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  • Rasna plans to enter Europe, West Africa Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:03AMFMCG firm Rasna is planning to enter Europe and West Africa as part of an overseas expansion plan and expects contribution of export revenues to total turnover to double to about 40 per cent this fiscal, a senior company official said.
  • Data Robotics Appoints Paul Thackeray as Vice President of EMEA Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:00AMSANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - 09/02/10) - Data Robotics, Inc., the company that is changing the way the world stores and protects digital content, today announced the appointment of Paul Thackeray as Vice President of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based in the company's European headquarters in the UK, Thackeray reports directly to Tom Buiocchi, CEO at Data Robotics. With over 20 ...
  • Hertz and ExpertFlyer.com Join Forces to Provide Small Business Owners Discounts on Travel Related Services Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:00AMThe Hertz Corporation and ExpertFlyer.com announced today that the two companies have partnered to provide small businesses exclusive savings on travel services including Hertz rental cars, ExpertFlyer.com membership, and discounts from other corporate program participants. Â The new alliance emphasizes the continuing need for travel service companies to create effective ways for small ...
  • Garda Announces Net Income of $5.3 Million for the Second Quarter Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:00AMMONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - 09/02/10) - Garda World Security Corporation (TSX: GW - News ) -- EPS at $0.17, up 31.0% -- 7.5% Organic Growth -- Major multi-year wins Garda World Security Corporation (TSX: GW - News ) (Garda), one of the most trusted Physical Security, Cash Logistics and Global Risk Consulting firms in the world, announced today its financial results for the second ...
  • Mobile Marketing Association Announces Repositioning Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:00AMThe MMA today announced a repositioning to enhance the MMA's effectiveness at the global, regional and national levels, and to create additional membership benefits. The repositioning is based on feedback from a survey of members and non-member companies, across four regions, representing all players in the mobile marketing value chain; on a global market assessment, its challenges and its ...
  • Key retail banking issues in spotlight at forum Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:49AMMANAMA: The Middle East Retail Banking Conference 2010 is expected to throw light on the consolidation, innovation, reinvention, compliance measures and communication strategies adopted by leading financial institutions that have survived these challenging times.
  • Du reduces international off-peak calling rate by over 50% Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:43AM1.5 fils/sec (90 fils/min) with du's One World Plan. Dubai, UAE, 2 September 2010: Bringing even greater value to family and friends this Ramadan, du has slashed its international off-peak calling rates by over 50 per cent, offering a rate of just 1.5 fils/sec (90 fils/min) to 190 top destinations.
  • GCC equity funds fall 9% in Q2: study Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:10PMEquity funds in the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) region lost momentum during the second quarter (Q2), recording a fall of 9%, mainly due to market conditions across the Gulf region, according to a report.
  • It’s festival time again Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:09PMAlthough Zimbabwe annually hosts a major international arts festival at the end of April in the form of the blockbuster and mega Harare International Arts Festival (HIFA), the period dominated by arts festival events is between the beginning of August to the end of October.
  • TRUTH TEST: Bennet's 'spending spree' Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:06PMKUSA - Throughout the 2010 election season, 9NEWS will hold those political entities that run commercials on our networks accountable for what they say.
  • Blackbird Energy Enters in Letter of Intent for Acquisition of Oil and Gas Division of United Arab Emirates Investment ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:01PMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2010) - Blackbird Energy Inc. ("Blackbird" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:BBI) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent with Thani Emirates Petroleum Cooperatif U.A. for the acquisition of its Oil and Gas division, as operated through Thani Netherlands Holding B.V. (the "Acquisition"). The Acquisition is to consist ...
  • A Shift in Global Consulting Firms' Competitive Positioning Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:00PMKennedy Consulting Research & Advisory Evaluates Top Performing Consultancies, and Identifies Crucial Upsets Along the Way
  • Borders® Enhances Customer Experience to Include Build-A-Bear Workshop® Branded Products In-Store Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:54PMBorders® today announced it is teaming with Build-A-Bear Workshop® to bring the popular teddy bear to life in more than 500 Borders superstores nationwide.
  • Blackbird Energy Enters in Letter of Intent for Acquisition of Oil and Gas Division of United Arab Emirates Investment ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:52PMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Blackbird Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent with Thani Emirates Petroleum Cooperatif U.A. for the acquisition of its Oil and Gas division, as operated through Thani Netherlands Holding B.V. .
