| Inspire ends partnership with FAES Farma
The companies partnered in 2006 to develop an oral form of bilastine to treat allergic rhinitis, which has symptoms similar to the common cold. In June 2007, the companies amended their agreement following a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting, which determined further studies were necessary. Inspire is no longer responsible for the development or marketing of the drug and no longer has a financial obligation to FAES. "We have made a strategic business decision to terminate the bilastine agreement and focus our resources and capital investments on our other late stage development programs and commercial activities," said Inspire President and Chief Executive Christy L. Shaffer in a statement. .
PlayPhone Earns Top 10 Mobile Phone Industry Ranking by Hitwise
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- For April, May and June this year, mobile media company PlayPhone, Inc. ranked among the top 10 most visited Web sites in the Entertainment - Mobile Phones category by Hitwise. Each quarter, Hitwise awards the 10 most popular Web sites across more than 160 categories, and annually the top 10 searched-for brand terms overall. "Hitwise has established itself as the industry benchmark and an overall barometer for your successes in effectively connecting with consumers," said Ron Czerny, founder and chief executive officer at PlayPhone. "It's great to be recognized in this way and know that we are constantly turning heads and driving traffic, and that visitors are taking advantage of the overwhelming number of top-notch mobile entertainment options available on PlayPhone.com." PlayPhone.com is a subscription-based mobile media company, focused on providing consumers with the hottest, most sought-after personalization products for nearly any mobile phone including mobile games, ringtones, wallpaper, video and more.
Adwords lands Google in the dock
Google's business practices are now in the crosshairs of French justice. Two companies who run the sites Bourse des Vols and Bourse des Voyages have had Google France convicted for copyright infringement' by the Nanterre civil court. The search engine will have to pay 70,000 in fines and interests with an additional 5,000 in costs. The heart of the dispute was Google's keywords, which are sold to advertisers via its Adwords advertising programme. When a user performs a search on a keyword, the companies who have bought the keywords are guaranteed a prominent position on the search engine's results page in the area reserved for sponsored links. The plaintiffs are Luteciel and Viaticum both run by Fabrice Dariot. In his suit, Dariot accused Google of having sold its trademarks to rival tourism sites under the Adwords scheme trademarks which were duly registered with the French National Industrial Ownership Institute.
Dec 28th
Well, it's almost time for me to head off to Australia. Tomorrow, actually, but this might be my last chance to get in a blog before then. I will try to blog while there but won't promise. Christmas is over and it was quite a pleasant one. My son visited from Las Vegas and he said he had a good time. It looks like he is set on going back to college full time to qualify as an accountant. He did one class last semester and got an A, so it looks like he should do OK in that field. He has quite a bit of money coming to him for education from the time he spent in the United States Air Force; at least enough for about two years of college. We spent Christmas Eve morning at my wife's parents then headed to Pensacola Beach, Florida to where my wife's sister and family live. Lots of gifts were handed around and we all ate and drank too much.
Sure Fit Inc. Announces Spanish-Language Web Site
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sure Fit Inc., the leading provider and marketer of ready-made slipcovers, has launched its new Spanish-language web site, www.surefit.com/es. Sure Fit Inc. now includes online content and customer support for their Hispanic customers and directly addresses the growth of this important segment of the population. The new Sure Fit Hispanic web site features a Spanish online catalog ("Compre Productos"), shopping cart, and measuring guide, as well as promotional offers. Customer support is also offered for the Hispanic customers, and a convenient link to the English site provides an easy transition for the bi-lingual customer. "We are enthusiastically committed to our Hispanic customers," comments Laura Hilburt, Director of Sure Fit Direct Marketing.
New ideas may test voters
The 41-cent mailing stamp amounts to a poll tax, even if it's small, critics say. Some worry about the possibility of vote fraud with so many ballots being cast outside the view of election officials. "I'm not a big fan of vote-by-mail," Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson says. "I just feel that leaves elections a little too open to fraud." Some critics suggest another, less tangible reason for voting in person: It brings neighbors together at the polls for a civic exercise in which voters of all stripes show up, subject themselves to last-minute pamphleteering and candidate glad-handing, and vote. CONVENIENT, BUT WOULD THEY WORK HERE? Voting precincts have been central to American voting since the beginning of elections. Simply put, a voter casts a ballot where he lives.
Studios begin barrage of films intended for Academy Awards ...
There are way, way too many cop shows right now, and it's almost impossible for a procedural story to stand out amidst that clutter, but the story of Mister Farthingale (or Misters Farthing and Gale, if you prefer) got my attention and kept it. It wasn't just background noise while Damian Lewis did his quirky Zen/fruit thing; it was intrinsically tied to his thing. While another cop show could have done this story, they wouldn't have done it in quite this way. If, in a hypothetical world where the strike wasn't taking place and "Life" wasn't almost certainly destined to be canceled once it ends, I were the showrunner hiring prospective writers, I'd hand them a copy of this episode and say, "This is what our show is." I think the early episodes suffered from the writers' need to establish not just the premise, but the ways in which Charlie Crews is an unusual detective.
Eighty-Eight Percent of Greater China Solar Panel Suppliers Set to ...
HONG KONG, Nov. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Despite higher polysilicon prices, most Greater China solar panel manufacturers say they plan to lower or keep prices steady to win market share. This is according to Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL - News) China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels ( http://www.chinasourcingreports.com ). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) The Report shows 88 percent of suppliers plan to decrease or keep prices stable, while only 12 percent plan to increase prices. "With the polysilicon shortage expected to continue until 2009, most manufacturers are implementing measures to streamline production," said Report publisher, Spenser Au. "These include expanding to gain economies of scale, backward integration and R&D to produce thinner solar cells that require less polysilicon." The remaining 20 percent say they plan to focus on vertical integration and decreasing defects to improve manufacturing efficiency.
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