SPECIAL EVENTS: Spring Meeting Apr. 23-27, Orlando, FL

Focus on Energy: Critical Issues Series on Energy

Sunday, April 23, 2:00-5:00 pm, North Hemisphere, Salons B, C, D

Participate in a unique engineering, industry and government discussion on our global energy challenges - and solutions - at the 2006 AIChE Critical Issues Series on Energy, Sunday, Feb. 23 at 2pm. U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman is among the invited speakers. The focus on energy continues throughout the week at various technical sessions and topical conferences. For details, visit http://www.aiche.org/CIS.

Council of Division/Forum Officers Meeting

Monday, April 24, 5:00-7:00pm

North Hemisphere Salon E1

Hosted by the Chemical …

-Carsales.com.au honours Mazda3.

Auto Business News-December 6, 2010--Carsales.com.au honours Mazda3(C)1994-2010 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk

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Carsales.com.au, an automotive website, has recognised the Mazda3 with its 2010 People's Choice Awards.

The vehicle is receiving …

Parody for charity, with help from indie-rock gods.(Preview)

Byline: JESSE FOX MAYSHARK New York Times

If parody can be called a form of flattery, then Bob Geldof has cause to blush.

Twenty-one years after he gathered a group of musicians for the all-star "Do They Know It's Christmas?" benefit single, a similarly sprawling group of performers is asking a snarky follow-up question: "Do They Know It's Halloween?"

The single, being released next week to benefit UNICEF, features indie-rock luminaries like Beck and the Arcade Fire, and pokes fun at what many see as the original Band Aid song's culturally patronizing attitude toward the Third World.

" `Do they know it's Christmas?' What a ridiculous question to ask someone!" Nicholas Diamonds, the Canadian musician who helped write and produce the new …

Interactive action. (Capital Cities/ABC Inc. to form partnership with EON, NTN Communications and others) (Brief Article)

Capital Cities/ABC is teaming with interactive technology company EON, interactive programer NTN Communications and others to create interactive applications for possible use in daytime, prime time sports, …

Valeant Pharma adds $300M to repurchase authority

NEW YORK (AP) — The Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. said Monday it approved an increase of $300 million in its program to repurchase shares, senior notes and other securities.

The Mississauga, Ontario, company said it the addition increases its buyback authority to up to $1.8 billion. Valeant said that under that authorization, it has bought back 15 million shares for $509.6 million, and $302.5 million in convertible …

Childhood inspiration ; Former Times editor Peter Stothard got his love for classical literature when growing up in Chelmsford. As he returns to the town for the Essex Book Festival, he tells Darryl Webber about the inspiration for his memoir and makes a confession

A former Times editor who grew up in Chelmsford is coming home totalk about his memoir for the Essex Book Festival - and to return abook he borrowed from the library more than 40 years ago.

Sir Peter Stothard will be at Chelmsford Library this Thursday(March 10) to talk about his book The Spartacus Road and at the sametime will finally bring back a copy of Essays on Virgil that is morethan 40 years overdue.

Sir Peter made the confession during an interview in which healso said that the reason for him becoming a lover of classicalliterature was his upbringing in Chelmsford.

Stothard, who grew up in the Rothmans Estate in Great Baddow andwent to …

Shizuoka Prefecture series 12 domestic bonds earn Moody's investment mark.

(ADPnews) - Nov 12, 2010 - Moody's has placed on investment ground Shizuoka Prefecture's series 12 domestic senior unsecured bonds reflecting its budgetary performance and the steady environment and protective institutional framework in Japan.

The debt totals JPY 10 billion (USD 121.7m/EUR 88.9m) and matures in 2015.

In particular, the agency has rated the bonds at Aa2, which indicates debt "of high quality" and "very low credit risk". The outlook is "stable", meaning rating changes are unlikely over the medium term.

According to Moody's the stable conditions reduce the possibility of economic, financial market or political stress to the minimum. Besides, …