AdBrite, the Internet’s Ad Marketplace, today announced that Daniel Issen has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering. An industry veteran with over 20 years experience, Daniel is now responsible for software development at the company.

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HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the most substantial investment in consumer technical support in its history – the aim of which is to enable people to get faster, more effective help with the HP technology products in their homes.
Customer service agents from Missouri to Moscow are now equipped with state-of-the art tools to help customers quickly [...]

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Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) today announced that effective March 1, 2008, it will abandon equity accounting for its current shareholding in LG Display Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220), formerly known as LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. Instead, Philips will apply fair-value accounting for this participation effective as of the same date. This change follows [...]

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PALM (Nasdaq: PALM) and HOP-ON, INC. (Pink Sheets:HPNN) announced today a signed settlement has been reached regarding use and registration of the GRAFFITI trademark.
Hop-on, Inc. settled its trademark dispute with Access Systems Americas, Inc. (ASA), formerly known as PalmSource, Inc., via confidential agreement restricting release of terms. The case was in the jurisdiction of the [...]

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (NASDAQ: COKE) today announced that James (Jim) H. Morgan has been named to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Morgan is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., New York Stock Exchange listed company.
“We are very pleased to have an individual with such an extensive background [...]

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DivX, Inc., a digital media company (NASDAQ: DIVX), today announced the appointment of Markus Moenig as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Moenig will lead global engineering operations, where he will be responsible for the development of technologies designed to enable consumers to enjoy high-quality digital video across any device or platform. Chris [...]

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LG Electronics (LG) today announced that it has entered into a cross licensing agreement with GE Consumer & Industrial, an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. This new agreement will allow LG and GE to use one another’s patents for refrigerators and cooking appliances without paying licensing fees.

“We [...]

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Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”) (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that it has proposed to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”) (NASDAQ: TTWO) in an all-cash merger valued at approximately $2.0 billion.
EA’s proposal of $26 per share in cash represents a premium of 64 percent over Take-Two’s closing stock price on Feb. 15th, the last trading day [...]

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Abengoa Solar will build, own and operate what would be the largest solar power plant in the world, scheduled to go into operation by 2011. It is located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona and
The solar plant has been named Solana (“a sunny place” in Spanish). The Solana Generating Station (280 [...]

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Today, the board of management of Porsche AG in Stuttgart, Germany, announced the appointment of Detlev von Platen (44) as President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), effective April 1, 2008. Von Platen will succeed Peter Schwarzenbauer who has been named to the management board of AUDI AG, in Ingolstadt, Germany, responsible for [...]

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