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Honda Odyssey Is Now Available From $35,100 After The Local Division Cut Prices by $2000
Sep 24, 2013The Honda Odyssey is now available from $35,100, after the local division cut prices by $2000. Following a price reduction in December 2011 that saw the entry price of the seven-seater drop from $39,100 to $37,100, the Honda Odyssey has ...
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Oracle President Mark Hurd Appeared Riled This Afternoon on The Subject of SAP HANA
Sep 24, 2013Oracle president Mark Hurd appeared riled this afternoon on the subject of SAP HANA when, asked how yesterday's in-memory processing offering for Oracle Database 12c, he replied that customers considering SAP should "forget them", and said ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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German Hackers Claim to Have Breached The Apple iPhone 5s's Fingerprint Security
Sep 24, 2013German hackers claim to have breached the Apple iPhone 5S's fingerprint security. In a post on its website, German group Chaos Computer Club (CCC) describes how members of its biometric hacking team were apparently able to take a photo of ...
Tags: Apple Iphone, Computer Products
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Alfa Romeo's Stunning 4c, The "Affordable Supercar", Is Set to Go on Sale in Australia
Sep 24, 2013Alfa Romeo’s stunning 4C, the “affordable supercar”, is set to go on sale in Australia in the second quarter of next year at the surprisingly temping price of just $75,000. The company’s Australian representative ...
Tags: Alfa Romeo, supercar
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Oracle Has Kicked off Its Oracle Openworld Conference by Unveiling in-Memory Processing
Sep 24, 2013Oracle has kicked off its Oracle OpenWorld 2013 conference in San Francisco by unveiling in-memory processing for its Oracle Database 12c product, as well as new hardware to run it on, and a new cloud-based database backup solution. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Giant Visa Europe Has Had Its Communications Network Upgraded by Telecoms Giant BT
Sep 24, 2013Payments giant Visa Europe has had its communications network upgraded by telecoms giant BT, in a move that BT claims has enabled the firm to process about €2m of payments every minute. The network provides connectivity for Visa ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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AstraZeneca Has Received Positive Opinion From The Committee for Medicinal Products
Sep 24, 2013British drugmaker AstraZeneca has received positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its new four-in-one flu vaccine Fluenz Tetra. Fluenz Tetra, a nasally ...
Tags: Astrazeneca, Medicine
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New Resealable Closure Has Been Introduced Buy APLIX
Sep 24, 2013Fastening systems manufacturer Aplix has expanded its easy-lock product portfolio with the addition of a new resealable closure for heavier bags, Aplix 971. According to the company, the new hook to hook technology enables users to reseal ...
Tags: Resealable Closure, APLIX
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New Food Packaging Robots and Peripherals Has Been Launched by Adept
Sep 24, 2013Robotic technology provider Adept Technology has launched primary and secondary food packaging robots and peripherals for food processing companies. The robots and peripherals will enable the companies meet new government safety and ...
Tags: Adept, Food Packaging
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Poundland Outsourced It's Requirements to Communication Services Vendor NextiraOne
Sep 24, 2013High-street retailer Poundland has outsourced its network and data centre requirements to communication services vendor NextiraOne As part of the agreement, NextiraOne will provide services for Poundland's Cisco-based network ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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USI Completed The Acquisition of Alliance Benefit Solutions, an Insurance Company
Sep 24, 2013USI Insurance Services (USI) has completed the acquisition of Alliance Benefit Solutions, an independent insurance company located in Shelton, Connecticut, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2002, Alliance Benefit Solutions designs ...
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IUA Urged Government to Keep Providing Its Support for Writing of Terrorism Insurance
Sep 24, 2013The UK International Underwriting Association (IUA) has urged the US government to keep providing its support for writing of terrorism insurance. "Without a renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), private provision of ...
Tags: Insurance
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Borland Group Has Acquired The Former Carlyle Insurance Group's Kirkcaldy Office
Sep 24, 2013Scottish insurance and financial services firm Borland Group has acquired the former Carlyle Insurance Group’s Kirkcaldy office, in a bid to strengthen its operations in the country. The acquirer did not reveal the transaction ...
Tags: Borland Group, Service
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First Module of PMA Application to FDA for Its Venaseal System Was Submitted by Sapheon
Sep 24, 2013US-based Sapheon has submitted the first module of pre-market approval (PMA) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its VenaSeal sapheon closure system, designed to treat venous reflux (varicose veins) disease. This ...
Tags: PMA Application, Medicine
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Remaining Ownership Stake Obtained by Analogic in Pocketsonics
Sep 24, 2013US-based Analogic has acquired the remaining ownership stake in PocketSonics for an initial cash payment of approximately $11m, with additional contingent payments of up to $3m based on the achievement of certain milestones related to the ...
Tags: Analogic, Pocketsonics
