Archive for September, 2007

News Corp’s Fox to launch free MySpace mobile

Monday, September 24th, 2007

News Corp’s (NWSa.N) Fox Interactive Media said on Monday it plans to launch advertising-supported versions of its popular Internet social network MySpace and other properties for free on cell phones.

Read More at Reuters via Yahoo! News…

Wall Street News Alert: Breaking News Alert - AXTG! September 24, 2007

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Wall Street News Alert’s “stocks to watch” this morning are: Axis Technologies, Inc, General Electric Company, Schering-Plough Corporation and Texas Instruments.

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3D Systems lands deal with German company

Monday, September 24th, 2007

3D Systems Corp. has sold one of its automated laser manufacturing system to a German company.

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TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 15:50 BST

Monday, September 24th, 2007

2007-09-24 15:29:31 First Data deal closing Monday DENVER (AP) - Payment processing company First Data Corp. said Monday it expects to close its $26 billion acquisition by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. later in the day.

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DGAP-News: Taseko Mines Limited.

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ————————————

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Russian steel maker boosts stake in Irish mining company

Monday, September 24th, 2007

RBC, 24.09.2007, Moscow 19:15:47. Severstal, Russia’s vertically integrated steel maker, has purchased 4.6 percent (2,586,556) shares in Celtic Resources Holdings Plc. for $12m, boosting its total stake in the Irish-based mining company from 22 to 26.6 percent, the Russian company reported.

Read More at RosBusinessConsulting…

Auburn guard arrested for criminal mischief

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Auburn guard Frank Tolbert was charged with third-degree criminal mischief after his arrest for an incident at a towing company lot, the Opelika-Auburn News reported.

Read More at Sports Illustrated…

TeliaSonera Establishes New Infrastructure Company

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Regulatory News: TeliaSonera is establishing a new fully-owned telecom infrastructure subsidiary in Sweden. The company will cover copper and fibre networks and multiplexing, and sell its products on equal terms to TeliaSonera’s wholesaler customers …

Read More at Finanzen.net…

DGAP-News: Boursorama SA english

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ————————————

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Dutch Company wants to invest in horticultural seedling industry

Monday, September 24th, 2007

A Dutch multinational company is seeking an opportunity to make an investment in the horticultural seedling industry in Indonesia, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday.

Read More at Antara News…

News Corp. to expand MySpace on cellphone

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The social-networking website MySpace.com is launching a free, advertising-supported cellphone version as part of a wider bid by parent News Corp. to attract advertising for mobile sites, the company was set to announce today.

Read More at Los Angeles Times…

Michael Kahn: Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company is the cultural man of the moment

Monday, September 24th, 2007

After spending two decades in Washington invigorating a theater devoted to performing the works of Shakespeare, Michael Kahn will make his biggest mark a week from today with the opening of the Harman Center for the Arts at Sixth and F streets. It promises to transform his Shakespeare Theatre Company and strengthen his adopted city’s reputation as a hub for the performing arts.

Read More at The Washington Examiner…

TCNA names News top weekly

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The Texas Community Newspapers Association and the Texas Press Association recently named The Mesquite News and The Rowlett Lakeshore Times among the state?s best small weekly newspapers.

Read More at The Mesquite News…

B&L’s historic brand keeps company on solid ground

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb might have wondered what happened to their company last week.

Read More at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle…

US security company faces criminal charges in Iraq

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government expects to refer criminal charges to the Iraqi courts within days in a shooting by a private American security company, the state minister for national security affairs said yesterday.

Read More at Boston Globe…

Movie studio screens plan to set up shop

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

PLYMOUTH - The California movie company Good News Holdings has selected a 1,000-acre tract in the southern section of America’s Hometown as the target location for the first large-scale movie and production facility to be built in the Northeast.

Read More at Boston Globe…

‘All the News That’s Free to Read’

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

When I speak to groups about our emphasis on online news, invariably I am asked whether we will begin charging people who want to read us on the Internet.

Read More at Coshocton Tribune…

Google soars on upbeat news

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Google shares have hit an all-time high, amid a flurry of upbeat news, including an analyst’s report on ways the company may one day reach $100bn in annual revenue.

Read More at News 24 South Africa…

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 15:45 BST

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

2007-09-23 14:17:39 UAE to cut oil output by 600,000 bpd in November - Abu Dhabi National Oil Co ABU DHABI (Thomson Financial) - The United Arab Emirates will cut oil output by around 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November due to maintenance work at three oilfields, the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said.

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WIBW - News

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoided discussion of a deadly Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.

Read More at WIBW-TV Topeka…

Local Company Offers Lead Testing, Safety Training

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

By Phil Sanchez News 8 @ 6:00 INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis based company Angie’s List is offering lead testing and safety training to help avoid irreversible harm. It serves as a warning for parents who

Read More at WISH-TV Indianapolis…

Companies making news

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Paul and David Kadish, owners of Associated Group Underwriters, announced the formation of a new company, Detroit-based Kadish Financial.

Read More at Detroit Free Press…

Google shares hit all-time high amid flurry of upbeat news

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Google Inc. hit an all-time high Friday, amid a flurry of upbeat news including new share rankings for the Internet-search market and an analyst’s report on ways the company may one day reach $100 billion in annual revenue.

Read More at Market Watch…

Ellsworth Ford Dealer In Trouble With Customers, Finance Company

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

ELLSWORTH (NEWS CENTER) — 2.4 million dollars is how much Ford Motor Credit Company says Dave Gould Ford in Ellsworth owes. NEWS CENTER spoke with some customers Friday who say the dealership didn’t pay off the loans for cars they traded in.

Read More at WCSH 6 Portland…

Auburn Company Sued For Race Harassment

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

AUBURN (NEWS CENTER) — A propane company with a distribution site in Auburn is being sued for Race Harassment that one man says ultimately cost him his job.

Read More at WCSH 6 Portland…

Tech Company Expanding Wireless Access To Rural Maine

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

DEDHAM (NEWS CENTER) — A Bangor based technology company is expanding it’s wireless internet access across rural Maine. VVD Networks announced it’s expansion Friday in the town of Dedham.

Read More at WCSH 6 Portland…

CBS chief says Rather claims are ‘old news’

Friday, September 21st, 2007

CBS Corp.’s chief executive stuck to his company’s script in responding to former anchor Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against the network and its brass. Taking questions from reporters after addressing the Boston College Chief Executives Club downtown yesterday afternoon, Leslie Moonves called Rather’s claims “old news” and said the suit was without merit before declining to answer several …

Read More at Boston Globe…

Gas Storage Company Nears Construction on $250 Million Facility, Plans Two More Phases, an Industrial Info News Alert

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Falcon Natural Gas Company Incorporated, through its subsidiary MoBay Storage Hub LLC, is nearing the construction phase of its planned MoBay gas storage facility.

Read More at Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance…

DGAP-News: S.A.G. Solarstrom AG english

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ————————————

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Rather Blasts Influence of Government, Corporations on News

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Dan Rather said Thursday that the undue influence of the government and large corporations over newsrooms spurred his decision to file a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and its former parent company.

Read More at Fox News…