Friday, Feb 29, 2008
BROOMFIELD, Colo. and ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:LVLT) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced that the companies recently entered into a long-term patent cross-license agreement.
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
New Optical Transmission With Capacity x Distance Product Record at 41.8 Petabit/s.km, and Three New Photonic Integrated Circuits
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $280.5 million U.S. Army contract for 11 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters, increasing the number of new Chinooks on contract to 59. Aircraft deliveries under this award will begin in 2011.
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
MOSCOW, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Mechel OAO (NYSE:MTL) , one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that it has started a project to develop and implement an electronic trading system.
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
The U.S. economy has certainly suffered setbacks, as the sub-prime mortgage problem continues to be felt around the world. I’ve read reports that consumer spending for luxury items (notably laser eye surgery) is falling in the United States, and that may be only the tip of an iceberg that sinks American economic […]
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
Anguille is located 20 kilometres offshore Port-Gentil, in a water depth of 30 metres in the Grand Anguille Marine concession. The concession is wholly owned by Total Gabon and governed by the “Convention d’Etablissement”, which was renewed in July 2007 for a further 25 years. Discovered in 1962, Anguille came on stream […]
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
International oilfield service company Expro has won a coveted Offshore Technology Conference 2008 ‘Spotlight on New Technology’ award for its ViewMax sideview downhole camera.
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
Federal antitrust regulators have cleared General Electric Co.’s $1.12 billion purchase of Tenaris SA’s pressure-control business.
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
A fire at BASF’s Ludwigshafen plant was caused by a malfunction in the steam cracker’s internal steam system. An operational malfunction at its Ludwigshafen plant triggered safety procedures that include burning off crude gas, creating a firey glow over the plant that is visible from a distance, as well as a loud […]
Friday, Feb 29, 2008
The Shaw Group Inc. has awarded a contract by Guru Gobind Singh Refineries Ltd. to provide technology, engineering and procurement services for a deep catalytic cracking unit at the grassroots Punjab Refinery project in Punjab, India, for an undisclosed amount.