TendersInfo back issues from February 2009:
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi real estate market lures investors.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 The real estate market in Abu Dhabi has become tempting for investment because of the decline in prices due to the global financial crisis, a member of the emirates executive council said yesterday. Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan said the property ...
United Arab Emirates: Dimension Data deploys High Availability data center solution for Emirates International Investment Company.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Dimension Data, a specialist IT services and solutions provider, today announced that it has deployed an advanced data center solution for Emirates International Investment Company (EIIC), part of the National Holding, a leading Abu Dhabi-based private holding ...
United Arab Emirates : Turning an oil state into a renewable-energy leader.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 With $15bn to spend, the chief of the project is being besieged by technology firms that want a piece of the action As Sultan Al Jaber breezed into the room, wearing a flowing white dishdash and distractedly tapping on his iPhone, he looked every bit the ...
Australia: AGL is ready to go on acquisition trail.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 AGL chief executive Michael Fraser is not holding his breath for the long-debated privatisation of the NSW Governments energy assets. But if Nathan Rees Government does announce the timetable for the sale of the retail arms of its electricity distribution ...
Bangladesh: 60 PC work of Dapdapia-Khairabad bridge over Kirtonkhola river completed.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 About 60 percent of the construction work of Dap-dapia-Khairabad bridge over the river Kirtankhola connecting the country's southeastern Chittagong and southwestern Mongla Sea Port in Barisal has been completed so far. Under the project, 1390 meter ...
Belgium : Exmars FY pulled down by $88m one-off.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Belgian natural gas shipper Exmar (EXMR.BR) on Thursday plunged to a preliminary 2008 net loss of $64.2 million, after booking an $88.6 million charge for unrealised, non-cash losses related to the U.S. dollar. That charge was linked to the plunge of ...
Canada: Defense Contractors Lobbyists and the Pentagon.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 President Obama uttered some hallowed words in his quest for change that lobbyists "won't find a job in my White House." Contrary to his short-lived slew of vows and various murmurs, William J. Lynn III, a recent lobbyist and former top executive for defense ...
Canada: NaiKun Wind Energy reports annual net loss.(Financial report)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 The NaiKun Wind Energy Group has reported a net loss of C$16.19 million, or C$0.44 net loss per share, for the year ended September 30, 2008, compared to a net loss of C$5.07 million, or C$0.25 net loss per share, for the year ended September 30, 2007. ...
Canada : Shell profits slump on shifting crude price.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Profits at Royal Dutch Shell slumped in the fourth quarter as the oil group paid the price for its high-cost business model in Canada and crumbling refining and chemical margins. However, the company boosted confidence with the promise of a 5 per ...
China: Russia launches research satellite into orbit.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Russia on Friday launched its first carrier rocket of 2009 to send a research satellite into space, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. The Cyclone-3 carrier rocket, with a Coronas-Photon satellite atop, blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northwest ...
China : Indian iron ore exporters upbeat on Chinese prospects.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 BS reported that with the closed steel mills in China resuming operations gradually, Indian exporters are hoping iron ore shipment to rise at least by 5.5% to match the last year s level. In 2008, India s total iron ore exports were recorded at 104.27 ...
China : Sesa Goa expects 30% volume growth by end FY 09.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Encouraged by a surge in demand for Indian iron ore from Chinese steel mills, NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Sesa Goa expects a 30 per cent volume growth by the end of this fiscal. "We are looking for a 25-30 per cent growth in volumes on an ...
China : FMG sees bottoming out for iron ore market.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 According to Fortescue Metals Group Limited iron ore market may have bottomed as demand from Chinese steelmakers recovers, driving prices for the raw material higher. Mr Rowley said that We have order books full all the way through to March. ...
Germany : Novel technology could produce biofuel for around $2.49 a gallon.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 A novel technology for synthsising chemicals from plant material could produce liquid fuel for just over 0.50 a litre, $2.49US a gallon say German scientists. But only if the infrastructure is set up in the right way, states the research published in this month ...
Germany: Thailand s Largest Telecom Provider Selects 3Com Advanced Networking Solutions to Connect 30,000 Government Employees.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS), today announced that TOT, Thailand s largest telecommunications company, has chosen 3Com solutions to provide the network communications infrastructure at the Bangkok Government Center, a brand new mega-project of the Thai ...
Algeria : Petroceltic to get $7 mln funding from Iberdola.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Irish oil and gas explorer Petroceltic International Plc (PCI.I) (PCI.L) said on Thursday it would shortly get $7.3 million from Spanish energy firm Iberdola (IBE.MC) as advance payment of a financing option to fund its operations in Algeria. ...
