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Daily Report Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Daily Highlights
USA TODAY reports the Associated Mail and Parcel Centers estimates that each year thousands of packages with potentially hazardous materials are loaded onto cargo planes all over the U.S. (See item 21)
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Chikungunya, a severe and sometimes deadly infectious disease that has devastated the islands of the Indian Ocean, has arrived in the United States: several states have reported cases of travelers returning from visits to Asia and East Africa sick with the mosquito−borne virus. (See item 29)
Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector
36. November 20, IDG News Service — Check Point adds encryption with Pointsec buy. Check Point Software Technologies plans to acquire Pointsec Mobile Technologies in an effort to extend its security offering to laptops and other remote access devices. Check Point made the $586 million offer for Protect Data, the owner of Pointsec, on Monday, November 20. With the Pointsec acquisition, Check Point hopes to extend its security offering to include corporate data, the company said.
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