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direct/ Capio AB - Capio acquires hospital group Tonkin in France
Capio has signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the French Tonkin Group. The turnover rate for Tonkin is EUR 105 M (SEK 965 M). Formal takeover is foreseen to take place on or about October 31, 2006. Through this acquisition, Capio will increase its French operations by about 30% and strengthen its position in Rhône-Alpes, the second main economic region in France.
Capio has signed an agreement to…
direct/ Hugin Group enters the Polish market
Oslo, September, 20th 2006: Hugin Group today announces that they enter the Polish market as part of their future expansion plans into Eastern Europe. The decision came after a year of assessment and strategy discussions. The plan is to offer listed- and non-listed companies from Poland to communicate with their international target audiences in a cost efficient way. Polish Companies will have access to Hugin´s broad IR - and PR-distribution…
Statistics Equity Market Germany/Europe Weeks 36/37-2006: 31 Venture Capital Dea …
Venture Capital Germany: in the period of 04th september – 17th september 2006 VC-facts, the analyst of venture capital and private equity, recorded 7 german venture capital-investments. The total amount was 30,4 mio. Euro. Investors were f.e. High-Tech Gründerfonds, Novartis Venture Fund, BioMedinvest, VI Partners, BayTech Venture Capital GmbH, ECOS Venture Capital Beteiligungs AG, Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KgaA.
Private Equity Germany: in the period of of 04th september –…
SuperGrads Advanced Search Returns Better Suited Employees
SuperGrads, the popular graduate recruitment website, have extended their already sophisticated website with the deployment of the new SuperGrads Advanced Search, which makes finding new employees easier than ever - no matter how specialised your requirements.
In addition to the already formidable array of facilities SuperGrads provides for its customers, the UK based company has just launched their new Advanced Search functionality which enables employers to specify and find the exact…
Non-profit Association of 200 Leading U. S. Employers Launches National Labor Ex …
Corporate-sponsored JobCentral National Labor Exchange will provide employers a cost-effective transition after phase out of America’s Job Bank.
Indianapolis, IN – Tuesday September 19, 2006 – Today, a non-profit association of over 200 leading U. S. corporations announced the launch of JobCentral National Labor Exchange to provide job seekers, employers and states a corporate-sponsored, cost-effective transition from federally-funded America’s Job Bank (AJB) when it is phased out in June 2007…
New Property and Casualty Insurance Fraud Detection Service Announced
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- ECS Reporting Solutions has announced the availability of online services, designed to help the insurance industry to identify and prevent fraud.
Property and casualty insurance fraud is estimated to cost the insurance industry as much as $30 billion per year. Attempted check fraud at the nation\'s banks rose to $5.5 billion according to the 2004 American Bankers Association Deposit Account Fraud Survey Report. Fraud prevention is a major…
Carbon Credit exchange opens in Asia, (ACT) Asian Carbon Trade Exchange
The Asian Carbon Trade Exchange announces the opening of Carbon Credit exchange services for Asia.
After months of extensive research and development the Asian Carbon Trade Exchange (ACT) has announced that they have finalized the structuring of their Trading Participation Platform (TPP) membership plans.
Investors, SME\'s and individuals who enroll by purchasing a TPP Membership Plan are enabled to buy and sell carbon, environmental, energy and resource credits in the fast…
direct/ Capio AB: Capio´s Board of Directors recommends the shareholders not to …
Capio´s shareholders have been offered to sell their shares to Opica for the consideration of SEK 153 per share in Capio.
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends Capio shareholders not to accept the offer. Attached is the statement from the Board of Directors and an opinion from Morgan Stanley regarding the fairness of the offer price.
"The Board and the Management are committed to continue to develop the business opportunities…
direct/ Active Motif Launches AKS2 Literature Mining System
CARLSBAD, CA and MADRID, SPAIN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/18/06 -- Active Motif, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its latest text mining system, AKS2 (almaKnowledgeServer(TM)) from bioalma. The newly-designed interface of AKS2 enables rapid exploration of not only disease, gene, and compound topics found in published literature but also drug, symptom, and biomedical relationships as well. AKS2 automatically analyzes all published abstracts from Medline, classifies all relevant…
Emerging Health Innovator The Hic-Cup Ltd. announces retaining Karen B. Cohen as …
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2006
The Hic-Cup Ltd., an emerging health and medical device innovator based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania recently announced that it has tapped Karen B. Cohen to serve as Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer. According to Phil Ehlinger, CEO of The Hic-Cup Ltd., Cohen is leading the launch of the company’s flagship product, The Hic-Cup, as a reliable, safe and discreet treatment for singultus, or problem hiccups.…
direct/ FORTIS (BE) - Fortis Intertrust at first international event under new n …
IFA Congress 2006 in Amsterdam
Fortis Intertrust will hold its first international hospitality event under its new name at this year´s Congress of the International Fiscal Association, which will take place in Amsterdam from 17 to 21 September. During the congress, Strand Zuid will feature the Fortis Beach, with access solely for Fortis Intertrust guests.
