Business Wire back issues from Friday, September 7:
Frost & Sullivan Presents Microvision with 2007 North American Technology Innovation Award for MEMS-based Display and Imaging Solutions.
Sep 07, 2007 ... PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Based on its recent impact analysis of MEMS-based sensors and actuators on industrial automation, Frost & Sullivan has presented Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) with the 2007 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. The award recognizes ...
Hong Kong Disposable Paper Products Market Sees Slower Growth.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67519) has announced the addition of Euromonitor International's new report: Tissues in Hong Kong, China to their offering. Our Tissues in Hong Kong report offers a comprehensive guide to the ...
Research and Markets and Trimark Invite You to the Point of Care Testing Conference 2007 in New York City on October 22nd.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67639) has announced the addition of "The Point of Care Testing Conference 2007" to their offering. Research & Markets and Trimark invite you to a one-day conference The Point of ...
This Report Analyses Data to Understand First Home Buyers in the Context of the Mortgage Market in Australia.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67561) has announced the addition of "Targeting Australian First Home Buyers 2007" to their offering. Introduction Despite record lack of affordability, first home buyers are ...
This Report Provides a Comprehensive Overview of the Trends and Developments in Telecommunications Broadcasting and Pay TV Markets in Myanmar and Thailand.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67545) has announced the addition of "2007 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Asia -- Myanmar and Thailand" to their offering. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and ...
Research and Markets: This Report Explores How Alipay Has Become One Of The Largest And Most Trusted Payment Companies In China.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67650) has announced the addition of China Third-Party Payment Profiles: Alipay, Alibaba's Payment Arm to their offering. Alipay is one of the largest and most active online payment companies in ...
Molina Healthcare to Enter Missouri Market with Acquisition of Mercy CarePlus.
Sep 07, 2007 ... LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mercy CarePlus, a Medicaid managed care organization based in St. Louis, Missouri. The purchase price for the acquisition of all of the company's outstanding ...
New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Height and Setback Restrictions Along Austin's Lady Bird Lake.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SaveTownLake.org Announces Results at City Hall Press Conference AUSTIN, Texas -- SaveTownLake.org, an organization founded to promote responsible development in the Town Lake Corridor, today announced the results of a significant new survey that shows that Austinites, by a ...
CP Kelco Announces Its Intention to Close Xanthan Gum Manufacturing Site.
Sep 07, 2007 ... ATLANTA -- On 5 September 2007, CP Kelco announced to the employees of their CP Kelco plant in Knowsley, UK, their intention to close the site. The facility produces Xanthan Gum. In keeping with UK law, CP Kelco invited union and employee representatives to the table with ...
21st Century Insurance Group Announces Special Dividend.
Sep 07, 2007 ... WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- 21st Century Insurance Group (NYSE:TW) announced that the Executive Committee of its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend today of $0.0055 per common share, payable on October 11, 2007 to shareholders of record as of September 26, 2007. Pursuant to ...
This Report Presents a Study of BPL and its Applicability to the Current Australian Broadband Market.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67621) has announced the addition of Future of Broadband Powerline in Australia to their offering. Over the past few years, Broadband Powerline (BPL) has gained significant attention in the ...
Australian Telecom Market Outlook 2007 Predicts Increased Importance of Telephony Channels as the Market Moves from a Technology to Customer Service War.(Industry overview)
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67631) has announced the addition of "Australian Telecom Market Outlook 2007" to their offering. As 2006 draws to an end, the year will go down as one of the most dramatic years in the history ...
Safeway All Stars Challenge Sports Legends in Charity Softball Game to Fight Cancer.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Jerry Rice, Ozzie Smith, Steve Garvey and Vida Blue Join Other Famous Athletes in Safeway Annual Fundraiser for Prostate Cancer and Breast Cancer Charities Safeway (NYSE:SWY): <Pre> WHO: Vida Blue, Ozzie Smith, Dave Stewart, Andre Dawson, Dave Parker, Jerry ...
