Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - - Company Will Continue to Pursue All Legal Means in Appropriate Forums to Stop Expropriation of Assets By Russian Authorities YUKOS Oil Company today said that it will no longer pursue its bankruptcy case in the U.S. Courts and will be dismissing its appeal. Last Friday the Houston District Court denied YUKOS' motion for a stay pending its appeal of the Bankruptcy Court's order ...
Fehraltorf (ots) - BKW, one of the leading electric utilities in Switzerland, and Enermet, have signed contracts for the supply of household as well as commercial/industrial meters plus Ripple Control Receivers supporting BKW's load management efforts. "The contract award in this international tender in favor of Enermet is the result of continuous portfolio ...
Beaverton, Oregon (ots/PRNewswire) - Highlights: - Record third quarter earnings per diluted share increased 36 percent to US$1.01 versus US$0.74 per diluted share a year ago - Highest third quarter revenues, up 14 percent to US$3.3 billion - Gross margin improved 2.0 points to 44.1 ...
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, March 16 (ots/PRNewswire) - "White coats" have not been harvested since 1987, but there is evidence that they are being exploited by the anti-sealing interest groups who profit from Eastern Canada's seal harvest. It has long been recognized in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador that the white coat (which references a harp seal's white fur that molts away after approximately ...
Alea Group Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.
Bermuda (ots/PRNewswire) - - Alea Comprehensive Reserve Study Completed In-Line With Expectations Reserve study - Comprehensive reserve study completed in-line with guidance of 5-7 point second half increase in combined ratio (H1 2004: 95.7%) - Reserve increases of $72.5 million in the second half (H1 2004: $21.2 million; 2003: $19.2 million) add 6.1 ...
Wilmington, Delaware (ots/PRNewswire) - DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for all DuPont(TM) titanium dioxide grades. Effective April 1, 2005, or as permitted by contract, prices for all titanium dioxide grades in Europe will increase 110 Euros ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide will be hosting the first industry conference and exhibition dedicated exclusively to the Airbus A380 jet and the new age of superjumbo travel. Presented in cooperation with Insight Media, the publishers of Airport World magazine, this ...
WISeKey to Create 500 New Jobs in Upstate New York to Make DestiNY USA the Most Secured and Visited Destination on Earth New York, US & Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - March 4, 2005, WISeKey was selected by DestiNY USA to implement its Digital Identification Backbone. In turn, WISeKey will open its first office in the U.S. and bring 500 new jobs to Upstate New York ...
Resolution Performance Products LLC
Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - Resolution Performance Products LLC (RPP) announced today that it will increase the prices of 2 key product groups in its Versatic Acids and Derivatives business line: VeoVa(TM) Vinylester and Cardura(TM) E10P Glycidylester, in all regions by 100 Euro/metric ton or 130 USD/metric ton (equaling 6 cents per pound), respectively, effective ...
Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - - Requests Court to Stay Order of Dismissal Pending All Post-Trial Motions YUKOS Oil Company today filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District, Houston Division asking Judge Leticia Clark to reconsider her analysis of Section 1112 (b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and grant a new trial. That Code section is ...
Redwood City, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - Increases Click Rate Responses by up to 30 Fold Online ads that are shown to consumers based on in-category behaviours have a substantial impact on responsiveness according to independent research conducted by Feedback Research (www.feedbackresearch.com), a division of Claria(SM) Corporation. The recent ...
Redwood City, California (ots/PRNewswire) - Claria(SM) (www.claria.com), a pioneer and leader in the behavioural marketing space, today announced that a team of privacy, public policy and consumer protection law experts are working with Claria to help develop and shape its new BehaviourLink(SM) ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Nancy S. Newcomb has been elected to the Board of Directors of Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO). Ms. Newcomb's election is effective February 21, 2005. Ms. Newcomb, age 59, served in senior management positions at Citigroup, which offers an array of banking, insurance, and investment products to more than 200 million accounts in more than 100 countries around the world, from 1988 until ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - MEMORANDUM New York Date: February 15, 2005 To: GCAB From: Owen C. Pell Re: Recent Argentine Legislation and Bondholder Remedies On February 11, Argentina promulgated legislation that put into written law measures that are designed to negatively effect ...