Arnoud Bernelot Moens, Director Global Marketing Fortis Intertrust says: ´We see this event as a…
Dominating Defragger: Diskeeper(R) Passes 21 Million Licences Sold
EAST GRINSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 18, 2006 -- Diskeeper, The Number One Automatic Defragmenter(TM) for Windows(R), surpassed the 21 million licences sold mark. The product continues to grow in popularity as the top solution for performance bottlenecks.
Fragmentation causes crashes, slowdowns, freeze-ups and system failures. If you are running Windows, you have fragmentation-both at home and in the workplace. And the more you use your computer,…
TheBizStation, Inc. (TBSI) a Philippine based consulting firm and outsourcing pr …
TheBizStation, Inc. (TBSI) a Philippine based consulting firm and outsourcing provider, launches today! It offers services in Legal, Marketing, Information Technology (IT), Office Support and Administration for companies local and abroad. It actively participates in the Philippines outsourcing industry and in serving foreign companies that need to set up or expand their business presence in the Philippines. TBSI provides outstanding service cost efficiently, without comprising quality.
TheBizStation, Inc.(TBSI) has a pool…
Disgruntled eBay Sellers Create Free Alternative Auction Web Site
Milford, CT -- The cost of selling items on eBay has recently been increased, and that has many sellers anxious to find a better place to sell -- one of those sellers created IBidFree.com.
\"We created IBidFree.com to help entrepreneurs worldwide to become more independent and successful, and our goal is to help empower everyone to buy and sell items on the Internet totally free of any fees and help the…
TOP PRODUCER CREATES BLOG TO REVEAL INSIDER SECRETS OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS
JOHNS CREEK, GA – Carl Chapman, founder of CEC Search, LLC, launched a new blog on September 10th. The blog, titled “Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter”, presents the daily trials and tribulations of being an executive recruiter and search firm owner. It also presents invaluable information on how to best work with executive recruiters.
Executive recruiting is one of the most mysterious and misunderstood professions in the world.…
Mentors on a Mission - PAMS System Launched Successfully
Mentors on a Mission, a global training and mentoring company, announced the Predator Automated Marketing System (PAMS), in the beginning of September 2006. On the first week of full operation, this totally automated marketing system generated sales for over US$ 75,000.
“I was looking forward to shake the home based business industry, but I was not expecting us to get off the ground so quickly. During the first week, the sales…
GStock.com Launches World's First Virtual Supercomputer Dedicated to Stock Picki …
GStock.com (http://www.gstock.com), a technical analysis-based website for private and institutional investors, announced today the launch of the world\'s first-ever virtual supercomputer dedicated to stock picking. By harnessing the computing power of volunteer computers around the world, connected over the Internet, GStock achieves an immense multiprocessor supercomputer dedicated to identifying the most profitable stock-picking strategies.
\"The GStock supercomputer is designed to provide consistent and significant returns for investors,\" said Oren Rossen…
It’s a Bloggers World
CanaryWharfJobs.com, Canary Wharf’s leading job board, exclusively covering Canary Wharf, London City and surrounding areas, has today announced the addition of a Blog to its list of jobseeker services.
The introduction of the blog will be an important move to help attract new jobseekers, provide them an avenue to research the latest job market information, and communicate with other candidates.
The Blogging Phenomenon, which has attracted the attention of many of the…
Bulk Storage Foods Company Finds Added Success with Gluten-free Foods
SALT LAKE CITY – People who suffer from gluten intolerance cannot eat many of the common foods taken for granted by most people, but thanks to a new line of foods by a bulk storage foods company gluten intolerant people can add many tasty foods to their diet.
“The stories we hear are wonderful. People call us and E-mail us to tell us how happy they are to be able to…
The World Trade Forum Swells To Over 1,000 Distinguished Members
The World Trade Forum, a division of ForeignTradeExchange.com, an international import and export trade leads network announced today its roster has grown to over 1,000 members qualified members.
In a statement prepared for the media, Mark Hamilton, Chairman and Business Director of Foreign Trade Exchange gave credence to the claim that its World Trade Forum division is rapidly gaining in popularity among the international import and export business community.
