International Business Information You Can Use:

Intenational Dialing Codes Lookup: www.infospace.com: Founded in 1996, Infospace offers online and mobile look-up services for finding businesses, people and entertainment online.

Maps of India: India is "the next big thing" in global M&A. Not only are there hundreds of millions of Indians clamoring for US and global goods, Corporate India is on the move.  For many, that means cross-border deals, to build a presence in other countries by expanding the corporate footprint. Indian firms operating in their own behalf are making cross border acquisitions and finding partners and collaborators with surprising names: Take Spentex Industries Ltd., India's largest yarn manufacturer.  It is 32% owned by Citibank's venture capital arm.

To learn about India see the maps of India (political, demographics, travel, economy, transport networks, etc.): www.mapsofindia.com.

Hotspot Finder: Worldwide Wi-Fi Hotspot Directory: Search by address, city, airport code, and free, pay or both. May not include libraries, though they are often wi-fi user friendly.  See www.usatoday.jiwire.com.

Newsworthy medical information you may have missed:

The Internet journal of medical technologies is found at www.medgadget.com -- this site covers specialties from Anesthesiology to Vascular Surgery (including Genetics, Military Medicine, Prosthetics and Sports Medicine too).  Medical technology today includes novel sci-fi-like miniscule robots, designed to deliver diagnostic and therapeutic myocardial injections. 

BioMed Central, an independent publishing house offer three new open access, online journals aimed at increasing the knowledgebase of its users, scientisits, researchers: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Mental Health (www.capmh.com/info/about), Nonlinear Biomedical Physics (www.nonlinearbiomedphys.com/home) and Journal of the International Society for Sports Nutrition (www.jissn.com).  Open access means article access is immediate and permanently available online. Unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium is permitted, provided the article is properly cited.

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