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Administrators sales have just begun at all 64 Everyday Living and Sleep City stores in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, South Australia and Tasmania. Over $25 million worth of distinctive furniture will be liquidated.

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The Port of Los Angeles has been named a recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) inaugural (More)

March 1, 2012 - L-3 Communications and Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, announced today that the companies are committed to meeting the needs of the Commonwealth of Australia with the C-27J Spartan, the worlds most capable, battle-tested medium airlift[...](More)

PineBridge Investments, (PineBridge) the global multi-asset class investment manager, is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed David T. Jiang as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2012.

Mr. Jiang[...](More)

The successful launch of Etisalats mobile money and NFC solutions across multiple affiliates in Asia, Africa and the Middle East reinforces its position as a true global player in the mobile payments arena and supports its global ambition to be an innovation an[...](More)

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today launched a multi-faceted global initiative that offers investors practical actions for building more dynamic, more diverse portfolios that these times require. Investing for a New World is designed to help investors larg[...](More)

Further to their joint announcement on 15 November 2011, Sims Metal Management Limited (SimsMM) and Nyrstar NV (Nyrstar) today announced that, following receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the F[...](More)

Intelligent Energy, the clean power technology co[...](More)

San Francisco consistently dominates top travel lists around the world, including those for best U.S. city, best dining city, best walking town, most creative, happiest, and well, the accolades and honors go on and on. And thats no small feat, considering h[...](More)

Oberthur Technologies, one of the worlds largest prov[...](More)

O3b Networks the developer of a new fiber-quality, satellite-based, global connectivity solution, announced today the appointment of Mr. Imran Malik, as Regional Vice President for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions.

Prior to joining O[...](More)

ZTE Corporation ("ZTE"), a leading global provider of telecommunications network and service solutions, announced today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona its compound annual growth rate (CARG) for its managed services business was 81 per cent from 2007 to [...](More)

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) today announced the reopening of the Edith River Bridge in Australias Northern Territory following the December 27th derailment of a Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd (GWA) freight train in flood waters ass[...](More)

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC) on Toshiba's acquisition of certain of Western Digital's 3.5-inch HDD manufacturing equipment and related intellectual pr[...](More)

In 2012, Quintiles marks the 30-year anniversary of the companys incorporation, transforming from a small statistical consulting firm housed in a university campus trailer to the worlds largest biopharmaceutical services company with 25,000 employees and off[...](More)

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Nu-Tek Salt, LLC announced today that Khosla Ventures has made a significant investment in Nu-Tek Salt, adding a major partnership and equity position to the company. This investment will be used to increase infrastructure and overall capacity and accommodate grow[...](More)

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Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of Digital Radio and Network Audio solutions, today announces the launch of Venice 8.1, the latest in their successful Venice range of modules.

In response to the increasing use of multi-media capabilities by [...](More)

Oberthur Technologies, a leading provider of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire MoreMagic Solutions, a leading mobile financial services solutions provider, based in W[...](More)

MeLLmo Inc., the creators of Roambi, today announced at (More)

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in Digital Security, and Sony Corporation have established an agreement to provide FeliCa / Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions globally. Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate FeliCa software techn[...](More)

Mobile World Congress

Cinterion, the global leader in cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules and a Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) company, today introduced BGS2-Terminal, a simple and reliable plug-and-play M2M [...](More)

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the launch of the (More)

Tizen Association and Linux Foundation today announced important progress updates that advance the Tizen software platform towards market introduction. Included in todays announcement is the release of the beta release of the Tizen platform source code and S[...](More)

Business and financial professionals struggling to get an edge in today's increasingly complex global marketplace will get faster, deeper insights from the latest version of the (More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has announced the (More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ) and 3 Sweden today run a live interactive video demonstration using TD-LTE technology at Mobile World Congress 2012.

The ZTE booth in Hall 8 at the Barcelona [...](More)

Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, today announced its (More)

1E, the global leader in IT efficiency software, today announced that it has [...](More)

Silicon Image (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leading provider of w[...](More)

SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, announced [...](More)

Silicon Image (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leading provider of w[...](More)

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Due to the success and increasing demand for its Mobipass solutions in North America, Ercom - the leading provider of eNodeB test solutions for Equipment Manufacturers and Mobile Network Operators - has opened a new office in the USA at 1770 W. Berteau Ave, Suites[...](More)

Chase (NYSE: JPM) announced today that it has selected Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a leader in digital security, to provide its Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for Chases enterprise-wide mobile payments platform. Gemaltos TSM will provisio[...](More)