Mr. Hamilton…
Outsourcing legal work to India is safe, says KPOAsia.com
Recent news of raising concern over privacy issues for outsourcing legal work to India has sent ripples of worries to Indian offshore legal outsourcing firms. Indian legal firms are concerned with the recent news published in Ontario, regarding privacy concern for outsourcing legal work. Though outsourcing legal work is not so high but do have good potentiality. Business sources are worried about the impact of privacy concern issues.
“Legal work involves…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Webcast of Glitnir´s Capital Markets Day
Reference to our Capital Markets Day in Reykjavik today:
Webcast details - broadcast.glitnir.is:
The presentations and sound will be webcasted on broadcast.glitnir.is
If any problem call: Vala Palsdottir, Head of IR, mobile +354-844 49 89
Glitnir will host its first Capital Market Day at Nordica Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, today Wednesday 13 September.
The management of the Bank will introduce Glitnir´s strategy, operations and outlook.
Wednesday 13th of September (Time; 8.30…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Following years of exceptional growth: Glitnir announces …
Reykjavik, 12 September 2006 - Glitnir today announced changes in the bank´s organisational structure, following years of exceptional growth. The changes announced today follow the consolidation of the Capital Market units and the establishment of a Shared Services unit, which were implemented August 24th. The organisational adjustments aim at optimising management focus, ensuring efficiency and integration, and building an even stronger platform for further profitable growth. "Following two years of…
direct/ Capio AB - Statement from the Board of Capio
The Board of Capio notes the publication of Opica´s Offer document today relating to the announced cash Offer for Capio by Opica on 1 September, 2006.
The Board of Capio confirms that it unanimously rejects the Offer as stated in its press release dated 1 September.
As required by the Takeover Rules of the Stockholm Stock Exchange the Board of Capio will issue a response statement in due course. The…
direct/ Glitnir (IS) - Glitnir Bank issues US$ 250 million hybrid Tier 1 bonds
Glitnir Bank issued US$ 250 million perpetual hybrid Tier 1 capital notes. The issue is callable by Glitnir Bank after 10 years. The terms of the transaction are 265 basis points over 10 year US Treasury bonds, equivalent to 208 basis points over LIBOR. Based on 1H 06 figures the Bank´s capital ratios now stand at 10.2% for Tier 1, and CAD at 15.3%.
The transaction was structured in US 144a…
direct/ eMusic and Buma/Stemra Announce First Pan-European Author Society Licens …
eMusic Becomes First Digital Music Service to Launch Simultaneously Across EU
LONDON and HOOFDDORP, THE NETHERLANDS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 12, 2006 -- eMusic (www.emusic.com), the no. 1 site for independent music and the world´s no. 2 digital music service, today announces a pan-European licensing agreement with Dutch author society Buma/Stemra which enables eMusic to launch its service simultaneously across Europe on 12 September.
With this agreement eMusic becomes…
Search Engine Marketing with Media Marketing Online
For top search engine placement services make media marketing online your trusted partner. Media Marketing Online or MMO focuses on web site for better search engine placement and better search engines rankings & positioning. With its smart Search Engine Marketing techniques MMO ensures its huge clientele more website traffic with more conversions and more sales. Highly targeted, customized website optimization solutions deliver more, better-quality visitors. SEM includes SEO plus all…
Search Engine Launches Encyclopedia
SpivO has announced that they have successfully launched the SpivO Encyclopedia. The encyclopedia is one of many content sources the search engine will be integrating into their new search engine.
SpivO is launching channel after channel filled with content that will assist them in building the next generation of SpivO Search. Spivo has launched a variety of channels recently and the SpivO Encyclopedia is the newest.
The SpivO Encyclopedia pulls content from…
Opening: The Virtual World Trade Center
The new website yourWTC.com (http://www.yourwtc.com) makes the World Trade Center (WTC) continue to exist virtually. Moreover, you can rent a floor on them.
The WTC in New York City represented serenity and world peace. Minoru Yamasaki, the architect of the WTC, wanted the World Trade Center to be \"a monument to world peace\" and said it should represent \"man\'s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the…
Statistics Equity Market Germany/Europe Weeks 34/35-2006: 34 Venture Capital Dea …
Venture Capital Germany: in the period of 21th august – 04th september 2006 VC-facts, the analyst of venture capital and private equity, recorded 10 german venture capital-investments. The total amount was 28 mio. Euro. Investors were f.e. High-Tech Gründerfonds, VentureInvest AG, Triangle Venture Capital Group, 123Venture, Co-Investor AG, Equinet, EMBL Ventures, PEPPERMINT Financial Partners, Bayern Kapital GmbH.
