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Hi Mick,
It now appears that your PC is in perfect order.
You must have dozens of messages to catch up on.
Easy does it,
Regards,
Dubi
nice article for both the u.s.a. and israel.
hi dubi, i still have some pc problems. trying to catch up some with the messages.
Congressman: US should follow Israeli lead in hi-tech support
By YIGAL GRAYEFF
US Congressman Tim Ryan had never been to Israel until he arrived on Sunday. Now, after just a few days of observing the country's hi-tech sector, he is considering introducing initiatives in Congress to force the US government to imitate its Israeli counterpart in the provision of support for start-up companies.
"In the US we are sometimes very short-sighted in the investments we make and we can learn from what goes on in Israel," Ryan said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
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Dubi
from these high pps it could back and fill some. i think the $600 target will hit this year.
Will Google be next to fall?
What contributed to the steep rises in the semiconductor and Internet indices in the first week of 2006, and whether Google will fall when Microsoft changes the pricing system for its search engine.
Shlomi Cohen 10 Jan 06 13:23
Wall Street started 2006 off with a bang. The Nasdaq index gained 4.5% in the first four days of trading, and rose above 2,300 points for the first time since May 2001. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.3%, and is again nearing its 11,000-point resistance level, which is proving a hard nut to crack. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) soared 8.4%, and the Inter@active Week Internet index (IIX) leaped 7.3%.
What fueled this charge were the minutes of a Federal Reserve Board meeting published last Tuesday, the first day of the abbreviated trading week, together with the employment report published on Friday, the week’s last trading day. The employment report was a real supercharger, because from investors’ point of view, it was ideal. Averaging the employment reports for November and December gives a monthly average of 200,000 new jobs, which doesn’t exactly signal a recession. Even the price of oil, which climbed back to $64 a barrel, didn’t spoil the party.
The steep rises in the semiconductor index can be attributed mostly to the2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which ended on Sunday. The conference convinced investors that a few new waves of demand for digital electronics products were in store that would provide a good feed for chip companies all along the production chain. This includes fabless companies like Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL) and Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM); their suppliers, like Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM); and equipment suppliers, such as Applied Materials Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT).
What did not appear in the press last week also boosted the bulls. There was an almost total absence of profit warnings. In the semiconductor field, one company on the Nasdaq 100, Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX), which specializes in programmable chips, even issued a positive profit warning. Its share zoomed 15.5% on the week in response. Confirmation that another Nasdaq 100 share, Check Point (Nasdaq: CHKP), would not issue a profit warning for the fourth quarter boosted its share by over 10% last week.
The main reason for last week’s rise in the IIX was a new series of recommendations for Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the industry leader. The target prices in these recommendations ranged from $550 to $2,000. Furthermore, the many announcements published at the Las Vegas conference of cooperation between Internet companies and entertainment content providers, and between companies in both of these categories and digital gadget manufacturers, contributed to rises in the entire Internet sector. Investors realized that the potential market would soon grow beyond desktop and laptop computer users.
Google’s 12% jump last week, following the new recommendations, and the $137 billion market cap reached by the company, are driving short player Bill Fleckenstein crazy. Fleckenstein has been known for years as somebody takes short positions mostly in technology shares whose prices he regards as inflated. Yesterday morning, he recommended on the MSM Money website that investors not take seriously the investment houses that recommended the Google share at astronomical target prices. He calls these investment houses “dead-fish houses”, as a reminder of the stench that arose from the recommendations during the bubble era.
Fleckenstein admits that he was way off in his estimation of how high Google could rise, but says that, fortunately, this mistake has cost him no money so far, because he didn’t touch the share last year. Not only was he wrong when he said that Google’s share price was horribly inflated; he also explains that he hates Google’s search engine, “because, essentially, all you get are ads.” He recommends that investors switch to another little-known search engine named Clusty.com, which he claims is more efficient than Google, and free of advertisements.
Fleckenstein alleges that businesses pay Google to have their name appear first in the results produced by the Google search engine, and says that Clusty’s search results are the actual results. He expresses wonder that, while every home has a TV remote control that can be used to skip advertisements, people use their computer mouses to find advertisements on Google. Fleckenstein attributes Google’s success to the Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) failure with search engines. He says, however, that Google’s doom is approaching, because he believes that Microsoft will change the pricing structure for keyword searches, and then “it will be ‘game over’ for Google (as a stock).”
Fleckenstein dismisses Google’s positive momentum, saying, “everybody is gaga over Google.” He says that Google has sales of $6 billion a year and a market cap of $137 billion. He says that this value “means no more than did the valuation of $100 billion” that it reached several weeks ago. He says he doesn’t know exactly when the share will fall, but he warns investors that many of them will eventually lose money on the share, just as many investors lost money during the bubble era.
SanDisk Corp. (Nasdaq: SNDK) soared 17% last week, mostly towards the end of the week, because president and CEO Dr. Eli Harari wants to be as big as Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs: not in stage appearances, but in media player sales. Harari launched the new media players in the Sansa series at the Las Vegas conference, and declared that he wanted a share of the market currently dominated by Apple’s iPod, which has a 70% market share.
SanDisk’s new Sansa, called the e270, is priced for consumers at $300. It is thin and stylishly designed, and resembles the iPod. It has 6 gigabytes (GB) of storage capacity, compared with 4 GB for Apple’s nano-flash. I wouldn’t be surprised if today, Jobs launches an iPod at the same conference that outdoes Harari’s new Sansa, at least in storage capacity.
