PR-inside.com Press Releases Free Services http://www.pr-inside.com/ Copyright 08 pr-inside.com pr-inside.com World News (PR-inside.com) CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A Libyan shipping company says it has halted oil deliveries to Switzerland to protest the arrest there of Moammar Gadhafi's son. The head of Libya's General National Maritime Transportation Company says it stopped all the country's oil shipments to Switzerland on Wednesday. Ali Bilhajj Ahmed says the action by his state-run shipping company was an appropriate response, calling it the «least we should do.» He says the shipments amount to 40 percent of the company's business, but gave no figure on the amount of oil involved. Hannibal Gadhafi and his .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/libya-halts-oil-shipments-to-switzerland-r720668.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/libya-halts-oil-shipments-to-switzerland-r720668.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500(R) leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its Poole and Kent Company of Florida subsidiary has been awarded a mechanical construction contract by the University of Miami School of Medicine campus in Miami, Florida. Poole and Kent will install a piping system that will provide 17,000 tons of chilled water to various buildings on the University's School of Medicine campus. The project will involve 7,200 feet of up to 36-inch underground, insulated piping, as well as all system .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/emcor-group-inc-subsidiary-receives-contract-r720667.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/emcor-group-inc-subsidiary-receives-contract-r720667.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.ariad.com - ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) will hold a live webcast of its quarterly conference call at 8:30 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, August 7, 2008. Harvey J. Berger, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, will host the call. Senior management will discuss the Company's financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2008, progress towards 2008 key corporate objectives, and additional corporate activities. The Company will announce the highlights of these topics in a press release to be issued before the market opens on August 7, 2008 prior to the conference call. The live webcast can be .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:59:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/ariad-to-webcast-conference-call-on-r720665.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ariad-to-webcast-conference-call-on-r720665.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) - Industrial conglomerate 3M says its second-quarter profit rose slightly on strong double-digit growth in international markets. St. Paul, Minnesota-based 3M Co. says it earned $945 million, or $1.33 per share, compared with $917 million, or $1.25 per share a year earlier. Net sales are up to $6.74 billion from $6.14 billion a year earlier. Excluding special items 3M says it earned $1.39 per share in the most recent quarter. Thomson Financial says analysts expected earnings of $1.35 per share on net sales of $6.69 billion. Sales are up 32 .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:59:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/strong-growth-in-international-sales-lifts-r720666.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/strong-growth-in-international-sales-lifts-r720666.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.medical-action.com - Medical Action Industries Inc. (NASDAQ/MDCI), announced today that it will hold a conference call to present financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Paul D. Meringolo, Medical Action's President and CEO further advised that our results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 are scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 7, 2008 before the market opens. A conference call will be conducted by Mr. Meringolo, Mr. Charles Kelly, Chief Financial Officer and Richard G. Satin, Vice President - General Counsel, to discuss Medical .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:58:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/medical-action-industries-1st-quarter-earnings-r720664.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/medical-action-industries-1st-quarter-earnings-r720664.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bbc7dc/investment_report) has announced the addition of the 'Investment Report of China Fertilizer and Pesticide Industry, 2000-2008' report to their offering. During the period 2003 to 2005, the international fertilizer market witnessed a full recovery. Meanwhile, China's fertilizer prices increased and the profitability of China's fertilizer industry improved significantly, resulting in rapid expansion of production capacity and increasingly severe competition in the industry. China's newly-added production capacity hit four million tons in 2006, when it was already clear that China was under pressure of oversupply of urea. In 2007, China added another five million tons .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/investment-report-of-china-fertilizer-amp-r720663.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/investment-report-of-china-fertilizer-amp-r720663.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan became the first player to take advantage of cricket's new trial laws and successfully challenge an on-field umpire's decision Thursday. Dilshan was initially given out by umpire Mark Benson, adjudged caught behind off a Zaheer Khan delivery on the second day of the test against India. In the past, a batsman would have had no choice but to accept the umpire's verdict, but new laws being trialled in this test allow teams to refer on-field decisions to a third umpire under a challenge .. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/cricket-history-made-as-sri-lanka-r720662.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/cricket-history-made-as-sri-lanka-r720662.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BERLIN (AP) - A suspicious package caused a brief scare at U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's Berlin hotel Thursday before police said it contained only a book. The Hotel Adlon was closed off for 10 minutes while police specialists checked the package. Police spokesman Bernhard Schodrowski said that someone had sent a package containing a book for Obama, and officers initially regarded it as suspect. It was unclear whether Obama was in the building at the time. Obama arrived in Berlin on Thursday morning and met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at her office.