Europe Intelligence Wire articles from July 2009

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from July 2009

Tenaris Files 2008 Form 20-F.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - Tenaris S.A. (NYSE: TS) (BAE: TS) (MXSE: TS) (MILAN: TEN) ("Tenaris") announces that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 with the U.S....

Digicel Limited Prices US$250 Million Placement of Senior Notes.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) KINGSTON, JAMAICA--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - Digicel Limited, today announced it has priced the placement of US$250 million of 12% senior notes due 2014. Digicel Limited is a Bermuda incorporated company owned by Mr....

Micrel Brings The Power To Light (TM) With Its First High Brightness LED Driver for Solid-State Lighting and General Illumination Applications.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) LEDs Go Greener, Save Power With Flexible, Efficient ICs SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - Micrel Inc., (NASDAQ: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions,...

David Hussey's century provides relief for Nottinghamshire.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) David Hussey could have been forgiven a lapse of concentration on his return to Nottinghamshire's championship side. Three weeks earlier on this ground he had been part of the Australia side that had been knocked...

Franken laughs last.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) In the end, the conspiracy theories became so laughable that the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (RSCC) quietly removed its own "Minnesota Recount" website , once it became clear that no, the Democratic...

Union takes migrant worker fight to Tesco AGM.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Tesco will face accusations from Britain's biggest trade union this week that it is damaging race relations and social cohesion by allowing the exploitation of foreign agency workers in its UK meat and poultry...

Palin: Can I beat Obama in a foot race? You betchca!
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) It seems Sarah Palin's competitive streak is alive and well despite ending up on the losing side of last year's election. The former vice-presidential candidate told Runner's World magazine that she could defeat...

Counselling and psychotherapy must be state-regulated.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) When Gordon Brown recently said "To move from self-regulation to statutory independent regulation is the only way forward" in relation to parliamentary accountability, he set an unequivocal political background...

Which football teams have been sponsored by bands?
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) "In the early 90s Farnborough Town were sponsored by the indie band Mega City Four," writes Peter McKnight. "At around the same time Clydebank were were sponsored by soggy, Scottish balladeers Wet, Wet, Wet, while...

Will an existing mortgage affect my new application?
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Q I am renting out my house as I was unable to find a buyer. I switched my mortgage to a "consent to lease" deal and my letting agent has found me a tenant. Now in rented accommodation myself, my problem is that...

Can I avoid stamp duty by paying my vendor's fees?
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Q I am buying a property for GBP500,000. The vendor wanted slightly more but I wanted to avoid paying an extra 1% in stamp duty so I am offering to pay his estate agent and legal fees. Will I still get clobbered...

Board shouldn't give Chip the Wolseley whitewash.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Chip Hornsby turned to shareholders for cash twice during his short reign as chief executive of Wolseley. The first time, in September 2006, he wanted GBP650m to part-fund a GBP2bn acquisition spree at what turned...

Manchester City to develop brand with Big Brother firm.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Manchester City will unveil a wide-ranging partnership with the TV production company behind Big Brother tomorrow in an attempt to accelerate their ability to compete on a global basis with Manchester United and...

Novartis receives Complete Response letter from the US Food and Drug Administration for its investigational vaccine Menveo.
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Czech press survey.
July 1, 2009... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, July 1 (CTK) - The German Constitutional Court's "Lisbon verdict" on Tuesday was basically the same as the Czech court's last November, Tomas Nemecek writes in daily Hospodarske noviny today, adding that...

Last laugh for Al Franken as court ruling gives him Minnesota Senate seat.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) The comedian and Democrat Al Franken is set to take his seat in the US Senate next week after the Minnesota supreme court yesterday ruled in his favour in the long-running election dispute. His opponent, the...

Jackson's body to be put on public display at Neverland.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Police and other authorities in California were yesterday locked in discussion over a plan to put Michael Jackson's body on display at the site of his former fantasy playground, Neverland, on Friday for a...

