Maxygen CEO and CFO to leave Wednesday as part of expanded partnership with Astellas Pharma

September 14th, 2009 Elan sees J&J cut deal value in contract amendmentNEW YORK — Elan Corp. said Monday Johnson & Johnson will reduce the value of a partnership deal under an amendment as part of a move meant to fix a contract breach with Biogen Idec Inc.

September 14th, 2009 SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Monday that it has expanded its partnership with Air India with a new bilateral frequent flyer program. Under the agreement, frequent flyer program members of both airlines are able to earn and redeem miles on flights operated by either carrier.

September 9th, 2009 Backers won't appeal public vote on gay benefitsOLYMPIA, Wash. — Supporters of Washington state's most recent expansion of domestic partnership rights say they're dropping efforts to block a public vote on the new law.

September 8th, 2009 WA judge rejects challenge to vote on gay benefitsOLYMPIA, Wash. — A judge on Tuesday refused to block a proposed ballot initiative on expanded domestic partnership benefits for gay couples in Washington state.

September 1st, 2009 Gay partnership referendum makes ballotOLYMPIA, Wash. — A referendum on an expansion of Washington's domestic partnership law for gay couples has qualified for the November ballot, election officials said Monday.

August 31st, 2009 APNewsBreak: Gay partnership foes make ballotOLYMPIA, Wash. — A referendum that could overturn Washington state's "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law has qualified for the November ballot.

July 26th, 2009 Wash. gay partnership foes turn in signaturesOLYMPIA, Wash. — Sponsors of a campaign to overturn Washington state's domestic partnership law turned in their petition signatures Saturday and said they believe they have enough to force a public vote.

June 29th, 2009 Enterprise, Teppco merge, form energy partnershipNEW YORK — Enterprise Products Partners says it will merge with Teppco to form the largest publicly traded energy partnership with an enterprise value of more than $26 billion. Enterprise, which transports natural gas and oil through its pipeline network, said Monday that Teppco unitholders will receive 1.24 Enterprise common units for each Teppco unit, a 14.5 percent premium to the initial offer made by Enterprise March 9.

June 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - The boards of Emami and Zandu Pharma have approved hiving off Emami's realty business into a separate firm, and merging Zandu's consumer goods (FMCG) unit with Emami, the companies said Friday. "The realty business of Emami will be now a separate company, Emami Infrastructure Ltd," Emami said in regulatory statement.

June 18th, 2009 BANGALORE - India will soon have a regulatory authority for the biotech sector, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said here Thursday. "We are setting up a national biotechnology regulatory authority in partnership with the industry," Chavan said, unveiling the ninth edition of Bangalore Bio 2009, South Asia' premier biotech event that has attracted 110 firms from 15 countries apart from India.

May 9th, 2009 Dolphins' home becomes LandShark StadiumMIAMI — The name of the Miami Dolphins' home will be LandShark Stadium, but not for long. It will be for this season only and expires before the stadium hosts the Super Bowl in February.

April 30th, 2009 Chrysler's CEO says he'll leave after bankruptcyDETROIT — Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli will leave his post after the company emerges from bankruptcy protection, ending nearly two years of leadership that has seen sales and earnings slump as U.S. auto sales crumbled.

April 29th, 2009 Detroit Free Press, news partnership get top execsDETROIT — The Detroit Media Partnership and Detroit Free Press have announced their new top executives. Susie Ellwood will become chief executive of the Detroit Media Partnership, which oversees the business operations of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News.

March 6th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - In what could be termed an eye opener for other pollution control bodies across India, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has so far found four pharmaceutical units near here storing used syringes and needles in their warehouses. Board officials raided the factories Thursday afternoon after being told by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) about the possibility of the four pharma units in Naroda, Narol and Isanpur storing used syringes and needles.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Following are the highlights of the interim budget presented by Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Monday: * India remains second-fastest growing economy in the world * Economy expected to grow 7.1 percent this fiscal * Government spent Rs.70,000 crore (Rs.700 billion) on 37 infrastructure projects in 2008-09 * Under public-private partnership (PPP), 54 central infrastructure projects approved * Total expenditure of PPP projects estimated at Rs.67,700 crore (Rs.677 billion) * India Infrastructure Finance Company to raise Rs.10,000 crore (Rs.100 billion) by end-March * India has weathered inflation criris, but no room for complacency * Country's agriculture outlook is encouraging * Record foreign direct investment of $32.4 billion attracted * Extraordinary situation merits extraordinary measures * Need to consider additional fiscal measures in regular budget * In past three years, India grew by average of over 9 percent * Per capita income expanded by 4.7 percent per annum * Fiscal deficit was brought down from 4.5 percent to 2.7 percent * Revenue deficit was cut from 3.6 percent to 1.1 percent * Exports increased 26.4 percent per annum * Foreign trade increased from 27.3 percent to 35.5 percent * Tax to gross domestic product ratio expanded by 9.2 to 12.5 percent * Agriculture grew by 3.7 percent per annum