Office 2.0 Conference Day 1 Highlights.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- The future of online productivity and collaboration is being revealed at the 2007 Office 2.0 Conference being held in San Francisco on September 5-7, 2007, at the St. Regis Hotel. To watch the live broadcast, please visit http://o2con.com. Highlights of the ...
Remarks by President Bush to the APEC Business Summit.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Australia -- Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 9:05 A.M. (Local) PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning -- or should I say g'day. (Laughter.) Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for your introduction. Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit. I ...
TVEyes to Apply Speech-to-Text Technology to AP's News Production System.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- TVEyes, a leading provider of real-time search and monitoring systems for broadcasters, will work with The Associated Press to integrate its speech-to-text technology within AP's ENPS news production system. TVEyes made the announcement at IBC 2007. ...
No. 1 Facebook Travel Application Launches on MySpace.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Where I've Been, LLC Expands Social Networking Base CHICAGO -- The most popular travel application on Facebook.com, Where I've Been (WIB), announces the launch of its interactive map on MySpace.com. The 70 million MySpace users can now access the application which has quickly ...
C-COR's New Segmentable Cabinet Node Paves the Way for Stable Network Growth.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Fiber-Deep 1GHz Segmentable Cabinet Node Increases Forward Capacity for High Speed Data, VOD, and HDTV Services AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- C-COR (NASDAQ:CCBL) continues to innovate broadband solutions in Europe with the introduction of the Opti Max[TM] 2100 1GHz Segmentable ...
External Disk Storage Systems Continue Steady Climb in Second Quarter of 2007, According to IDC.(Company overview)
Sep 07, 2007 ... FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues in the second quarter of 2007 grew 6.2% from a year ago to $4.3 billion, marking 18 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth. For the ...
Newport Media Demonstrates MediaFLO Tuner, Demodulator, Protocol Stack and Video Decoder at IBC.
Sep 07, 2007 ... First MediaFLO Mobile TV Platform Using Independently Developed FLO Technology AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Newport Media, an innovative fabless semiconductor company supplying products to the mobile broadcast media market, announced that it is demonstrating live streaming TV using ...
Envivio and National Grid Wireless Deliver WiMAX TV at IBC2007.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & WARWICK, England -- Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, and broadcast infrastructure provider National Grid Wireless are teaming up to deliver streamed TV, alongside VoIP and data, across ...
AMD Details Strategic Open Source Graphics Driver Development Initiative.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AMD Works with Novell to Accelerate Open Source Linux Driver Initiative Targeting Developers for ATI Radeon[TM] X1000 Series and ATI Radeon[TM] HD 2000 Series Graphics Processors SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a major strategic initiative to support the ...
Isis and Alnylam Launch Regulus Therapeutics, a Joint Venture to Discover, Develop, and Commercialize microRNA Therapeutics.
Sep 07, 2007 ... - By Targeting Gene Pathways, microRNA Therapeutics Represent a New Approach for the Treatment of a Broad Range of Human Disease - - David Baltimore to Join Regulus Board of Directors and Chair Scientific Advisory Board Comprised of Key Pioneers in microRNA Research - ...
Aspera Inc. to Acquire DigiDelivery Product Line.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Avid and Digidesign to Continue Distributing DigiDelivery While Aspera Assumes Ongoing Development, Manufacturing, and Support Responsibilities EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Aspera Inc. today announced an agreement with Avid Technology (NASDAQ:AVID), under which Aspera will acquire ...
Unique Features of Services to Boost Demand in South Korea Telematics Sector.
Sep 07, 2007 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The unique features offered in the South Korean telematics services such as safety, security and emergency assistance are expected to drive demand for the telematics industry. South Korea is one of the top six passenger car manufacturing countries in ...
IIJ Announces the Retirement of a Director.
Sep 07, 2007 ... TOKYO -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. ("IIJ", NASDAQ: IIJI, TSE1: 3774) announced today that Yoshifumi Nishikawa retired as a Director (part-time) of the Company, effective as of September 6, 2007. Yoshifumi Nishikawa was an outside director of the Company as stipulated in ...
