SYDNEY--3 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PUMA SIGNING...
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany: PUMA announced today it has signed a long term
partnership with Spanish international midfielder Cesc Fabregas, the Barcelona
midfielder signing a multi-year contract with PUMA.
http://www.puma.com/
http://bit.ly/pyb4is
ECONOMIC TIES...
HO CHI MINH CITY: The economic relation between China and the ASEAN is very
close despite the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
http://bit.ly/mZ7trZ
http://bit.ly/oq9IgH
125TH ANNIVERSARY...
PARIS: The Coca-Cola Company [ http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com ] and top
Parisian fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
[ http://jc-de-castelbajac.com ] hosted a soiree last night, in celebration of
the exclusive JC/DC collection created especially to mark the company's 125th
anniversary year.
http://bit.ly/oeTQWK
WIRELESS CHARGER...
HONG KONG: ConvenientPower, a global leader in innovating patent-protected
wireless power technology and products, will debut a new generation of wireless
charging solutions for the global market at CEATEC Japan, a major trade show
highlighting world-leading technologies, products and services.
http://bit.ly/pIWfDH
NEW CEO...
OSAKA, Japan: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda", TSE: 4502)
announced it has completed its acquisition of Nycomed A/S ("Nycomed") for 9.6
billion Euro on a cash-free, debt-free basis and made Nycomed a wholly owned
subsidiary of Takeda effective the same day.
http://www.takeda.com/
http://bit.ly/qCmRxh
BIG ON FACEBOOK...
CHUR, Switzerland: The little mountain village of Obermutten in Graubuenden
has been on Facebook for a few days and is making an unusual promise.
http://www.facebook.com/obermutten
http://bit.ly/rdOKn9
FANNIE MAE 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/nVJQPR
AUGUST SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) August 2011 Monthly
Summary is now available at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly .
http://bit.ly/nQ2eTu
COMPLETES ACQUISITION...
MILWAUKEE: Johnson Controls, Inc., (NYSE: JCI) and Saft (Euronext: SAFT)
have closed on the agreement to end their joint venture, Johnson Controls-Saft,
which was formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture Li-ion vehicle batteries.
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/
http://bit.ly/pe3deB
OPERATING AUTHORITY...
YPSILANTI, Mich.: National Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of National
Air Cargo Holdings and a leading provider of global air cargo services, today
announced its initiation of Boeing 747-400F flight operations.
http://www.nationalairlines.aero/
http://bit.ly/pmhOWv
SLEEP APNEA THERAPY...
BELMONT, Calif. and BRISBANE, Australia: Ventus Medical is pleased to
announce that its proprietary Provent(R) Sleep Apnea Therapy, an innovative,
non-invasive treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is now available in
Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.proventtherapy.com/
http://www.ventusmedical.com/
http://www.bmedical.com.au/
http://bit.ly/n8cKnI
ROMANIAN LAUNCH...
LONDON: International law firm Eversheds has today (3 October 2011)
announced a new collaboration with Romanian law firm Lina & Guia SCA as the
firm continues to expand its global presence.
http://www.eversheds.com/
http://bit.ly/q4gUj8
TRADING CHAMPIONSHIP...
KAZAN CITY, Russia: MetaQuotes Software Corp. has launched the fifth annual
Forex Trading Robots (Expert Advisors) Competition, with prize money of $80,000
on offer.
http://www.championship.mql5.com/
http://www.metaquotes.net/
http://bit.ly/rcarah
FIB-FESEM WORKSTATION...
BRNO, Czech Republic: TESCAN, a world leading manufacturer of scanning
electron microscopes and focused ion beam workstations has introduced the FERA3
XMH - a high resolution Schottky Field Emission scanning electron microscope
with a fully integrated Plasma source focused ion beam.
http://www.tescan.com/
http://www.c2mi.ca/
http://bit.ly/rqXnCx
SHARK SANCTUARY...
WASHINGTON: The Republic of the Marshall Islands is now home to the world's
largest shark sanctuary.
http://www.pewenvironment.org/
http://bit.ly/pEvhQI
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