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BASF Makes IT Landscape Fit For The Future
BASF will continue to standardise its SAP landscape and at the same time harmonise the relevant processes involved until 2008. It will place the IT systems for the most important business processes together and realign them into a uniform SAP standard. This allows systems previously implemented locally, to adjust to the increasing global requirements. In […]
Amphetamines Use Declined Significantly Among U.S. Workers In 2005
Drug Use Among Workers Declines to 17-year Low in 2005 - Amphetamines use, which includes amphetamine and methamphetamine, declined significantly among general U.S. workforce employees during 2005, according to the semi-annual Drug Testing Index, released by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:DGX)on June 19, 20006. The findings were based on the results of more than 7.3 million […]
GE Real Estate Completes $4.8B Acquisition Of Arden Realty
STAMFORD, Conn. and LOS ANGELES — Building on its growth ambitions in the Western region of the U.S., GE Real Estate (NYSE:GE) announced the completion of its acquisition of Arden Realty, Inc. (NYSE:ARI) , the largest publicly-traded office landlord in Southern California. The purchase price of approximately $4.8 billion includes the assumption and refinancing of […]
Sun And TeraMedica Help Improve Patient Safety And Quality Of Care
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and MILWAUKEE — Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) and TeraMedica announced a joint solution that enables caregivers to securely share patient-centric digital content, including medical images, electronically over the network. TeraMedica’s Evercore solution, running on the Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite, allows physicians to attach medical images such as X-rays and […]
CSC’s DVC Wins $242.5 Million DHHS Contract To Develop Influenza Vaccines
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., — Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) today announced that DVC LLC, a CSC company, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness to develop seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines in support of the establishment of a diversified influenza manufacturing industry. […]
Shell: Sustainability At The Heart Of Our Business
Royal Dutch Shell plc today released its ninth annual report on its environmental and social performance. The report underlines the company’s commitment to help meet the world’s current and future energy needs in environmentally and socially responsible ways.
The Shell Sustainability Report 2005 discusses at length the energy challenge facing the world over the next half-century, […]
Howard Stern Has Been A Big Plus For Sirius
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Howard Stern may have helped Sirius satellite radio, but his former AM/FM competitors have emerged as the bigger winners. The results of a new web poll survey conducted by Rock radio consultants Jacobs Media, consisting of over 25,000 respondents from over 75 Rock-formatted stations from all over the U.S., show that Howard […]
Oil Discovery In Republic Of The Congo
Total announces an oil discovery in the Mer Tr
Avian Flu Crisis BMO Nesbitt Burns Economic Update
Avian flu is spreading rapidly in the bird population, but it is still extremely difficult for humans to become infected.
According to Dr. Sherry Cooper, Chief Economist, BMO Nesbitt Burns, there is a good deal of misinformation triggering unnecessary fear and economic cost. Human infection generally requires direct exposure to sick or dead poultry. This […]
Novell Continues Linux Market Leadership in China
WALTHAM, Mass., USA — Novell holds a 25.1 percent share of the Linux market in China, surpassing other local and international Linux distributors. Novell’s success in China reflects a strong commitment to Chinese open source development and to Novell’s growing customer base in this rapidly expanding market.
“Looking back at China’s Linux Market in 2005, […]