Private Equity Germany: in the period of of 21th august – 04th september 2006…
Search Engine, SpivO, Announces SpivO MoneySense
Search engine, SpivO.com, announces their financial channel, SpivO MoneySense, will open September 15th. The channel launch is a result of a new content agreement.
While SpivO continues to work on developing the channels listed on the SpivO Workshop, they have pulled their financial channel, SpivO MoneySense from the planning stage to development after reaching a decision to work with a financial content provider.
This week has certainly been active in the SpivO…
Gazprom Neft Asia To Open Its Office in Uzbekistan
According to Interfax, Russia's Gazprom Neft Asia plans to open a representative office in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The establishment of the company's representative offices in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan is also in the pipeline, whereupon it intends to penetrate into the markets of China and Afghanistan.
Such information has been revealed at the inauguration ceremony of its representative office in Kyrgyzstan.
In the words of an official from the Ministry of Industry,…
Prime Recognition Announces PrimeOCR Version 4.3, Voting OCR Software for Produc …
Woodinville, WA - Prime Recognition announces the availability of their production OCR software, PrimeOCR version 4.3. The latest release of PrimeOCR includes support for PDF/A-1b output, automatic document language identification, increased accuracy for both auto-rotate and deskew functions, PDF text extraction and extended support for Windows 2003 Server.
Enhancements to PrimeOCR version 4.3 include:
+ Support for PDF/A output - PrimeOCR includes the option to generate PDF output that conforms to…
KnowledgePerson.com creates a marketplace for collaborative self-consulting
St. Petersburg, Russia, September 8, 2006. KnowledgePerson.com, the global, dispersed and collaborative next generation consultancy, enables persons to use the practical and software independent framework \"Collaborative self–consulting\". This framework is about how you can consult yourself and, if needed, how you and consultants can find each other.
The \"knowledge person\" concept originates from:
1. Well-formed definition of \"knowledge\" concept, suggested by Nikolay Kryachkov and discussed at knowledgeboard.com;
2. Necessity to go beyond Peter…
direct/ Kinepolis Group (BE) - Increased free float in Kinepolis Group. Claeys f …
The Claeys family has today decided to place 1,600,000 shares (via Petercam) with institutional investors. Joost Bert becomes sole CEO and Managing Director of Kinepolis Group SA/NV as Florent Gijbels steps down from the position of Managing Director. The shareholding syndicate between the Bert and Claeys families is ended.
The Bert family is to increase its holding in Kinepolis Group to at least 40%.
As part of an OTC transaction,…
A2iA and Softpro Combine Technologies in Their First Globally Marketed Check Fra …
FraudOne/SignPlus Applications Leverage Handwriting Recognition and Signature Verification Tools
[NEW YORK / PARIS / BOEBLINGEN] - 2006-09-07: A2iA and Softpro announced today the first collaboration to combat check fraud worldwide. The companies have pioneered a unique solution which will be marketed globally under Softpro’s FraudOne and SignPlus brands. The solution combines proven handwriting recognition, signature verification, and fraud detection technologies to create a holistic check fraud prevention solution for the…
direct/ Carrefour SA: Interim Results
First Half Results 2006
Our model for profitable growth is delivering results
The First Half 2006 represents a new step towards the execution of our strategy.
- Our sales are growing again with an increase on constant exchange rates of 7.5%. Sales in France grew 6.2%. This trend has enabled us to consistently win food market share in France (up 0.7% in the first Half, according to TNS Secodip).
- We…
direct/ Antonov plc (NL): Antonov Plc Issue of Equity and Warrants
The Company announces that, at a Board meeting held on 1 September 2006, 628,437 Ordinary Shares of 20p each ("Ordinary Shares") were allotted at a price of EUR0.67 per share under the terms of the existing convertible loan facility arrangement dated 26 July 2006.
In addition, the Company announces that at a Board Meeting held on 4 September 2006, 52,280 Ordinary Shares were issued at a price of EUR1.60 per share…
Online Forum Mentors Women to Earn Six Figures From Home
Announcement of a website of Virtual Assistant Experts who have teamed together to support the virtual assistant industry
Vancouver, Canada. September, 2006. Up until a few years ago, women trying to start a virtual assistant business struggled to find credible resources that could be tapped for advice and support. In an economy where most small business start-ups never see their fifth birthday, the “virtual” start-up is often viewed with skepticism.…
VANetworking.com Announces VA Article Directory To Help Raise Awareness Of The V …
Announcement of an article directory database for virtual assistant articles
Vancouver, Canada. September, 2006. In the past few months, there has been a significant growth in the Virtual Assistant (VA) industry. Shadowing this growth Virtual Assistant Networking (VAN), VANetworking.com now sports over 3000+ members. Work at home business entrepreneurs from the four corners of the world have become members of this website to learn, share information about the industry…
CEC SEARCH - SEARCHES FOR GOLD ON THE INTERNET - CEC Search, LLC launches new we …
JOHNS CREEK, GA – CEC Search launches a start-of-the art job portal website tailored to suit the job searching needs of restaurant professionals. The site was launched on July 14th, 2006 to correspond with the first anniversary of the executive search firm\'s founding.