NeoStem Announces BusinessWeek Article in Latest Issue Highlighting Company's Next Generation Biomedical Services.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Article by Respected Investment Columnist Gene Marcial Features NeoStem's Strategic Business Model Targeting Projected $8.5 Billion Market NEW YORK -- Please replace the release dated September 6, 2007 with the following corrected version due to revisions throughout. ...
M6 Selects ATEME for IPTV Encoding.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Entire ADSL Head-end Standardized on ATEME Kyrion Encoders for SD and HD Channel Deployment AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- ATEME[TM] SA (Bievres, France), an acknowledged leader in standards-based video compression solutions, today announced that leading French television broadcaster ...
'France Insurance 2007 Report' - Instant Overview of the French Insurance Market.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67598) has announced the addition of Snapshots France Insurance 2007 to their offering. Snapdata's Snapshots France Insurance 2007 provides 2005 year-end market size data, with 2006 estimates, 4 ...
Netherlands Energy Market Profile - Source For Top-Level Energy Industry Data and Information.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67556) has announced the addition of Netherlands Energy Market Profile to their offering. This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The report ...
Orca Interactive and muvee Team Up to Introduce First-Ever Automatic Movie Creation over IPTV.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Innovative UGC Application LivePhotos Expected to Enhance Service Offerings and will Be Demonstrated at IBC 2007 RA'ANANA, Israel & SINGAPORE -- Orca Interactive Ltd. (LSE: ORCA), a market pioneer in providing IPTV middleware and applications, and muvee, the pioneer and leader ...
NYSE Euronext Reports Record Transaction Volume for August 2007.
Sep 07, 2007 ... --Busiest Month, Week and Day Ever for U.S. and European Cash and Derivatives Trading-- --Cash Volumes: +110% in Europe and + 63% in the U.S. year-on-year-- --Derivatives volumes: +75% in Europe and +103% in the U.S. year-on-year-- NEW YORK -- Record ...
Media Excel Joins the FLO Forum and Pre-Announces the Hera 3200.FLO MobileTV Transcoder Appliance.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AUSTIN, Texas -- Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of Transcoding solutions for MobileTV, IPTV & WebTV, pre-announced today the arrival later in the year of the Hera 3200.FLO, a MediaFLO-compatible MobileTV transcoder for MobileTV solutions targeted at broadcasters, content aggregators ...
Dolby Demonstrates Latest Real-World Applications of Dolby Digital Plus at IBC2007.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Next-Generation Audio Format Serves as Solution for Future Broadcast Needs AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Building on the strong momentum of the Dolby([R]) Digital format, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) will show the latest real-world applications of Dolby Digital Plus, the ...
Remarks by the President at Lunch with Southeast Asian Leaders.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Australia -- InterContinental Sydney Sydney, Australia 1:49 P.M. (Local) PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, thank you very much for inviting me to join the ASEAN group. ASEAN represents our fourth largest trading partner. In other words, this is a ...
Fact Sheet: United States Cooperation with Southeast Asia.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Australia -- Today, President Bush Met With Leaders From Seven Southeast Asian Economies Participating In The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meetings. These countries are also members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). President Bush ...
New Dolby Media Producer Updates Deliver Performance Improvements.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Popular Professional Audio Mastering Software Now Runs Natively on Macintosh Computers Using Intel Processors AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced the availability of Universal application of its Dolby([R]) Media Encoder. The company also ...
Dolby Ships DP600 Program Optimizer.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Intelligent Audio Loudness Analysis and Correction System Now Available AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced market availability of the highly anticipated Dolby([R]) DP600 Program Optimizer. The DP600 is an innovative solution to audio ...
WNHA 2007 Heritage Ball Set for September 15.
Sep 07, 2007 ... <Pre> What: Special guest package at Prince of Wales Hotel to stay and attend the 22nd annual Heritage Ball Fundraiser to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Prince of Wales Hotel and the 75th anniversary of Waterton-Glacier International Peace ...
