matt Thomas. Cautious optimism has replaced the unprecedented uncertainty…
/CNW/ – Samsung Mobile, the leading mobile phone brand in Canada, today announced the arrival of Forever, a premium touchscreen device offering users an instant connection to social networking, messaging and multimedia features.
The Forever features multiple messaging options such as Mobile Email, IM and MMS and comes equipped with a 2.0 megapixel camera with camcorder, perfect for capturing those…
Alpharetta, Ga – November 30, 2009 – Liquidware Labs, the leader in User Experience Management for next generation desktops, today announced an agreement with Lifeboat Distribution, an international specialty software distributor for virtualization, security, application lifecycle, and network infrastructure products.
Lifeboat will offer Liquidware Labs Stratusphere and Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity through its network of value added resellers and solution…
Expert research team provides aphid tolerance scores, continues research
DES MOINES, Iowa, Soybean aphids plagued many fields across the United States U.S. this season, leaving growers to find more effective management strategies for next year. According to researchers at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, growers can choose varieties based on aphid resistance – or antibiosis – scores. This is…
Dailymotion today announced that “Born of Hope,” a
professionally-produced feature-length film based on the Tolkien
Trilogy,Lord of the Rings,will be screened on the popular global video
entertainment site beginning December 1, 2009. This exclusive follows
the high successful launch of another Lord of the Rings fan film, The
Hunt for Gollum, in May of 2009.
DQE, the Animation, Gaming and Entertainment production and distribution company, which recently filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with The Securities and Exchange Board of India for approval for an Initial Public Offer and subsequent listing in India, is pleased to announce a confirmation from SPHE for Home Video distribution deal for another 3 animated properties produced by DQE. This…
Virgin Books have acquired the UK & Commonwealth rights (exc. Canada) in a two volume memoir by the composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. US rights have been sold to Alfred A. Knopf by Stephen Sondheim’s long-time agent, Helen Brann of The Helen Brann Agency, Inc., whose British co-agent, Sara Menguc, has concluded the deal for UK and Commonwealth rights with…
The research team, led by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researcher Byron Crump and by marine science professor Rainer Amon of Texas A&M University at Galveston, documents these patterns through a 3-year, circumpolar study of planktonic bacterial communities in the six largest rivers of the pan-arctic watershed: the Ob’, Yenisey, Lena, Kolyma, Yukon and Mackenzie Rivers.
“Our results…
/CNW/ – JJR IV Acquisition Inc. (JJR IV), has entered into a letter of intent dated November 26, 2009 with BIOX Corporation (BIOX) to complete a going public transaction (the Qualifying Transaction) which will result in a reverse take over of JJR IV, a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the Exchange).
In conjunction with the transaction,…
/CNW/ – The federal, provincial and municipal governments will celebrate new funding for an affordable housing project in Port Hope.
Media are invited to join Rick Norlock, Member of Parliament for Northumberland-Quinte West, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Lou Rinaldi, Member…
/CNW/ – Canyon Creek Food Company Ltd. (Canyon Creek), a food processing company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol CYF, is pleased to announce its first quarter of fiscal 2010 results. Listed below are some of the highlights of the quarter:
– Sales
Sales declined in Q1 vs. previous year by $411,113 or 35%…
/CNW/ – Canadian International Minerals Inc (CIN) and Commerce Resources Corp. (CCE) are pleased to present current developments on the Carbo Rare Earth Element (REE) project located 80 km northeast of Prince George, B.C. CIN is earning a 75% interest from CCE in the 2778.67 hectare property located in the emerging Wicheeda REE carbonatite camp.
In late October, Spectrum Mining…
/CNW/ – Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM, FWB: WC7) is pleased to announce that it has closed on three tranches of a private placement financing (the Offering). The closings comprised of an aggregate placement of 3,574,077 flow-through common shares (the Flow-Through Common Shares) at $0.27 per Flow-Through Common Share, raising aggregate proceeds of $965,000.80. Further closings are expected to occur…
From 19 December to 3 January
General public
Wapikoni mobile – documentaries
Overview of the Aboriginal communities in Quebec
Every day, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The concept of the Wapikoni mobile? A mobile video studio sets off to meet the First Nations. Then a team of staff train young Aborigines on audiovisual production techniques.…
Montreal, Canada, Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.2 support on the Mac for Matrox MXO2 Mini, MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack. These devices provide all the features of an I/O devices1 and a sturdy breakout box with the added advantage of portability. They can be easily moved among the Mac Pros in a facility…
Dave Revsine will host the show, alongside analysts Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith. Select award winners will be interviewed during the 30-minute program.
The show will reveal the All-Big Ten teams as selected by both the coaches and the media. Coaches will select a Big Ten Offensive Player, Defensive Player and Freshman of the Year. Media will also honor the…
/CNW/ – A new Angus Reid survey finds that Oasis HD, a Nature and Natural history channel operated by the newest of the new kids on the block, Toronto-based High Fidelity HDTV Inc., is the High- Definition television channel most-often talked about or recommended to others.
Among the 505 Bell TV subscribers surveyed who had at least one High Fidelity…
/CNW/ – The following issues have been halted by Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC):
Issuer Name: Fiber Optic Systems Tech
TSX-V Ticker Symbol: FOX
Time of Halt: 10:36 ET
Reason for Halt: Company request pending news
/CNW/ – Mary Rygiel, Chair of the Board of Directors of the RDBA is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Smith to the role of President & CEO, effective immediately.
We are pleased to have someone of Brians caliber and financial industry expertise joining us to lead our association, as we further our role as a Self Regulatory Organization,…
/CNW/ – Royal Roads Corp. (RRO – TSX-V) (Royal Roads or the Company) announced it has commenced drilling of a planned two-hole, 700 metre drilling program to test the Buchans North base metal sulphide prospect on its 100% owned Buchans project in central Newfoundland. The program is designed to assess potential for expansion of the zone. The Buchans North prospect…
More than 30 representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific, drug regulatory authorities and research institutions in the region attended a meeting in Hong Kong today (November 26) on harmonisation of herbal medicines.
Organised by the Department of Health, the Seventh Standing Committee Meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Forum for the Harmonisation of…
Launch “Spice Guide to Himachal” – Mobile Application for Tourists Worldwide
November 26, 2009 /India PRwire/ — On the occasion of Himachal Day at India International Trade Fair in Pragati Maidan, Himachal Pradesh Government and Spice Digital Limited, one of India’s leading Value Added Service players, announced the launch of multiple initiatives to leverage…