At any rate, investors were very enthusiastic, and pushed the SanDisk share up to new heights, after Harari informed them that there were currently 150 telephones equipped with a slot for the flash memory cards that he sells. Harari said that, within five years, there would be 500 million such telephones. He has added the potential for new U3 USB drives to telephones, and flash memory cards for the new digital cameras, as their pixels increase. People are now buying cards with greater storage capacities for these cards.
Smith Barney -- Citigroup analyst Craig Ellis, who recommends “Buy” for SanDisk, was not stunned by the share’s run, which brought it past his $69 target price. He says that several upcoming events will nicely support the two flash memory stocks he covers, SanDisk and M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers (Nasdaq: FLSH). By the end of the month, good results will be published for the fourth quarter. The 3GSM World Congress on mobile communications is scheduled in mid-February, and Intel’s (Nasdaq: INTC) hardware conference will take place in March.
Ellis recommend “Hold” for the M-Systems share, with a target price of $41. He says that the share has more potential to rise in the near future than SanDisk. Meanwhile, he is not changing his recommendations for the two shares: “Hold” for M-Systems and “Buy” for SanDisk, although he says that M-Systems could rise 14% to his target price, while SanDisk has already exceeded its target price.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on January 10, 2006
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen//globes/docView.asp?did=1000048723&fid=1176
these analyst can ruin a company. NICE is a good company.
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look what they did to TWX. i did get some in the low $9.00 when they were having problems with their merger with AOL.
what a caper steve case pulled on time warner.
UBS: Its Nice to catch your breath
04.1.06 | 14:38 By Shirley Yom Tov
With the price of shares in Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) enjoying a run-up of almost 60% since the beginning of 2005, UBS, the investment bank, suggests sitting back for a bit. Jonathan Half, an analyst with UBS, lowered his recommendation today to "neutral" from "buy", while leaving his target price unchanged at $54. Nice shares ended yesterday's trade on Wall Street at a price of $49. The share is down 1.6% so far today on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Analysts at UBS pointed out that the shares have risen to levels at which it is difficult to see additional upside in the near term. Additionally, they point out that shares in Nice are less attractive compared to its competitors, which include Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT).
Observing that the firm raised over $200 million recently, UBS expects Nice to make an announcement on a major purchase.
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Dubi
Mick,
In my opinion, a wise choice.
Not riskless, but a decent upside
can easily be realised.
In my prognosis, the Big players will
snatch it out instead of building up
their specialised WiMax departments
from scratch.
One of them will, hence a hefty premium
can be expected.
GLTY,
Dubi
O.K. , i started ALVR as of 1/1/06.
good afternoon friends and readers.
we should place these in the ibox with a pps to see how they do this year.
Hi Mick,
SFUN, one of my favourites,
SMIC Extends NROM Technology License Agreement With SAIFUN
World-Leading Semiconductor Foundry to Produce Flash Memory Cards Based on Saifun NROM(R) Technology
{Probable cause for yesterdays positive action}
1/4/2006 4:15:58 AM
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Regards,
Dubi
Mirant exits bankruptcy, secures $2.35 bln
Tuesday January 3, 5:37 PM EST
By Matt Daily
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Electricity producer Mirant Corp. (MIRKQ) said on Tuesday that it had emerged from bankruptcy protection after two-and-a-half years and secured $2.35 billion in financing.
The Atlanta-based company, which converted more than $6 billion of debt and liabilities into equity under its reorganization, had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2003 after failing to reach a deal with creditors to restructure its debts.
Last month, power producer Calpine Corp. (CPNL), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing debts of $22.5 billion against $26.6 billion in assets.
Mirant, which owns or controls about 14,000 megawatts of power generating capacity in the United States, said it had applied to be re-listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MIR.
Mirant and many of its peers in the wholesale power sector were hit hard by the collapse of the merchant electricity trade in 2000-2001, when the industry was rocked by the California power crisis, the collapse of Enron Corp., and weak power margins.
Mirant, like companies such as Williams Cos Inc (WMB), El Paso Corp. (EP), Duke Energy Co. (DUK), Dynegy Inc. (DYN), invested billions of dollars in new power plants to expand in the newly deregulated electricity markets.
But that expansion created a glut of power supplies, pressuring prices even as natural gas costs rose, forcing many companies to push back debt maturities and sell off assets at a fraction of their costs.
That market downturn came as the power merchants were under increasing scrutiny in the aftermath of the California energy crisis, where they were accused of squeezing the West Coast market, holding back supplies and driving prices sharply higher.
Mirant settled claims it manipulated prices during the crisis for about $500 million.
In December, Mirant said its loss before items for the first nine months of 2005 widened to $225 million from $127 million for the same period last year on operating revenues of $1.838 billion for the period versus $2.82 billion the previous year.
In September, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Worth, Texas, approved the appointment of Edward Muller as chairman, president and chief executive officer, succeeding former chairman William Dahlberg and former CEO Marce Fuller.
(Additional reporting by Dan Wilchins in New York)
©2005 Reuters Limited.
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A new wave of small tech stars seen on the horizon
M-Flex, Unova, Oplink seen cashing in on hot trends
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Small technology companies often find growth in some obvious yet overlooked places.
