SYDNEY--11 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
JOINT VENTURE...
BEIJING: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and Shaanxi Fast Gear Co., Ltd. (Fast
Gear) announced today they have signed an agreement to form a joint venture
that will manufacture drivetrain systems and other complex components for
Caterpillar machinery and produce a full line of on-highway automatic
transmissions.
http://www.caterpillar.com/
http://bit.ly/dOBbzh
INVESTMENT SYMPOSIUM...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB:FEEC) today announced that
Michael R. McElwrath, CEO and President of the Company will present at the IPAA
Oil & Gas Investment Symposium on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 3:45 p.m. Eastern
Time, which event will be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers.
http://www.fareastenergy.com/
http://bit.ly/fQIXkO
STOCK OFFER...
WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) (the "Company")
today announced that certain of its equity holders, primarily affiliates of
Onex Corporation, have commenced a public secondary offering of 10,307,375
shares of the Company's class A common stock.
http://www.spiritaero.com/
http://bit.ly/fyaPIN
SUPPLY AGREEMENT...
MUNICH: H.C. Starck has signed an agreement with AMG Advanced Metallurgical
Group N.V.'s subsidiary, CIF Mineracao S.A. to purchase the vast majority of
tantalum and niobium concentrates from AMG's Brazilian MIBRA mine.
http://www.amg-nv.com/
http://www.hcstarck.com/press
http://bit.ly/h2bbpm
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/ganMFF
KOREAN DISTRIBUTOR...
NEW YORK: Biofield Corp. (OTC Pink: BZEC) announced today that its 51% owned
subsidiary, Sky Unicorn Holdings Ltd., has engaged McKinley Infocapital as its
exclusive distributor in Korea for its flagship product, the Biofield Breast
Diagnostic System (BDS).
http://www.biofield.com/
http://www.themckinley.com/
http://bit.ly/hnZWX8
SMART CHOICE...
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's leader in
chemical information, is making mobile easy.
http://www.cas.org/
http://bit.ly/gTylv0
OEM AGREEMENT...
AUBURN, Maine: Ingenico ( http://www.ingenico.com ) and KICTeam
( http://www.kicteam.com ) announced today the signing of an OEM agreement for
cleaning cards ( http://ingenico.cleaningcards.com ) specifically designed for
Ingenico POS terminals.
http://waffletechnology.com/
http://bit.ly/huIBho
EARNINGS CALL...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in cloud
infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that it
plans to release its first quarter 2011 financial results before the market
opens on Wednesday, April 27.
http://www.savvis.com/
http://bit.ly/gh2B8Q
RECORD BREAKER...
WELLINGTON: A unique $6.3m luxury eco-home built in New Zealand's top wine
region will be a record breaker when it sells, says its agent.
http://www.marlboroughrealestate.co.nz/1612853
http://bit.ly/hcIUdS
RECORDS BROKEN...
WELLINGTON: A unique $6.3m luxury eco-home built in New Zealand's top wine
region will be a record breaker when it sells, says its agent.
http://www.marlboroughrealestate.co.nz/1612853
http://bit.ly/f1t5On
DVI, USB EXTENSION...
SINGAPORE: Adder ( http://www.adder.com/ ), the experts in connectivity
solutions, today announced the availability of the AdderLink X-DVI PRO.
http://www.adder.com/uk/KVMExtenders.aspx
http://bit.ly/fyCOxZ
FEES WAIVED...
RESTON, Va.: In light of the recent disasters that have devastated Japan,
.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced a plan to waive
renewal fees for Japanese domain name holders who are unable to renew their
.ORG domain names.
http://pir.org/help/japan
http://bit.ly/g7SL4W
INDUSTRY PIONEER...
LONDON: In 2008, property investment guru and author of The Big Property Lie
Rick Otton first introduced his unique investment concepts and systems into the
UK from Australia.
http://bit.ly/fbg98X
DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGY...
HONOLULU: CBI Polymers LLC, the Honolulu-based innovator of DeconGel(R)
nuclear decontaminant, will join the broad-based philanthropic effort to help
with the crisis in Japan by making a donation of $250,000 in radiological
decontamination products and technical services at the request of the Japanese
Medical Association (JMA) for the removal of radioactive contaminants in
support of public health and emergency relief efforts for the people in the
Tohoku region, Japan's most severely-affected northeastern coast.
http://www.decongel.com/
http://www.skaiventures.com/
http://bit.ly/gKXtZn
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