Foundation of China High Definition DVD Industry Association (CHDA) Heralds New Era of High-Definition Entertainment in China.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Industry Leaders Develop and Promote CH-DVD, a New High Definition DVD Standard for Chinese Market BEIJING -- The Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC), a laboratory dedicated to optical disc research in Tsinghua University, today announced CH-DVD (China ...
Teranex OEM's Its New VC100 to Miranda Technologies.
Sep 07, 2007 ... ORLANDO, Fla. -- Teranex, a leader in high performance video processing solutions for the broadcast and post-production industries, is pleased to announce the signing of an OEM agreement for its VC100 with Miranda Technologies which will brand it JAZZ-800. "Now in its fourth ...
IBC 2007 Exhibitor News Distributed By Business Wire Available At WWW.TRADESHOWNEWS.COM.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- As the official news release distribution service for IBC 2007, Business Wire will be posting exhibitor news releases on its dedicated show news archive at www.tradeshownews.com or within the press zone area of the official show site. Media may contact the ...
'UK Snack Food 2007 Report' - Instant Overview of the UK Snack Food Market.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67604) has announced the addition of Snapshots UK Snack Food 2007 to their offering. Snapdata's Snapshots UK Snack Food 2007 provides 2005 year-end market size data, with 2006 estimates, 4 years ...
Harmonic Supports Video Content Acquisition From Virtually Any Source With Integrated On-Demand Software.
Sep 07, 2007 ... MediaPrism[TM] Suite Includes Harmonic's CLEARcut[TM] Offline Storage Encoding, LIVEcut[TM] Real-Time Asset Creation, Carbon Coder[TM] Transcoding and Ingest Gateway Software AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today introduced MediaPrism[TM], a powerful suite ...
SES ASTRA Builds Up New DTH Position With Dutch Satellite TV.
Sep 07, 2007 ... CanalDigitaal to Launch New Thematic and HDTV services via ASTRA 23.5[deg] East / Opening of the New Office ASTRA Benelux BV BETZDORF, Luxembourg -- SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today a capacity agreement with the Dutch satellite TV provider ...
Bausch & Lomb Launches the Stellaris(TM) Vision Enhancement System in Europe at ESCRS 2007.
Sep 07, 2007 ... STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Bausch & Lomb is launching its Stellaris Vision Enhancement System in Europe at the XXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), which begins this weekend in Stockholm. The Stellaris system is the cornerstone of Bausch & ...
Guardian Announces PinPoint Technology to be Featured at Premier International Security Conference.(Conference news)
Sep 07, 2007 ... Global Expert in US-Russia Business Development to Present Guardian's Technology to Leading Global Security Companies and Organizations HERNDON, Va. -- Guardian Technologies International (OTCBB:GDTI), innovators of groundbreaking medical imaging and threat detection technology ...
POZEN/AstraZeneca Announce Start of the PN 400 Phase III Program.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AstraZeneca to Pay an Immediate $30 Million Payment Under Revised Licensing Arrangement CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- POZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN), today announced the start of the Phase III program for PN 400, a fixed dose combination of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI), esomeprazole ...
Fluor to Build Polysilicon Plant in China.
Sep 07, 2007 ... IRVING, Texas -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement and construction-management (EPCM) services for a polysilicon plant for LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) in Xinyu ...
Asian Dragon Group Inc. to Attend the IAM Fair in Dusseldorf.
Sep 07, 2007 ... VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Asian Dragon Group Inc. (OTCBB:AADG) (FWB:P2J1) (WKN:A0KE7Z) is pleased to announce that it is participating with a booth at the Internationale Anlegermesse (IAM) fair in Dusseldorf which is held from September 7 to September 9. This year the fair is ...
'yes' TV Selects Harmonic's Rhozet Transcoding Technology for Internet Video-on-Demand Service in Israel.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that its Rhozet[R] Carbon Coder[TM] video transcoding solution has been selected by 'yes' TV for a new Internet-based broadband video-on-demand (VOD) service in Israel. 'yes' TV also utilizes Harmonic's high performance ...
