TendersInfo back issues from May 2009:
United Arab EMirates: Emax selects 3i Infotechs Orion Enterprise system.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Emax, an electronics retail chain in the Middle East, has selected Orion Enterprise system from technology services provider, 3i Infotech. 3i Infotech said that its Orion Enterprise will manage Emax's overall enterprise resource planning requirements ...
United Arab Emirates: New company appointed to build Dubai concourse three.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Dubai Aviation City Corp has selected Al Jaber Engineering & Contracting (ALEC) to build the new Dubai International airport concourse three after the original joint venture awarded the contract Al Habtoor, Murray & Roberts, Takenaka withdrew from the project ...
United Arab Emirates: Trade Bank of Iraq Posts Record Profits.(Financial report)
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI)Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) today announced record profits for 2008 demonstrating another year of significant progress for the bank. The bank reported net profits of US$359.3 million, up 41% on 2007 and net operating income of US$447.1 ...
United Arab Emirates: al khaliji opens first Islamic Banking Branch al khaliji al islami.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji)Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) officially opened the door to its first Islamic Branch al khaliji al islami offering Basic Islamic Banking Services to Corporate, Institutional and SME clients. The branch ...
United Arab Emirates: Packaged software to comprise 13% of IT spending in Gulf in 2009.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Packaged software is expected to comprise 13% of IT spending in the Gulf in 2009, according to IDC, following a revision of over 6 percentage points from its initial IT expenditure projection, which was released before the global economic crisis hit the region ....
United Arab Emirates: Packaged software to comprise 13 per cent of IT spending in the Gulf in 2009.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Decline in projected regional IT expenditure underlines importance of Sage Softwares cost-reducing enterprise solution Packaged software is expected to comprise 13 per cent of IT spending in the Gulf in 2009, according to IDC, following a revision of ...
United Arab Emirates: ALEC wins Dubai Airport contract.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 ALEC, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based Al Jaber Group, has been awarded the AED 4.3 billion (US$ 1.17 billion) contract to build Concourse 3 at Dubai International Airport, according to a statement by the Dubai Aviation City Corporation. The Dubai ...
United Arab Emirates : UAE Emaar Ppties To Focus On Bus Unit, Global Expansion In 09.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Emaar Properties PSJC (EMAAR.AI), the Middle East's largest home builder, will focus on developing its business lines this year and completing existing projects amid a property slump in the emirate, the company said in a statement late Wednesday. ...
United Arab Emirates : Emaar Properties to maintain focus on business segmentation and geographic expansion.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 The financial results for Emaar Properties PJSC for the year ending December 31, 2008, were approved by shareholders at the company's eleventh Annual General Meeting (AGM), held today. At the meeting, it was highlighted that Emaar will continue to build on its ...
United Arab Emirates: Shopping Extravaganza at Dubai Mall Starts Today.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Nine hundred retail participants giving away unlimited gift vouchers, Bid to Win auctions starting at Dh1, daily and weekly grand raffle draws for cash prizes, along with luxurious Bentley cars up for grabs, Dubai Mall will flag off its biggest shopping ...
United Arab Emirates: Al Habtoor will be compensated for cancelled contracts.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Al Habtoor LeightonAl Habtoor Leighton is in the process of being compensated for Trump Tower and(DIA)Dubai International Airport's (DIA) Concourse 3, according to the chief executive officer of Al Habtoor Group. "We have come to a mutual agreement, ...
United Arab Emirates: Emaar Properties to Hold 11th AGM Today.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Emaar Properties PJSC will hold its eleventh Annual General Meeting, or AGM, at 5pm today in Exhibition Hall No. 1 of the Dubai World Trade Center. The AGM will discuss the proposal of the board of directors regarding the non distribution of dividends. Also on the ...
United Arab Emirates: Dubai Financial Market adds 3 new stocks to general index.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Dubai Financial Market announced on Tuesday that shares of new 3 listed public joint stock companies will be added to its general index (DFMGI) and to sector indexes as of Tuesday April 28th 2009.The number of companies listed in index increased to 32 companies ....
United Arab Emirates: New times require new solutions for contractors in the oil & gas industry.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 IFS has taken seriously the challenges faced by engineering, procurement, construction and Installation (EPCI) contractors and launched the EPCI Toolkit, a standardized, agile tool that enables complete control of projects regardless of their size. ...
United Arab Emirates: FVC and Riverbed Sign Distribution Agreement for MENA Region.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 FVCFVC has been appointed as an authorised Value Added Distributor (VAD) for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region for RiverbedA; Technology, the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications, and storage. Riverbed provides a ...