Option and Swisscom Mobile to market seamless handover technology internationally Cannes/Berne (ots) - Mobile Unlimited from Swisscom Mobile has won the GSMA Award for Best Enterprise Application. The Mobile Unlimited service enables fast, uninterrupted mobile Internet access at all times. Other mobile providers will be offered licences for the Mobile Unlimited technology under the name Unlimited Connection by ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Yesterday, the Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna announced that the executive branch would send to the Argentine Congress a law that would prohibit any future offer to bondholders who do not accept the current exchange offer commenced by Argentina on January 12, 2005. In addition, the law would require the government to take all ...
Resolution Performance Products LLC
Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - Resolution Performance Products LLC, a leading manufacturer and developer of epoxy resins, today reported that it has entered into a new revolving credit facility expiring on June 24, 2009. The US$150 million credit facility refinances the Company's previous US$75 million revolving credit facility and provides for borrowings and letters of ...
Berne (ots) - The Board of Directors of the RUAG technology group has appointed Dr Myriam Meyer Stutz as CEO of RUAG Aerospace and elected her to the Executive Board. She will take up her new position and assume responsibility for the operational management of the company on 1 August 2005. 43-year-old Myriam Meyer comes from Turtmann (Canton of Valais). She is ...
Trappes, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Gary Frigo has been appointed by Nissan Europe, as its new Vice President for Sales Operations, replacing Brian Carolin who recently moved into the role of Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Nissan Europe. In this role, Frigo will oversee Nissan's sales operations in over 30 countries across Europe and will report ...
Detroit (ots/PRNewswire) - General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) today said that the mediation process between GM and Fiat, initiated by GM on December 16, 2004, will conclude February 1, 2005. The mediation relates to our assertion that Fiat has committed material breaches of the Master Agreement between the companies. Contacts: Toni Simonetti of GM, +1-212-418-6380 or mobile +1-917-822-3392 Or Tony ...
Chicago (ots/PRNewswire) - Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.15 per common share. The cash dividend is payable on February 16, 2005 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on February 3, 2005. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) Aon Corporation ( http://www.aon.com ) is a leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - ICTS Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, recently acquired a majority stake in Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC), a leading provider of international ship, port and supply-chain security consultancy services. ...
Greenwich, Connecticut (ots/PRNewswire) - The following news release is being issued by Gramercy Advisors LLC: We have been asked for a reaction to Argentina's Exchange Offer that was made public earlier this week; an offer that we believe will fail to resolve Argentina's sovereign default. Gramercy, for the reasons outlined below, intends to reject the current offer, an offer that is really only Argentina's first ...
Dayton, Ohio (ots/PRNewswire) - Robbins & Myers, Inc. (NYSE: RBN) announced today that it will make a contribution to the International Red Cross for the benefit of Tsunami victims in Southern Asia. Peter C. Wallace, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented on the tragic disaster, "The earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that struck southern Asia on ...
Office of Information Minister of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ots/PRNewswire) - For humanitarian reasons we are appealing to Malaysians to continue donating toward the victims of the natural tsunami disaster especially to those in Sumatra since the devastation of the disaster is too huge and heart rendering. We, in Malaysia, are very lucky since ...
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (ots/PRNewswire) - Entering the 9th day of the earthquake/tsunami response in Aceh and North Sumater, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is concentrating its operation in Meulaboh, the most severely affected area. Since 29th December 2004, PMI Volunteer Corps (KSR), Satgana (Disaster Response Team), Special Disaster Response Team (Tim Khusus) and Medical Team have gradually entered Meulaboh. ...
Vancouver, British Columbia (ots/PRNewswire) - San Telmo Energy Ltd. (OTCBB: STUOF; TSX-V: STU) is pleased to announce the elimination of all facility capacity restrictions experienced at our McLeod 6-18-58-13W5 well (6-18), as of December 3, 2004. McLeod 6-18 has been restricted to between 200mcf/d and 900mcf/d for the last 8.5 months, and is currently ...
Lugano (ots) - After 15 years spent at the helm of Banca del Gottardo as Chairman of the Board, Claudio Generali will not stand for reelection for another term. At the next general meeting of shareholders on 29 April 2005, Felix R. Ehrat will be ...
San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - Powering up the Next Generation of High Performance and Highly Integrated System-on-Chip Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today the completion of a licensing ...