MonArc Corporation (MONA:PK) Closes Acquisition of I.T.I. Biotech International, Inc.
MONTREAL, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mon Arc Corporation (http://www.monacorporation.com/ - MONA.PK) is pleased to announce that it has closed the acquisition of I.T.I. Biotech International, Inc. The Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of MonArc, based on an all-stock transaction valued at $500,000 USD at a significantly higher strike...

Xerox Compromise: Disclosure To Be Affixed.
The value and repute of a well-established brand is undisputed. In such a case, while litigation may go on for long, parties sometimes find viable solutions in settlements. As witnessed in the case of Xerox Corporation and Anr. v. Sailash Patel and Others 2008 (37) PTC 526 (Del.), the...

Buffer Question: How Long Is "Transitory"?
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated an injunction and reversed an award of summary judgment of copyright infringement based on Cablevision's providing its cable customers a new Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder (RS-DVR) service. In a decision limited to the question of direct infringement...

An Evolving Landscape.
An Evolving Landscape By John Krumme Advances in the security industry have affected both end-users and their integrators Those of us who have been actively involved in the security industry for more than a few years know the one constant these days is...

Demand for Plug-n-Play Office Space Continues to Rise, Despite Volatile Economy.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Citing growth opportunities in the Southern California office market, Barrister Executive Suites Inc., a leading provider of Plug-n-Play office space, expands its footprint with the opening of its newest location at 5023 North Parkway Calabasas in Calabasas, California. Barrister Executive Suites,...

Sainiks ransack magazine's Mumbai office.
MUMBAI: A group of eight to 10 unidentified men ransacked Outlook magazine's Nariman Point office in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon for publishing a caricature of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in the category of 'Villains'. The accused are suspected to be Shiv Sainiks. "They barged in shouting...

Govt bows to Left on retail FDI again.
Byline: G Ganapathy Subramaniam NEW DELHI: In a blow to liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI) rules, the government has quietly buried the proposal to allow FDI in retailing of electronics, sports goods and stationary. Faced with stiff opposition from the Left to further opening up of...

<i>Outlook</i> faces wrath on Sena report.
MUMBAI: A group of eight to 10 unidentified men ransacked Outlook magazine's Nariman Point office in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon in response to an article in the latest issue showing a list of "villains" which included Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. However, hours after the news sparked off heated...

Death and photocopiers.
New and Selected Poems, by Dennis O'Driscoll; Anvil, 2004, $39.95. DENNIS O'DRISCOLL encountered death early in his life. The details are not supplied in the biographical note to this fine new volume, but they quickly emerge from the early poems: a brother "called twice from the classroom...

A cupboard was his bedroom.
The ?18,000-a-year manager was caught when colleagues noticed he smelt and security found food in the cupboard at the airline's call centre. A hard-up British Airways worker slept in a works' store cupboard for nearly eight months. Stephen McNally, 30, bunked down among computers, photocopiers and other...