Afghanistan: France Orders Nexters Combat Engineer Patrol Vehicles.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 As defpro.com published yesterday, Herve Morin, French Minister for Defence anounced the order for 15 ARAVIS armoured vehicles placed as part of the defence section of the economy stimulation plan (see: http://www.defpro.com/news/details/7079/). ...
Afghanistan : First Afghan Hydrocarbon Bidding Round 2009.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 On 17 March 2009, the Ministry of Mines, on behalf of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, launched the First Afghan Hydrocarbon Bidding Round 2009 to initiate hydrocarbon exploration in Northern Afghanistan. Northern Afghanistan ...
Angola: Government approves general balance for 2008 state budget.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The Cabinet Council, meeting since this Wednesday morning, here, approved the General Balance of the 2008 State Budget. Chaired by the Head of State, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the Cabinet also approved an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and ...
Austria: Telekomp Announces Launch of Satellite Global Service.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Telecomp Austria Group (TA AG) has announced that its Fixed Net segment is all set to launch a global service package for International Internet Service Providers (ISP s) via its partner Telesat s operated Telstar N11 satellite with a mission critical focus on ...
Austria: Mobelwerk Svoboda Selects 20-20 Technologies Enterprise Manufacturing Solution inSight.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 20-20 Technologies Inc. the world leader in 3D interior design and furniture manufacturing software, announced today the signature of an agreement to implement its Enterprise inSight manufacturing solution at Mobelwerk Svoboda, a leading Austrian office furniture ...
Australia: Attractive Incentives For Businesses In Australia.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 In the midst of the current global economic downturn, the Australian Government is providing significant stimulus to the domestic economy by providing some attractive incentives and initiatives for businesses in Australia. These incentives and ...
Australia: Work begins on Brisbane bus-building factory.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 Construction has begun on a state-of-the-art bus building facility that will deliver hundreds on buses on to Brisbane s streets. The factory is being built by Australia s biggest bus builder, Volgren Australia, in partnership with the Brisbane City ...
Australia: Rail upgrade delay stalls $20m development.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 The state government s decision to stall the Beerburrum to Nambour rail upgrade was delaying regional planning and causing heartache for individual property owners, it was claimed on Friday. LNP shadow transport and main roads minister Fiona Simpson ...
Australia: Qld oil spill clean-up bill close to $25m.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 The clean-up bill from the Moreton Island oil spill off Brisbane in the south-east Queensland is approaching $25 million. The cargo ship, Pacific Adventurer, spilled 270,000 litres of heavy fuel oil into rough seas off Brisbane which spilled onto ...
Australia: BHP sells Suriname alumina ops to Alcoa.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd has reached in principle agreement to sell its stake in its Suriname bauxite and alumina refining operations to aluminium rival Alcoa. In a statement on Thursday, Alcoa said its subsidiary Suriname Aluminium Company ...
australia : First Solar to supply modules for Australias largest PV installation.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 First Solar, Inc. announced today that it will supply photovoltaic (PV) modules to Solar Shop Australia, Pty Ltd. (Solar Shop), for a 1 megawatt (MW) DC rooftop project. The solar power system, installed on six separate buildings at the Adelaide Showground in ...
Australia: Heat Group Signs O4 Corporation to put Gloss on Australian Cosmetics Retailing.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 O4 Corporation, Australia s leading provider of mobile sales force automation solutions for retail execution, today announced its solution will be implemented by Melbourne-based company The Heat Group, one of the largest distributors of cosmetics and personal ...
Australia: Thales procures thermal weapon sights for Australian Defence Force.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Thales Australia has procured 350 third-party thermal weapon sights for the Australian Defence Force as part of LAND 125 Phase 2B. The company has also integrated the sights onto the F88 Austeyr rifle at the Australian Soldier Systems Development and Support ...
Australia: Ingres unveils CRM-integrated BI system.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 An Australian supplier of enterprise applications has announced that its latest business intelligence (BI) release is combatable with Salesforces flagship product. Ingres has unveiled its Icebreaker BI software, which it claims is the first program in ...
Australia: Company gains funds for clean water treatment.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 A DANDENONG South based company has been awarded a Climate Ready Grant for developing an innovative pre-treatment process for high water recovery and energy efficient osmosis processes. The directors of Clean TeQ Holdings Limited who are primarily ...
Australia : Ankersmid Eyetech analyses particle size and shape.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 A Particle and Surface Sciences (Europe) product story Edited by the Laboratorytalk editorial team Apr 30, 2009Particle and Surface Sciences has introduced the Ankersmid Eyetech particle characterisation analyser, which offers size and image/shape analysis, in ...
Australia: Plan to build stadium in eco-suburb.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 What does a State Government do when its thinking about putting a "boutique" 40,000-seat stadium and an eco-suburb of the future on the same inner-city site It entertains both ideas but doesnt actually commit to either. Next weeks Victorian budget ...