Spain : ENDESA Signs a 7-Year, 360 Million Euro IT Services Agreement With IBM.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 ENDESA and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the signature of a seven-year 360 million Euro agreement for IBM to manage all the infrastructure and information technology (IT) solutions that ENDESA uses in Spain and Latin America. The agreement will allow Endesa an ...
United Kingdom: Lord Carter looks to heavens for a broadband solution.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Communications Minister Lord Carter said his team would talk to companies including satellite communication services provider Avanti Communications. "There are a number of these newer business models for alternative forms of broadband distribution," says Lord ...
Ireland: AirSpeed in 100,000 broadband deal with healthcare firm.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Wireless telecoms firm Airspeed has signed a 100,000 contract to provide bandwidth connectivity to the Kildare-based medical campus of Vista Primary Care. Vista Primary Care is an advanced primary care campus located in Co Kildare that provides primary care ...
Israel : Israel Finds Historic Natural Gas Field.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Israel says it might have made the largest discovery of natural gas in its 61-year history, which could dramatically reduce its dependency on foreign imports. In a statement, monitored by Worthy News Saturday, January 31, National Infrastructure ...
India: INKEL plans hydro-electric projects in State.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Infrastructures Kerala Ltd (InKEL), formed to improve infrastructure in the State, is all set to foray into power generation. The State Government has given the go ahead for the company to launch four hydro-electric projects with a total generation capacity of ...
India: RCOM to transfer optic fiber business to Reliance Infratel.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Anil Ambani-led RCOM on Saturday said it would transfer its optic fiber division to its subsidiary Reliance Infratel to create a single telecom infrastructure entity and cut down its operating costs. The board of directors of Reliance Communications ...
India: SJVN to emerge as 6000 MW company by 2017: Jairam Ramesh.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) will emerge as a 6000-MW company by 2017 with a national presence, Union Minister of State for Power Mr Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. Mr Ramesh, after laying the foundation stone of SJVN new corporate building here ...
India: ADAG restructures infra, telecom business to unlock value.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 With an aim to unlock shareholder value through possible investment by strategic and financial partners and bring in more transparency, Anil Ambani group is planning a major restructuring exercise for some of its business divisions at its infrastructure and ...
India: L&T profit trebles to Rs 1520 crore.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Riding high on a stellar Q3 show, engineering major, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), on Friday said it was expecting to register a 25-30% growth in sales and inflate order book by 15-20% in 2009-10. We expect 25-30% growth in sales in the immediate year. There will be some ...
India: Phase II of Delhi Metro construction work sped up.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Work on tunnelling for Phase II of Delhi Metro construction is being sped up as the last of the 14 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) was put to use on the Airport Express Line. The machine was lowered from a shaft created at Dwarka sector 21. It will create ...
India: Delay in land acquisition affects construction of ROBs.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Railway minister Lalu Prasad on January 22 said the railways are constructing several road over bridges (ROBs) in the state capital to cope with the rush of traffic. The Railway Board has sanctioned about 39 ROBs for Bihar. However, delay in land ...
India: Suzlon Energy slips to loss in Q3.(Financial report)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Reuters reported that Suzlon Energy Ltd slipped to a loss in the December quarter hurt by FOREX losses and charges on quality issues and said it saw growth coming in only from 2010. The company's consolidated net loss, including subsidiaries Hansen ...
India: Suzlon defers expansion plan.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Battered by global crisis, Suzlon Energy has put its capacity expansion plans in India on back burner, reports Business Standard. The company was planning to expand its capacity from 3,200 MW to 5,700 MW with Rs 26-28 billion with a deadline for completion ...
India : Indian Outsourcers Warm Up To Acquisitions.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 When HCL Technologies clinched an $811 million takeover of the United Kingdom's Axon Group in December, outbidding rival Infosys, the transaction set a record for the largest IT acquisition to date by an Indian outsourcer. Also in December, Wipro Technologies ...
India : Several companies interested in Satyam buyout.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Interest in the take over of Satyam has been increasing as the company is seen as stabilising under the aegis of the board of directors appointed by the government. Tarun Das, a government nominee to the board and the chief mentor of the CII, said as ...
India: OTPCL to set up 2000 MW power plant at Rengali.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Projects today reported that the Orissa Thermal Power Corporation, a JV between the state owned Orissa Mining Corporation and the Orissa Hydro Power Corporation has decided to set up a 2000 MW thermal power plant at Rengali in Angul district. Rengali was ...