Take Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. (MFLX: news), which makes flexible circuit boards for Motorola cell phone models like the wildly popular Razr.
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While many investors rode Motorola to solid gains in 2005, some investing pros looked for opportunity beneath the hot-selling device's plastic shell, and there they saw the value of Multi-Fineline, also called M-Flex.
Because the device has complicated functions and displays on both sides of its handset, Motorola designers couldn't use the rigid circuit boards that had been popular with cell phone makers in the past. Instead, they chose the more advanced flexible ones like those made by M-Flex.
"When it went public, no one wanted to buy it," said Rich Hunter, co-manager of Lighthouse Capital Management, a Houston-based fund that owns the stock.
Now it's easy to see why investors started paying attention.
Anaheim, Calif.-based M-Flex's sales leaped 41% this year on the strength of its supply relationship with Motorola, which made up more than three-quarters of the small company's business.
M-Flex 's stock doubled in 2005 and has risen fourfold since its IPO in June 2004, but Hunter says it has more room to run. Wall Street analysts expect the company's profit to rise 24% and sales to jump 39% in the new fiscal year.
Flexible circuit boards are just one story of how an unglamorous but lucrative underlying technology can propel a little-known company's stock. MarketWatch asked investment professionals to name prime candidates to follow that path in 2006, and came up with an array of trends and stocks to watch.
Among them are companies whose chips can extend the battery life of handheld devices. Others let wireless carriers expand their coverage areas. And an emerging group provides technology that allows retailers to track inventory better.
Radio frequency identification
With retailers such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target getting more tech savvy in running their businesses, technology companies are staking out a money-making opportunity in systems using radio frequency identification.
Unova Inc. (UNA: news) has a number of RFID patents, some of which it purchased from IBM (IBM: news). "They have a lot of intellectual property that went into recent standard settings for RFID and the tracking of packages," said Sebastian Thomas, U.S. head of technology research at RCM.
And it's not just about retail. RFID also is an important tool for government agencies including the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security.
Although Unova's sales were inconsistent in 2005, analysts expect Unova to boost its profit by 41% next year as revenue grows 11% to $973 million. "They are in a position to collect royalties on the deployment of technologies around RFID," Thomas said.
Unova shares have had a wild ride in 2005, starting off around $25 then dipping as low as $16.69 before rocketing up above $37. The shares now trade about $34.
In the wireless universe, some investors are bullish on a technology that allows carriers to add coverage to rural areas without spending on more expensive, third-generation network upgrades. Carriers like Cingular that use the GSM mobile standard are using the technology, dubbed Edge (which is much easier to remember than its full name, enhanced data rates for GSM evolution).
"Many handset manufacturers bet against it, notably Samsung and LG," said Albert Lin, head of research with American Technology Research. "Now, many of the U.S.-based and European wireless carriers are behind it. They're building hybrid networks, using 3G networks in urban areas and using Edge in rural areas."
Nokia and Motorola are incorporating the technology into their phones. Lin pints to RF Microdevices Inc. (RFMD: news) and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (FSL: news) among the chip specialists that are taking the lead in developing Edge components.
RF Micro, its shares stuck in a $4 to $7 trading range, is expected to see profit growth of more than 60% in its next fiscal year. Freescale, spun off by Motorola in 2004, tripled its profit in its most recent quarter and the stock has climbed 50% this year.
Battery efficiency
The growing importance of squeezing more battery power out of wireless handsets has propelled the race to find technology that gives manufacturers the ability to add more features and cooler functions.
That translates into a potential bonanza for chipmakers that optimize power control on handhelds.
"Whether it's a cell phone, a PDA or an iPod, all these devices require controlling chipsets for each of their different electrical currents," said fund manager Hunter. Beneficiaries include International Rectifier Corp. (IRF: news), Fairchild Semiconductor International (FCS: news) and National Semiconductor (NSM: news).
Fairchild's stock has seen little movement for a year-and-a-half, but analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expect the South Portland, Maine-based company to quadruple its profits next year.
For its part, International Rectifier is on pace to post sales of $1.1 billion this fiscal year. Next year, analysts expect a 31% jump in profits as sales rise to $1.25 billion.
National Semiconductor, the largest of the three in terms of market capitalization, is on pace for 20% profit growth next year.
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In the telecom world, a couple of small, mostly forgotten companies that went public in 2000 in the fiber-optics networking boom -- and subsequent bust -- could finally be poised to perform again.
"A handful of struggling companies are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel," Hunter said. Among the players that have survived leaner years are Optical Communications Products Inc. (OCPI: news) and Oplink Communications Inc. (OPLK: news).
Both have seen their stock prices crash since 2001, yet both could benefit from a strengthening demand from the likes of Nortel Networks Inc., Tellabs Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. Optical Communications Products and newcomer Mindspeed Technologies Inc. (MSPD: news), which made its initial public offering in 2004, could benefit from the same trend.
At the same time, the move toward Internet-based phone calling is making waves.
As Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. make forays into the increasingly popular technology, their involvement could boost the fortunes of networking equipment makers. At the mid-cap level, the likely winners include Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR: news) as well as former high-flyers Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU: news) and Nortel Networks Corp. (NT: news).
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The delivery of software using Internet-based technology, or so-called "on-demand" software, is fundamentally changing the way software is sold, distributed and deployed. Since it runs on the vendor's computer servers as opposed to those of their customers, it cuts out the hassle and cost of installing programs on their customers servers.