You can tell a lot about a man by his golf partners. Or can you?
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Those in search for clues about what Tiger Woods really thinks about the world beyond the golf course will be interested to note that as the host of the AT&T National event he has chosen the Republican minority...

Joost slashes jobs, loses CEO: what went wrong?
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Online video provider Joost has been struggling for a while - but it's really bitten the bullet now, by saying it's going to remake itself as a white label video provider, cutting a significant number of jobs...

Veidekke company to build the Herkules Shopping Centre in Skien.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) Veidekke subsidiary Norske Stalbygg AS has signed a contract with Sektor EiendomsUtvikling for the construction of the Herkules Shopping Centre in Skien, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 95 million excluding VAT. The...

ING to strengthen Dutch insurance organisation.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) Combination of Nationale-Nederlanden, RVS and ING Verzekeren Retail Integrated organisation with dedicated units focusing on consumers, SME and corporates Migration to Nationale-Nederlanden brand from 2011 ...

Aker Solutions boosts manufacturing capacity for surface products.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) 1 July 2009 - Aker Solutions is today officially opening its significantly modernised and expanded manufacturing facility for surface trees and wellheads in Batam, Indonesia. The expansion is part of Aker Solutions' long-term...

Pharming confirms positive results from final analysis of Rhucin studies.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) Leiden, The Netherlands, July 1, 2009. Biotech company Pharming Group NV ("Pharming" or "the Company") (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) today announced that, as part of the activities for the regulatory submission files, it has now also...

Investment update.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) 1 July 2009 AIM: XTR XTRACT ENERGY PLC ("Xtract" or the "Company") INVESTMENT UPDATE - Extrem Energy Further to the announcement made on 22 June 2009, Xtract Energy Plc ("Xtract") is pleased to confirm that on 30 June 2009, it...

Net Asset Value(s).
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) BOUSSARD & GAVAUDAN HOLDING LIMITED Ordinary Shares The Directors of Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited would like to announce the following information for the Company. Close of business 30 Jun 2009. Estimated NAV Euro...

Net Asset Value(s).
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) BOUSSARD & GAVAUDAN HOLDING LIMITED Ordinary Shares The Directors of Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited would like to announce the following information for the Company. Close of business 30 Jun 2009. Estimated...

Net Asset Value(s).
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) BOUSSARD & GAVAUDAN HOLDING LIMITED Ordinary Shares The Directors of Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Limited would like to announce the following information for the Company. Close of business 30 Jun 2009. Estimated...

Voting rights: splendid medien AG: Publication pursuant to 26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) with the aim of pan-European distribution.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) splendid medien AG / Voting rights: Publication in accordance with 26, section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act), for Europe-wide distribution Publication pursuant to 26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act)...

Disclosure Pursuant to Rule 8.1 of the Takeover Code.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) Hansen Transmissions International NV ("Hansen") 30 June 2009 Pursuant to Rule 8.1 of the Takeover Code, Hansen makes the following disclosure with respect to dealings by its associates: On 29 June 2009, warrants to subscribe...

Schibsted ASA (SCH) - Mandatory Notification of Trade.
July 1, 2009... (From Hugin) Trond Berger, EVP and CFO in Schibsted ASA, on June 30 2009 subscribed to 6,000 shares at NOK 34.00 in Schibsted's ongoing rights issue. Berger holds 9,706 shares in Schibsted and will at registration of the completion of the...

Breakfast briefing: Hackers in prison, bloggers set free.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) • News that a legally blind hacker from Massachusetts has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for computer intrusion comes from Wired . Something relevant, perhaps, to the case of Gary McKinnon, who has been...

Mobile roaming charges drop across Europe.
July 1, 2009... (From Guardian Unlimited) Mobile phone charges will fall for millions of holidaymakers across Europe from today, after new regulations come into force to drive down the cost of roaming. A mandatory single tariff, which covers all...

