Accor's consolidated revenue rose by 6.6% to EUR7,607 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the like-for-like increase was 6.7%. (in EUR millions) Pro forma 2006 % Change % Change 2005(1)

OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: OB ) will release fourth quarter and full year 2006 earnings on Friday February 2, 2007, prior to the opening of the market. The company will review its earnings via Webcast at 10:00 a.m. EST

Apple's record profit of $1.1 billion surpassed the company's previous record holiday quarter on what it called "staggering" demand for the iPod and continued strong demand for Macs, which accounted for 43 percent of all Apple revenues. Mac sales, the

American Medical News (AMNews), a weekly medical news publication owned and operated by the American Medical Association (AMA) was named 2007 "Media Brand of the Year" by Medical Marketing and Media (MM&M). AMNews is featured in MM&M's January 2007 "All-

A private firm has won the first round of legal battle against Nairobi City Council over a multi-million contract for upgrading of parking bays.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Steve Chipman, President of Lexnet Consulting Group, has launched a new website targeted to the CRM Community. The website, www.sagecrmcommunity.com, is a resource for buyers, resellers, and technology partners to find information about customer relationship

Apple just completed the conference call for their financial results from Q1 2007. As reported Apple posted $1 Billion in profit. A few interesting comments were made during the question and answer section that followed. First of all,...

Today the Board of Directors of Artesian Resources Corporation (Nasdaq: ARTNA ) declared a regular quarterly dividend on the company's Class A Non-Voting and Class B Common stock. The quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share is payable February 23, 2007

Worldwide Mobile Marketing Corp. (WORLDWIDE) (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: WLJ and Pink Sheets: WMBM), a multi-faceted mobile media company offering innovative advertising through the use of specially designed vehicles and franchises as a medium for advertising message of its clients. WORLDWIDE

Worldwide online sales of music doubled to $2 billion in 2006, but failed to compensate for lower CD sales, says the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The Associated Press observes that the online realm today represents 10 percent

While DVDs and burning software have permitted multi-session discs for years, new software by Freeridecoding promises to address a continuing drawback: overwriting. The group claims that its new BurnAgain DVD application will let owners use the same portion of a

Sports gear manufacturer Nike will soon release a watch that could eliminate the need for the Nike+iPod kit, according to Electronista. Appearing only briefly on the European Nike website before being removed, the Nike Speed+ watch includes its own flash

Apple today revealed that its retail stores saw record sales during the quarter, posting revenues of $1.1 billion. The company opened five new stories during the quarter for a total of 170 retail stores. With an average of 169 stores

Apple on Wednesday released results for its fiscal 2007 first quarter ended December 30, 2006 included record revenue of $7.1 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.0 billion, or $1.14 per diluted share. Some notes from the conference with

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE)

TORRANCE, CA (MARKET WIRE) California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC), the state's largest organization dedicated to improving the welfare and productivity of small and medium-sized manufacturers and distributors, today praised the Schwarzenegger Administration on the introduction of the Goods Movement Action

DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE: DRH ) today announced the pricing of its follow-on public offering of 15,950,000 shares of common stock at a price of $18.15 per share. DiamondRock has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an

A grant of almost US$2 million from ADB's Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan, will help reduce poverty among rural Bhutanese through a pilot project to develop their income-generating skills.

An independent report has found that Australia is on target to achieve its APEC goals of free trade and investment.

Discovery Metals Limited (ASX: DML; BSE: DML) is "on track" to increase the JORC compliant Inferred Resource at its Maun Copper Project in north-west Botswana after the latest drilling results showed consistently higher grades of copper-silver mineralisation than the previous