Regus today announces a new partnership between Regus and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the Dutch trains operator, to offer Dutch train travellers a better way to work on the go. It is the latest in a series of strategic launches by Regus across Europe in res[...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has laid out its challenge to the global leaders in the mobile handset market with the annou[...](More)

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Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), the pioneer and global market leader in local commerce, today announced the launch of Groupon Thailand. Through (More)

AMS-TAOS USA Inc., a subsidiary of (More)

Envia Systems, a technology leader in high-performance, low-[...](More)

The Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA; Chairman: Yoichi Wada; Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo), in cooperation with Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. (Nikkei BP; President & CEO: Kohei Osada; Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo), has announced it will hol[...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has expanded on its commitment to the Windows Phone platform and introduced the new [...](More)

GlobalCollect today announces a definitive agreement to acquire Sub1, the leading Payment Service Provider (PSP) in Latin America. Headquartered in Buenos Aires, Sub1 has a 70% market share in Argentina and is growing throughout the Latin America region. The ac[...](More)

Mobile innovators Usablenet and dotMobi today announced that dotMobis DeviceAt[...](More)

Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) (http://www.groupon.com) today [...](More)

Antenova Ltd., the integrated antenna and RF solutions company, announced their 2.4GHz ZigBee antennas have been selected by Telegesis for their latest range of ZigBee Smart Energy Modules. Antenova further announced the collaboration has resulted in the Companies[...](More)

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, will showcase a broad range of innovations in the NFC, M2M and LTE domains at the Mobile World Congress 2012. Visitors can discover and view demonstrations on various mobile software and se[...](More)

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, launches the new UpTeq NFC SIM vault to offer mobile operators higher return on investment from their NFC roll-outs, and unmatched security for protecting mobile transactions<[...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today launched an industry first, next-generation TD-LTE multi-mode Pico base station at Mob[...](More)

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Ideas International Limited (IDEAS, ASX:IDE) wishes to advise tha[...](More)

Bob Metcalfe, the Inventor of Ethernet and MEF Advisory Director, announced the launch of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0), characterized by three powerful and standardized features: Multiple Classes of Service (Multi-CoS), Interconnect and Manageability, enabling th[...](More)

Nextreaming will debut a premium quality mobile video editor application on Snapdragon-based Android devices at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

(If you would like to see a demonstration, please arrange to visit Room 3.1HS17[...](More)

In the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, in South Ferry LP #2 v. Kerry K. Killinger, et al., Case No. C04-1599-JCC, a summary notice has been issued as follows:

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ERCOM announced the availability of A la carte LTE product offerings. Because each eNodeB has its own internal architecture and associated test strategy, ERCOM has created a family of evolving products that can better fit customers needs. The Product fami[...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, announced today it had achieved the worlds-fastest sales revenues increase for the first [...](More)

GCT® Semiconductor, a leading designer and supplier of[...](More)

Regus, the worlds largest provider of flexibl[...](More)

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TEOCO, the leading provider of Assurance and Analytics solutions to communications service providers worldwide, today completed its acquisition of Schema Ltd., a leading provider of multi-vendor Radio Access Network (RAN) optimization and analytics solutions. [...](More)

In Fourth Quarter Highlights and sixth graph, adjusted earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 and 2010 should be $0.48 per share sted $0.50 per share.

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Asia's largest bio event held annually in Tokyo: INT'L BIO FORUM & BIO EXPO JAPAN will be renewed as "(More)

GENBAND, a leading developer of IP infrastructure and application solut[...](More)

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that[...](More)

The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of February 15, 2012 February 22, 2012.

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ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, will next week announce a significant extension of its Smart Terminal capabilities both [...](More)

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MPEG LA, LLC today announced the availability of the MVC Patent Portfolio License. The joint license includes patents that are essential to the Multiview Video Coding (MVC) standard for encoding and decoding 3D video. The MVC standard is used in Blu-ray Disc[...](More)

SGI (NASDAQ:SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that The Australian National University (ANU) has completed the installation of an SGI high performance private data cloud storage solution tailored for the needs of its research and corp[...](More)

Dynex Technologies announced today it has received approval from Chinas State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to market the DS2^® automated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) analyzer in China. The DS2 is Dynexs industry leading automat[...](More)

NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today unveiled Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training, two new experiences connecting digitally enabled footwear with interactive mobile applications that together deliver a revolutionary sport experience. First unveiled for running products in [...](More)

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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform support vessel, under constr[...](More)

Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), a world leader in resource management solutions for the energy and water industries, today announced its participation in the 6th World Water Forum, which will take place in Marseille, France from March 12 to 17, 2012.

