LNG TERMINALS...
WASHINGTON: Hess LNG CEO Gordon Shearer told the Platts Energy Podium here
Tuesday that construction of new liquefied natural gas import and processing
terminals in the United States is highly unlikely over the next ten years due
to community pushback and overly-restrictive laws at the state and local level.
http://www.energypodium.platts.com
http://www.platts.com
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
OWER ELEVATORS...
FARMINGTON: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp., won
a nearly $4 million contract to supply and install elevators at The St. Francis
Shangri-La Place, expected to be the tallest residential towers in the
Philippines.
http://www.otis.com
MEDIA COOPERATION...
BEIJING: MobiTV, Inc., the global leader in mobile and broadband television
and music services, has announced a cooperation agreement with Intel
Corporation.
http://www.mobitv.com
CHINESE WEBSITE...
HAYWARD: Gel-Pak, a division of Delphon Industries and leading manufacturer
of device shipping and handling carriers used predominantly by the
semiconductor, optoelectronics, and telecommunication industries announced the
launch of its new Chinese-Language website on Tuesday.
http://www.gelpak.com.cn
http://www.gelpak.com
TELSTRA CONTRACT...
BETHESDA: Iridium Satellite announces that Beam Communications Pty Ltd, an
Iridium value-added manufacturer, has received a U.S. $3.5 million (Inc GST)
order from Telstra Corporation for Iridium-based satellite communications
systems.
http://www.telstra.com
http://www.tele-ip.com.au
http://www.beamcomm.net
http://www.iridium.com
PMI ACCREDITATION...
NEWTOWN SQUARE: Project Management Institute, the world's leading
not-for-profit association for the project management profession, announces
that it has earned the prestigious ISO IEC 17024 accreditation for its Project
Management Professional credential program from the International Organization
for Standardization.
http://www.pmi.org
CONFERENCE PANEL...
BEIJING: WIMAX World - Firetide, Inc., a developer of multi-service wireless
mesh networks and iCELL, Singapore's leading IT solution provider, on 19 April
2007 will present a conference panel at WIMAX World covering progress made and
lessons learned during the first phase of Wireless@SG , the Wi-Fi deployment
blanketing Singapore.
http://www.firetide.com
http://www.icellnetwork.com
BRAKING SYSTEM...
CHARLOTTE: Last month Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Block Global Hawk unmanned
aircraft left Northrop's Palmdale, Calif. facility and successfully landed at
Edwards Air Force Base, also in Calif. The historical landing marked the first
time Goodrich Corporation's electrically-actuated braking system has flown on a
production basis.
http://www.goodrich.com
http://212.125.72.174/cgi-bin/goodrich/login.cgi
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one
securities issue amounting to a total of US$100 million on April 27, 2007 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
STRATA SOLUTION...
CGI Group Inc. has announced the signing of a contract to implement CGI's
patented Strata solution in order to modernise the billing and customer care
environment of it's long-standing partner, Telstra.
http://www.sedar.com
PHOTO DETECTOR...
HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced on Tuesday the availability of its
new photo detector IC for use in the optical pick-up units of DVD and CD drives.
http://www.atmel.com
RESULTS ANNOUNCED...
CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation has announced its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2007, a $100 million share repurchase program, and a 25 per cent increase to its quarterly cash dividend.
http://corporate.americangreetings.com
http://investors.americangreetings.com
TIMOR ELECTIONS...
DILI: With East Timor's second round presidential elections approaching,
Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta has once again outlined his key election
platform as the President for the poor.
http://www.ramos-horta.org
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