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The 17th annual International AIDS Conference has opened in Mexico City. Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, announced that he's lifting restrictions on foreign drug manufacturers to allow them to produce and sell generic anti-retrovirals in the country. Mexico City is the first Latin American city to host the conference.

Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the introduction of its farm line of business (ISO Division Four) on Commercial IQ, its web-based application for quoti

TAMPA, FL (MARKET WIRE) Southeastern Companies, one of Florida's top ten professional employer organizations, announced a name change to 'Global Employment Solutions, PEO Division,' (OTCBB: GEYH) effective August 1, 2008. The name change is not the result of a new ownership change, acquisition or merger with another company.

ORANGE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Agire Mortgage Corporation, a full service mortgage advisory and solution provider, today announces expansion of their board of directors as well as the re-branding of their advisory services platform to Edge Mortgage Advisory Corporation (EdgeMAC).

Toyota Motor Corp announced Aug 1, 2008, that it developed the "Winglet," a transport assistance robot that users ride in a standing position. In 2007, Toyota announced the "Mobiro...

Emergency building repair service Dyno Group has announced its '2007 Franchisees of the Year' at a ceremony held at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire.

SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A sense of trepidation was certainly felt at automotive facilities across North America this week as the second-quarter numbers for both General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) (Detroit, Michigan) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) (Dearborn, Michigan) were announced. Combined, the two automotive giants lost more than $24 billion during the second quarter of 2008, not a good sign for an industry that has been struggling for over a year to deal with a rapidly changing marketplace. Foreign automakers have been chipping away at American

Ted Ostrander, president and CEO of Leesburg, Florida-based LassiterWare Insurance, recently announced a new organizational structure for the agency. Divided into four core divisions, each divisi

MA.-based Dunkin' Donuts plans to challenge Starbucks for coffee supremacy. The company is set to announce later this month a strategy to nearly double the number of stores in the Chicago area during the next four years as it launches a nationwide expansion that will more than triple the number of stores it now operates by 2015. It hopes to grow from 4,400 to 15,000 stores - giving it more locations than Starbucks and McDonald's currently have.

The property tax overhaul state lawmakers announced from on high this spring has begun to roll downhill, and region officials are less than thrilled with the new responsibilities headed their way.