| PAREXEL Expands Late Phase Clinical Research Services and Appoints ...
BOSTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL) , a leading global bio/pharmaceutical services organization, has appointed Dr. Victor Kiri, formerly with GlaxoSmithKline, as Director of Pharmacoepidemiology within the Company's Clinical Research Services business. Dr. Kiri's responsibilities include advising clients in the design and conduct of comparative observational studies, offering epidemiological analysis for compounds in development, and guiding strategic decisions regarding future areas of research and product development. "Regulatory pressures are increasing client demand for pharmacoepidemiological assessments and related studies as part of late phase clinical development," said Mark A. Goldberg, M.D., President of Clinical Research Services and Perceptive Informatics at PAREXEL International.
Reliance Power IPO
Chandrasekhar would succeed Habil Khurakhiwala, who headed the Ficci from January 2007. Chandrasekhar would assume the office at the conclusion of the 80th annual session of the chamber, which is likely to be held in the end of this month or early February. Chandrasekhar has been member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry (1999-2003), member of the Advisory Committee in the ministry of information technology, Government of India (1999-2002), chairperson of Infrastructure Task Force (1999-2002), Government of Karnataka, and director, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. He founded BPL Mobile in 1994 and was one of the earliest investors to spot the Indian telecom opportunity and invest in it. Chandrasekhar's flagship company, Jupiter Capital, is one of India's leading venture development, management and investment companies, focusing on infrastructure, media and technology ventures of the future.
2007 Ford Escape Hybrid Review
My week with the Escape Hybrid was spent with plenty of high-speed highway driving and quick acceleration, not the best ways to get optimum hybrid fuel economy. Still, the real-world average was 27 mpg, and could easily had been improved by a lighter foot. That's definitely an improvement over the 18 to 20 I've seen in regular V6 Escapes, or the low-to-mid twenties of the four-cylinder models. Acceleration was more than adequate to deal with the demands of traffic. The Ford Escape Hybrid is most remarkable for being unremarkable, and that's good. APPEARANCE: Differences between the standard Escape and the Hybrid are few, and easily overlooked. Most apparent are the leaf-and-road badges on the front fenders and tailgate. There is also a battery compartment vent in the driver's-side rear quarter window, but with the heavily-tinted glass in the quarter windows, that can be hard to see.
Institute for Supply Management annual conference preview
Between sessions or during downtime, attendees may check e-mail at a Cyber Café where they will find access to the Internet. On Tuesday, May 8, Norbert J. Ore, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, and group director, strategic sourcing and procurement at Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific Corp., will present the committee's Manufacturing Semiannual Economic Forecast. Anthony S. Nieves, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, and senior vice president of supply management at Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels Corp., will present the committee's ISM Non-Manufacturing Semiannual Economic Forecast. Immediately following these presentations, John E. Silvia, chief economist at Wachovia Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., and R. Keith Schwer, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, will provide their outlooks for the economy for the remainder of 2007.
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