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BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
INTERNET
Tech firms battle online ID theft
Retailers such as Amazon.com and eBay are teaming up with the likes of Microsoft, VeriSign and Visa to form the Coalition on Online Identity Theft. The group will educate users, share info on scams and push for tougher law enforcement. Users registered at least 75,000 complaints of online fraud last year. Losses more than tripled to $54 mil.
Hotels.com, Travelocity end deal
InterActive's hotel reservations network said it's no longer offering its inventory of rooms on the Travelocity Web site. Hotels.com said Travelocity, a Sabre Holdings unit, on Friday improperly ended the hotel reservation site's exclusivity on Travelocity. Travelocity said it'll start offering its own hotel room inventory.
MEDICAL
Cima turns down Cephalon offer
- EU OKs Chevron, Texaco Merger.(European Union)(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily March 2, 2001 700+ words
EU OKs Chevron, Texaco Merger European Union (EU) competition authorities said Thursday that they have approved Chevron's purchase...
- EU OKs IBM's purchase of PwC Consulting.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Accounting Today October 7, 2002 700+ words
BRUSSELS -- It's official--the European Union gave IBM permission to buy PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting for $3.5 billion in cash and stock. The combined IBM-PwC Consulting becomes the second-largest consulting firm, closely trailing Accenture Ltd., formerly Andersen Consulting. "A careful
- EU OKs chemical safety controls; U.S. unhappy about the cost.(BUSINESS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 18, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Jeffrey Sparshott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The European Union's parliament yesterday approved new controls that are meant to protect people from harmful substances but that would add costs to the chemical industry worldwide and potentially keep products deemed safe in the United States out of
- EU OKs Congo peacekeeping force.
- News wire article from: United Press International June 4, 2003 700+ words
BRUSSELS, Jun 04, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) The European Union Wednesday agreed to send a 1,400-person, French-led peacekeeping force to Congo to stop inter-tribal bloodletting in the war-torn African state. It is the first time the 15-member bloc has authorized the deployment of
- EU OKs tiered Rx pricing plan for LDCs.
- Newspaper article from: Pharma Marketletter June 2, 2003 700+ words
The Council of the European Commission has adopted a regulation enabling exporters to deliver essential drugs at heavily-discounted ("tiered") prices to 76 of the world's poorest countries by ensuring they are not diverted back to the European Union (Marketletters passim). The regulation aims to
- EU OKs apology over slavery issue.(A)(World)(South Africa)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Pisik, Betsy September 8, 2001 700+ words
Byline: Betsy Pisik DURBAN, South Africa - European negotiators at the U.N. conference on racism agreed to a carefully crafted statement last night that they termed an apology for slavery, a move aimed at fending off lawsuits seeking reparations. But delegates remained deadlocked and extended the
- EU OKs Nippon Sheet Glass's acquisition of Britain's Pilkington.
- Newspaper article from: Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) June 8, 2006 700+ words
Jun. 8--BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for Nippon Sheet Glass Co.'s plan to acquire Pilkington plc for 1.8 billion pounds, or about 358 billion yen, to make the major British glassmaker a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition would not significantly impede
- EU OKs Ingolstadt deal.(mergers and acquisitions)(European Union)(Brief article)
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily December 19, 2006 700+ words
Swiss-based oil refiner Petroplus can push ahead with its acquisition of Exxon Mobil's Ingolstadt refinery in Germany after winning approval from the European Commission. The deal was approved under the commission's simplified procedure, used when neither customers nor competitors have objections.