Middle East and Africa pharmaceutical market poised to grow 11% annually till 2012

November 2nd, 2009 STAINES, England - Astellas Pharma Europe, the European subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc, one of the world's top 20 pharmaceutical companies, can today announce details of an Astellas Changing Tomorrow Charity Award for the International Foundation for Dermatology. The charity award is a funding programme designed to award organisations that help citizens, of all communities, realise their full potential and enhance their quality of life - both today and in the future.

October 29th, 2009 Bharatbook.com included "Stationery market - India" report as part of its Education Industry series. It gives in-depth analysis on Stationery market in India.

September 22nd, 2009 WILMINGTON, Delaware - DuPont Titanium Technologies (DTT) announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure(R) titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. Effective Oct.

September 22nd, 2009 STAINES, England - Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd., the European subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., one of the world's top 20 pharmaceutical companies, has today announced the launch of the Astellas Changing Tomorrow Charity Awards. The charity award funding programme is designed to award organisations that help citizens of all communities realise their full potential and enhance their quality of life - both today and in the future.

September 6th, 2009 DUBAI, UAE - - Acision Increases Commitment to Middle East and Africa With Hire of New GM Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announces the appointment of Sherif Hamoudah as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Middle East, Africa and Pakistan. With more than 20 years sales and marketing experience in the telecoms industry, Hamoudah will oversee the MEA and Pakistan operations and take responsibility for driving business development in the region as well as enhancing operator relationships.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - December 14-16 2009 Hilton International, Abu Dhabi, UAE The organisers of the ATC Global conference & exhibition are delighted to announce an important new event focused on the Middle East. With the full support and endorsement of the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority, the ATC Global Middle East Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi on December 14-15, 2009.

July 16th, 2009 WILMINGTON, Delaware - DuPont Titanium Technologies (DTT) today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure(R) titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in the U.S. dollar markets of Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

April 27th, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Emerging Opportunity: Boom Times Ahead for Mobile Broadband in Africa & Middle East examines the use of mobile broadband as an Internet access technology for PCs, excluding the use of mobile networks for Web browsing on smartphones or other handsets.

April 11th, 2009 DUBAI, UAE - Delta Partners, the leading telecom advisory and investment firm, released a new white paper today about the potential of network sharing in the MEA region, entitled "Tower Sharing in the Middle East and Africa: Collaborating in competition". There are currently over 200,000 mobile network towers in operation across the Middle East and Africa, in which operators invest annually between 10-20% of their revenues to rollout new sites or upgrade existing sites.

March 29th, 2009 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The U.A.E. facilities management market is well placed to weather the current economic downturn being felt around the region according to United Business Media, the organisers of Working Buildings Middle East incorporating Fit-Out Middle East; the international trade exhibition due to take place on the 9th and 10th of November at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).

September 9th, 2009 Morgan Stanley's Makhoul is leaving firmNEW YORK — Morgan Stanley said Wednesday its president of Middle East and North Africa operations, Georges Makhoul, is leaving the bank. Habib Achkar will take on the role of regional manager for the New York-based bank's Middle East and North Africa operations.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Even as India's exports decline, India-African bilateral trade is projected to grow by over nine times from $26 billion now to $150 billion by 2012, according to an estimate by a leading business chamber. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), in a report on Africa, projects that in the next four years the continent will have greater business significance and drive two-way trade to over $150 billion.

October 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Flying to the Arabian Gulf during Diwali or Christmas? You can do it for as low as Rs.3,037 ($60) per head with Air Arabia, the Sharjah-based low-cost carrier. "We are happy to unveil the lowest fares for this region.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's fixed-line telephone market will grow by 22 percent to reach Rs.5,500 crore (Rs.55 billion/$1.1 billion) by 2013, says a report by IT research and advisory firm Gartner. "The Indian fixed-line market will see growth from broadband and Internet access sectors, which will together grow at the rate of 22 percent to reach Rs.55 billion by 2013," the report released here Monday said.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government will spend Rs.1,100 crore (Rs.11 billion) annually till 2012 to provide subsidies and upgrade technology to the textile sector, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran said here Wednesday. The Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), which was launched to improve competitiveness and overall long term viability of the industry, has been extended till March 31, 2012.

February 2nd, 2009 MANILA - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday said it had raised $1 billion for the three-year global benchmark bond issue to return to the US dollar bond market. The bonds, with a coupon rate of 2.125 percent per annum payable semiannually and a maturity date of March 15, 2012, were priced at 99.779 percent to yield 92.25 basis points over the 1.125 percent US Treasury note due January 2012, ADB said in a press release.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday said the design for Chandrayaan II has been completed and it will be launched by 2012. 'The designs for Chandrayaan II have been completed and we hope to launch it by 2012,' ISRO chairperson G.

January 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Despite the global economic slowdown, the cost of making ships has not come down which has made Shipping Corp of India (SCI) decide not to place orders for new vessels till March, a top company official said here Tuesday. 'While we are sticking to our long-term plan to buy 40 ships by 2012, we are not going to order any till March as the cost of building ships is still high,' said SCI chairman and managing director S.

July 26th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Having helped promote Indian teas in North Africa with Egypt as a major market, the Tea Board of India is now looking at heading south of the continent through South Africa. "We are trying to diversify our markets as far as possible," said Tea Board chairman Basudeb Banerjee at the end of the South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) here.

September 19th, 2009 Pope: Bishops to discuss Middle East next yearVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has announced a special meeting of bishops next year to discuss Middle East peace efforts and the role of the Catholic Church in the region. Addressing bishops and patriarchs from Eastern rite churches, Benedict said Saturday that the meeting will take place Oct.