The poster child for on-demand delivery of software, Salesforce.com (CRM: news), has seen its shares rise more than 100% in the past year -- yet it's hardly a diamond in the rough these days.
But in the procurement business, Thomas of RCM, says Ariba Inc. (ARBA: news) might be able to further capitalize on its move to "on-demand" -- as well as shifting from software license accounting to software subscriptions. Ariba, whose shares began to rebound in October, is also now taking 75% of its large deals on a subscription basis -- instead of the more inconsistent license accounting.
While these fundamental moves have forced Ariba to alter its expense planning and salesperson compensation, says Thomas, it should benefit the company as its shares try to regain previous 52-week highs.
Scott Banerjee is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco.
thank you. this is probably the one. Ness Energy company.
Hi Mick,
NSTC went public a year or so ago only.
There is indeed another NESS company,
Ness Energy.
Regards,
Dubi
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. (GOOG)'s $1 billion investment in America Online could lead to an IPO in 2008, giving the online search engine leader and AOL parent Time Warner Inc. (TWX) an opportunity to capitalize on an Internet advertising boom that they hope to fuel through their partnership.
The possible timeline for an initial public offering by AOL emerged in a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The documents provide additional details about a deal announced earlier this week that extends the business ties that Google and AOL formed when they began working together in 2002.
Although Google will hold only a 5 percent stake in AOL, it retains the right to demand an IPO beginning in July 2008, according to the SEC documents. If Time Warner doesn't want to pursue an IPO then it could buy back Google's stake based on a fair market appraisal, the filing says.
Time Warner has been under pressure from a group of shareholders led by hedge fund investor Carl Icahn to lift its stock, which has fallen by 9 percent this year to continue a prolonged slide.
To help get the stock moving, AOL co-founder Steve Case said he proposed pursuing a spin-off three months before his October resignation from Time Warner's board of directors.
In an interview earlier this week, Time Warner Chairman Dick Parsons declined to discuss whether the Google investment might be paving AOL's path toward an IPO. He described the Google alliance as the best way to increase AOL's market value, which stands at $20 billion, based on the Google investment.
Google has had a golden touch since its own August 2004 IPO, raising investor hopes that it can help AOL become more valuable. Google's market value has increased from about $23 billion at the time of its IPO to $125 billion today.
AOL was among the biggest beneficiaries of Google's IPO. When the two companies first became business partners in 2002, Google awarded AOL stock warrants that were later converted into 7.4 million shares - a stake that Time Warner sold for $1.1 billion.
Google's shares fell $1.11 Friday to close at $430.93 on the Nasdaq Stock Market and Time Warner's shares dipped 2 cents to close at $17.68 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Under the new five-year deal announced earlier this week, AOL will now have the right to use Google's search technology on its own and also will receive a $300 million credit to advertise its content and services through Google's vast marketing network.
Google in turn is depending on AOL to sell more graphical ads to diversify the search engine beyond the text-based ads that generate most of its profits. Google also will be able to draw upon AOL's huge video library - a resource that could help boost traffic to its own Web site.
AOL's Internet-leading instant messaging service will become compatible with Google's 4-month-old service next year, but Google's users will have to register with AOL to gain access to the expanded network, according to Friday's filing.
While most analysts have applauded Google's investment in AOL, the response among some search engine users has been less enthusiastic.
Web logs, or blogs, are filled with comments expressing fears that Google will begin giving preferential treatment to AOL content in its search engine. Those concerns have been exacerbated by a provision of the deal requiring Google to help AOL make its material easier to index.
Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user content, sought to reassure the search engine's users in a posting on the company's own blog.
"Business partnerships will never compromise the integrity or objectivity of our search results," Mayer wrote. "If a partner's page ranks high, it's because they have a good answer to your search, not because of their business relationship with us."
dubi is this the same ness that was a low pps issue back about 5 years ago?
SAP and Ness Technologies Extend the Distribution Agreement for Israel
Friday December 23, 8:16 am ET
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC - News), a global provider of information technology solutions and services, today announced that it has extended its distribution agreement with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) for the Israeli market until 2010.
For the last 11 years Ness Technologies has been partnering with SAP in Israel as the product and professional services arm of SAP in Israel.
There are 196 mySAP installations at Israel's leading companies and organizations with more than 100,000 end-users. SAP is the leading provider of ERP solutions in Israel and 15 of Israel's 20 largest corporations use SAP systems. In addition, SAP serves Israeli government ministries and agencies. Ness Technologies also partners with SAP worldwide to deliver innovative ERP solutions.
"The extension of the agreement reflects the excellent ongoing relationship between Ness Technologies and SAP for the last 11 years," said Ishay Shniadower, President of Ness Israel's SAP Group. "We are fully committed to ensuring the success of the partnership between our companies, and SAP's decision to sign the follow-on agreement is a recognition of this commitment. The partnership with SAP will continue to be instrumental for Ness' global expansion."
"We are highly satisfied with the results that have been achieved by Ness Technologies," said Sergio Maccotta, Managing Director, SAP Middle East. "Ness Technologies has positioned SAP as the leading provider of ERP, CRM, SRM and a variety of industry solutions, in the Israeli market. We are looking forward to further strengthen our relationships in the coming years."