Just let him off to get on with his life.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) TWO parking tickets served on a disabled driver who failed to displaying his valid pass condemned him to a four-year legal battle which reached a climax yesterday. Retired policeman David Athey, 59, was fined pounds...

VARIED CAREER.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) BINGO! is the latest venture in the varied career of the play's director Anne Orwin. Anne, who lives in Whitley Bay, appeared in 17 series of TV's Byker Grove, in which she played foster mum Lu Gallagher. "Byker...

Social commentary of a different kind.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Tony Henderson AN over-60s drama group will be hoping for a full house when they stage their latest play, called Bingo! The play is set in the concert room of a social club at the start of a session. ...

Carers thanked.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) AN ARMY of foster carers will receive civic thanks and awards from the Mayor of Sunderland this evening recognising their contribution to life in the city. Around 150 of the city's foster carers will be attending a...

'I needed to put a face to this monster'.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Dan Warburton THE MOTHER of a woman killed in a Turkish terrorist blast spoke of her heartache last night after the trial of the suspected bomber was adjourned for three months. Sharon Holden's...

NORTH ARTIST FEARS FOR HIS FUTURE.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A DURHAM artist who was cleared of mocking Turkey's prime minister by portraying him as a dog in a collage has fled the country after hearing his acquittal has been overturned. Michael Dickinson, 59, returned home after...

'Waste of time and cash'.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Rob Kennedy AJUDGE has branded the prosecution of a disabled former policeman for displaying an out-of-date parking badge a complete waste of taxpayers' money. David Athey was taken to court after not paying...

Bad teachers could be banned from class.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) TEACHERS will face five-year check-ups to ensure they are fit to teach and could be banned from the classroom if they are not up to scratch. Children's Secretary Ed Balls announced yesterday the "licence to teach"...

Johnson performs U-turn on ID cards.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Jack Doyle HOME Secretary Alan Johnson last night signalled a major climbdown on ID cards as he ruled out making them compulsory. Plans to force some airport workers to carry the controversial cards were also...

Girl's 'suffering'.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl who died after contracting swine flu was born with a rare life-threatening disease, an inquest heard. Sameerah Ahmad suffered from an extremely rare disorder affecting her small intestine. Doctors...

Runaway van hits house.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A RUNAWAY van crashed into the home of a Northumberland musician, causing substantial damage to her gas mains supply. Maureen Davison had a lucky escape when the vehicle lost control as it was being driven down...

No guarantees on transport.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: William Green FEARS of spending cuts in regional transport budgets were last night ratcheted up after Gordon Brown refused to guarantee their future. North MPs have already warned cuts will hit regional...

Driven man.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) EXCAVATOR driver Chris Collier, 36, who works on UK Coal's Stobswood opencast site near Morpeth, has handed over almost pounds 2,000 to the Spinal Research charity after completing the London Marathon in April. Chris,...

Pubs are reeling from smoke ban as habits change.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) THE ban was guaranteed to change the smoking industry for better or for worse when it was introduced two years ago. Jo O'Donnell has met with doctors and landlords to see how the rules have affected smoking - and...

TV appeal hit by tennis.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Neil McKay MILLIONS of TV viewers missed an appeal for the brutal attackers of a frail retired North GP due to tennis star Andy Murray's on-court heroics. Murray's epic Wimbledon encounter with...

Opportunity gone to give town a boost.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) NOW we know the preferred sites for the new academy school in Consett (Belleview or Crookhall), it sends a clear signal that there are very unlikely to be new sports facilities as both sites would not be big enough for...

A deserved ban.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) TWO years into the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, those unpleasant rooms full of cancer causing chemicals are not about to return. Which is how it should be, given the smelly, eye watering, lung burning...

An important step in the fight for hope.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) THE shadow that cancer can cast over people's lives often seems dark, impenetrable and full of foreboding. The menace it exudes is of so frightening a kind that pushing the very thought of it out of mind is the only...

