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Anti Corruption Campaign Banner. Photo Credit: One Stone Advisors . 29 Dec 2011 20:50 Africa/Lagos FCPA Digest Cites Increased Prosecution of Individuals and Sharpened Focus On Judicial Opinions and Trials Shearman & Sterling report outlines business and legal implications of US, UK and other international anti-corruption activities NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Although the overall number of new FCPA enforcement actions fell somewhat in 2011 – just 16 corporate cases, compared with 20 in 2010 – US authorities have continued their aggressive and proactive enforcement of the statute and are now being joined by their foreign counterparts, according to global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP. Shearman & Sterling's semi-annual "Recent Trends and Patterns in FCPA Enforcement" report, part of the firm's renowned FCPA Digest (http://fcpa.shearman.com), showed that, despite the claims of some commentators and legislators, FCPA penalties against corporat...

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Offshore Rig. Photo Credit: Oil Rig Photos . 17 Dec 2011 12:00 Africa/Lagos "Oil & Gas Infrastructure Security Market to Reach 29.16 Billion Dollars in 2012" According to New Visiongain Report LONDON, December 17, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Over the next decade, global demand for oil & gas [http://www.visiongain.com/Report/738/The-Oil-Gas-Infrastructure-Security-Market-2012-2022 ] is set to rapidly increase as rising populations and economic growth help to drive the industry. This will create a need for additional oil & gas infrastructure [http://www.visiongain.com/report_license.aspx?rid=738 ] to be constructed. At the same time, many countries around the world are currently facing a number of security challenges stemming from civil unrest, terrorist activities, and a competitive global market. Together, these factors will create substantial opportunities for companies involved in the oil & gas infrastructure security market as a range of products and services wil...

17 Dec 2011 12:00 Africa/Lagos "Feature Phones Accounted for Over 70% of Global Handset Sales in 2011" Reports Visiongain LONDON, December 17, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Visiongain 's latest research Low Cost Handsets, Feature Phones and Entry Level Smartphone Report 2011-2016 [http://www.visiongain.com/Report/736/Low-Cost-Handsets-Feature-Phones-and-Entry-Level-Smartphone-Report-2011-2016 ] shows that feature phones [http://www.visiongain.com/report_license.aspx?rid=736 ] will continue to dominate the telecoms market. While the mature market is consumed with high end Smartphones, Tablets and App stores the issue of oversaturation is still without a solution. For emerging economies penetration rates are low and for operators and OEMs these areas represent vast untapped potential revenue streams, but how best to capitalize? The feature phone will remain a crucial device in manufacturer's portfolios over the next five years as emerging economies come to fruition. Low cost and ...

4 Oct 2011 16:57 Africa/Lagos PR Newswire's ProfNet Connect Wins 2011 Web Marketing Association WebAward Award recognizes 'Outstanding Achievement in Web Development' PR Newswire NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2011 NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PR Newswire, the global leader in innovative marketing and communications solutions, is proud to announce that it has won a 2011 Web Marketing Association WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development for its online community website, ProfNet Connect. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/NY80163LOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110719/NY37427LOGO ) ProfNet Connect, the free, interactive online community for the communications industry, was developed to facilitate connections between journalists, bloggers, media professionals, influencers and expert sources. Through the comprehensive platform, users are able to actively network, share information and increase online visibility and credibility amon...

Rihanna The ultra sexy black, bold and beautiful singer Rihanna has been rated the third sexiest woman alive by FHM on the list of the selected 100 sexiest women alive in the world. The second on the list is Katy Perry and the number one is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley , Rosie Huntington Whiteley The problem with all these fake ratings is the fact that these dumb American magazines totally ignore the beautiful and wonderful women in Africa and Asia where we have the most beautiful and sexiest women on planet earth. You can check out the so called Top 99 women by Ask Men , the Esquire magazine voted Minka Kelly as the sexiest woman alive, but Ask Men disagreed. Then the gallery of sexiest black women is full of only black American celebrities without anyone chosen from Africa or other continents. Katy Perry Minka Kelly You can also see the sexiest babes on hottest Play Boy Covers . But any list of the most beautiful or sexiest women alive today without inclu...

AN ASTONISHING 2,564 MILES PER GALLON ACHIEVED AT SHELL ECO-MARATHON® AMERICAS 2011 Quebec's Université Laval Defends Title Winning Shell Eco-marathon Americas for Third Consecutive Year Houston , April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Going the farthest distance might sound like a foot race. But this past weekend, it meant stretching the boundaries of fuel efficiency as student teams competed in the fifth annual Shell Eco-marathon® Americas, a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of energy. High school and university students from Canada and the United States competed in the two-day street course challenge in downtown Houston. For the third year in a row and beating last year's mileage by 77 mpg, the student team from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada took home the Internal Combustion First Prize with an astonishing best run of 2,564.8 miles per gallon in the Prototype class. And in the UrbanC...

(In memory of my beloved mother Gladys Eke, one of the greatest women God created.) (In memory of my beloved mother Gladys Eke, one of the greatest women God created.) 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day 7 Mar 2011 11:00 Africa/Lagos International Women's Day, 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality PR Newswire NEW YORK, March 7, 2011 NEW YORK, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a message by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women: A hundred years ago today, women across the world took an historic step on the long road to equality. The first ever International Women's Day was called to draw attention to the unacceptable and often dangerous working conditions that so many women faced worldwide. Although the occasion was celebrated in only a handful of countries, it brought over one million women out onto the streets, demanding not just better conditions at work but also the right to vote, to hold office and to be equal p...