About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions*. Today, more than 29,800 customers in over 120 countries run more than 100,600 installations of SAP® software-from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite solutions for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, mySAP(TM) Business Suite solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP industry solutions support the unique business processes of more than 25 industry segments, including high tech, retail, public sector and financial services. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." (Additional information at http://www.sap.com)
(*) SAP defines business software solutions as comprising enterprise resource planning and related software solutions such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.
About Ness Technologies
Ness Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC - News) is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency. Specializing in outsourcing and offshore, systems integration and application development, software and consulting, and quality assurance and training, Ness serves a blue-chip client base of over 500 public- and private-sector customers. With over 5,900 employees, Ness maintains operations in 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia, and more than 100 alliances and partnerships around the world. For more information about Ness, visit www.ness.com.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051223/ukf004.html?.v=41
Dubi
Intel expands Malaysia venture 2005-12-08 15:50:01
Intel will create a development centre and an additional assembly and test site as part of its three-year expansion plan in the country.
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Intel retools to get ahead in chip market
Intel to open Nigerian and Kenyan offices to beef up presence
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSetId=623&fSectionId=1646
First Data announces agreement with Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy (FDC) :FDC unit Western Union Financial Services has signed an agreement with The Jean Coutu Group to provide money transfer services at its Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy locations in the United States. Brooks Eckerd drugstores will implement the Western Union Money Transfer service throughout the course of 2006, making it available to consumers at up to 1,850 Brooks Eckerd locations across the states.
Brocade CFO resigns; affirms JanQ revs and EPS (BRCD) 4.01 -0.06:Co announces that Tony Canova has resigned from his position as CFO, effective Dec 15. Richard Deranleau has assumed the role of interim CFO while a search is conducted. Co says "While it is still early in the quarter, underlying demand for our business is strong and therefore we remain confident in our guidance for first quarter revenue and GAAP EPS expectations."
On Semiconductor cuts interest expense guidance (ONNN) 5.57 +0.20:Co says with repayment of remaining 10% junior subordinated notes, co has eliminated all significant double-digit interest expense debt, should save the company about $7 mln of net interest expense in 2006. Co expects to reduce its annual 2006 net interest expense to about $49 mln.
Strategic Diagnostics revises accounting policy for custom antibody projects following discussions with SEC (SDIX) 3.48 -0.08:Co announces as a result of discussions with the S.E.C the co determined on Dec 15, 2005 that a different method of accounting for recognizing rev for certain custom antibody arrangements should be used. Accordingly, the co's financial statements for the years ended Dec 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and as of and for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, June 30, 2005 and 2004 and Sept 30, 2005 and 2004 will be restated and such financial statements should no longer be relied upon. The co will change its revenue recognition policy for custom antibody projects to utilize a methodology based on when a project's specifications have been met and the related antibodies have been shipped, rather than on the percentage-of-completion methodology the co has used since 1996.
Inverness Medical clarifies its statement regarding Avian Flu claim (IMA) 22.71 +0.34:Co announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Binax had obtained FDA clearance for inclusion of an avian influenza claim for its BinaxNOW Influenza A & B Test. Inverness recognizes that the title of the announcement and the description of the new claim may be interpreted to mean that the test has been demonstrated to work with human clinical specimens. Due to the scarcity of avian influenza in the human population, clinical specimens are not broadly available to the medical diagnostics test industry. As with other flu tests on the market, the ability of the BinaxNOW Influenza A&B Test to detect influenza A virus in human samples from patients infected with the H5N1 virus has not been established. However, in a recent analytical study, Binax demonstrated the reactivity of the BinaxNOW Influenza A & B Test with two isolates of H5N1 influenza that had been cultured in mammalian cells. These isolates have been added to the analytical reactivity section of its product labelling.
NeuroMetrix resolves questions from Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (NURO) 27.47 -1.70:Co announces that it has resolved questions expressed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners regarding the co's NC-stat System. The specific question related to whether out of state unlicensed practitioners were involved in interpretation of nerve conduction studies performed with the NC-stat device. The State Board unambiguously concluded: "...that the interpretation of nerve conduction testing performed using this machine was not being done by out of state unlicensed practitioners" and that "Neuro Metrix and the NCStat device are not in violation of the state Medical Practice Act..."
Biovail submits citizen petition to FDA (BVF) 23.55 +0.45: -Update- Co announces the submission of a Citizen Petition with the FDA to require rigorous bioequivalence testing for generic products that reference Wellbutrin X.L before they can be approved. The co has taken this step to protect patients against potentially serious risks (particularly seizures) which are currently disclosed in the approved Wellbutrin X.L labeling, and to ensure that generic versions of Wellbutrin X.L are as safe and effective as the innovator product.
Pfizer's Varenicline receives U.S. FDA priority review (PFE) 24.26 +0.26:Co announces the FDA has granted a six-month priority review for the New Drug Application for the co's smoking cessation medicine, varenicline tartrate, which the co intends to market under the brand name Champix. The FDA assigns priority review status to medicines that may provide a significant therapeutic advance over existing therapies.
Dow Chemical announces it prevails in Patent Dispute Over Natreon* Canola Oil (DOW) 43.58 +0.33:Co announces a federal court judge has ruled that Cargill, failed to disclose material information to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office while pursuing patents on healthy canola oils with increased stability. In the lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Cargill originally alleged that Dow and its customer, Canbra Foods, were infringing four Cargill patents on high stability canola oils by producing and selling Dow's Natreon* canola oil.