Iraq : KNOC Goes Solo in Iraq Oil Project.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 The state-run Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) is confident it can go it alone in a massive oil development project in Iraq, after talks with Korean companies over forming a consortium fell through, industry sources said Sunday. KNOC signed a ...
Japan: Government plans powerful info-gathering satellite.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Aiming to drastically beef up the performance of the nation's intelligence satellites, the government will embark on a research and development program in fiscal 2009 to develop an optical information-gathering satellite that will have one of the world's ...
Japan : Toshiba, NEC in talks to integrate semiconductor business.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. have begun talks to integrate their troubling semiconductor operations to combat plummeting chip prices and dwindling global demand, local media reported Friday. Fujitsu Ltd. may also participate in the deal in the future ...
Japan : Fujitsu has sold its loss-making hard disk drive business to competitor Toshiba.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The hard disk drive (HDD) is tough at the moment. Even the biggest players like Seagate and Western Digital are cutting costs and shedding staff. Now the number six seller, Fujitsu, has agreed to sell its loss-making HDD business to rival (and number ...
South Korea : Nigeria cancels KNOC oil exploration deal.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 It is reported that Nigeria has cancelled exploration rights at two major offshore oilfields awarded to a South Korean consortium in 2005, members of the group said that dealing a blow to Seoul's efforts to raise its reserves. The cancellation of ...
South Korea : IBM and Korea Exchange Renew Integrated Maintenance Service Contract for Third Consecutive Year.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has renewed a contract for integrated maintenance services with the Korea Exchange (KRX). IBM has been providing integrated maintenance services to KRX since December 2006. IBM is offering comprehensive ...
Korea : South Korea to Form 100 Billion Won Clean Energy Fund.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 South Korea, Asia s third-largest oil importer, plans to form a 100 billion won ($72 million) alternative energy investment fund to help reduce its dependence on oil and cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The government will contribute 50 billion won to ...
Malaysia: Kencana aims to maintain RM1b turnover: Bank.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 KENCANA Petroleum Bhd has yet to see cancellations or deferments of its offshore fabrication projects, Maybank Investment Bank Bhd said. Kencana also aims to maintain RM1 billion annual turnover from the cyclical sub-sector despite low crude oil prices, ...
Nigeria : Piracy off Nigeria delays oil projects.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 A wave of piracy off Nigerias southern coast is delaying offshore energy projects in the worlds eighth-biggest oil exporter, industry and security officials said. Piracy and kidnappings in the waterways of the Niger Delta, one of the most dangerous ...
Nigeria : ONGC Videsh may get back two Nigerian oil blocks.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), will get back two highly prospective deep-water oil blocks in Nigeria, which were snapped up by the Nigerian government and awarded to a consortium led by Korean National ...
Russia : Putin says Sochi on track, sponsors pledge $460 mln.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Russias 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics secured a $460 million corporate sponsorship deal on Saturday and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the resort town would be ready to stage the games on time.The games organising committee said it was the largest domestic ...
Russia : Russia and China unveil measures for depressed nickel market.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 It is reported that Russian government has decided the policy to revoke the duty of 5% imposed on nickel export owing to the internationally shrunk demand for nickel, a scale of nickel trade has inclined to be depressed and in order to cope with this aspect ....
Saudi Arabia: AEC establishes a new factory in Saudi's Eastern province to manufacture industrial batteries.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) has signed a partnership agreement with both HBL Power systems LTD of India and Abdullah H Al-Shuwayer group of companies to establish a new joint venture company to manufacture Industrial Batteries in the Eastern province of ...
Saudi Arabia : Harris Corporation to provide broadcast transmitters to Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture and Information.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a communications and information technology company, was selected to provide a range of radio and television broadcast transmitters to Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) as part of the ongoing modernisation of ...
Saudi Arabia : Harris Selected for Saudi TV and Radio Project.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The Saudi ministry of culture and information has selected Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, to provide a range of radio and television broadcast transmitters as part of the ongoing modernisation of Saudi TV ...
Tunisia: Tunisia-Brazil : Large opportunities for strategic partnership.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Works of a one-day seminar on the establishment of a strategic partnership between Tunisia and Brazil were opened, on Thursday in Tunis, by Industry, Energy and Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises minister Afif Chelbi. The seminar, which was ...
