Sirtex, a leading developer of targeted and innovative cancer therapies, will be featured on the “Business and Technology Report” airing on American Airlines In-Flight Radio. The audio segment is part of Sky Radio’s “Best in Breed: Industry Innovators” and will play throughout December on 29,000 American Airlines flights reaching approximately 4.2 million travelers. A 30-second [...]

IBM is announcing a collaborative effort with European Union partners to develop new technology that will help support active aging and prevent cognitive decline in the elderly population.
Based on intelligent audio and visual processing and reasoning, the “HERMES Cognitive Care for Active Aging” project will develop a combination of home-based and mobile device-based solutions [...]

the industry leader in mobile travel services with over 1.5 million active customers worldwide, today announced it has secured $8 million in a funding round led by the BlackBerry Partners Fund. The BlackBerry Partners Fund joins other notable investors including Motorola Ventures and several world-renowned angel investors who’ve previously invested in WorldMate through its parent [...]

The Blackhawk Fund Media, (BULLETIN BOARD: BHWF) announces the signing of an Agreement to produce “Travel Talk Television,” which is estimated to generate $2 Million to $5 Million in annual revenue.
CEO, Steve Bonenberger stated, “We are so please to be selected to create this amazing travel series made for television. Sandy Dhuyvetter is recognized around [...]

NEWARK — An event at a Teaneck synagogue offering information on buying homes on Israel’s West Bank is drawing opposition from an Israeli group, as well as pro-Palestinian organizations, who say such efforts undermine international peace efforts.
They also questioned if the sale of what they consider illegally occupied lands violates anti-discrimination laws. However, a New [...]

The founder of Business Wire, an electronic distributor of news releases, donated $33 million to help Stanford University build a stem cell research center, the school announced Tuesday.
Lorry Lokey’s donation is the largest contribution from an individual to the Stanford medical school. Stanford hopes to complete construction by 2011.
“The important thing to me is that [...]

Saudi Arabian Prince Alwalid Bin Talal is rumoured to be building a beachfront hotel in Tel Aviv.
US business magazine Forbes says that the billionaire businessman is considering an eight-story, 150-room hotel in the Israeli capital.
Bin Talal’s regular architect, London-based Basil al-Bayati, is said to be in charge of planning for the project.

Ampal-American Israel Corporation announced the results of its special meeting of shareholders held on February 7, 2007.
The Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation increasing the authorized share capital of the Company from 60,000,000 to 100,000,000 shares of Class A Stock, par value $1.00 per share.
The Company’s shareholders also approved the [...]

When it came to naming Blue, architect Bernard Tschumi’s 16-story, 32-unit pixilated glass condominium on the Lower East Side, it wasn’t obvious at first what to call it.
“We had considered, I believe, the name ‘Dream’ in French — Reve — because it felt like a dream in some respects and the architect is Swiss French, [...]

Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. announced that on February 6th, 2007, its wholly owned subsidiary Elscint Limited (”Elscint”) has signed Heads of Terms for the sale of the entire issued and paid up share capital of S.L.S. Sails Limited, being the wholly owned subsidiary of Elscint which owns and operates the “Arena” Shopping and Entertainment [...]

Israel’s only ski resort, located on Mt. Hermon, atop the Golan Heights, is open.
The resort, which was closed due to stormy weather over the weekend is now open with a fresh layer of snow following eight inches of snowfall over the Sabbath.
Menachem Baruch, the resort’s manager, says the lower trails now have three feet of [...]

Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. announced the results of the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders held today, Thursday, December 28, 2006, in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
At the meeting, all proposals set forth in EMI’s proxy statement dated November 21, 2006 (the “Proxy Statement”) sent in connection with the meeting were approved by the required majorities.