Eastman Kodak and Danka announce expanded sales alliance for digital presses (EK) 23.53 +0.36:
Silicon Valley Conference Highlights Technology Advances, New Opportunities for Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs
Annual WITI (Women in Technology International) Conference a Center for Networking as the Hi-Tech Marketplace Continues to Grow
12/20/2005 6:00:31 AM
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Dec 20, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- WITI (Women In Technology International), the world's leading professional organization for tech-savvy women, is proud to announce that its historic annual conference, "Taking the Lead in the Digital Age," proved successful in helping attendees from around the globe network, gain new knowledge and expand their opportunities within the vast technology marketplace.
The conference, held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, CA on December 8 and 9, showcased speakers and exhibitors from top technology companies including Best Buy, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Raytheon and Sun Microsystems. Executives from IBM, one of three platinum sponsors at the conference, were featured in panel discussions while Spain-based executive Amparo Moraleda Martinez was inducted into the Hall of fame. The two other platinum sponsors included Google, the fastest growing information company, and Raytheon, a world leader in developing defense technologies.
"The attendees of this year's conference were stellar examples of how diverse the technology industry has become; and how despite some struggles, the marketplace is booming again," said Carolyn Leighton, CEO, chairwoman and founder of WITI. "We had a record number of attendees this year from all sectors, industries and from seven countries and 13 states. As technology grows more ubiquitous, we are seeing a significant increase in opportunity for young women and more established career professionals."
Conference Highlights
* Research from the joint IDC-WITI survey, "Women on Holiday Shopping:
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" revealed that nearly 80 percent
of female respondents plan on purchasing technology gifts this year --
with digital cameras, iPods, and iPod accessories representing the
must-have gifts of the season.
* Keynote speaker/author Margaret Heffernan provided expert commentary
on ways women can succeed in business and establish themselves in the
workplace.
* IDC analyst Danielle Levitas moderated a lively discussion on how to
reach the lucrative female customer demographic. That panel included
executives from Intel, Sony, Best Buy and gender expert Barbara Annis.
* Marissa Mayer, vice president of consumer Web products for Google, led
an interactive discussion on the fascinating world behind one of the
fastest growing companies, focusing on how simplicity has helped
separate Google from its competitors.
"The conference has given me the opportunity to stop, re-evaluate and connect with other women and in the process, gain new knowledge and gone places I've never been before," said Dr. Amanda Goodson, senior manager mission assurance, Raytheon. "I was able to expand my network of women in my field and with related interests during the two-day conference."
The conference also featured the 10th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards and Gala, which brought decades of female leaders and innovators together to share the successes of their respective careers and personal accomplishments. The 2005 inductees are:
* Barbara Bauer, vice president software engineering and development,
Sun Microsystems
* Sonja Bernhardt, chief executive officer, Thoughtware Australia
* Sandra E. Burke, Ph.D, director of Cardiovascular Systems Research
* Melendy Lovett, president, Texas Instruments Educational &
Productivity Solutions.
* Amparo Moraleda Martinez, IBM general manager, Spain, Portugal,
Greece, Israel and Turkey
* Neerja Raman, director, Imaging Systems Lab, HP Labs
In February, WITI will host a similar conference in San Diego. "Taking the Lead... In the Digital Age" will take place Feb 13-14, 2006, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines Hotel in La Jolla, California. For more information, and to register for the event, visit www.witi.com.
Dubi
thank you for the valuable information.
In apropos to ZRAN,
>>I’ll conclude with a few words about Zoran Microelectronics (Nasdaq: ZRAN). Together with Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Corporation Limited (Xoceco), Zoran will operate a laboratory to adapt Zoran’s chips for television, DVD, etc. to the requirements of the Chinese market, as stated by the Chinese distributor. If you ask me, this deal has enormous potential, but Wall Street has not responded positively, so we’ll wait and see. <<
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Dubi
i do like the plasma picture. nice article. Zoran and Xoceco Establish Joint Technology Laboratory In China
Zoran's SupraHD TV Controller Key Component in Xoceco's New LCD and Plasma Televisions and Set Top Boxes to Be Launched at CES 2006 in Las Vegas
12/19/2005 9:15:29 AM
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Zoran and Xoceco Establish Joint Technology Laboratory In China
Zoran's SupraHD TV Controller Key Component in Xoceco's New LCD and Plasma Televisions and Set Top Boxes to Be Launched at CES 2006 in Las Vegas
12/19/2005 9:15:29 AM
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec 19, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Zoran Corporation (ZRAN), a leading supplier of digital television solutions, today announced the opening of a joint product development laboratory with Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Corporation Limited (Xoceco), one of the leading consumer electronics manufactures in China.
The new lab, opened at Xoceco's headquarters in Xiamen China, enables both companies to collaborate more closely on the development of innovative new products using Zoran's highly integrated solutions for Digital TV chassis and set top box. Zoran's SupraHD and SupraTV digital TV decoder products are designed into a broad range of Xoceco's products including LCD and Plasma TVs and set-top boxes that are supplied under well-known brand names to consumers worldwide.
"On the occasion of our twentieth anniversary, we are pleased to announce the opening of our joint development laboratory with Zoran Corporation," said Mr. Tseng Qingjiang, senior vice president of Xoceco.