\"The site is designed to make it easy for restaurant professionals to locate and apply to jobs that match their skill set.\" says Carl Chapman, the founder…
Nader Group Maintains Sunwhite Rice Prices During Ramadan
Amman-Jordan 5th September 2006: Nader Group, the Kingdom’s leading distribution company, and official distributor of Sun Rice products in Jordan, today announced that it will not be following the market with an expected price increase of Jordan\'s leading rice brand, Sunwhite.
At a recent meeting of the General Association of Food Supply Merchants, the price of rice and other commodities were discussed with traders highlighting an international increase in…
September 6, 2006 - InsideSales.com introduces JabberDog, a voice broadcast feat …
Springville, UT. – September 6, 2006 – InsideSales.com, a leading provider of on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) products and services, today introduced JabberDog, a new voice broadcast feature suite. JabberDog is an enhancement to the InsideSales.com CTI (computer telephony integration) functionality to provide telephony automation to marketing, sales and customer support capabilities to the InsideSales.com Hosted CRM. This new solution offers a fully-integrated voice messaging system to deliver direct…
direct/ WIP-Renewable Energies: Solar Energy Experts from all over the World mee …
21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and ExhibitionDresden, 4-8 September 2006
The Prime Minister of Saxony, Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt, welcomes scientists, industry representatives and politicians from 93 countries to the world´s leading solar energy conference and exhibition
Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics to be awarded by the European Commission
Dresden, 04.09.2006 - On 4th September, the European solar energy conference EU PVSEC will open its doors for the 21st…
Find the Right Appliance Part for Do-It-Yourself Appliance Repairs with Free Onl …
Van Nuys, CA -- When an appliance breaks down and a new appliance part is needed to repair it, there is usually a major disruption and inconvenience for days until it is fixed.
A call to a local appliance repair service usually means a long wait before help can arrive, the inconvenience of missing work to be at home to let the repair person in, and the high cost of labor…
Many Seek Food Storage Help as Natural Disasters Increase
SALT LAKE CITY -- Each time a new disaster strikes, a growing number of people begin the process of searching for food storage help to learn how to store food for emergencies.
"We get an increase in business each time a new disaster hits the news. People start searching for food storage help on the Internet, and they find us," explained Jeff Augason of Blue Chip Group, Inc. "Not only do…
What's in a name? 1700 Real Estate agents sued in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA - Sepetember 1st, 2006
All Cities Realty, Inc., a California real estate brokerage and the owner of the federal trademark ALL CITIES REALTY, in 2005, filed a legal action against CF Real Estate Loans, Inc. who does business as Re/Max All Cities Realty with their headquarters in Manhattan Beach, CA. The legal action was filed in Federal court by the combined law offices of H. Joseph Nourmand Esq.…
Mentors on a Mission's Predator Automated Marketing System Is Here - PAMS Pre-La …
Mentors on a Mission, a global training and mentoring company, announces a totally automated marketing system, Predator Automated Marketing System (PAMS), on September 1, 2006.
PAMS is an automated marketing system that consists of a website with a flash movie presentation and customizable links to the member’s own businesses. The leads are generated using a state-of-the-art automated lead generation system. Once someone is interested in getting their own Predator system, they…
AgroMicron expands into Carbon Credits with its Global Reforestation Initiative
AgroCarbon the new division of AgroMicron will handle the purchasing, consulting and placing of Carbon Credits for its client\'s and shareholders under its current Global Reforestation Initiative.
Carbon Credits and the trading in environmental markets is a new focus for AgroMicron, Ltd. in the area of consulting and assisting. The AgroMicron Board of Directors feels strongly that this will not only benefit the current goals of its Global Reforestation…
Imperiali Organization Announces Strategic Partnership with Strategia
West Palm Beach, FL – September 1, 2006 – Today the Imperiali Organization announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Strategia (www.strategiaonline.com) and its founder Bill Beane.
Strategia is a leader in building strategic planning and training tools for C-level to mid-level executives, incorporated in on-demand, online training modules.
The company has an impressive track record of outstanding results…
