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AirIQ Announces Closing of Sale of U.S. Subsidiary, Boatracs Issuance of Shares pursuant to Private Placement (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 12/01/09) – AirIQ Inc. (“AirIQ”) (TSX-V: IQ.H – News ), a leader in Wireless Location-Based Services, specializing in Telematics, today announced the closing of the sale of its U.S
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AirIQ Announces Closing of Sale of U.S. Subsidiary, Boatracs Issuance of Shares pursuant to Private Placement (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Archana Venkatraman, Information World Review , Thursday 26 November 2009 at 13:11:00 British companies are maintaining their security spend during the tough times, but they could learn from their competitors in Asia First, the good news. Nearly two out of three (63%) information managers expect spending on infosecurity to stay the same or even increase despite their companies remaining cash …
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Safety first as the recession bites (vnunet.com)
WAKEFIELD, Mass.—-Comverse has the largest global market share for providing Multimedia Messaging Centers to global telecom carriers, says ABI Research, a leading market intelligence company specializing in global connectivity and emerging technology.
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Comverse Ranks First Among Multimedia Messaging Suppliers for Global Telecom Carriers, Research Firm Says (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Marc Rosenberg , speaking to the Ontario Criminal Lawyers Association, where he was awarded the G. Arthur Martin medal for outstanding contributions in the field of criminal law: Another danger is that the Charter could become a “Trojan horse,” he said. While it gives Canadians the security their rights will be protected, it could also be a barrier to ensuring they have the best criminal justice system possible, with politicians and bureaucrats conditioned to think they just have to do the minimum necessary to meet Charter standards.
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Quotable: Mr. Justice Marc Rosenberg
There’s an interesting tidbit in this article from the Welland Tribune , calling for a halt to prosecutions under Ontario’s street racing law, pending government appeals of two recent Ontario court decisions holding the law to be unconstitutional. Did you know that over 10,000 people have been charged under this law since it came into effect in 2007? In fact, according to a CBC interview with Inspector Dave Ross of the Ontario Provincial Police, charges to date have actually numbered more than 15,000 .
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Stunt Driving, Street Justice?
More from CBC today on the ridiculous turf war waged against the Toronto Humane Society by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This week’s cruelty charges against five top Humane Society officials are summarized as follows: “The animals are left to catch horrible diseases, die in their crates based on the euthanasia policy and refusing to let the veterinarians who work here to do their jobs,” Christopher Avery, lawyer for the OSPCA, charged.* (*Translation for the uninitiatiated – “do their jobs” = kill animals) The Toronto Humane Society’s reluctance to “euthanize” is apparently considered cruelty by some in the animal welfare business
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Thou Who Killeth Not the Beast Shall Be Charged With Cruelty
With cyber bullying and prescription use on the rise, school and law enforcement officials hope they can combat those problems among at-risk students in the district. Last week administrators from the three Framingham middle schools, Framingham High School and Keefe Tech met with police, juvenile probation officers and Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone in a monthly Community-Based Justice …
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New trends in bullying and drug use among students (The Framingham Tab)
Only four months old, the Massachusetts Real Estate Law Blog created by Metrowest Massachusetts real estate attorney Richard D. Vetstein has quickly become the highest ranking legal blog in Massachusetts according to Avvo.com and Alexa.com rankings.
Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Representing Shareholders of R.H. Donnelley Corporation, Announces There are 27 Days … (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo!… Thursday, November 26th, 2009LOS ANGELES — Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP announces that all persons or entities who purchased the publicly traded securities of R.H. Donnelley Corporation between July 26, 2007 and May 28, 2009, inclusive , have only 27 days until the December 22, 2009, deadline to move the Court to serve as Lead Plaintiff in the securities fraud class action lawsuit.
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Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Representing Shareholders of R.H. Donnelley Corporation, Announces There are 27 Days … (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo!…
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND–(Marketwire – 11/24/09) – DataCert, Inc ., the leading global provider of legal operations management solutions, hosted an IP Focus Group on November 17 in Basel, Switzerland. This event, which featured presentations by industry leaders from IBM (NYSE: IBM – News ), Honeywell (NYSE: HON – News ), and IS Information Service GmbH , a Thomson Reuters Company, provided an …
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DataCert Hosts IP Focus Group in Basel, Switzerland (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
RenewData®, a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, and governance of electronically stored information , today announced it will be conducting a free webinar titled “2010 as a Watershed Year for eDiscovery – The Top Trends Entering the New Year” which will feature prominent eDiscovery industry analyst Brian Hill of Forrester Research, as well RenewData eDiscovery and legal …
Former Lehman Bros Employee Analyzes Wall Street’s Job Market (The Cornell Daily Sun) Monday, November 23rd, 2009Despite the 2008 financial crisis, Wall Street is still full of opportunities for “smart, ambitious, creative” individuals, according to former chief investment officer of Lehman Brother’s Private Equity Division Steven Berkenfeld ’81, who offered students an insider’s view of a Wall Street career on Saturday.
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Former Lehman Bros Employee Analyzes Wall Street’s Job Market (The Cornell Daily Sun)
Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with $2,000 million capital under management. It invests in all stages of development of a company focusing on clean technology, data security, financial services, healthcare, energy, IT and retail sectors across Asia-Pacific, Israel and USA.