"We chose Zoran as our partner for Xoceco's new generation of digital TV products because it offers the best price-performance solutions for our industry. Together, we have already delivered a number of digital television products based on the SupraTV processors. Now, we will be launching a complete new line-up of ATSC-compliant LCD and Plasma TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. A number of these new products are based on Zoran's SupraHD TV controller, which delivers outstanding video quality for large screen televisions will ship to U.S. markets in February. We look forward to continuing to work with Zoran in our joint development laboratory and to another twenty years for Xoceco to be a leading supplier of consumer TV products."
"We congratulate Xoceco on its twenty years of success. Xoceco, with extensive knowledge and experience in the digital television market, is an ideal partner for Zoran. We have invested significantly in developing highly integrated solutions for the digital television market and the infrastructure required for product qualification and field testing and recognize that outstanding design support is essential to success," said Ram Ofir, senior vice president and general manager of Zoran's Digital TV Division.
"Zoran and Xoceco have established a close relationship working together over the past several years. The joint development lab will allow both companies to work more closely, shorten the product design cycle, and innovate new features and new products that meet the expectations of consumers around the globe. This announcement is an extension of our cooperation. Xoceco is known for technical innovation, quality products and its significant production capabilities and Zoran is recognized as a leader in the development of highly integrated, cost optimized solutions for digital TV applications."
About Xoceco
Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co., Ltd. (Xoceco), was founded in 1985. With more than 5,000 skilled employees and state-of-the-art equipment, Xoceco manufactures a wide variety of quality electronic products; Plasma TVs, LCD TVs, High Definition TVs, LCD Monitors, Color TVs, FAX Machines, Set Top Boxes and other telecommunication products and electronic components. Xoceco has grown into one of the leading electronic manufacturers in China with annual sales exceeding $980 million for 2004. Xoceco became a publicly traded company in 1995 and is listed on the Shanghai Securities and Exchange House. Xoceco has 6 major overseas and 120 major domestic subsidiaries. The products are distributed to more than 100 countries and regions. Xoceco's overseas brand name "PRIMA" is fast becoming one of the world's premiere brands.
About Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications and Connect and Share technologies for the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at www.zoran.com or at 408 523-6500.
NOTE: Zoran, the Zoran logo, SupraHD and SupraTV are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zoran Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. All other names and brands may be claimed as property of others.
SOURCE Zoran Corporation
Dubi
i'm updating the ibox for our networking forums.
hi dubi, nice update for top 100 listing.
Red Herring lists 6 Israelis among 100 best smallcaps
12.12.05 | 13:52 By Shirley Yom Tov
Technology magazine Red Herring Red Herring has six Israeli companies on its list of the 100 most promising smallcaps. All six are listed on Nasdaq.
The six are:
Given Imaging (TASE, Nasdaq: GIVN)
Elbit Systems (Nasdaq: ESLT)
Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE)
Orbotech (Nasdaq: ORBK)
Retalix (Nasdaq: RTLX)
And Ulticom (Nasdaq: ULCM)
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Root for $5-a-Gallon Gas
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PAUL B. BROWN
Published: December 10, 2005
GASOLINE prices stubbornly hover near $2 a gallon, but $5 would be even better, writes Spencer Reiss in this month's Wired. The higher the price, he reasons, the more incentive there is to find alternatives.
"For anyone with a fresh idea, expensive oil is as good as a subsidy - with no political strings attached," he writes. "Indeed, every extra penny you pay at the pump is an incentive for some aspiring energy mogul to find another fuel."
And low gasoline prices stand in the way of that, he argues in an article that squarely takes on the conventional wisdom that we are doomed to run out of gasoline - or at the very least destined to pay exorbitant prices per gallon, because of a finite supply of petroleum and rising demand in other countries, particularly Brazil, Russia, India and China.
"For the better part of a century, cheap oil has fatally undercut all comers, not to mention smothering high-minded campaigns for conservation, increased efficiency and energy independence," he writes.
Higher prices suddenly make all those ideas more attractive and give energy companies and entrepreneurs a real reason to look at things like converting natural gas into diesel fuels, or seeing if biodiesel (fuels using vegetable oils) and ethanol are indeed feasible.
And presumably once serious efforts devoted to finding alternatives are under way, the price of those new fuels will drop thanks to breakthroughs and economies of scale.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. Be they for spray-on hair, his rotisserie, the Pocket Fisherman or some other product we can definitely live without, Ron Popeil's infomercials are deliberately cheesy - and extremely effective.
"I've been on TV every day for the past seven years; in those years, I've spent more than $300 million on air time for my rotisserie alone," he told Andrew Vontz in an enlightening question-and-answer interview in the December issue of FHM.
Following are excerpts:
"My best sales hour was probably $500,000 on QVC. The numbers for selling retail on TV are much larger than wholesale. Sell seven million rotisseries with a retail price of $200 and you've got a nice hunk of change."
"The infomercials have an entertainment value to them. Nielsen did a study for CNBC. On a Sunday at 4 p.m., CNBC replaced their usual programming with my hair-spray infomercial and the audience doubled."
"My bank account has more than $100 million in it and the taxes are paid."
ROCKET SCIENTISTS. Wall Street's "rocket scientists" are cool customers, according to Smart Money. After all, computers do the hard part.
Rocket science is Wall Street's nickname for a quantitative investment approach that creates mathematical formulas to determine when to buy and sell stocks. The algorithms are fed into computers, which do the actual trading. "Emotion is removed from the equation," Nicole Bullock writes. "Fear and greed don't compute."
