SYDNEY--1 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
COUPON SITES...
MUMBAI, India: comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the
digital world, today released a report on the online Coupon category in India
from its comScore Media Metrix service.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/r3S8DM
INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT...
HSINCHU, Taiwan: MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for
wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that
it has invested into Spice Digital Limited, one of the largest Mobile Value
Added Services (mVAS) player in India with presence in close to 20 countries.
http://www.mediatek.com/
http://bit.ly/oL98jA
TOURISM DESTINATION...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, the world's premier shopping
and lifestyle destination, has officially opened its doors to its newest iconic
precinct and tourist destination, Tokyo Street.
http://bit.ly/n0kSqH
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/oyFPeR
STRATEGIC COLLABORATION...
NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India: Eli Lilly India (Lilly) and Lupin Limited
(Lupin)today announced they have entered into a strategic collaboration to
promote and distribute Lilly's Huminsulin range of products, including
Huminsulin R(TM), Huminsulin NPH(TM), Huminsulin 50/50(TM), Huminsulin
30/70(TM) and Humapen Ergo II.
http://www.lupinworld.com/
http://bit.ly/o3mtFC
FULL CONTROL...
SHANGHAI: Christopher Ruffle, Chairman of Heartland Capital Management Ltd.,
today announced that the company expected to complete the acquisition of Martin
Currie Ltd.'s interest in their joint venture MC China by early November,
opening the way to develop Heartland into a leading independent manager of
China investments.
http://bit.ly/qCLEEe
MONTHLY SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) June 2011 Monthly
Summary is now available at www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly . The monthly summary
report contains information about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date
activities for our gross mortgage portfolio, mortgage-backed securities and
other guarantees, interest rate risk measures, serious delinquency rates, and
loan modifications.
http://bit.ly/qvwAHu
EQUITY INTEREST...
MELBOURNE: Canaccord Financial Inc. ("Canaccord", TSX: CF, AIM: CF.) and BGF
Equities ("BGF") are pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement,
through which Canaccord will acquire a 50% interest in BGF, a growing
independent equity advisory firm with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Hong
Kong.
http://www.sedar.com/
http://bit.ly/oZ50GL
LABVIEW 2011...
AUSTIN: NIWeek -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today unveiled NI
LabVIEW 2011 [ http://www.ni.com/labview ], the 25th-anniversary version of its
award-winning system design software.
http://bit.ly/nr6HOp
NANO KOREA...
SEOUL, South Korea: Nano Korea 2011 (9th International Nanotech Symposium &
Nano Convergence EXPO, www.nanokorea.or.kr ), South Korea's comprehensive nano
convergence and new technology trade show, will be held at KINTEX in Goyang-si,
Gyeonggi-do from August 24 to 26.
http://bit.ly/oATmUn
CASH OFFER...
ST. LOUIS and LUXEMBOURG: Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) and ArcelorMittal
(NYSE: MT) today confirm that following the recent completion of due diligence
they intend to launch an all-cash off-market takeover bid to acquire all the
shares in Macarthur Coal Ltd (ASX: MCC).
http://www.peabodyenergy.com/
http://www.arcelormittal.com/
http://bit.ly/qFLLxU
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