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Bessemer Venture Partners – Clean Technology – Investment Profile – New Report Published (OfficialWire)
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a venture capital firm. It invests in early stage companies with minimum of $0.5 million, focusing on information technology, cleantech, alternative energy, medical devices, bio-defense and life sciences.
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers – Clean Technology – Investment Profile – New Report Published (OfficialWire)
The past year was unprecedented for the legal industry when it came to the spike in tough decisions law firms had to make, but there could be light at the end of the tunnel. According to the responses from the PaLAW 2009′s 14th annual Managing Partners Survey, law firms across Pennsylvania conducted layoffs and instituted cost-cutting measures with greater frequency than ever before. But the …
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Is the End of the Tunnel Near for Law Firms? (Law.com)
WAKEFIELD, MA–(Marketwire – November 20, 2009) – Franklin Street Properties Corp. (“FSP”, “we”, “our” or “its”) ( NYSE Amex : FSP ), an investment firm specializing in real estate, today announced that its office buildings located at 3815 and 3925 River Crossing Parkway, Indianapolis, Indiana, have received LEED Silver Certification by the U.S.
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Franklin Street Properties Corp. Achieves the First Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Leed(R) Certification … (Marketwire)
While New York State Residents, across Upstate, Downstate and New York City , agree that Unemployment is the most important issue facing the country, they disagree as to which industries present the greatest New York State growth potential.
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LightSource Poll – Empire State Edition by KJT Group Shows New Yorkers are United on Importance of Unemployment but … (PR Newswire via Yahoo!…
DELAND, FL–(Marketwire – November 19, 2009) – Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (“TTE”) ( OTCBB : TTEG ) is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, as legal counsel regarding potential mergers and acquisitions on the Pacific Rim.
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Turbine Truck Engines Retains Services of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for Potential Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions (Marketwire)
DELAND, FL–(Marketwire – 11/19/09) – Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. (“TTE”) (OTC.BB: TTEG – News ) is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, as legal counsel regarding potential mergers and acquisitions on the Pacific Rim. TTE has recently opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan, to manage inquiries concerning M&A opportunities
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Turbine Truck Engines Retains Services of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for Potential Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO—-AlwaysOn today announced the winners of its first VC 100 List, revealing the top venture capitalists with significant exit success in the last four years. Presented by the AlwaysOn editorial team and Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group, selected VCs include Kevin Harvey, Bill Gurley, Bruce Dunlevie, Peter Fenton of Benchmark Capital; Roelof Botha, Michael Moritz, Douglas Leone …
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AlwaysOn Names Top Venture Capitalists in Inaugural VC 100 List (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Knight Libertas LLC, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, Inc. , today announced the appointment of Brian Yelvington as a Director, Fixed Income Research – Strategy. Knight Libertas is an institutional fixed income broker-dealer providing trade execution, fundamental investment research and capital markets services across a broad range of fixed income securities, including Emerging Market …
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Knight Libertas Appoints Brian Yelvington as a Director, Fixed Income Research – Strategy (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – 11/17/09) – CaseCentral , the leader in secure, on-demand eDiscovery software for corporate counsel and law firms to simplify and take control of eDiscovery, today announced that CaseCentral led all vendors with the largest gain in usage by Am Law 200 law firms in the 2009 Am Law Tech Survey . The survey, released in the November issue of The American Lawyer …
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CaseCentral Leads eDiscovery Software Usage Growth in 2009 Am Law Tech Survey (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
I mucho like this : About the size of your average flashlight, the PEG takes the kinetic energy humans develop through physical activity and uses it to recharge small, electronic devices such as your phone, camera, or iPod. …Place it in your bag or on your hip, attach it to the device that you need to charge using a standard USB cord, and the PEG does the rest. With each step you take, magnets inside the generator bounce back and forth off the springs inside it, creating electricity
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The "Cell Phone Energy Diet"
A plan for a new events center probably would take more money from the city’s budget, but task force members Monday encouraged city councilors to consider the greater economic impact. Events center supporters told councilors at an informational meeting that Sioux Falls is losing big concerts and conventions to other cities in the region. A $137 million-to-$169 million plan to build a 12,000-seat …
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Events center would tap city budget (The Argus Leader)
LawFuel.com – America’s Legal Newswire NEW YORK (November 16, 2009) – ALM’s new Virtual LegalTech, an online complement to the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade shows, will premier on November 19 with a full day of free live Webcasts and CLE-accredited seminars featuring legal industry experts.
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ALM’s Virtual LegalTech Starts With Live Webcast And CLE Seminars – American Law News (LawFuel)
NEW YORK—-ALM’s new Virtual LegalTech, an online complement to the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade shows, will premier on November 19 with a full day of free live Webcasts and CLE-accredited seminars featuring legal industry experts.
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ALM’s Virtual LegalTech to Kick off with Full Day of Live Webcast and Complimentary CLE Seminars on November 19 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK—-In today’s world, business takes place globally – and so do PR challenges. In recognition, five prominent consulting firms today announced the establishment of an international network to provide clients with seamless crisis and litigation communications support as needed around the globe.