  • World Bank, Lebanon finalize collaboration agreement Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:45PMWASHINGTON/ BEIRUT: The World Bank Group and Lebanon have finalized a Partnership Strategy that enables the client government to borrow between $375 million and $550 million over four years to finance its economic and social-development program. The World Bank's board of directors, the institution's 24-seat governing body, supported the strategy at a special
  • Barghouti dismisses peace talks, urges Palestinian unity Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:34PMRAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti said peace talks with Israel were destined to fail and the Palestinians must instead focus on ending their deep national divide. Barghouti said he supported negotiation in principle but the Palestinians had only agreed to direct peace talks now under foreign pressure.
  • As Earl churns, hurricane season heats up Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:30PMBRIDGEPORT -- Weather experts agree: The 2010 hurricane season is shaping up as one of the more active ones in recent years. "The water temperatures down in the southern North Atlantic, once you get east of the Leeward Islands and over to the coast of West Africa, are actually running a couple degrees above normal," said Brian Edwards , a meteorologist with www.accuweather.com ...
  • Aegis upbeat as revenues rise Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:29PMUK-based media buying and research group reports organic revenues up 3.2% to £663m in first six months of 2010 Aegis, the UK-based media buying and research group, has reported organic revenues up 3.2% to £663m in the first six months of the year. The Aegis chief executive, Jerry Buhlmann, said that signs of an advertising "rebound" would deliver even bigger organic revenue growth in the second ...
  • Soccer passion should transfer from World Cup Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:12PMThe 2010 World Cup in South Africa pushed soccer back into the mainstream light, and college students especially began to watch soccer with extreme passion. Their passion doesn’t have to stop with the World Cup, as MSU’s soccer team’s are worth watching as well.
  • Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:01PMThe debacle in Iraq is not merely a result of errors in planning or poor decision-making. Soldiers are still risking their lives every day in Iraq, "combat" or no "combat," and many more will die for this policy our neo-con leaders handed down to us.
  • DVD6C Announces New Licensing Program Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:00PMTOKYO----DVD6C PATENT LICENSING / News DVD6C Licensing Group
  • Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City Sales team gets a boost Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:58PMDubai UAE 1, September 2010 Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Media City Dubai Media City has enhanced its sales team with the recent promotion of Ahmed Adam to Senior Sales Manager. In his new role Adam's key responsibilities include the development of the MICE and Leisure segments.
  • Data Hounds and PrettyMaps Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:55PMLocal data visualizers Stamen Design helps Oakland with pretty, chilling, cutting-edge maps. by David Downs Stamen Design researcher and Oakland resident Michal Migurski has to hand it to WikiLeaks. The leakers gave their data on Afghanistan to the best artists in the world at publications like the UK Guardian, and the dynamic map of the countryside erupting over eighteen months into a fiery ...
  • The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:52PMVS Naipaul is often blinkered but he still sees things in Africa that others miss, says Aminatta Forna In 2001, when the Swedish Academy awarded Sir Vidia Naipaul the Nobel prize in literature, it described him as the heir to Joseph Conrad: "The annalist of the destinies of empires in the moral sense: what they do to human beings… the memory of what others have forgotten, the history of the ...
  • Salim, a Reputed bin Laden Adviser, Gets Life Term Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:43PMMamdouh Mahmud Salim attacked a jail guard in Manhattan in 2000, causing the man to lose his left eye and leaving him with severe brain damage.
  • Receive our daily news briefing or weekly bulletin Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:59PMOver 21,000 visitors to the Greenbelt Christian festival have returned home after four days of worship, music, talks and performances.
  • Bombardier aims to make inroads in Middle East Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:47PMMONTREAL — Bombardier Aerospace is continuing its efforts to make inroads in the Middle East and Africa with the sale of its first Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft to Egypt.
  • Updated Quarter-End Portfolio Data Now Available for BlackRock Closed-End Funds Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:36PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock, Inc. today announced that quarter-end portfolio data for its closed-end funds, as of June 30, 2010, is now available to the public on BlackRock’s website at www.blackrock.com. About BlackRock BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide. At June ...
  • Updated Quarter-End Portfolio Data Now Available for BlackRock Closed-End Funds Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:33PMNEW YORK----BlackRock, Inc. today announced that quarter-end portfolio data for its closed-end funds, as of June 30, 2010, is now available to the public on BlackRock’s website at www.blackrock.com.
