As reported by the AWA, A new round of water purchasing in the southern Murray Darling Basin worth $120 million has been announced today by the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong. In December last year, the Australian Government announced a total of $270 million in new water purchasing initiatives […]
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As reported by the AWA, Farmers have threatened to withdraw their support for the federal government’s $12.9 billion water reforms criticizing the focus on buybacks and claiming the plan for the Murray Darling Basin is skewed towards the environment. The complaint comes after the National Irrigators Council said its members were losing patience over delays […]
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2010 Infrastructure Report Card for Victoria
As reported by the AWA, The 2010 Infrastructure Report Card for Victoria produced by Engineers Australia has been released. It claims that the state’s train, water and electricity systems have been going backwards in the past five years, that the $3.5 billion desalination plant being built is an expensive and energy-intensive source of water and […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, Aesthera Corporation, an Israeli company that uses photo pneumatic or light-based technology for the treatment of skin conditions, was acquired by Solta Medical of Hayward, California, for $5.3 million. Aesthera’s flagship product, the Isolaz platform, is the only laser or light-based device with FDA marketing clearance for the treatment […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, “Ajami” was nominated for an Oscar as one of the 5 best Foreign-Language films for 2010. “Ajami”, produced by Arab-Israeli Scandar Copti and Jewish-Israeli Yaron Shani, explores five different stories set in the Christian-and-Muslim Arab neighborhood “Ajami” of the mixed Jewish-Arab Mediterranean city of Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv. […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffet, who bought an 80% majority stake in Iscar for $4 billion in 2006, told shareholders Iscar was poised to set new records, noting that the Israeli company’s “incredible managerial team would see to that.” “Nothing stops Israel-based Iscar – not wars, recessions or competitors,” […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, DVTel, Inc., a pioneer and dominant market player in the development and delivery of intelligent security solutions over IP networks, is buying ioimage, a leader in intelligent video appliances. ioimage provides high-performance video encoders and cameras with built-in, self sustaining video analytics. ioimage, founded in 2000, uses edge and […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, Leading technology provider Dell acquired Israeli start-up Exanet, which deals in data storage development, for $12 million. Exanet, which was founded in 2000, provides scalable network-attached storage software solutions to OEM partners. Exanet storage system solutions are hardware independent. Their clustered NAS software storage solution provides single file system […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, Oracle Corp., the world’s largest maker of proprietary database software, is acquiring Israeli startup Convergin, which makes software that lets telcos deliver services across multiple networks and platforms. Convergin’s J2EE-based Service Broker Platform enables communications service providers (CSPs) to manage services for a wide range of networks and application […]
As reported in Invest In Israel, China’s Yifang Digital, one of the world’s leading consumer elect buy cheap kamagra uk ronics manufacturers, purchased Pegasus Technologies for about $60 million. Pegasus, founded in 1991, develops handwriting input devices for entry in personal computers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cellular phones and other office equipment. Pegasus will maintain […]
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