Australia: Garmin introduces aviation e-learning.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Garmin has rolled out a computer-based training program that helps customers take advantage of the features of their Garmin aviation products, states Aero-News.net. Garmin has teamed with aviation software developer, Pegasus Interactive, to develop ...
Australia: Air team targets electronic threats.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 THE entire Southern Hemisphere, even the world, is the potential workplace of a small team of electronic engineers with unique skills at RAAF Base Amberley. Over the past six years the Boeing Defence Australia engineers, dubbed the E3 team, have ...
Australia: EnergyAustralia to sue clumsy contractor who caused Sydney blackout.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 EnergyAustraliaCareless contractor blamed for blackoutContractors blamed for Sydney blackoutLatest Features Pom poms, mermen at Romance was Born OFarrell compares himself to Benji Marshall Laura Dundovic stuns in swimwear CCTV: Bird and Milligan on day of ...
Australia: PNG court rules negotiations over gas project can proceed.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 A court in Papua New Guinea has ruled negotiations over the countrys biggest resource project can go ahead but they wont be legally binding. Talks in Kokopo on how to divide the royalties from an 11-billion dollar liquefied natural gas project have been stalled ...
Australia: ConocoPhillips makes gas find with Poseidon-1 well.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 ConocoPhillips made an apparent natural gas discovery in the Browse basin off Western Australia during the drilling of its Poseidon-1 wildcat in permit WA-315-P about 480 km north of Broome. The company intersected a 10 m hydrocarbon-bearing sand at a ...
Australia : Australia firms win green energy exemptions: report.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Energy-intensive industries could be offered exemptions by Australias government on its 20 percent renewable energy target as financial tumult saps support for its climate change policies, a report said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would ...
Australia: TOOWOOMBA PIPELINE POWERS AHEAD.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 Premier Anna Bligh said construction of the Toowoomba Pipeline is making good progress, with just over 10% of the 38km water pipeline completed from Wivenhoe Dam to Cressbrook Dam. "The $187 million project is on track to be finished on time in January next ...
Australia: Ingram buys Vantex POS business.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Dell steps into the distribution game More about Ingram Micro Ingram Micro has acquired retail point-of-sale (POS) distributor, Vantex, as part of plans to expand its presence in that market. In a press statement, Ingram s global CEO, Greg Spierkel, ...
Australia: Approvals for WA iron ore projects.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The WA Premier Colin Barnett has welcomed the Environmental Protection Authoritys conditional approval of a billion dollar iron ore project in the States Mid West. Gindalbies Karara project is in the Blue Hills Range, east of Geraldton. The EPAs ...
Australia: Prominent Hill copper delivers for Oz Minerals.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 COPPER output at OZ Minerals hit 28,567 tonnes in the March quarter as its flagship Prominent Hill mine delivered first production. In its quarterly report for the three months ending March 31, the Melbourne-based miner said it recorded first ...
Australia: 463 Australian Schools To Go Wireless.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 A massive 463 schools in New South Wales in Australia are going wireless. The move is part of Australias Digital Education Revolution initiative and is being implemented through the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. Digital ...
Australia: AOFM set to open $700m bonds to tender.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sander03 The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) will offer $700 million of Treasury bonds at a tender on Wednesday. The bonds mature on April 15, 2020, and have a coupon of 4.50 per cent. The Reserve Bank of Australia would take up an ...
Australia: Smartcard mooted for federal welfare payments.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 THE federal Governments welfare payment BasicsCard may become a smartcard. The Human Services Department is preparing to approach the market for an alternative to its magnetic stripe card. Human Services assistant secretary Brian Olsen said ...
Bangladesh: Bangladesh knitwear production costs soar in power crisis.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: prashant03 The use of diesel to power factories due to constant power cuts has increased production costs in Bangladesh s knitwear sector by 20 percent. Speaking to the Daily Star on Tuesday, BKMEA President Fazlul Hoque said: The power situation turned so bad that ...
Belgium: Belgiums Outside Broadcast Purchases Grass Valley HD Cameras.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Outside Broadcast, one of the leading OB van production companies in Belgium, is upgrading all of its cameras to include the latest high-definition (HD) acquisition advances with the purchase of 28 Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite WorldCam HD cameras and a Grass ...
Bulgaria: Moscow Yields to Bulgarias Conditions over South Stream Project.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The South Stream gas project already includes the construction of a new pipeline through the territory of Bulgaria: this resulted from the game of nerves between Bulgaria and Russia. Before this meeting, Moscow insisted on using the already existing transiting ...
