SYDNEY, Jan. 7 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
NOVELIS INC...
TORONTO: Novelis Inc. has been officially launched today as
an independent company.
http://www.novelis.com
SECRET KILLER...
DHAKA, Bangladesh: Although most people haven't heard of it,
the WHO estimates that pneumococcal disease kills 1.6 million
people each year -- more than malaria.
http://www.preventpneumo.org
TEMASEK HOLDINGS...
SINGAPORE: Temasek Holdings would like to express its
deepest sympathy to the victims and survivors of the tsunami
which left thousands dead and millions hurt and homeless across
South and Southeast Asia.
http://www.temasekholdings.com.sg
ACEH HEARTACHE...
JAKARTA: The earthquake and its subsequent tsunami that
battered Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province last Dec 26 had
caused wounds not only to Acehnese people but also to the
entire Indonesian nation.
SOKA GAKKAI...
TOKYO: Asian branches of Soka Gakkai International, one of
the world's largest lay Buddhist associations, are mobilizing
financial and human resources to respond to the catastrophic
tsunami which devastated large parts of the region on December
26, 2004.
www.sgi.org
ALLERGY TREATMENT...
COPENHAGEN: According to preliminary results from a new
study (GT-07) announced today, ALK-Abello's ground-breaking
tablet-based allergy immunotherapy treatment reduces
rhino-conjunctivitis (hay fever) symptoms by 37 per cent,
whilst reducing the need for symptom relieving medication by 41
per cent (compared with placebo).
PTNNT DONATION...
JAKARTA: West Sumbawa-PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT)
employees have generiously donated approximately Rp292 million
to victims of the recent earthquakes and tsunamis in Nanggroe
Aceh Darussalam.
NEWMONT CONDOLENCES...
JAKARTA: The management of Denver-based Newmont Mining
Corporation, with the management and employees of Newmont in
Indonesia express condolences to the people of Indonesia in
particularly the provinces of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and
North Sumatra at this time of tragedy.
MARVELL CHIP...
LAS VEGAS: Marvell has announced the industry's first
embedded Wireless LAN (WLAN) chip with integrated TCP/IP
networking to provide the most advanced 802.11a/g solution for
mobile consumer applications.
http://www.marvell.com/
ISUPPLI APPOINTMENT...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif: Sang Park, former chief executive officer
of Hynix Semiconductor Inc., has joined the market research
firm iSuppli Corp. as executive fellow.
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL...
PALO ALTO, Calif: Genencor International, Inc. announced
that it plans to build a new manufacturing facility in the
Wuxi, China National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone.
http://www.genencor.com
AID ACCOUNTABILITY...
MELBOURNE: International agency Oxfam has urged the people
of the world to hold their leaders accountable for the Tsunami
Summit promises of nearly $4 billion in aid as well as action
on debt relief to assist those countries devastated by the
Tsunami.
FIMMA BRASIL...
BENTO CONCALVES: In addition to bringing together famous
brands that supply raw materials to the furniture industry,
FIMMA BRASIL 2005 seeks to make its mark within the wood and
furniture production chain.
http://www.fimmabrasil.com.br
NVIDIA CORP...
LAS VEGAS: NVIDIA Corporation announced the NVIDIA GeForce
Go 6200 graphics processing unit (GPU) for mainstream notebook
PCs.
http://www.nvidia.com/
SDA ANNOUNCEMENT...
LAS VEGAS: For the fifth consecutive year, the SD Card
Association (SDA) announced that it is hosting the SD Pavilion
at 2005 International CES.
http://www.sdcard.org
GIZMONDO EUROPE...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., today lifted the lid on
the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) line-up, where the
company will be demonstrating the multi-entertainment handheld
games device from 6-9th January.
http://www.gizmondo.com
NIAS DISASTER...
SYDNEY: The people of Nias and surrounding islands have been
some of the worst affected by the Earthquake Tsunami disaster
that struck on 26 December. SurfAid is calling on surfers and
the public at large to make tax-deductible donations to the
SurfAid Emergency Medical Relief for Nias Island.
www.surfrider.org.au
HYBRID ENGINE...
MILAN, Italy and CAMBRIDGE, Mass: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.,
and East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc., maker of Deka
batteries, announced they will jointly develop a hybrid
battery/fuel cell electric "engine" to power lift trucks and
other off-road industrial vehicles used in the material
handling and the airport ground support sectors.
http://www.dekabatteries.com
FASTFORESTS INC...
BOCA RATON, Fla: FastForests, Inc., the gold standard of
timber investments, has just recently announced $20 million in
tax-free revenue.
http://www.fastforestsinc.com
KOMAG INCORPORATED...
SAN JOSE, Calif: Komag, Incorporated announced that the
Company's chief executive officer, T.H. Tan will make a
presentation at the the Seventh Annual Needham Growth
Conference in New York.
http://www.komag.com
FDA NOD...
ZUIDLAND: D.O.R.C. International / Dutch Ophthalmic USA
announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approval of its New Drug Application for
the company's patented VisionBlue(R) product, a staining
solution for cataract surgery.
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