Misc

Secretary of State Bogdan Aurescu says Romania will not tolerate discrimination against its own citizens, EC calls for Roma integration in both native country and where they choose to settle.

FALL RIVER, MA-HealthFirst is taking a 78,000-square-foot industrial space and converting it to a community health center.

Deere & Co. announced Aug. 31 it would sell its wind energy business to Excelon Corp, an energy company, for $900 million. The initial evaluation if for $840,000, with Deere getting the remaining $40 million when construction begins on already planned projects.

CONCORD, Calif.—-Lisa V. Larrabee will become president and chief executive officer of Harris & Associates effective October 18, 2010, announced Guy Erickson, board director, President, CEO and chair of the succession team, and Carl Harris, founder and Chairman of the Board.

Carver County learned last week it will receive nearly $6 million in federal stimulus funds to expand its fiber optic ring project to provide high-speed Internet connectivity to 86 community partners throughout the county.

CHICAGO—-Navigant announced today that John DelPonti has joined the Valuation and Financial Risk Management practice of Navigant Capital Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navigant Consulting, as a Managing Director in the Washington, DC office.

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UK based security company, The Anvil Group, has been awarded a contract by a long-standing client to safeguard the health and security of its international workforce during a construction project in Sierra Leone. The medical and security professionals, known as MIRA (Medics in Remote Areas) will be on standby to administer healthcare to all employees located in the West …

NEWARK, Del. & UPPSALA, Sweden–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Best-in-class collaborators – GE Healthcare, iBio and Fraunhofer USA-CMB – to develop & globally market efficient, cost-effective manufacturing solutions for plant-based biopharmaceuticals & vaccines

NEWARK, Del. & UPPSALA, Sweden—-iBio, Inc. , its development collaborator, Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology , and GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company , today announced their entry into an agreement to jointly develop and globally market manufacturing solutions for biopharmaceuticals and vaccines based upon their respective proprietary technologies.

Lisa V. Larrabee will become president and chief executive officer of Harris & Associates effective October 18, 2010, announced Guy Erickson, board director, President, CEO and chair of the succession team, and Carl Harris, founder and Chairman of the Board.