SYDNEY--16 Mar--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ANNUAL MEETING...
MELBOURNE: Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), a leading financial services
technology provider for the global securities industry, today has issued a
report through its Investor Services business unit which highlights data
obtained from Computershare clients on the 2010 annual meeting season in
Australia.
http://www.computershare.com.au/
http://bit.ly/hTnhYk
CLIENT RELATIONS...
NEW YORK: Halcyon Asset Management LLC, a leading investment manager with
over $10 billion under management, today announced that Rollo R. Wigan has
joined the firm's UK office as a Managing Principal with primary responsibility
for client relations in Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.
http://www.halcyonllc.com/
http://bit.ly/eshLZQ
ANTI-GERM SYSTEM...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.: XTIO2 INC. (http://www.xti.tm) (XTI) presented the 83rd
Academy(R) Award-nominees with the XTI ANTI-GERM / ANTI-VOC / ANTI-ALLERGY
SYSTEM, consisting of XTI 360(TM) Nanocoating
(http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110224007308/en/XTI-360%E2%84%A2-Nano
coating-Service-Powerful-Anti-Germ-Anti-VOC ) and XTI(TM) Nano-Facemask
(http://www.cnbc.com/id/41788655).
http://bit.ly/hYkDyM
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates
indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/fGB5Df
MASS RALLY...
NEW YORK: OneVoice Palestinian activists participated in massive West Bank
unity rallies on Tuesday, demanding reconciliation between bitter rivals Fatah
and Hamas as the first necessary step toward ending the occupation and
resolving The Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://www.onevoicemovement.org/
http://bit.ly/f3bWOa
DONATE APPAREL...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.: Clothes4Souls, the apparel division of Soles4Souls, is
offering individuals looking to assist the victims of the devastating 8.9
magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last week an opportunity to
help.
http://www.giveclothes.org/
http://www.giveshoes.org/
http://www.clothes4souls.org/
http://bit.ly/gw8Bh3
JAPAN RELIEF...
HARTFORD, Conn.: United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today contributed $1
million, and pledged to match employee contributions up to another $500,000 to
support relief efforts in Japan.
http://www.utc.com/
http://bit.ly/e7ujgZ
POSTER PRIZE...
OAK BROOK, Ill.: Raj Phairembam, an 11-year-old boy from Manipur, India,
will be recognized at Lions Day with the United Nations in New York City for
winning this year's grand prize in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest.
http://www.lionsclubs.org/
http://bit.ly/f30ynV
WOMEN'S MERCHANDISING...
SAN FRANCISCO: The Levi's(R) brand today announced it has appointed Laurie
Etheridge as the global lead of Women's Merchandising & Design.
http://www.levi.com/
http://levistrauss.com/
http://bit.ly/ecczld
ACQUISITION MADE...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: DYMO(TM)/Mimio(R) ITT, a leading provider of interactive
teaching technologies for educators, today announces the acquisition of
Headsprout(R), an innovative provider of adaptive instructional content that
adjusts automatically to each student's pace for learning.
http://www.dymo.com/
http://www.cardscan.com/
http://www.endicia.com/
http://www.pictureitpostage.com/
http://www.mimio.dymo.com/
http://www.headsprout.com/
http://bit.ly/dRfXyH
PRIMARY RESULTS...
SAN DIEGO: Accumetrics, Inc., developer of the VerifyNow(R) System, the
first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care system for measuring platelet
reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced today that the primary
results of the GRAVITAS trial have been published in The Journal of the
American Medical Association(1).
http://www.accumetrics.com/
http://bit.ly/f50A1Y
JAPAN DONATION...
MILWAUKEE: Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a global diversified company in the
building and automotive industries, today announced that it is donating $1
million, or nearly 100 million yen, to the Japan Red Cross through the American
Red Cross for disaster relief efforts currently underway in Japan.
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/
http://bit.ly/gHQmfG
JAPANESE ARTIST...
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands: This summer, the Kunsthal Rotterdam will be
presenting work by Japanese artist Ayako Rokkaku (1982) in an exhibition
entitled 'Colours in My Hand'.
http://www.kunsthal.nl/
http://bit.ly/dUeN1O
NEW WRISTWATCH...
LONDON: Much has been made lately of the return to 'simple classicism' in
watchmaking, but for Dent London the idea of form following function has been
the foundation of the company's ethos for almost 200 years.
http://bit.ly/i7QssV
LATEST FUNDING...
STRASBOURG, France: Polyplus-transfection SA, which specializes in the
development of innovative solutions for the delivery of nucleic acids in
research and therapeutics, announces the completion of a funding round in which
it raised EUR 2.5 million.
http://www.polyplus-transfection.com/
http://bit.ly/fabJ38
FUNDING ROUND...
STRASBOURG, France: Polyplus-transfection SA, which specializes in the
development of innovative solutions for the delivery of nucleic acids in
research and therapeutics, announces the completion of a funding round in which
it raised EUR 2.5 million.
http://www.polyplus-transfection.com/
http://bit.ly/euLyUX
JAPAN CAMPAIGN...
MCLEAN, Va.: The National Automobile Dealers Association is urging its
16,000 members to support the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund of the
American Red Cross.
http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.nada.org/
http://bit.ly/gztvkm
ACQUISITION MADE...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: DYMO(TM)/Mimio(R) ITT, a leading provider of interactive
teaching technologies for educators, today announces the acquisition of
Headsprout(R), an innovative provider of adaptive instructional content that
adjusts automatically to each student's pace for learning.
http://www.mimio.dymo.com/
http://www.mimioconnect.com/
http://www.headsprout.com/
http://bit.ly/i5H6vp
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