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SPOKANE -- Sen. Maria Cantwell and Republican opponent Mike McGavick disagreed about what the United States should do in Iraq and how to address the North Korean nuclear threat at two face-to-face forums here Thursday. Neither candidate landed any crippling blows during the two polite face-offs -- a televised half-hour debate before the Spokane Downtown Rotary Club and a 90-minute session with The Spokesman Review newspaper editorial board. That wasn't good news for McGavick, who needs something to boost his lagging poll numbers. .
Widening its presence in the water industry, Palm Water LLC, a company owned by Istithmar, has said it had been awarded an US$400 million contract by Nakheel to design, build, own and operate (DBOO) a sewage treatment plant as well as sewage and irrigation networks that will cater to a number of high-profile property development in Dubai. The award comes close on the heels of an AED1 billion contract recently won by Palm Water for setting up a similar project for Nakheel at International City, Dubai. The new sewage treatment plant (STP) will serve Dubais premier golf developments including Jumeirah Golf Estates -- being constructed by Istithmar Leisure, an arm of Istithmar that invests in strategic leisure projects. Planned near Jumeirah Golf Estates, the new STP will have a capacity to treat about 220,000 m3 of sewage each day.
After canceling its GDR (global depositary receipt) issue, E-ton Solar Tech said it plans to issue US$100 million worth of ECB (euro convertible bonds) instead to raise funds. E-ton will issue the five-year ECB with Morgan Stanley as the underwriter with a face value temporarily set at US$1,000 or multiples of US$1,000. The solar cell maker expects to complete the ECB issue by the end of 2006 in order to fund plant construction, equipment and material procurement. A Chinese-language Commercial Times report cited company officials as saying that a bank loan is also likely. In light of the observed unstable economic environment, E-ton said an extension of capital size is not desirable for the company. The ECB issue, on the other hand, does not impact the company's capital size and has an associated liability cost of almost zero, according to the Commercial Times report.
The HSR staff has been trying to network with other existing policy journals, including The Public Record, a journal published by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. The HSR is also planning to send representatives to national policy conferences to raise awareness of the journal. In addition to editing a piece on pharmaceutical price controls by a group of students at the University of Chicago, Gutipati also submitted a paper on health care in rural India. Her piece focuses on the rural-urban divide in India and how globalization has affected the traditional Siddha healers in rural India as they compete with and work alongside modern doctors. “There's a very international population at Heinz, and a lot of people are from developing nations," Gutipati said.
Luanda, Angola, 12 Oct – With less than a week to go to the opening of this year's Constrói Angola – Angola's International Construction Material and Public Works Fair, the event's organizers guarantee that the Fair's stands will be set up by October 17.
Quoted by Angolan news agency Angpop, the director general of business group Arena Direct, Manuel Novais said that everything would be ready on the eve of the fair, which is due to run between October 18 and 22 at the Luanda International Fair facilities.
So far 210 national and international companies have confirmed their attendance at the event. Portugal will continue to be the most represented country with 27 companies.
Countries that have already confirmed their presence are Portugal, Brazil, Spain and South Africa.
CHOWCHILLA, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Diversified Industries, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GDVI - News), focused on the modular building industry with emphasis on the education market (http://www.gdvi.net) , today announced that in a public bidding process it won a contract with a Southern California School District which has "piggyback rights" that allows Global Diversified to sell its new Aurora product line to school districts throughout California in a much simpler manner, at a fixed price, that avoids lengthy public bidding. "This is absolutely crucial for the continued growth of our Company. We are delighted with this success and believe it will result in significant new business for Global Diversified Industries," said Phil Hamilton, CEO. "Our Aurora products are very popular for California school districts, and, combined with these new piggyback rights, we believe we are headed in the right direction for success for the Company and its shareholders," Global Diversified Industries CEO said.
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