Growth in Acute Wound Care Procedures Drives South Korean Advanced Wound Management Markets.
Sep 07, 2007 ... SINGAPORE -- Increasing specialist surgeries and an aging population will both contribute to demand for better healthcare provision in South Korea. One of the most developed countries in Asia, South Korea has a well-established healthcare infrastructure as well as a strong National ...
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc: Annual Meeting and Proxy Materials.
Sep 07, 2007 ... PENNINGTON, N.J. -- Ocean Power Technologies, Inc ("OPT", or the "Company") (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange: AIM-OPT) has announced that the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company will be held on Friday, October 5, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at the Company's ...
Major Challenges and Issues Facing the Indian Banking Industry.
Sep 07, 2007 ... LYON, France -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Indian finances industry is now available to its catalogue. Opportunities in Indian Banking Sector http://www.reportlinker.com/p058416/Indian-Banking-Sector.html ...
Global Bioinformatics Market Outlook: Major Segments, Future Prospects, Key Applications Areas and Company Profiles.
Sep 07, 2007 ... LYON, France -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide bioinformatics industry is now available to its catalogue. Global Bioinformatics Market Outlook http://www.reportlinker.com/p058418/Global-Bioinformatics.html ...
High Growth Forecasted in the Global Medical Imaging Markets.
Sep 07, 2007 ... LYON, France -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide medical material industry is now available to its catalogue. Medical Imaging Markets http://www.reportlinker.com/p058429/Medical-Imaging-Markets.html ...
Pace & CacheLogic Showcase P2P Future Using PVR Technology.
Sep 07, 2007 ... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC), the leading independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, and CacheLogic, provider of the world's leading digital asset delivery network, are today demonstrating how assisted peer-to-peer (P2P) ...
Pace to Extend Its Reach into Networks Technology.
Sep 07, 2007 ... New Business Unit to Be Launched at IBC SALTAIRE, England -- Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC) today announces that it is extending its reach in the digital TV industry with the launch of a new business unit - Pace Networks. Pace Networks will open up new markets ...
Pace Unveils WiMAX Solution for Delivery of Content to and around the Home.
Sep 07, 2007 ... * Technology Bridges 802.16e and 802.11n Standards * Joint Development with Metalink Ltd and Runcom Technologies AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC), the leading independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, ...
Major Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Tourism Industry.
Sep 07, 2007 ... LYON, France -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the African tourism industry is now available to its catalogue. Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Tourism Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p058419/Subsaharan-Tourism- Industry.html ...
Pace & Inxstor Showcase Place-Shifting Technology for Operators.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Secure Access to Set-Top Box Content from Anywhere in the World AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC), the leading independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, and Inxstor Ltd, developers of a unique embedded secure ...
Examine the Future Potential for the Worldwide Electronic Surveillance Market.
Sep 07, 2007 ... LYON, France -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide security industry is now available to its catalogue. Global Electronic Surveillance Market Outlook http://www.reportlinker.com/p058417/Global-Electronic- ...
Pace Demonstrates Standards-Based Whole Home Digital TV Using DLNA.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Pace's Server Set-Top Box and Macrovision's Media Server Software Enables Viewing of Centrally Stored Digital Content from Any Room in the Home AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Pace Micro Technology plc (LSE:PIC), the leading independent developer of digital TV technologies for the ...
New Report Highlights the Trends to Watch in the Digital Lifestyle Applications Market.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67656) has announced the addition of Digital Lifestyles: 2007 Outlook to their offering. Digital Lifestyles: 2007 Outlook provides analysis and forecasts for a variety of digital lifestyle ...
This Annual Report Offers a Wealth of Information on the Broadband and Internet Markets in Central Asia.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67655) has announced the addition of "2007 Central Asian - Broadband and Internet Markets" to their offering. This annual report offers a wealth of information on the Broadband and Internet ...