St. Moritz (ots) - The first two days of the 24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow have given us a series of action-packed games and some world-class polo. The biggest and most prestigious event on the winter polo circuit expects some 20,000 spectators and over 200 media representatives from all over the globe for ...
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Electricity is a form of energy that we often take for granted - in our homes, hospitals, offices and factories. But certain ways of generating electricity can be major contributors to climate change. By using less electricity, using it more efficiently, using it more responsibly and looking for new or improved ways to generate it. We ...
The Business Humanitarian Forum
Geneva (ots) - The Business Humanitarian Forum Association has presented its annual Russell-Whitehead Business Humanitarian Award to former Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi A. Annan, for his exemplary work in encouraging responsible business policies and private sector support for humanitarian agencies of the United Nations. The award was conferred ...
The New 7 Wonders of the World
www.new7wonders.com more popular than top brand and global organization sites Zurich (ots) - The New7Wonders website is now amongst the top one percent of the world's most popular websites. The site is at the heart of the first-ever global election, to choose the New 7 Wonders of the World. More than 45 million votes have already been cast in this unprecedented campaign. The Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders, ...
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce & The Boston Consulting Group
Zurich (ots) - One third of the Swiss GDP is at stake in the international competition around business locations. For Switzerland, five key measures are crucial to win the battle. Multinational companies, accounting for 34% of the total GDP, are very important to the Swiss economy. The Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and The Boston Consulting Group have ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
Nyon (ots) - Almost four million votes were cast by a record 390,000 individual uefa.com users and the resulting dream dozen includes four players who were also in last year's team as well as five newcomers. UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona have four players - summer recruit Gianluca Zambrotta, Carles Puyol, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o - in the ...
Medienfachverlag Oberauer GmbH
Dusseldorf/Frankfurt/Zurich/Salzburg (ots) - In this year Europe's best newspapers come from Belgium, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Spain. 287 newspapers from 26 countries participated in the eighth European Newspaper Award. As the four main newspaper genres such as national paper, regional paper, local paper and weekly differ considerably, they are awarded by the jury separately so that four chief awards can be ...
Zurich (ots) - Cablecom has provided television for over 40 years and will soon present a revised version of its digital programmes. Swisscom is launching its television over wire today thus intensifying competition in the Swiss television market. The future belongs to digital television. Cablecom has provided television for over 40 years and was the first ...
The New 7 Wonders of the World
Touring the world - from Athens on Sept. 5, 2006 to New York on Mar. 6, 2007 Zurich/Switzerland (ots) - Over the next seven months, the New7Wonders World Tour, featuring a huge hot-air balloon and a high-tech airship, will visit the 21 finalist monuments, allowing them to showcase their cultural significance. During the ceremony, an official certificate will be presented to each candidate. On July 7, 2007 - ...
The New 7 Wonders of the World
Zurich (ots) - The Chairman of a panel of leading architectural experts has announced the 21 world's landmark sites which will take part in the final stage of the race to become one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. The official New7Wonders finalist candidates are: 01 Acropolis, Athens, Greece 02 Alhambra, Granada, Spain 03 Angkor, Cambodia 04 ...
New York (ots) - In the presence of top energy executives from around the world, Platts announced Gazpromexport as the winner of the prestigious "Downstream Business of the Year" prize at this year's Global Energy Awards. The honor recognizes outstanding performance in oil refining, oil, LPG, or natural gas transportation and distribution, marketing, and trading. ...
Zurich (ots) - Nice Ventures has been sponsoring the Best Product Marketing Award 2005 to encourage European startup companies, who already boast excellent technology and engineering talent, to raise their equally important product marketing efforts to the same high level. The winner will obtain a comprehensive product marketing support package lasting an ...
Zurich (ots) - Following the large-scale launch of cablecom digital phone last Tuesday, 8 June 2004, cablecom has encountered a large demand for their fixed network telephone product offering. A total of 3,000 persons applied for cablecom digital phone in the first three days after the official launch. That is more than in the entire previous month. Already three days after the large-scale market launch of ...
Zurich (ots) - cablecom, the leading Swiss provider of one-stop broadband Internet and telecommunications solutions, is setting new standards in the Swiss market for fixed line networks. Consumers in the majority of cablecom networks and in 44 partner networks will benefit from cablecom digital phone and its revolutionary tariff structure as from 1st July 2004: In the evening and at the weekend, so for more than half ...
Ipswich, UK, Erlangen, Germany and Zuchwil, Switzerland (ots) - Psytechnics, Opticom and SwissQual today announced that their jointly developed non-intrusive algorithm for voice quality assessment has been selected by the ITU-T as the future recommendation. In 2001 the ITU-T determined the need for a ...
Hoofdorp, The Netherlands (ots) - To help people improve their lifestyle and encourage healthy living and eating habits, Omron Healthcare Europe has launched "Enjoy your Life", a new section on its website. The new section offers people the chance to learn about how to improve their diet in order to maintain or improve their health. "At Omron, we believe that nutrition is highly important for healthy ...
Brussels (ots) - Bridgestone Europe have teamed up with the European Minardi Cosworth Formula One team to offer one of their website readers a trip in a two-seater Grand Prix car. Bridgestone will fly the Winner to Minardi's home country of Italy to experience this thrilling ride of a lifetime. Entries can be ...
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
CHICAGO, IL (ots) - 11 cities, 11 champions, 2 returning champs. This weekend they've all converged on Chicago to battle for the title of national champion in the sixth KOOL MIXX DJ National Championships. Each city champ was named king of his DJ domain in fierce city competitions to advance to the national ...
Make a dream come true at http://www.kimberley-hotel.com/game Innsbruck/Austria (OTS) - A dream castle hotel is waiting for a new owner in romantic Scottish harbour town Oban, of world fame for its Whisky, golfing, the Hebridean Islands and as a nature paradise. The victorian building occupies a breathtaking spot - panoramic views of Oban Bay, the island scenery and sunsets beyond. It has been fully renovated, ...
Zurich (ots) - easyJet plc ("easyJet"), Europe's leading low-cost airline, today announced that it had selected Airbus as the preferred supplier for 120 A319 aircraft, with options with price protection on a further 120 A319s. easyJet has granted Airbus exclusivity for 45 days to agree documentation. The agreement in principle is subject to contract. ...
Zurich (ots) - sunrise is running an SMS football pool in anticipation of the World Cup. Whoever guesses right increases his chances of winning a travel voucher worth CHF 3000. Any sports enthusiast or mobile phone lover can play. Today, May 15, 2002, is the big kickoff of the Expo.02. And soon the spotlight will be on the kickoff of the World Cup in Japan. sunrise has set up an SMS football pool to properly ...