  • Yealands Estate looking for ‘Art on a Bottle" Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:29PMSponsors of the Yealands Estate Marlborough Art Gallery – Yealands Estate Wines and The Marlborough Art Society would like to announce the first year of the Yealands Estate ‘Art on a Bottle’ Competition.
  • Samsung Launches the Wave 723 bada Smartphone Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:27PMSamsung Mobile today launched the Wave 723 (Model : GT-S7230E), the newest smart phone based on its open smart phone platform, Samsung bada. The Wave 723 will be available starting in September 2010 in Germany and will be gradually ...
  • An undaunted Telecom mogul Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:27PMNaguib Sawiris has set up shop in Iraq and North Korea, but he’s encountering a more challenging struggle fighting Canada’s regulatory system
  • Mark Lynas: What an increase of 3.5C really means to the planet Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:18PMSea levels are creeping higher, polar bears are history and tropical storms of undreamt-of ferocity batter the world's coastlines.
  • Michael Riley named ABC Family president Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:13PMFormer Turner and Radio Disney executive Michael Riley has been named the new president of ABC Family.
  • They Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:09PMAsk experts why bedbugs disappeared for 40 years, why they came roaring back, even why they don’t spread disease, and you hear one answer: “Good question.”
  • Tropical Storm Fiona Joins Earl, Danielle in Atlantic Ocean Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:03PMHurricane Earl strengthened to a Category 4 storm on a track forecast to take it by the U.S. East Coast later this week. It was joined in the Atlantic by Tropical Storm Fiona, which formed 900 miles to its east.
  • Cricket hit by fixing allegations in tabloid sting Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:48PMLONDON (AP) -- It's just not cricket.
  • Business : Mideast merger and acquisition activity surges 300% in August Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:48PMDUBAI — The values of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity targeting the Middle East witnessed a record over 300 per cent jump in August, compared to July 2010, a new study revealed.
  • It's just not cricket: Sport of gentlemen rocked by fixing allegations after tabloid sting Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:47PMLONDON (AP) — It's just not cricket.
  • New Hurricane Earl joins Hurrican Danielle Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:40PMTropical Storm Earl bulked up to hurricane strength on a track toward islands in the eastern Caribbean
  • New hurricane Earl joins Danielle Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:39PMTropical Storm Earl bulked up to hurricane strength on a track toward islands in the eastern Caribbean on Sunday, while Hurricane Danielle weakened to a Category 1 storm, the US National Hurricane Center said.
  • Cricket hit by fixing allegations in tabloid sting Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:35PMIt's just not cricket. Renowned for sportsmanship, good manners and genteel history, the sport got some unwanted attention worldwide Sunday when a sting operation by a British newspaper ended with police interviewing three players from the Pakistan national team over allegations of match-fixing.
  • Hurricane Earl Edging Toward Antigua Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:24PMAs the outer rain bands of Hurricane Earl approach the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, the hurricane season's fifth named storm is maintaining its strength. At 2 p.m. the center of Earl was located about 190 miles east of Antigua and it was moving to the west-northwest near 15 mph.
  • The heart of al-Qaeda in the Sahel Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:44PMFrench raid to free hostage held in Mali reveals much about key players in the region.
  • TUF no longer a drop in the ocean Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:37PMThiraphong Chansiri, president of Thai Union Frozen Products, talks to Achara Pongvutitham about its business plan after taking over MW Brands, the France-based leading seafood manufacturer in the European Union, which made TUF not only a 'branded company' but also one of the world's biggest players.
  • New Hurricane Earl joins Danielle Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:33PMSource: Reuters * Earl expected to strengthen * Hurricane warnings in the Caribbean * Danielle moving farther from East Coast (Adds flight cancellations, details of third storm system and updates details about ...
  • Rwanda cycles to the top Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:09AMUpstart riders bring competitive cycling to Africa. read more
  • Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Aug 28 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:01AMReuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):
  • Speedy TS Earl Makes Westward Dash Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:52AMIf you were looking for a nickname for Tropical Storm Earl, you might consider "speedy". The fast-moving storm is expected to graze the northern Leeward islands this weekend as it speeds westward almost as fast as a cruise ship, at 21 m.p.h., and tropical storm watches have been posted for a host of islands. Still uncertain is Earl's path as it draws closer to the U.S. mainland.
  • UN human rights body claims racial discrimination "embedded" in Australia Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:10AMCanberra (Australia), Aug 28 : The United Nations human rights panel has rebuked the Australian government over its treatment of Aboriginals, saying discrimination has become "embedded" in the Australian way of life.