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Daimler AG and the consortium of private and public-sector investors have confirmed to continue the agreement reached on February 9, 2007 concerning the equity interests and voting rights in the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).

Ford has accelerated development work on its all-new Fiesta-based challenger for the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship, following confirmation by the sport's governing body last week of technical regulations for the series' new formula.

Tata Motors has entered into an agreement with Hafil Transport of Saudi Arabia to supply 1,000 air-conditioned school buses. The delivery of the buses will begin in April 2010 and will be completed during the year.

Under the terms of the five year agreement, BT will provide a managed services solution for Deutsche Post DHL’s telecommunications infrastructure in 15 countries and over 1,000 sites across Asia Pacific.

IBM ( IBM) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC), a privately held company headquartered in Fairfax, VA. Financial terms were not disclosed.  The companies had announced a definitive agreement in January to pursue the acquisition.

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Building on their existing relationship, the agreement will see NDS integrate its VideoGuard™ encryption technology with the new platform to ensure that the operator’s service remains uncompromised.

Microsoft Corp. has entered into an intellectual property licensing agreement with Panasonic Corp. to provide it with access to Microsoft's Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology, the latest generation of Microsoft's file system.

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq “YHOO”) announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal.

At the first Annual Leaders Forum of the Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC) today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown and Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) that build upon the original PCC Agreement, signed on June 30, 2008.

Throughout the creditor protection process, Nortel has worked with its advisors and stakeholders to conduct the sales of businesses and other restructuring matters in a fair, efficient and responsible manner in order to maximize value for its creditors, and in almost all matters, resolution has been reached on a consensual basis.

Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), and Numonyx Holdings B.V. announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Micron has agreed to acquire privately held Numonyx in an all-stock transaction valuing Numonyx at approximately $1.27 billion USD.

IBM ( IBM) today announced that it has signed a five-year remote managed services agreement with Sandhar Technologies, an auto ancillary group based in New Delhi.

Nortel entered into a Settlement Agreement with court-appointed representatives of its Canadian former employees, pensioners and LTD beneficiaries, the court-appointed representative counsel to such parties, Koskie Minsky LLP, the CAW Canada and Nortel’s court-appointed Monitor.

Gartner, Inc has identified seven non-technology-based factors that organisations need to pay close attention to in order to attain business process management (BPM) success.

The Nissan Frontier has the strongest roof and the Chevrolet Colorado the weakest among 5 small pickup trucks, all 2010 models, that recently were tested for rollover protection by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) and General Motors (GM) have signed a preliminary share transfer agreement for FPT to acquire GM's 50 per cent share in FIAT-GM Powertrain Polska, an engine manufacturing joint venture in the special economic zone of Bielsko-Biala, Poland.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance today announced that Nissan is entering into an agreement with the City of Houston to advance zero-emission mobility in the city by promoting the development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support widespread adoptions of electric cars.

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, and NEC Corporation (TSE:6701), a global leader in networking, communications and information technology, today announced an agreement to jointly develop NEC-branded data warehouse appliances to be sold by NEC worldwide – with an initial focus on Japan and the Asia Pacific region.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations.