SYDNEY, June 28 -- AsiaNet
US$ BONDS...
HONG KONG: ING Financial Markets Monday predicted that issuance of US
dollar-denominated bonds in Asia would rise by about 50 per cent to US$17-18
billion in the second half of 2004 compared to the first half of the year.
http://www.ing.com
PNA CHEMISTRY...
DAEJEON: Panagene Inc., a Korean biotechnology firm developing novel
biomaterials for post-genomic era, Friday announced that it has developed a
novel PNA (Peptide Nucleic Acid) chemistry, which leads to the manufacture of
PNA monomers in a large scale at the lowest cost and to the efficient synthesis
of PNA oligomers at higher purity.
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL...
LONDON: Arrow Therapeutics, the London based anti-infectives drug discovery
and development company, Monday announced that its antiviral for Respiratory
Syncytial Virus has successfully completed Phase I trials.
http://www.arrowt.co.uk
LIBRARY PLATFORM...
ORLANDO, Fla.: Ebooks Corporation Saturday announced the launch of EBL, a
new ebook-lending platform designed to meet the demands of academic and
research libraries, at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference.
http://www.ebooks.com
http://www.ebl.ebooks.com
VISTEON APPOINTMENT...
RAYONG: Visteon Corporation Friday named Nagamangala Mohan as managing
director of its Visteon Thailand Limited manufacturing facility.
http://www.visteon.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of four
securities issues amounting to a total of US$139.971 million on July 6, 2004 at
a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CLIENT INSTRUCTION...
COLCHESTER, Conn.: A lead plaintiff, a non-profit charitable organization,
has refused to sign the agreement of the proposed settlement of a consolidated
securities class action against Halliburton Company and other individual
defendants for $6 million, said Scott + Scott, LLC, a member of the lead
Plaintiff Counsel Executive Committee and counsel to the plaintiff, said Friday.
http://www.scott-scott.com
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