And unlike flesh-and-blood traders, computers neither fall in love with a stock, which can cause an investor to hold onto it too long, or carry grudges about disappointments, which could keep them from buying once the company turns around.
Better yet, as one of the "quants" put it, "we can do the stock picking without using our brains for a day or a year."
The reason quantitative trading works is that the algorithms are created to spot and exploit inefficiencies in the market. Of course, as buying and selling identify the imperfections, the market adjusts and a new model is needed.
The magazine "surveyed the best quant shops to find out where the dials are pointing" and presents five stocks "the machines say are poised to outperform." The list is AstraZeneca, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Chevron, Microsoft and Taiwan Semiconductor.
FINAL TAKE. Being a millionaire isn't what it used to be thanks in part to rising real estate prices and retirement accounts. "The number of households with a net worth of more than $1 million rose by 8 percent in 2005 to 8.9 million," Kiplinger's reports. "The secret: sticking to an investment plan." PAUL B. BROWN
PART #2, California's Stem Cell Program Is Hobbled but Staying the Course
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The cells can turn into any type of cell in the body. That means stem cells might one day be used to generate replacement tissue for damaged organs and treat numerous diseases. But the science is ethically controversial because the creation of stem cells involves the destruction of human embryos.
Proposition 71 set up the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, governed by a 29-member board. Members, appointed by state officials, are largely patient advocates and the deans or presidents of California universities and research institutes.
The initiative was written to shield the institute from interference by the Legislature, in hopes of speeding its work. But that approach has not totally worked and, in fact, might have left the stem cell program vulnerable to legal challenges.
Two lawsuits, although filed by lawyers opposed to embryonic stem cell research on ethical grounds, challenge the legality of Proposition 71, contending that it allows state money to be spent by people not adequately under state control.
A trial, in a state court, is set to begin Feb. 27. Until the litigation is resolved, which could take many months, the state will not issue any of the $3 billion in bonds to pay for research.
So far the institute has been subsisting on a $3 million loan from the state and a $5 million gift from the audio entrepreneur Ray Dolby. But that money will run out in May and the institute, which has 19 employees, has frozen hiring.
Robert N. Klein, the chairman of the institute's board and chief author of Proposition 71, denied that the institute's structure left it vulnerable. "They would have challenged us regardless of how we would have written it," he said.
Mr. Klein, a real estate developer whose son has diabetes, said he hoped to raise as much as $50 million in bridge financing early next year from charities and wealthy individuals. The money would allow for grants, first to train scientists in stem cell techniques and then perhaps for actual medical research.
Some California legislators and public interest groups that favor stem cell research have also criticized the institute, saying it has built-in potential for conflict of interest because some board members are from universities that could receive grants.
Critics also say the institute's activities have not been adequately open to public scrutiny. The board and various board committees have held more than 50 public meetings so far, and many have been sparsely attended.
At the meeting held this past Tuesday at the City of Hope medical center in Duarte, east of Los Angeles, the board members outnumbered members of the public.
The meeting's major topic - one of the final issues to be ironed out before grants can be awarded - was how to handle patents arising from research paid for by the state. A study commissioned by backers of Proposition 71 during the campaign had projected the state could earn royalties of $537 million to $1.1 billion in the next 35 years.
But a commission that the legislature asked to examine patent issues reported in August that such projections were "based on unrealistic assumptions about the potential economic impact" of the stem cell program.
Also dashing some prospects for royalties is a concern that if the state received too much in royalties it might be required under federal rules to issue taxable bonds instead of tax-exempt ones. That could raise the state's interest costs by several hundred million dollars during the next 30 years.
Mr. Klein said royalties were never expected to be a major part of the economic return from stem cell research. That return, he said, would instead come from the growth of the California biotechnology industry and from lower medical costs resulting from stem cell therapies.
At Tuesday's meeting board members agreed on an interim policy: let universities and other grant recipients own the patents developed from their research financed by the stem cell program and license them to companies. That would be in accord with federal policy under the Bayh-Dole Act.
But some board members, as well as state legislators, have said there was a promise to voters that the state would get a direct financial return and that treatments developed with taxpayer money would be made affordable to Californians. Others countered that requirements for royalties to the state or restrictions on pricing of therapies could discourage companies from developing treatments.
The interim policy calls for universities to share the proceeds from highly lucrative patents with the state in some still unspecified way.
Another item on Tuesday's agenda was a proposal to appoint a 14-member committee to develop a strategic plan for the institute.
Some of the academic members of the panel revolted, saying the plan should be developed by the institute's president, in consultation with individual board members. A board's job, they said, is just to approve or amend what the staff does.
This stance seems to reflect a sense on the part of some of the university presidents and deans that the monthly all-day board meetings, plus extra meetings if they are on committees, are more time-consuming than they had imagined.
But some patient advocates on the board said they wanted to be directly involved in developing the strategic plan. And Mr. Klein said a formal committee was probably necessary because it might violate the state's open-meeting law for the president to consult privately with too many board members.
The board decided the president, Zach W. Hall, should come up with a plan for developing the strategic plan, including how he would involve the board. Mr. Berg of Stanford objected, saying that if every plan first needed a plan on how to develop the plan "you guys are going to be just strangled."
The question of whether there will be a strategic planning committee was left for a future meeting.
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