SYDNEY--18 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BRANCH OFFICE...
TOKYO: NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on May 17 that its
subsidiary NTT Com Asia Limited has begun operating a branch office in Macao
effective immediately.
http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/k5nnmJ
ENTERS MACAO...
TOKYO: NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on May 17 that its
subsidiary NTT Com Asia Limited has begun operating a branch office in Macao
effective immediately.
http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/kY9wgE
AWARDS PROGRAMME...
NEW DELHI, India: Following the annual success of the global Process
Excellence awards programme across the US, Europe, APAC & Australasia, IQPC's
PEX Network recently announced the addition of an Indian based Awards programme.
http://www.processexcellenceindia.com/
http://www.pexnetwork.com/
http://bit.ly/iVj3Pi
EUROPEAN ROLE...
BRUSSELS: The 9th European Business Summit (EBS), a key meeting place and
networking platform for the EU's business and political elite, will meet in
Brussels on 18 and 19 May to address Europe's position as an economic power on
the international stage.
http://www.ebsummit.eu/
http://bit.ly/iuOswH
INTELLIGENT CHARGING...
LTE World Summit, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:
ALLT), a leading supplier of service optimization and revenue generation
solutions for fixed and mobile broadband service providers worldwide, announced
today that its intelligent charging solution, Allot ChargeSmart, has been
selected by a multinational mobile operator.
http://bit.ly/jH6lrl
HEALTH CHALLENGE...
GENEVA: Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called
on government leaders to increase their investments in vaccines and to hold
themselves accountable for extending the benefits of vaccines to every child.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
http://bit.ly/mm322J
CONTRACT AMENDMENT...
WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) announced today
it has signed the formal contract amendment with The Boeing Company regarding
certain claims associated with the development and production of the 787-8
airplane.
http://www.spiritaero.com/
http://bit.ly/luq3dn
OPENING CEREMONY...
CARY, N.C.: LORD Corporation - a global leader in developing passive and
active solutions for noise and vibration, engineered adhesives and high
performance coatings for the aerospace, automotive and general industrial
markets - will host an opening ceremony for its new Asia Pacific Technology
Center on May 24.
http://www.lord.com/
http://bit.ly/lu59rY
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/myzJBq
ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGY...
NEW YORK: NeoStem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBS) ("NeoStem" or the "Company"), an
international biopharmaceutical company with product and service revenues,
global research and development capabilities and operations in three distinct
business units - U.S. adult stem cells, China adult stem cells, and China
pharmaceuticals - announced today that an affiliated entity has entered into an
agreement with Tianjin Nankai Hospital in the People's Republic of China (PRC)
to offer NeoStem's licensed treatments for orthopedic applications.
http://www.neostem.com/
http://bit.ly/lJqUKM
DATA SECURITY...
HAMBURG, Germany: It was the largest data theft ever: on the 19th of April,
hackers broke into Sony servers and stole the personal information of more than
100 million customers.
http://www.computerbild.de/go/sony-ps3-details
http://bit.ly/kgUhyE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY...
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass.: NMT Medical, Inc. adds intellectual property, which
has been assigned to Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn") of the firm Finn,
Warnke & Gayton, LLP to be liquidated for the benefit of NMT Medical creditors,
to its sealed bid sale of June 10, 2011.
http://www.finnwarnkegayton.com/
http://bit.ly/mywaUE
DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT...
NEW YORK: JLL Partners Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a
definitive agreement to sell PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. ("PharmaNet") to
inVentiv Health, Inc. PharmaNet is a leading provider of clinical development
services and inVentiv Health, Inc. is a leading global provider of
results-driven clinical, consulting and commercial services to the
pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
http://www.jllpartners.com/
http://www.pharmanet.com/
http://bit.ly/mC7y14
KOREAN PRESENCE...
HONG KONG: The world's leading intellectual property (IP) management
company, CPA Global, today underlined its commitment to the Korean market and
to helping Korean companies protect their valuable IP assets with the opening
of a new office in Seoul.
http://www.cpaglobal.com/
http://bit.ly/kDp2Bq
DECADE IN BUSINESS...
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.: TSi Auto Solutions(TM), a global provider of
technology solutions to the automotive industry, is celebrating 10 years in
business by looking ahead to its next phase of growth.
http://www.tsiautosolutions.com/
http://bit.ly/ln0ZUQ
75TH ANNIVERSARY...
PESSAC, France: 2010 was a year highlighted by several prestigious dinners
organized around the world to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the acquisition
of Ch aci?teau Haut-Brion by Mr. Clarence Dillon.
http://bit.ly/l37LJn
SENIOR ADVISOR...
LONDON and NEW YORK: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the pioneering private equity
firm recognized for combining operating management skills and investment
capabilities, today announced that Sir Terry Leahy, former chief executive of
Tesco plc, has become a senior CD&R advisor.
http://www.cdr-inc.com/
http://bit.ly/mn3ubT
VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING...
SINGAPORE: Silecs International Pte Ltd, a venture-backed developer and
manufacturer of advanced Siloxane polymers, announced today the closing of a
new US$16M Series E financing round.
http://www.silecs.com/
http://www.edbi.com/
http://bit.ly/jc2VkP
CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS...
CHADDS FORD, PA, and BELLEVILLE, ON: Endo Pharmaceuticals and Bioniche Life
Sciences today presented Phase III trial results for the intravesical
formulation of Mycobacterial cell wall-DNA complex (MCC), known as Urocidin
, during a podium presentation at the 2011 American Urological Association
annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
http://bit.ly/j0Zwnq
GROWING CLOSER...
HONG KONG: KNEIP, a leading service provider to the investment fund
industry, announces expansion into the Asian market, with the opening of an
office in Hong Kong.
http://www.kneip.com/
http://bit.ly/iEAexZ
SOCIAL MEDIA...
MELBOURNE, Australia: The average employee spends between 30 and 60 minutes
each day online for personal reasons, according to a study by Swinburne
University of Technology in Melbourne, Australian and web security company
MailGuard.
http://bit.ly/lpDXLz
EMERGING PROVIDER...
NEW DELHI: Telcordia, a global leader in the development of mobile,
broadband and enterprise software and services , today announced it has been
recognized by the Communication Media and Infrastructure (CMAI) Association of
India as the "Emerging Telecom VAS Provider" at this year's 5th National
Telecom Awards.
http://www.telcordia.com/
http://bit.ly/mMSNvf
LIGHT READING...
NEW DELHI: Light Reading India, a new online community targeted at the
fast-growing India telecom marketplace, will debut on June 1 in conjunction
with the first day of Light Reading's Mobile Broadband Summit
( http://www.mobilebroadbandsummit.com/index.asp ), one of the largest targeted
industry events for wireless communications executives in India.
http://www.lightreading.com/
http://www.ubmtechweb.com/
http://www.ubm.com/
http://bit.ly/lSUsTT
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