ORLANDO, FL –Magellan Energy Ltd. (OTC: MGGL) announced today that it has
completed private placements for a total of one hundred and twenty million
dollars ($120,000,000 USD). The proceeds will be utilized to purchase
producing oil and gas assets. More information regarding the use of funds
will be released as it becomes available. Read more

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, March 16, 2006–Cranes Software
International Ltd., a global scientific and engineering software
solutions provider, today announced the closure of its Euros 42 million
offering of unsecured foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs).
Barclays Capital is the Sole Bookrunner and Lead Manager for the
offering. Read more

A group of European computer researchers has demonstrated that it is possible to insert a software virus into radio frequency identification tags, part of a microchip-based tracking technology in growing use in commercial and security applications.
In a paper to be presented yesterday at an academic computing conference in Pisa, Italy, the researchers plan to demonstrate how it is possible to infect a tiny portion of memory in the chips that is frequently large enough to hold only 128 characters of information. Read more

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, March 16, 2006 — Goldman Sachs announced today its intention to build a
wholly-owned onshore investment banking and securities firm in India. As
part of this commitment, Goldman Sachs will be making the necessary
applications to establish its own domestic broker dealer and intends to
seek other necessary licenses needed to build a leading financial services
firm in India.
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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, March 16, 2006 -Various multimedia,
including VoIP, videoconferencing, instant
messaging and streaming video, are required to communicate and transfer
information between offices. These new technologies require massive
investment in new networking equipment, and the high-end router will be
key to managing the entire communications process. Read more

New York, United States, Thursday, March 16, 2006 — Organizations exhibit
clear warning signs when their reputations
are failing, according to Burson-Marsteller’s corporate reputation study
conducted with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Business leaders
surveyed from around the world - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and
Latin America - also agree with the order and magnitude of these signals
of looming reputation failure. In a new pocket guide based on this
research, Cures for the Company Blues, Burson-Marsteller reveals these
early warning signs leaders should watch for.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — M Squared Consulting, Inc., an industry pioneer in
human capital management and leading national provider of independent
business consultants (www.msquared.com), today announced the results of its
4th annual comprehensive survey of independent consultants. Approximately
400 consultants were polled this past January on a number of issues. Key
findings indicate consultants continue to be bullish about the economy and
are seeing a growing demand for their expertise in the financial services,
professional services and healthcare sectors. Read more

New Delhi, March 16, 2006 — McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the leading dedicated
security technology company, today announced that McAfee(R) Secure Web
Gateway has received Network World Magazine’s ‘Best of the Tests’ award for
its outstanding ability to prevent spyware from entering a network. Network
World’s annual ‘Best of the Tests’ issue recognizes the best of over 200
products from a wide range of technologies. From 48 finalists, ten winners
from nine categories were selected. Read more

TORONTO — Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: GNBT), a leader in the
area of buccal drug delivery, announced today additional preliminary results
(10 weeks) of a long-term (six month) clinical trial of Generex Oral-lyn,
the Company’s proprietary oral insulin spray product, in adolescent and
young adult patients with Type-1 diabetes mellitus. Read more

Raid - the new war cry

The great war between Google versus Microsoft versus Yahoo. Actually for the past few months its only been Microsoft versus Google, Yahoo has been rather silent. The war is on General Ballmer and General Page are spending considerable resources on drawing war plans. If acquisition was the driving plan two years ago, this year ‘poaching’ is the central theme of the war plan. Microsoft trying to poach into the world of Google’s search. Now Google has hit back in a manner which could hurt Microsoft rather badly in times to come. Read more