Blair and Brown destroyed party.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) IN spite of the alleged efforts of Mr Tony Blair to stop and stifle it, the Iraq War inquiry will go ahead. Tony Blair's home policy continued by Gordon Brown has been responsible for the complete destruction of the...

Original euro vote was for trading only.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) FJ White claims that the majority of people in Britain voted in favour of European membership (Voice of the North, June 22). What they were asked to vote for in 1975 was membership of a trading organisation that would...

A TV repeat by any other name.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) MR Lewis is most certainly leaning against an open door, when he brings up the subject of TV repeats (Voice of the North, June 29). The only thing is, Mr Lewis, the term 'repeat' went out with black and white television....

Essential to have a future energy plan.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) MY point about wind power being an investment in the future seems to have been blown off course, towards Brazil, according to A Ferguson of Berwick-upon-Tweed. (Voice of the North, June 26). I was suggesting that as...

It's time to focus on a good recovery.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: HUGH M O R GA N WILLIAMS RECESSIONS don't tend to end on a particular date. The economy doesn't just bounce back as if the last few months were a temporary slip-up in the march of prosperity. We're currently...

VIEW OF THE NORTH.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) LINE OF DEFENCE Codger's Fort at Rothbury, built in 1769 for Sir Walter Calverley Blackett, cannot have been so perfectly captured by a photographer as it has been here by reader James Thow of Chapel Park, Newcastle....

DEATHS.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) ATKINSON (Hexham). Formerly of Whitley Bay. Peacefully at Close House Nursing Home, on 27th June 2009, aged 94 years, Eleanor, beloved wife of the late Russell, much loved mother of Stephanie, Jennifer and David and a...

New hope for cancer patients.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Robert Weatherall NORTH East cancer patients who fail to respond to treatment could be offered one last throw of the dice in their battle for survival. Three cancer charities working in the region have...

IN MEMORIAM.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) HODGSON (Crawcrook). In loving memory of my dear wife Valerie, died 1st July 2008. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again. Always in my heart. Your ever...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) BOARD (Chester le Street). John Board's family, would like to express thanks to all those who helped to care for John during his illness, especially the teams at Cestria Health Centre, Boots Pharmacy at Cestria, Lifespan...

2,000 female workers set for payout.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Dave Black MORE than 2,000 female council workers in Northumberland are set for payouts after agreement was finally reached to settle a long-running, pounds 50m equal pay claim. Women county council...

FESTIVAL PROVES PURE ESCAPISM FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) GUINNESS world record-breaking escapologist David Straitjacket launched an international music festival. David, eight times Guiness Record holder, opened BRASS: Durham International Music Festival by attempting to escape...

Lotto cash to help spruce up neglected green space.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A MEMORIAL garden in a County Durham village is to be transformed thanks to a lottery grant. The Coxhoe Community Partnership, in Durham, is to receive pounds 48,000 from the Lottery-funded community spaces programme...

TV star is awarded honorary degree from Durham.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) FORMER Tomorrow's World presenter, broadcaster and author, Judith Hann, was awarded an honorary degree from Durham University yesterday. Judith, who presented the popular science programme for 20 years, graduated...

High spirits as new gin firm launches.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Joanne Butcher DRINKERS partial to a drop of Mother's Ruin can now enjoy a truly local tipple. Fledgling venture Northumbria Spirit has revived a centuries-old tradition of producing liquor in the Tyne Valley...

Man arrested after hit and run smash.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) POLICE arrested a man in relation to a serious hit-and-run accident in North Tyneside. Cyclist Alistair Barnett was knocked over by a black sports hatchback on Monkseaton Drive, near Sainsbury's supermarket, Whitley Bay,...

Day out to mark the end of era for school.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) HUNDREDS of pupils and staff from a Northumberland school have enjoyed a special day out as part of a series of activities to mark its final term. Eleven coaches were required to take 550 youngsters, teachers,...

