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Ohad Har-Lev appointed as President of RRsat America and Tzurit Golan joined as VP Human Resources & Organizational Development; Shmulik Koren Named CFO AIRPORT CITY BUSINESS PARK, Israel, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries today announced several changes to the company's operational...
Earnings Conference Call and Webcast to be Held on April 18, 2013 at 8:00 am (Eastern)/5:00 am (Pacific)/8:00 pm (China) ZHONGSHAN, China, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY; "Ming Yang" or the "Company"), a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, today announced that it expects to report its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2012 before the market opens in the United States on...
ESA [ Watch The Video Hidden Treasures ] Looking down from orbit is an attractive way of monitoring historical sites in remote or politically unstable regions – and can even help archaeologists to make new discoveries. The ancient city of Samarra was a powerful Islamic capital during the ninth century, located in what is today Iraq. It is the only surviving Islamic capital that retains its original plan, architecture and arts, although only about 20% of the site has been excavated....
NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Investcorp, a leading international alternative asset manager, today announced that it has completed a dividend recapitalization of Berlin Packaging, in partnership with Berlin's founders and management team. Proceeds from the new $610 million credit facility will be used to refinance current debt and make a distribution to shareholders and existing management, who will continue to retain their existing equity stakes in the Company....
NEWTOWN, Pa., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioClinica(®), Inc. a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, today announced that members of its team will attend, participate in, and speak at several upcoming industry conferences in April, May, and June. BioClinica experts will discuss industry trends and demonstrate the company's suite of technologies and solutions. The conferences include: CLUB PHASE 1 Joint Conference of European Human Pharmacological Societies...
MUSCAT, Oman, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 25 international utility industry experts will join key representatives from the Public Authority for Electricity and Water, Authority for Electricity Regulation, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, Electricity Holding Company and Oman Power and Water Procurement Company at the third annual Oman Power and Water Summit between 5 - 7 May 2013 at Al Bustan Palace Muscat. "No longer are the utility...
BANGKOK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to changing global and regional economic situation, Thailand Board of Investment is revising its Investment Promotion Privileges and Strategies. The proposed BOI strategies will be focusing on restructuring Thai economy for sustainable development and to overcome the "Middle Income Trap" type of economic development. The new BOI strategy will aim to promote competitiveness development and value creation of the industrial sector and to...
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded an additional $40 million for the procurement and production of Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This modification is part of an existing contract to upgrade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's fleet of tanks. The Foreign Military Sales contract was awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command on behalf of the Royal Saudi Land Forces. This...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online There’s a lot about chewing gum and the act of chewing gum to wonder about. Chew as we might, we never break it down, never digest it, and never receive any nutritional value from it. In many ways, it can be seen as an exercise in futility or a transformation from human to bovine. A recent study published in the British Journal of Psychology has found some good could come from chewing gum. According to these researchers,...
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan's Green Trade Project Office is bringing a delegation of exhibitors to participate in the 2013 FIEE trade show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, aiming to help Taiwan's electronics manufacturers seize the great opportunity for business in the run-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics. A "Taiwan Green Electronics Pavilion" (Booth No. I100) is set up by the Green Trade Project Office for delegation members to showcase a variety of...
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The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as the nerpa or the Lake Baikal seal, is a true seal in the Phocidae family that is native to Lake Baikal located in Siberia. This species is one of three seals that reside solely in fresh water areas. It is not known exactly how these seals came to inhabit such an isolated area, but some experts assert that a sea-passage was formed that linked the Arctic Ocean and Lake Baikal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest of all true seal species,...
The Hajar Mountains, which is Arabic for stone mountains, is located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Lying 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Oman coast, they divide the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau. The mountains start in the north, creating the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar runs southeast, parallel to the coast but also moving gradually...
The Persian Gulf is located in the western part of Asia between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It’s an addition to the Indian Ocean. The Gulf was the focal point of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, which each side assaulted the other’s oil tankers. In the year 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was known as the “Persian Gulf War” or otherwise known as the “Gulf War”, despite the fact that this disagreement was mainly a land conflict, when Iraq raided Kuwait...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It is located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres covering 8.7 percent of the Earth’s whole surface area and making up 30 percent of its land area. With about 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60 percent of the world’s current human population. This continent has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, Asia’s population almost quadrupled. This continent is defined as making up the...
Europe is, by regulation, one of the world’s seven continents. Consisting of the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Black and Caspian Seas, and the waterways that connect the Black and Aegean Seas. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean towards the north, Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast....
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