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Starr Companies announced today that X. Rick Niu has been named Senior Managing Director of Starr Strategic Partners, a newly formed division dedicated to serving the insurance and investment needs of Asian and other emerging market companies and individuals doing[...](More)

Hilton Worldwide announced today plans to have 500 new restaurants globally in three years. In support of this goal, and after the successful launch of Hilton Worldwides internal website, hiltonrestaurantconcepts.com, an external version of the site is a[...](More)

Atlassian, the leading provider of collaboration software for produ[...](More)

Oberthur Technologies, the worlds second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, announced the signing of a contract with Société Générale for the roll out of NFC services in France this year.[...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today reinforced its commitment to providing high quality telecommunications solutio[...](More)

Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, today announced that the Australian locations of its (More)

Power Integrations (Nasdaq: POWI), maker of the worlds [...](More)

Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to Tier 1 mobile device manufacturers and OEMs, will highlight and demonstrate its imaging technologies at their hospitality suite during the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from Feb. 27 [...](More)

Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to Tier 1 mobile device manufacturers and OEMs, announced today the launch of the 8-megapixel (MP) AR0833 image sensor with Aptina A-PixHS technology. The new 1/3.2 optical format 1.4-micron pixel [...](More)

First graph, first sentence of release should read: SITEL Worldwide Corporation... (sted aSITEL Worldwide Corporation).

The corrected release reads:

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Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that registration is now open for this years Be Together: The Bentley User Conference at (More)

Knowles Sound Solutions has launched a sound enhancing technology to increase the acoustic performance in consumer devices with small form factors. N'Bass stands for enhanced bass and enables the smallest possible acoustic designs in smart phones, tablets[...](More)

NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced today a series of cutting-edge, lightweight performance innovations designed for the track, the basketball court and beyond for this summer. Multiple products were unveiled, ranging from Nike Flyknit footwear, to the Nike Hyper Elit[...](More)

LS Cable and System ( LS Cable), a global leader in the wire and cable industry, and Mercury Cable & Energy (Mercury), the leading developer of High Voltage Composite Reinforced Conductors (HVCRC) for electrical tr[...](More)

Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that it was chosen by the Cairns Regional Council, under the Port Douglas Demand Management Campaign, to deploy its advanced water metering solution. Itron has begun deploying its wireless fixed network system in the town[...](More)

MHL, LLC, the entity responsible for administering the MHL Consortiu[...](More)

The convergence of biometrics, global operational standards and the integration of public and private services are forging government identity technology ahead in Asia Pacific. Identity technology developers and government decision makers at CARTES in Asia conf[...](More)

Metaps Inc. (hereafter "Metaps") has secured additional US$1.3 million of financing through a third-party allocation to two VCs. Metaps reports that this completes a series A financing round with a total amount of US$5.5 million, including the US$4.2 million raise[...](More)

Charter Pacific (ASX:CHF) is pleased to announce that the positive outcome of a first pass ground magnetic survey on the companys 792 Permit in Mauritania completed by SEMS Exploration in December 2011 and January 2012 has confirmed the potential for an explora[...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is set to launch a new Android handset, (More)

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Local Government Super (LGS) in Australia to provide MSCI ESG IVA and Impact Monitor research as well as customized reports to mea[...](More)

TOSHIBA TEC (TOKYO:6588) has launched an innovative new series of (More)

SPI Lasers, a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial fiber lasers, is proud to announce the launch of four new language websites.

The sites showcase SPIs laser portfolio with specification and application advice notes acro[...](More)

Jotuns long-term growth trend continued in 2011 with improved sales in most segments and divisions, due to improved markets in Asia and parts of the Middle East.

The company reported operating revenues of NOK 10.7 billion in 2011, up [...](More)

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is planning to launch two new LTE handsets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) [...](More)

GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE) an[...](More)

Leading communications solutions provider Motorol[...](More)

The 35-meter-long photovoltaic pavilion adds the finishing touch to the university campus of Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and is to be used as a space for social events, brainstorming ideas and presentations. The Odersun solar modules, which are just und[...](More)

The Khronos Group, an industry consortium creating open standards for the acceleration of graphics, parallel computing, dynamic media and sensor processing, today announced the launch of the KITE (Khronos Institute for Training and Education) Program. KIT[...](More)

Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that Mike Bieber, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, will give a presentation to investors at the Baird Business Solutions Conference in Boston on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 9:10 a.m. Eastern Time. Tetr[...](More)

Consistent with succession plans already in place, Sims Metal Management Limited announced today that the Chairperson of its Board, Mr Paul Varello will retire as Chairperson on 1 March 2012, and Mr Geoff Brunsdon will be appointed to serve as his successor[...](More)

Sims Metal Management (ASX: SGM, NYSE: SMS):

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