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26 June 2009 - ID Business Solutions Ltd, a leading provider of innovative data management solutions to multinational R&D organisations, today announced that it has concluded an unconditional agreement to acquire InforSense Ltd, a company providing award-winning scientific and business intelligence technologies.

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In simple rites held at the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), UP Los Baños yesterday June 10, Dr. Artemio Salazar, together with UPLB officials led by Chancellor Luis Rey I. Velasco presented the new YAP (Yield and Protein) corn variety to the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur C. Yap, whom the corn was named after.

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University today received a donation of RMB1 million from Mr Ye Xuefeng of WuXi Innovatech Company Limited, a mainland enterprise in Jiangsu Province, in support of the future development of its Industrial Centre.

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The continent of Africa is rich in minerals needed by Western economies. Yet the mining industry contributes very little to African development. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach and provides an historical perspective of each country, making it ideal for students of development studies.

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The economic crisis which began with the collapse of the American subprime loan market in 2007 and the Lehman Brothers shock of 2008 has led to a series of losses throughout the world and caused a global recession that has no end in sight.

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