Zurich (ots) - The newly launched "SAAF I (CH) Latin America Fund" is a fund of hedge funds that offers investors access to the dynamic and fast-growing Latin American financial markets. The fund aims at generating superior risk-adjusted absolute returns. Latin America exhibits great investment potential due to favorable macroeconomic conditions. The newly launched "SAAF I (CH) Latin America Fund" invests in hedge ...
Basel (ots) - The 4th European Conference "Tobacco or Health" takes place in Basel from 11th-13th October, 2007. The conference is organized by the Swiss Cancer League together with the German Cancer Society on behalf of the Association of European Cancer Leagues. About 800 participants from over 60 countries ...
Bern (ots) - swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is starting its own channel on YouTube, the world's most popular online video portal. The channel can be accessed at http://www.youtube.com/swissinfovideos. Starting today, it enables the international voice of SRG SSR idée suisse to make its own content available internationally via YouTube, thereby expanding its online video offering. More and more people are searching the internet for specific film footage. In ...
Bern (ots) - swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is to broadcast its last shortwave and satellite radio programmes on October 30, 2004. As SRI goes off the air after nearly 70 years, a chapter in Swiss radio history comes to an end. swissinfo/SRI will in future focus exclusively on its multimedia news and information platform, www.swissinfo.org, which is available in nine languages. Swiss Radio International ...
The Monaco World Summit selects WISeKey to provide e-security awareness on the occasion of the 6th International Summit on Transnational Crime, including how to address the issues relating to security, legislation, counterfeiting, information and communications technology Geneva, Monte Carlo (ots) - WISeKey is ...
Fédération des Barreaux d'Europe (FBE)
Note: The Resolution can be downloaded free of charge following this link: www.newsaktuell.ch/d/story.htx?nr=100475710 RESOLUTION: The European Bars Federation, General Assembly in Lyon 29th May 2004: Lausanne (ots) - Having taken note that ...
London (ots) - By arranging a Paris Club debt restructuring James Baker is going against the will of Iraqis, who are demanding a fair arbitration tribunal on Saddam's odious debt. Justin Alexander, Coordinator of Jubilee Iraq says: "A Paris Club debt restructuring will ignore the odious nature debt of much of Saddam's debt. Instead it will be based on Iraq's "financing capacity" according to the French Foreign ...
Wiesbaden, Germany (ots) - Ministers of Health, Finance and Planning from 40 developing countries will come together with development partners at WHO headquarters from 29 to 30 October to address the need to significantly increase investments in health. This is the first time that the World Health Organization (WHO) has hosted a meeting so widely attended by ...
Geneva (ots) - The Earth Council is pleased to announce the establishment of the Earth Council - Geneva and the election of a distinguished business and public service leader, Reto Braun, as its Chairman. The Earth Council - Geneva is an autonomous Swiss non-governmental organization affiliated with the Earth Council Foundation Canada with offices in San Jose, Costa Rica and the Earth Council Foundation - USA. Founded ...
Bonn (ots) - Early warning conference results in concrete commitments by decision makers to integrate early warning in disaster reduction strategies and policies Participants of the Second International Conference on Early Warning (EWC-II) defined clear targets and accepted their respective responsibilities to reduce the negative impacts of hazards in a statement presented today at the conclusion of the Conference ...
Bonn, Germany (ots) - Second International Conference on Early Warning opened by German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Heads of UN Agencies and Programmes Bringing together international organizations, governments, scientists, mayors, and a variety of representatives from civil society, the Second International ...
London, UK plc (LSE:ASM, NASD-E:ASOM) (ots) - Antisoma announces that results from its phase I biodistribution study of AS1403 (formerly TheraFab) will be presented this weekend to the European Association of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Amsterdam by Dr Michael Garkavij, a leading investigator in the trial. AS1403 is a fragment of the monoclonal antibody HMFG1 linked to a radioactive isotope with cell-killing ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - A Premier Location: Frankfurt Airport Serves As Your Gateway to Global Business AIRRAIL center frankfurt: One of Europe's Biggest and Most Innovative Real Estate Developments Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - ...
NEW YORK, NY (ots) - Same-Day, Print Editions of American, French and Belgian Daily Newspapers Digitally-Delivered Across the Globe NewspaperDirect (www.newspaperdirect.com), a technology company specializing in the digital delivery of travel editions of newspapers from around the world, has signed agreements with three daily newspapers: The Chicago Tribune ...
Mountain View, CA (ots) - Wi-Fi ZONE Program to Help Customers Locate Wi-Fi® Public Access Service Providers and Establish a Consistent Standard for Service Quality The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced the first phase of a global program to promote the availability of public access services around the world. The primary goals of the program are to create a ...
Where to now - the Caribbean! Wädenswil/Santiago, Chile (ots) - As the 12th meeting of the Parties of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species draws to a close today, one thing that has stood out is that the voting patterns of the East Caribbean island states of Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica and Grenada remain closely linked to those of Japan. The self ...
Exchange for Nature: Africa and the Caribbean Youth Programme launched at the UN CITES 12th Conference of the Parties Wädenswil/Santiago, Chile (ots) - The "exchange for nature" programme designed to unite youth from around the world who are working for a better environment and the survival of the planet"s rich biodiversity was launched in Santiago during the CITES 12th meeting of the parties with sponsorship from ...
Nat. Council of State Boards Nursing
CHICAGO, IL (ots) - The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (www.ncsbn.org) recently approved a recommendation from its Examination Committee to proceed with negotiations for a contract amendment with its test service vendor (Pearson, plc.) for purposes of international administration of the NCLEX(R) examinations. At its 2002 Delegate Assembly (held ...
Palo Alto, USA (ots) - Neale-May & Partners, a leader in technology public relations and marketing, today announced the appointment of former CNN journalist and senior news executive Charles A. Caudill as Managing Director of GlobalFluency, a worldwide network of 38 independent technology marketing and public relations firms in 26 countries. An award-winning ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Twenty-five years ago today, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and the Air Transportation Authority of the Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) started an era of close cooperation that continues today. Initially, Fraport AG advised the Emirate on the Persian Gulf about the development of its Sharjah and Khor ...