Bahrain: RLPC-Bahrain power plant financing to sign by end-May.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Financing for the Al Dur independent water and power project (IWPP) in Bahrain is expected to sign by the end of May, arranging banks Calyon, Mashreqbank and Standard Chartered Bank said on Wednesday. The financing, which includes a $1.2 billion international ...
Bahrain: Neste Oil to postpone construction of isomerisation project at Porvoo refinery.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Neste Oil (OTC-PINK:NTOIF) (Helsinki:NES1V), a refining and marketing company, declared on 28 April that the company has postponed the construction of a new EUR80m gasoline isomerisation unit at the Porvoo refinery due to the weaker demand for petroleum ...
Bahrain : Neste Oil to postpone its isomerization project at Porvoo.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Neste Oil has decided to postpone construction of a new gasoline isomerization unit at the Porvoo refinery. The decision has been taken in response to the weaker demand for petroleum products, and will enable resources to be concentrated on the company's ...
Bahrain : Bahrain signs major deal with Occidental Petroleum, Mubadala.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Bahrains Oil and Gas Affairs Minister, Dr Abdulhussain Mirza, announced that the Bahrain government, US oil giant Occidental Petroleum and Mubadala Development Company signed a development production sharing agreement (DPSA) that would more than double the ...
Bahrain : Bahrain to more than double production with onshore oil field deal.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Bahrain plans to expand its onshore oil field in a project with Western contractors. The plan has included the signing of a development production sharing agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom and Mubadala Development Co. of the United Arab ...
Bahrain : Occidental Petroleum and Mubadala Sign Development and Production Sharing Agreement.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), through its business unit Mubadala Oil & Gas, announced on April 27 that they have signed a Development and Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) with the National Oil and Gas ...
Brazil: Petrobras Biocombustivel to close two biofuel acquisitions.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: prashant03 Petrobras Biocombustivel, Brazilian federal energy company Petrobras biodiesel subsidiary, is poised to close two acquisition deals in the biofuel production sector, including one in the ethanol market, according to BNamericas. "We are rushing to ...
Brazil :Brazil slave labor complaints rise.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: prashant03 Reports of debt slavery reached record numbers in Brazil last year, and most of the cases were connected to the nation's booming sugarcane ethanol sector, according to a report released Wednesday by a watchdog group. The report from the Catholic ...
Canada: Affordable housing in province gets $128 million.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 Communities from Sydney to Yarmouth are receiving stimulus funding to provide affordable housing and create construction jobs for Nova Scotians. A federal-provincial housing partnership will deliver $128 million for the creation, renovation and ...
Canada: Canadian Pacific and IBM Sign a Five-Year Services Agreement.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 IBM (NYSE: IBM) has signed a five-year renewal with Canadian Pacific (TSX/NYSE: CP) to provide strategic outsourcing services. This current infrastructure agreement includes mainframe, database, architecture and project management services. (Logo: ...
Canada: David Collenette Key Note Speaker at London High Speed Rail Public Symposium.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 High Speed Rail Canada ( http://highspeedrail.ca )is putting on the third in their series of high speed rail symposiums for the public across Canada on May 28th 2009, Thursday from 5-9:00pm at the City of London Council Chambers, 300 Dufferin Avenue. ...
Canada: US senior will retrace Underground Railroad trek.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: rakshali03 Octogenarian activist Joan Southgate is going to do something fugitive slaves who escaped to Canada couldn t do. The 80-year-old Cleveland resident will retrace a section of the famed Underground Railroad back into the U.S. Six years ago ...
Canada: Inmet restarts mining at Las Cruces copper project.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Canadian base-metals producer Inment Mining expects to produce the first copper cathode in early June at its new Las Cruces mine, in Spain, after receiving official approval this week to resume mining at the project. Inmet shares jumped 10% on ...
Canada: Iron Maiden doc release expanded.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 A rock `n roll documentary helmed by a pair of Canadians goes into wide release for one day next week. Iron Maiden: Flight 666, a documentary chronicling the British heavy metal band, is the product of a massive tour - 23 concerts in 45 days, spread ...
Canada: Council considers $50 Million for new sewage plant.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 Timmins municipal ratepayers may soon be in for another whopping increase to their water bills. City council is considering the idea of building a $50 million waste treatment plant. The city s share of that project, the taxpayers share, could be ...
Canada: MDA provides solution for WorldView satellite program.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from DigitalGlobe Inc. to provide a ground station solution to an international customer to enable ...
Canada: County council accepts $25-million bid for wastewater treatment plant.
May 02, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 Despite coming in almost $3 million over the initial budget, Prince Edward County council voted to go ahead with the new wastewater treatment plant for Picton. Council voted unanimously to accept a bid of almost $25 million by Maple Reinders ...