SYDNEY--8 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
DISTRIBUTION CENTER...
SINGAPORE: ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high
performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has opened its
new Singapore hub for global distribution.
http://www.onsemi.com/
http://bit.ly/kijeUc
DIAMOND JUBILEE...
LONDON: To mark The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, John Walker & Sons,
Scotch Whisky Distillers By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, is to produce
an extremely limited edition of 60 crystal decanters of 'Diamond Jubilee
Blended Scotch Whisky by John Walker & Sons', a unique blend of whiskies
distilled in 1952 and finished in a marrying cask of English oak from The
Queen's Sandringham Estate.
http://bit.ly/lUNige
MESSAGING SOLUTIONS...
TORONTO: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced that
Canadian carrier WIND Mobile, is deploying Acision's advanced messaging and
reporting solutions.
http://www.acision.com/
http://www.windmobile.ca/
http://bit.ly/l2OcWM
DISASTER PREVENTION...
DHAKA, Bangladesh: Deutsche Post DHL will conduct its "Get Airports Ready
for Disaster" (GARD) training at the Dhaka and Chittagong airports in
Bangladesh in June, preparing both airports and personnel for the post-disaster
logistics situation.
http://bit.ly/lukmsN
RISK MANAGEMENT OFFERING...
CHICAGO: RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions
provider, today announced the introduction of RTD GUARD, a fully hosted,
multi-layer risk management offering.
http://www.rtsgroup.net/
http://bit.ly/iJBSHq
WATER AWARD...
STOCKHOLM: Nestle has been named the winner of the Stockholm Industry Water
Award for its leadership and performance to improve water management in its
internal operations and throughout its supply chain.
http://www.siwi.org/stockholmindustrywateraward
http://bit.ly/iQkSAW
NETWORK VISIBILITY...
ROSELAND, New Jersey: Expand Networks, the leader in optimising WANs for
branch office consolidation and virtualisation, today announces that Triton
Express has successfully increased visibility and control over its network
traffic with Expand Networks' Accelerators.
http://www.expand.com
http://www.tritonexpress.co.za/homepage.html
http://bit.ly/k8ewh1
DEBT FUND...
NEW YORK: Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP ("Stone Harbor"), a global
fixed-income investment firm focused on credit risk strategies and asset
allocation and one of the world's leading institutional emerging markets debt
managers, announced today the launch of the Stone Harbor Emerging Markets
Corporate Debt Fund ("The Fund"), a Dublin based, UCITS III fund.
http://bit.ly/ikC6Ek
BREAST CANCER CONFERENCE...
HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada: Today launches the sixth World Conference on
Breast Cancer in Hamilton, Canada.
http://www.wcbcf.ca/
http://www.scotiabank.com/
http://bit.ly/mD1HIn
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/iZwUYj
PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCED...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: PUMA announced today it has entered into a new
partnership with the South African Football Association. The global
sportlifestyle brand has become the official technical supplier to the SAFA,
effective immediately and lasting beyond the next two FIFA World Cups(TM).
http://www.puma.com/football
http://vision.puma.com/
http://www.digitalnewsagency.com/
http://www.puma.com/
http://bit.ly/lzjZ9J
AGENCY AGREEMENT...
ROCKVILLE, Md.: Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that it has
signed an exclusive agency licensing agreement with Summit Pharmaceuticals
International Corporation, of Tokyo, Japan (SPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Sumitomo Corporation Group.
http://www.neuralstem.com/
http://bit.ly/ltpquS
ENGINEERING SUCCESS...
NEW YORK: CD-adapco would like to congratulate the Panther Racing Team and
JR Hildebrand on their second place finish in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing
- the Indianapolis 500.
http://bit.ly/lzo6C0
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS...
NEEDHAM, Mass.: Streambank, LLC announced that it has been engaged to sell
the intellectual property assets of Berkline BenchCraft Holdings, LLC.
http://www.berkline.com/
http://www.benchcraft.com/
http://www.streambankllc.com/
http://bit.ly/jBqsIV
SLOT MACHINE GAMES...
MAHWAH, N.J.: This week in Macau, High 5 Games will showcase a number of its
new top-performing slot machine games at the Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia).
http://bit.ly/molV5n
ZYPR PLATFORM...
NOVI, Mich.: Telematics Detroit - INRIX(R), the leading international
provider of traffic information and driving services, announced an agreement
with Pioneer(R) Corporation to provide both real-time and predictive traffic
data solutions for Pioneer's new, voice-controlled, integrated Web services
platform - Zypr(TM).
http://www.inrix.com/
http://bit.ly/jWkpv6
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER...
DENVER: Behre Dolbear Group has appointed Mr. Karr McCurdy Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer of the renowned minerals advisory firm.
Mr. Bernard Guarnera, now President and Chairman, will remain head of the
corporation until December 31, 2011, when Mr. McCurdy will become President and
CEO.
http://www.dolbear.com/
http://bit.ly/lW5SnJ
MUSIC CATALOG...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.: ICAP, the world's premier interdealer broker and provider
of post trade risk and information services, announces today the completed
acquisition of Los Angeles-based Moving Pictures Film & TV.
http://bit.ly/k8cG3Z
APPROVAL GIVEN...
TULSA, Okla.: Omni Air International (Omni) receives US Department of
Defense (DOD) Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) approval to provide
B777-200ER passenger airlift services for the DOD.
http://bit.ly/ipjRfD
NATURAL E3...
SINGAPORE: Davos Life Science (DavosLife) announced today that its Natural
e3 delta-tocotrienol (Natural e3) is now available in Japan and Korea.
http://www.davoslife.com/
http://bit.ly/kTfdkT
INFORMATION SOURCES...
TOKYO: comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital
world, today released a study on the use of various Japanese media sources in
the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami disaster based on data from
the comScore MobiLens and comScore Media Metrix services.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/lGeGGJ
Orphan Drug Designation...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the
United States Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation
to EPI-743 for treatment of inherited mitochondrial respiratory chain diseases.
http://bit.ly/jFNW1D
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