Vodafone (VOD) UK has reportedly launched a converged fixed-mobile service (called "Vodafone One Net") yesterday for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, helping them to more effectively manage their corporate communications. This follows the company’s successful launch of Vodafone One in June 2009 that offers bundled voice, data and fixed-line services for large businesses. Vodafone One Net, which was previously launched in Italy and Czech Republic, marks Vodafone UK’s entry in the lucrative communications market for SMEs in the UK, representing an approximate £8 billion market opportunity. The new combined service offers a single number for mobile and landline services, one voicemail number for all messages and one contract through a single service provider. Users can seamlessly switch between landline phones and their mobiles while in a call and will have the flexibility of paying a flat call rate per subscription for all calls. ...

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Schering-Plough Corporation, (NYSE: SGP), today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has validated (accepted for review) the company’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for a fixed-dose combination of mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate for the maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 12 years of age and older. The company also announced today that the EMEA has validated the MAA for nomegestrol acetate (2.5 mg) / 17 beta-estradiol (1.5mg), a combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing a unique combination of a natural estrogen identical to the estrogen produced by a woman’s own body and a selective progestin

Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today

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Dot VN, Inc., a provider of Internet and telecommunication services and the exclusive online global domain name registrar for the country of Vietnam, recently announced that the company has hired Louisa T. Huynh as the director of communications and business development. In this role, Ms. Huynh manages public relations, develops marketing strategies and directs all corporate communications, including all internal and external Vietnamese communications

Ms. Huynh began her career as a journalist in the VTVNews department of Vietnam Television’s International Channel, where she hosted the first English language talk show ever to be aired on Vietnamese television. Ms. Huynh also served as a consultant for the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and has accumulated an expansive portfolio of emcee work. Ms. Huynh graduated with a degree in Journalism from New York University.

Thomas Johnson, chief executive officer of Dot VN, Inc., stated, “Ms. Huynh is a highly respected and recognized journalist

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Telecom Zain Nigeria announced last week that it would adopt a “lean strategy” as part of a “realignment of its business model” in line with that of its parent company, Zain Group, which has invested roughly $12bn in Africa since 2005 (including $4bn alone in Nigeria since 2006) and is implementing a new “Drive 2011″ business model across all sister companies in order to become a top 10 global mobile operator by 2011 with 150m customers and an EBITDA of $6bn. Essentially, this equates to the outsourcing of non-core functions. “Through a combination of managed outsourcing, standardization and centralization, Zain is striving to improve efficiencies, leverage capabilities and improve training and development for employees of Zain,” said Emeka Oparah, head of corporate communications.

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Vista Partners, one of the fastest growing independent equity research firms in the U.S., has been following GTX Corp (GTXO.OB) since mid-2008. Vista’s analysis team consists of seasoned professionals with backgrounds in corporate communications, investment banking, and finance. Vista published a thorough analysis of GTX in November 2008 and has recently published its latest findings in its April newsletter.

Amazingly at this time the company has zero debt on its books, which is generally unheard of in a developing company. The company’s management team continues to look at ways to streamline costs and is now focused on significantly reducing its recurring operating expenses. According to the Vista analysts, there are a myriad of companies that “would love to have no debt and enough cash on hand to support one year’s worth of operating expenses.”

GTX stock is currently being traded around cash value, which does

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January 22, 2009 - Obamarsquo;s inauguration this week signals a change in the level of support that the alternative energy and clean tech sectors will get in Washington, and other world leaders know it. This week at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabu UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri said he expects the U.S. position on climate change at Decemberrsquo;s meeting in Copenhagen will be critical and will set the tone. Bush never took a lead role. That being said, attention to climate change issues has never been greater on a global scale because countries, all facing economic erosion on an unprecedented level, are all moving to a strategy which effectively kills two birds with one stone: infrastructure investment and investment in green technologies as a primary catalyst for stimulating their own economies. Obamarsquo;s $800 billion fiscal stimulus package is no different. nbsp; The United Nations ...

nbsp;nbsp;January 15, 2009 - More than half of all electrical energy consumed in the United States is used by electric motors. So improving efficiency for electric motors is one of the most basic and fundamental ways that businesses, consumers and the government can save energy, reduce operating costs and improve productivity.There are multiple approaches to doing this: making more efficient motors is an obvious one. But in many cases, motor inefficiency is a consequence of the load which the motors are powering. Cases where motors have to have enough power to drive a load at full capacity but where the load is, in fact, often light. These are some of the most frequent cases of motor inefficiency.One company that that is addressing this market is Power Efficiency (OTCBB: PEFF ), which has developed technologies which result in up to 40% savings to client firms in the industrial markets and has ...

January 15, 2009 ndash; More than half of all electrical energy consumed in the United States is used by electric motors. So improving efficiency for electric motors is one of the most basic and fundamental ways that businesses, consumers and the government can save energy, reduce operating costs and improve productivity. There are multiple approaches to doing this: making more efficient motors is an obvious one. But in many cases, motor inefficiency is a consequence of the load which the motors are powering. Cases where motors have to have enough power to drive a load at full capacity but where the load is, in fact, often light. These are some of the most frequent cases of motor inefficiency. One company that that is addressing this market is Power Efficiency (OTCBB:PEFF), which has developed technologies which result in up to 40% savings to client firms in the industrial markets and has ...

IDC reported this week that companies are becoming increasingly focused on their Green IT initiatives. In its most recent survey amongst 1,500 C-level business and technology executives across 10 industrial countries:nbsp;middot; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Energy costs continue to be the most pressing factor driving green IT adoption, with 71% of respondents saying this is their highest priority;nbsp;middot; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Amongst U.S. respondents, 77% identified energy as the most important factor behind green adoption of their companies;nbsp;middot; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Amongst European respondents, 74% identified energy concerns as the number 1 driver of green initiatives.nbsp;The bottom line is that companies are focused on cost savings associated with reducing power consumption, which will continue to drive their plans to invest in energy efficiency.nbsp;The greatest potential for energy savings worldwide is with buildings, which consume 40% of global energy and are responsible for about the same percent of CO2 ...

Alt Energy and Clean Tech Markets 2008 Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2009 Interview with Steve Strasser of Power Efficiency, December 10, 2008Steve Strasser is Chairman and CEO of Power Efficiency (OTCBB:PEFF), a technology company focused on developing energy efficiency solutions for electronic motors for industrial and appliance applications. Aspire: What surprised you about the renewable energy/clean tech markets in 2008? Were there any significant developments (political, technological, consumer-driven and/or industry-driven) that occurred which you werenrsquo;t anticipating? Please briefly explain.nbsp;nbsp; Strasser: I was surprised by the renewal of the tax credits. In addition, there we have a new administration and leadership in Congress that will make a greater effort to promote this industry, and energy efficiency in particular.nbsp;nbsp; What I am seeing with energy efficiency is that people and businesses have always been very interested in energy efficiency but the problem from an economic standpoint for businesses, as new technologies ...