SYDNEY, Mar. 10--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
JAPANESE SUBSIDIARY...
AUSTIN - Ambion, Inc. announced Wednesday the formal opening
of its Japanese subsidiary, Ambion KK, located in Tokyo,
Japan.
http://www.ambion.com
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS OFFER...
CLEVELAND - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc today announced that it has
extended its offer for all of the shares in Portman Limited
(Portman) for four days.
http://www.cleveland-cliffs.com
http://www.Portman.com.au
XYRATEX PRESENTATION...
HAVANT - Xyratex Ltd (Nasdaq: XRTX), a leading provider of
enterprise class data storage subsystems and disk drive test
and process solutions, will present at the DISKCON Asia Pacific
2005 conference being held first in Bangkok and then in
Singapore during the week of March 14th, 2005.
http://www.xyratex.com
http://www.idema.org
NEW EXECUTIVE...
CHICAGO - Aleri, a provider of innovative aggregation and
operational analytics software, today announced the addition of
Brian Ladyman as Executive Vice President of Sales and
Marketing.
http://www.aleri.com
WASTE FACILITY...
NORTHBROOK - PEAT International, Inc., a global leader in
plasma-based waste remediation solutions, announced today it
has successfully commissioned and received government
acceptance of a Plasma Thermal Destruction and Recovery waste
facility located at the National Cheng Kung University in
Tainan City, Taiwan.
http://www.peat.com
NEW MICROCONTROLLERS...
SAN JOSE - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor
solutions, announced today the availability of five new high
performance, low power AVR Flash microcontrollers.
http://www.atmel.com
LOGISTICAL AGREEMENT...
LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd has signed an agreement with
the HDL Group, based in Glasgow, Scotland, for the delivery of
logistical services surrounding the retailing and customer
support of the new Gizmondo handheld multi-entertainment device
in the UK.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIP...
REDMOND - Unitus, a nonprofit organization that helps
microfinance institutions grow to scale, announced Wednesday a
partnership with Bharatha Swamukti Samsthe, an organization
that provides microcredit loans to the poor in India's
Karnataka state.
http://www.unitus.com
NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP...
REDMOND - Unitus, a nonprofit organization that helps
accelerate the growth of microfinance institutions worldwide,
announced Wednesday a partnership with the India-based The
Activists for Social Alternatives - Grama Vidiyal (ASA-GV).
http://www.asadev.com/oldindec.html
http://www.unitus.com
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