'Puffin-nav' will be used to track birds.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Tony Henderson PUFFINS are being recruited to act as "investigators" in a probe into a dramatic decline in their numbers off the North East coast. In what is a world-first move for puffins, scientists at...

Jackson had 'cut father from will'.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Matt Williams MICHAEL Jackson cut his father out of his last will in a move that would deprive him of a share in his fortune, it was reported last night. The Wall Street Journal said the It also...

Teenager 'sole survivor' as plane crash kills 152.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A TEENAGE girl was plucked from the ocean yesterday, the only apparent survivor from an airliner crash that killed 152 people. Rescuers said the 14-year-old was found floating 10 miles out to sea from the Comoros...

Diabetics 'not receiving care they need' - report.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) ALMOST a million people with diabetes are not receiving the NHS care they need, according to a new audit. Patients are missing out on vital checks on their cholesterol and blood sugar levels and body mass index...

EXPLOSION KILLS AT LEAST 13 IN ITALIAN VILLAGE.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A GAS tanker goods train derailed and exploded killing at least 12 people in a small Italian town. The victims were asleep in homes near the tracks when a carriage loaded with liquefied petroleum gas sprang a leak...

How to run a hospital.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Paul Loraine GREAT North Run founder Brendan Foster has announced a special partnership between the North East's biggest sporting event and a new children's hospital in the region. The Great North...

Inspiring tomorrow's athletes to go for gold.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) SCHOOLCHILDREN from South Tyneside met a top athlete when they took part in a mini Olympics. Youngsters from 20 local primary schools met Olympic gold winning sprinter Jason Gardener at Monkton Stadium near Jarrow...

Exotic take on past voices of North East.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: David Whetstone THE North East's eventful history can be told in song, from the murderous clashes of the Border Reivers - the Charltons, the Robsons, the Ridleys and other 16th Century tribes - to the 21st...

Farming and rural arts combine on Grizedale's manor.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Tony Henderson A FOREST arts centre created from an historic hill farm will be officially opened this month. On July 10, Tate Gallery director Sir Nicholas Serota will open Lawson Park, a pounds 1.3m...

Jazz legend Barber will star at Berwick festival.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) LEGENDARY jazz musician Chris Barber will be having a blast in Berwick in Northumberland next week when he headlines its popular music festival. The world-renowned trumpeter and trombonist, joined by the 11-piece...

Artists make their mark at exhibition.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) ARTISTS from around the world are making their mark in an exhibition opening in Newcastle tomorrow. As part of major print-making celebration Northern Print Biennale, the exhibition, A Room Inside Them, represents...

Kasabian tickets due on sale for Arena gig.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) KASABIAN are set to find that all the love is in Newcastle, following the announcement of their date at Metro Radio Arena - with tickets going on sale on Friday. The band, whose new release Where Did All The Love Go? (a...

Book Sting at The Sage.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) TICKETS go on sale this morning for The Sage Gateshead's fifth birthday party with special guest Sting. A host of performers will help the Sage celebrate its anniversary on the weekend of December 18-20 and Sting...

Students paint picture of success.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A MOTHER of four joined fellow students in showing off artistic talent at an end-of-year show at Gateshead College. Gen Stone from Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, returned to education and her passion for art after...

Pick of the day.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Celebrity MasterChef (8.00pm) The six remaining contestants are challenged to cook a two-course meal for 30 schoolchildren before preparing a oast dinner to impress judges John Torode and regg Wallace. Continues...

Iran crisis threatens rig contract on River Tees.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) Byline: Peter McCusker POLITICAL unrest in Iran has delayed the arrival in the North East of an oil rig construction contract which is hoped to create 1,000 jobs. Although the Tees Alliance Group of engineering...

Fashion designer Heidi is one of a kind.
July 1, 2009... (From The Journal) A FASHIONABLE graduate who has styled for top designer Nicole Farhi is bringing her own creations to the North East. Former Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) applied arts student Heidi Pryce has launched her...