SYDNEY--29 Jun--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
DIGGING DEEP...
SYDNEY: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, together with the Australian public
has donated $850,000 to the Australian Red Cross' Japan and Pacific Earthquake
Appeal, following the Japan tsunami.
http://bit.ly/kReYkP
CLOUD SERVICE...
KARLSTAD, Sweden: Monitor Scout today releases an unique cloud monitoring
service for websites, servers and applications.
http://www.monitorscout.com/
http://bit.ly/lezjFN
STEM CELLS...
VIENNA: Esthetic therapies with stem cells from autologous fat are
revolutionizing cosmetic surgery: Ever more women prefer breast augmentations
with autologous stem cells over silicone implants.
http://ddrheinrich.com/
http://bit.ly/knXe4U
RETAIL CONFERENCE...
BANGKOK: Manthan Systems, leading provider of retail BI and Analytics
solutions, joins Infolyst, top Data Analysis experts, to host a high-level
retail industry conference at Bangkok on June 29, 2011.
http://www.manthansystems.com/
http://bit.ly/mlYVIE
DRUG DISCOVERY ALLIANCE...
NOIDA, India: Jubilant Discovery Services Inc., Bedminster, New Jersey, a
Jubilant Life Sciences Company, announced today that it has entered into a drug
discovery alliance with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Beerse, Belgium, that will
aim to deliver preclinical candidates to Janssen.
http://www.jubl.com/
http://bit.ly/mmJQBS
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Since resuming all scheduled services network wide
yesterday, Jetstar has since received further information regarding the return
of the Chilean volcanic ash cloud.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/mP75Y9
PATENT AWARD...
AUSTIN, Texas: Convergen LifeSciences, Inc. announced today that a United
States Patent has been awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office jointly
to The University of Texas System Board of Regents and The Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.convergenlifesciences.com
http://www.utsystem.edu/bor
http://www.mdanderson.org/
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/
http://www.cancer.gov/
http://www.roche.com/index.htm
http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp
http://www.chugai-pharm.co.jp/hc/ss/english/index.html
http://www.astellas.us/
http://bit.ly/lyzQQY
BYCATCH MITIGATION PRACTICES...
POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia: This week, as the Pacific Islands
region continues to work toward a more sustainable tuna industry, skippers and
captains are learning about best-in-class practices to reduce fishing's
footprint on the marine environment.
http://bit.ly/kCVAoZ
FORM 20-F FILED...
SAO PAULO: Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: ITUB3, ITUB4; NYSE:
ITUB) filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2010 (the "2010 Form 20-F") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC").
http://www.itau-unibanco.com/ir
http://bit.ly/kjyVhv
SUPPLY CHAIN DEED...
CANBERRA, Australia: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has today
signed a Global Supply Chain (GSC) Deed with the Australian Department of
Defence so the two entities can work together to identify opportunities for
Australian industry to compete within the company's global supply chain and
those of its major supply partners.
http://www.northropgrumman.com/
http://bit.ly/lsIJ1O
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/l4AT0o
RECALL MADE...
BEAVERTON, Ore.: Yakima Products, Inc. today has decided that a defect which
relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain aftermarket FlipSide(TM) 4
bike hitch carriers (NHTSA campaign # 11E-025).
http://www.yakima.com/
http://bit.ly/j9w9vq
INVESTMENT CAPITAL...
LOS ANGELES: ICON Aircraft announced that it closed a $25 million round of
equity funding in June.
http://www.iconaircraft.com/
http://bit.ly/lKMF4S
BOARD OF DIRECTORS...
LOS ANGELES: ICON Aircraft announced that Bart Becht, CEO of Reckitt
Benckiser, will join ICON's board as a non-executive director.
http://www.iconaircraft.com/
http://bit.ly/lv0QGl
SUPER GAY...
BARCELONA, Spain: Klicrainbow comes out into the market with "SuperGay & the
Attack of his ExGirlfriends", the first videogame about a gay superhero,
available for Apple platforms: iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
http://www.klicrainbow.com/
http://www.supergaygames.com/
http://bit.ly/l8EYjP
UNIQUELY POSITIONED...
DUBAI, UAE: His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister
of Higher Education and Scientific Research, welcomed the launch of FCS in
Dubai, saying it has become one of the finest investment banks in the region,
building sustained value for its customers and investors.
http://bit.ly/jGWeLR
BILATERAL TRADE...
SAO PAULO: According to Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and
Foreign Trade (MDIC), in the first two months of 2011, Brazil's exports to
Singapore grew by 8.7% in comparison with the same period in 2010.
http://bit.ly/jvIg7Q
CHINESE FREIGHT...
SAO PAULO: Data from Brazil's Secretariat of Foreign Trade indicate that in
the first four months of 2011, bilateral trade between Brazil and China totaled
US$ 20.4 billion, a 45% increase in relation to the same period in the previous
year.
http://bit.ly/jMWvZl
PORT LOGISTICS...
SAO PAULO: According to Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and
Foreign Trade, among the products that Brazil exports to Japan, the main one is
iron ore, followed by chicken.
http://bit.ly/kHWBlk
DATA CENTER ALLIANCE...
SEATTLE: The Benaroya Company, Real Property Investors and O'Keefe companies
have joined forces to acquire, develop and operate data centers.
http://www.benaroya.com/
http://bit.ly/kvGKNH
IHG STATEMENT...
DENHAM, England: Following a high number of media requests, this is to
confirm the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul is not part of IHG -- and has not
been since 1980.
http://bit.ly/lcUK3G
HONG KONG MOVE...
HONG KONG: Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search consulting
firm, today announced that Simon Fenton -- who oversees the firm's business in
the strategic growth markets of Brazil, India and China, as well as its global
industry and functional practices -- has relocated to Hong Kong.
http://www.spencerstuart.com/
http://bit.ly/j7q4i2
SECOND ANNIVERSARY...
DUBAI, UAE: flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, has reached its second
anniversary with an impressive collection of statistics that prove the
airline's growing success and importance in the UAE's aviation market.
http://www.flydubai.com/
http://bit.ly/iHy8KC
GLOBAL REGULATORY CHANGES...
SINGAPORE: A survey with 3,300 investment performance and risk management
professionals showed that 64.7 percent of the respondents face a challenge in
performance measurement & attribution for alternative investments.
http://www.iparmasia.com/
http://bit.ly/laaKMd
RESEARCH OUTPUT...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: The volume of research papers published in the
field of materials science is currently being driven by Asia and in particular
China, which has overtaken the U.S. and Japan to become the largest
single-country producer in the world, according to a study released today by
Thomson Reuters.
http://researchanalytics.thomsonreuters.com/grr/
http://www.thomsonreuters.com/
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