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MuscleMaster.com Products Sold on Internet as Dietary Supplements: Recall
January 15, 2010 5:51 pm | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsDietary supplements recalled due to undeclared steroids in products, posing risk of acute liver injury.
Microsoft pledges at least $1.25M in aid for Haiti
January 15, 2010 12:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsMicrosoft Corp. says it will give at least $1.25 million in cash and in-kind donations to relief efforts in Haiti.The world's largest software maker says its disaster response team is talking to humanitarian relief agencies about how to help.Microsoft is also a supporter of NetHope, a...
HP pledges up to $750K for Haiti relief
January 15, 2010 11:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsHewlett-Packard Co. says it will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to support relief efforts in Haiti.The company also said it would match up to $250,000 in employee donations to the cause.The American Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed...
TSX-listed corporate dividends by ex-date for Jan. 15 and 18, 2010
January 15, 2010 10:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsDividends by ex-date on the following listed issues on the Toronto Stock Exchange for Jan. 15 and 18, 2010:ASTRAL MEDIA INC. CL 'A' NV (TSX: ACM.A ): Dividend of $ 0.25 , expiring Jan 15, 2010ASTRAL MEDIA INC. CL 'B' SV (TSX: ACM.B ): Dividend of $ 0.25 , expiring Jan 15, 2010CANWEL BUILDING...
Brookhaven Lab, Advanced Energy Systems Open Hi-Tech Production Facility
January 15, 2010 9:54 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsToday, Brookhaven Lab and Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. of Medford, N.Y. celebrated the opening of a new hi-tech facility at the AES site that will produce crucial components used in particle accelerators around the world.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Over-The-Counter Products: Recall
January 15, 2010 9:51 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsDecember 2009 recall expanded to multiple products.
Sitebrand Announces relevance7 Beta Release
January 15, 2010 8:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSitebrand Inc (TSX VENTURE: SIB), a leader in online marketing solutions today announced the start of its beta program for relevance7, Sitebrand's long anticipated new personalization platform."Kicking off the beta phase of relevance7 represents another great step forward for Sitebrand. Product and...
China faces tough challenge over Google dispute
January 15, 2010 7:01 am | by JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAt a time when they wanted to focus on the economy, Chinese leaders face a surprise political challenge: A possible Google pullout that could anger China's public and embolden other companies to vent grievances.Google Inc.'s threat to shut down its China-based site Google.cn over censorship and...
Software Makers See a Market in Censorship
January 15, 2010 6:58 am | by New York Times | CommentsWhile China's censorship policies are prompting Google to consider quitting its operations in the country, some technology companies see the restrictions as an golden business opportunity.
Burst of Mobile Giving Adds Millions in Relief Funds
January 15, 2010 6:58 am | by New York Times | CommentsAmericans are using their cellphones and social media like Facebook to make a donation to the Haiti relief effort.
After Google’s Stand on China, U.S. Treads Lightly
January 15, 2010 6:58 am | by New York Times | CommentsThe difficulty of proving that the Chinese government was behind a cyberattack has frozen the U.S. response.
Men More Evolved? Y Chromosome Study Stirs Debate
January 15, 2010 6:58 am | by Product Design & Development | CommentsWomen may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome — the thing that makes a man male — is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.
Harnessing the divas of the nanoworld
January 15, 2010 6:58 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Michigan Technological University) Boron nitride nanotubes have been notoriously difficult to grow, requiring special instrumentation, dangerous chemistry, or temperatures of over 1,500 degrees Celsius to assemble. As it turns out, they just needed a little encouragement. Now, Michigan...
Holditch selected vice president and president-elect of prestigious Texas academy
January 15, 2010 6:55 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDr. Stephen A. Holditch, head of the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University and holder of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Chair, has been selected vice president and president-elect of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas...
Company Name to Be Changed to Integrated Freight Corporation
January 15, 2010 5:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsPlanGraphics, Inc. (OTCBB: PGRA) (www.integrated-freight.com (http://www.integrated-freight.com) ), announced the completion of a merger with Integrated Freight Corporation on December 24, 2009. Integrated Freight was merged into PlanGraphics following an acquisition of more than 90 percent of...
