TOKYO, JAPAN, August 2, 2010 — NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has reached an agreement with NextWave Wireless Inc. to acquire the remaining 65 percent equity interest in PacketVideo Corporation, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc., for US$111.6 million, turning PacketVideo into a wholly owned subsidiary of DOCOMO.
DOCOMO acquired a 35-percent stake in [...]

andstad Holding nv has agreed to sell its French subsidiary Selpro to a Activa Capital, a French mid market private equity company, in association with the management team.
In 2009, Vediorbis and Randstad have been integrated and rebranded to Randstad, reinforcing a strong number 3 position in the French staffing market. In 2009 the combined French [...]

Today, Global Research & Data Services is going to publish several market analyses about the markets for central heating radiators and boilers in Europe.
We make available the following brand-new market analyses:
Central Heating Radiators and Boilers – France
Central Heating Radiators and Boilers – Netherlands
Central Heating Radiators and Boilers – Germany
Central Heating Radiators and Boilers – Italy
Central [...]

Epoc Messe Frankfurt GmbH today signed an agreement with EcoVentures to offset the carbon footprint of their upcoming exhibitions. As a result, Gar-den+Landscaping Middle East and Light Middle East taking place in Dubai in October, will be Carbon Neutral events. EcoVentures will calculate the carbon footprint for the shows and the equivalent amount worth of [...]

Building professionals are being urged to submit their most energy efficient designs to the Isover Energy Efficiency Awards (EEA) with the winner receiving €10,000.
Following a shift towards low energy demand buildings, the EEA are looking for an Irish representative for the main European Awards ceremony in Madrid, May 2011.
The winner will also be profiled in [...]

KARIYA (Japan) – In an effort to expand the sale of aftermarket products in the Middle East and North Africa, DENSO Corporation will establish an aftermarket sales company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in November 2010. The new company, DENSO Sales Middle East & North Africa FZE (tentative name, DSMN), will offer aftermarket products, such [...]

Until now, it has not been possible to accurately speak the language written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. What we have known up to now about the meanings, spellings, and pronunciations of the ancient words have merely been estimates, arrived through the best attempts of 19th and 20th century Egyptologists.
But now, with the release of the [...]

FRESNO, Calif.?Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today the first guilty plea in the federal prosecution of THAI HOANG NGUYEN, 32, of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada for conspiring to purchase and then resell 85 kilograms, or about 187 pounds, of [...]

PHOENIX ? Alfonso Valdez-Cota, 24, and Kaven Alfonso Chavez-Aguirre, 25, both citizens of Mexico, were sentenced on June 29, 2009, by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to five years in federal prison after both defendants pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess With the Intent to Distribute Heroin. A third co-defendant, Jesus Amaral-Samaniego, pleaded [...]

The Prime Minister has offered his condolences to the Chinese Government and people ahead of Tuesday’s anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake.
Gordon Brown discussed the anniversary during talks with Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan at Downing Street on Monday.
Thousands of people were killed in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Sichuan province of south west China on [...]