United States: 3Com Augments 3Com Focus Partner Program.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 3Com Corp. (COMS) has improved its Focus Partner Program, and says it now gives channel partners even greater opportunities for growing business and increasing revenue. Enhancements have been made to technology specializations and to the associated 3Com ...
United States : Fiber-optic network spurs telecom price war.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Though Powellink was completed just days ago and has only a few dozen customers hooked up, the new city-owned telecommunications network has sparked a price war that is likely to reduce phone, TV and Internet bills across town.Nearly three years after agreeing ...
United States: Digital switch looms for TV.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The nationwide transition to digital TV still is set for Feb. 17, after congressional efforts to delay the changeover until June failed this week.Very few TV viewers in the Yampa Valley will find themselves having any trouble Feb. 17, because anyone with cable ...
United States: Prep work for Orbital's 2010 launch progressing.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Infrastructure improvements are underway at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in preparation for Orbital Sciences Corp.'s planned demonstration flight in late 2010 of a new rocket system designed to supply cargo to the International Space Station."We're ...
United States: Branford schools chief proposes $47M budget.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Clark Halligan presented the Board of Education with a $47.37 million recommended budget this week that held growth to 3.38 percent even though teachers salaries which make up the lion s share of it will increase by 4.7 ...
United States : SKyCom launches new VoIP application.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 SKyCom has launched a new VoIP application which integrates with Novell's GroupWise, combining communications and customer relationship management (CRM).The company says the amalgamation of SKyPro and Groupwise increases productivity for users as well as ...
United States: NET Upgrades to Microsoft Dynamics AX2009 for High Tech.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Network Equipment Technologies (News - Alert) (NET) has upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 for High Tech with Fullscope.NET provides network and VoIP solutions to enterprises and also government agencies. Fullscope is a Microsoft (News - Alert) ...
United States: Nortel Ends WiMax Solutions Venture with Alvarion.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Nortel has announced in a press release that it will end its joint venture with WiMax solutions developer Alvarion as a means to refocus on its core telecommunications network solutions business. Nortel will work directly with customers affected and Alvarion to ...
United States: XETA Technologies Awarded 5-year Contract to Provide Technical Support Services for Lockheed Martin.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 XETA Technologies, a national provider of converged communications solutions for the enterprise marketplace, announced today that Lockheed Martin Corporation has selected XETA to provide technical support services to a large U.S. government customer. The company ...
United States: Prism Litigation Technology and Workproducts Partner to Deliver Custodian-Based Pricing for Electronic Discovery Services.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Prism Litigation Technology, a recognized leader in the delivery of litigation based consulting and discovery management solutions, today announced that it has partnered with WorkProducts to offer customers the leading Evidence Lifecycle Management (ELM) ...
United States: US Department of Defense sets up its own Sourceforge.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 The dam holding back U.S. federal adoption of open source just burst with the introduction of the Defense Department's Forge.mil. Forge.mil is an open-source project repository built in the image of SourceForge.net, Federal Computer Week reported Friday. ...
United States: North Union realizing Real deal.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 North Union Local Schools will take the time to celebrate on Saturday as the district reaches the two-thirds point of a construction project started in 2002. A dedication ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. today at the newly renovated North Union High ...
United States : SW Fla. supply company involved in I-75, airport jobs.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 President Barack Obama's plan to jump-start the economy through building and repairing roads and bridges puts a gleam in the eyes of a Fort Myers-based steel pipe manufacturer."If this happens, it will be great for us," said Lou Lehman, president of Universal ...
United States: Stimulus package Big money, huge plans.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 With Congress moving toward passage of an $800 billion-plus economic stimulus plan, big government is back. The stimulus is bigger than the Pentagon's entire budget. It's more than the U.S. has spent on the war in Iraq. And its hundreds of provisions reach into ...
United States: WSB Financial Reports Fourth Quarter and 2008 Results.(Financial report)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 WSB Financial Group the parent company of Westsound Bank, today reported that it is continuing to execute its strategic plan to shrink its balance sheet and work through its loan portfolio challenges. Including a $6.4 million provision for loan losses, ...
United States: Forest Lakes Mainstreet Bank gets FDIC order to change.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Mainstreet Bank of Forest Lake, one of Minnesota's largest and oldest community banks, has received a cease-and-desist order from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., alleging "hazardous lending and lax collection practices." Like many community banks, ...
United States: Lawmakers push roadwork plans.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Various transportation proposals begin leaving the station this week at the General Assembly. There are competing proposals on how to fund a growing backlog of transportation improvements .On Monday, House Transportation Chairman Vance Smith, R-Pine Mountain, will ...