SYDNEY, April 13--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ING MANAGEMENT...
SINGAPORE - ING Wholesale Banking (ING) is pleased to
announce three key senior management appointments to strengthen
its corporate and investment banking platform in Asia.
ADVERTISING DEAL...
OLATHE, Kan. - Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin
Ltd., today announced that the company has formed a multi-year
global partnership with NBA basketball superstar Yao Ming, who
will play a key role in Garmin's branding, promotion, and
advertising plans for 2005 and beyond.
http://www.garmin.com
RNAi AGREEMENT...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading
RNAi therapeutics company, and Benitec Ltd., a leading
developer of DNA-directed RNA interference therapeutics,
announced Tuesday a licensing agreement covering fundamental
intellectual property (IP) in the field of RNA interference
(RNAi).
http://www.benitec.com
http://www.alnylam.com
PETROCHEMICALS TRAINING...
LONDON - ICIS, the world's largest information provider for
the global chemical industry, rolls out training courses in
Singapore, Dubai and Cologne this year for beginners in
petrochemicals.
http://www.icis.com
http://www.reedbusiness.co.uk
PVB PLANT...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. & SHANGHAI - At the opening of the China
Glass exhibition, Solutia Inc., the world leader in the
production and sale of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers,
announced it has begun the design and engineering of a new
Saflex PVB interlayer plant in China.
http://www.Solutia.com
http://www.solutiaautomotive.com
http://www.saflex.com
http://www.vanceva.com
CREDIT AGREEMENT...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. & MELBOURNE - Certegy Inc., a leading
global payment services provider, announced an eight-year
agreement to provide credit card processing services to
Kiwibank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Zealand Post
Limited, headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.
http://www.certegy.com
MISSILE PROGRAM...
TEWKSBURY, Mass. - Raytheon Company will conduct a press
conference to introduce its International Surface Launched
Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (SL-AMRAAM) program on
April 22, 2005.
http://www.raytheon.com
JAL HOTELS...
TOKYO - JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., operator of the Nikko Hotels
International group of luxury international hotels, continues
to expand in the booming Chinese market with the addition of
Dalian and Tianjin hotels.
PENGUIN MAGIC...
LAS VEGAS - In the first quarter of 2005, web-based magic
retailer, PenguinMagic.com, continued to flourish with
increased sales.
http://PenguinMagic.com
LG ADVERTISING...
ALMERE - LG Electronics Europe, the European Headquarters of
the Korean based Consumer Electronics manufacturer, announced
it will work together with Euro RSCG to handle the pan-European
advertising account.
http://www.eurorscg.com
http://www.lge.com
http://www.smvgroup.com
http://www.starcomww.com
NEW GIZMONDO...
LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., confirmed Tuesday details
of its previously outlined strategy for a new Smart
Adds-enabled Gizmondo to retail alongside its standard model.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
http://www.smartadds.com
ESTEE LAUDER...
NEW YORK - Estee Lauder announces a first-of-its-kind
creative collaboration with world-renowned fashion designer Tom
Ford.
http://www.dogmatic.com/esteelauder
K-MICRO CEO...
TOKYO - K-Micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics), the leader in
advanced yet affordable ASIC technology, announced Tuesday that
it has named Yukio Yamauchi as its President and Chief
Executive Officer.
http://www.k-micro.us
LAW SUIT...
AUSTIN - Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced Tuesday that it
has filed suit against Canon, Inc. in U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Texas, Austin Division.
http://www.sec.gov
http://www.nano-proprietary.com
MICREL DRIVERS...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in IC
analog, high bandwidth and Ethernet solutions, announced three
new families of high performance BiCMOS/DMOS MOSFET drivers;
the MIC4123/24/25 dual 3A drivers, the MIC4126/27/28 dual 1.5A
drivers and the MIC4120/29 single 6A drivers.
http://www.micrel.com
GOLF CLASSIC...
SHANGHAI - The Johnnie Walker Classic, which is presented by
Johnnie Walker, the world's leading deluxe Scotch whisky, is
attracting some of the best golfers in the world to Beijing
next week.
http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com
http://www.emma.cn
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