SYDNEY, May 11 /AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CREDIT DEAL...
SEOUL - Samsung Card Co., Ltd. today successfully closed a
US$300 million securitisation of credit card receivables, the
first Korean cross-border credit card ABS deal in 2005.
PEACE PRIZE...
TOKYO - The Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the
twenty-second Niwano Peace Prize to the Catholic theologian,
Dr. Hans Kung, 77, president of the Global Ethic Foundation in
Germany and Switzerland.
http://www.npf.or.jp/npf/index_e.html
SPACE ADVENTURES...
ARLINGTON - Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading
space experiences company, announced today the official opening
of an office in Tokyo and the appointment of Tatsuhiro Yokoyama
as general manager.
http://www.spaceadventures.jp
LUFTHANSA AGREEMENT...
KELSTERBACH - Lufthansa Systems today announced an agreement
with Thai for the SAP Aerospace & Defense industry solution.
This contract with yet another Asian airline significantly
bolsters the presence of Lufthansa Systems in the Asian
market.
http://www.LHsystems.com
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in
semiconductor design software, today introduced PrimeRail for
power network sign-off. PrimeRail offers new hybrid technology
for full-chip static and dynamic voltage-drop and
electromigration (EM) analysis.
http://www.synopsys.com
CUSTOM HOUSE...
SINGAPORE - Fraser Jeffries, Vice President, Asia Pacific
for Custom House Global Foreign Exchange is delighted to
announce that the company is open for business in Singapore.
MARKIT TOKYO...
LONDON & TOKYO - Markit Group Limited, the leading industry
source for independent asset valuation data used by global
financial institutions for price verification and risk
management purposes, today announced the opening of an office
in Tokyo.
http://www.markit.com
ANTICANCER AGREEMENT...
DALLAS, Texas & WELLINGTON - Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
announced the completion of a license agreement with The
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, providing Reata
with exclusive worldwide rights to a promising new class of
anticancer compounds.
http://www.reatapharma.com
SHAREHOLDERS' AGM...
HAMILTON - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. today held its Annual
General Meeting of shareholders in Hamilton, Bermuda, with a
slate of nine directors composed elected to the Board of
Directors.
http://www.wpstewart.com
MEDICAL PROCEDURES...
WELLINGTON - People who are severely obese rarely find diet,
exercise and medication alone are effective in the long term
and may need to look to medical procedures as an effective
treatment, according to Dr Richard Stubbs from the Wakefield
Gastroenterology Centre in Wellington.
INVESTMENT PARTNER...
DALLAS - The Ewing Management Group announced today that the
Honorable James A. Baker, III has become an Investment Partner
in the firm and will provide advice to EMG as it continues its
expansion into Asia.
E-BOOK DONATION...
CHICAGO - Commonwealth Capital Advisors & CCA International
have agreed to donate 1,000,000 E-books called "Raising Capital
for Start-Up & Early Stage Companies - The Secrets of Wall
Street," worth almost US$10 million to the Global Entrepreneur
Community.
http://www.CCAIntl.co.uk
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE...
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. and Tata Consultancy
Services Ltd., a leading global IT consulting, solutions,
services and business process outsourcing firm, announced
Tuesday their plans to advance their strategic alliance to
deliver IT solutions to global companies more effectively.
http://www.microsoft.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$19.51
million on May 20, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CARDIAC BUSINESS...
MILAN - Sorin Group, the largest European cardiovascular
medical devices player and world leader in medical technologies
for cardiac surgery, announced Tuesday the industrial
integration plan for its Cardiopulmonary business, part of its
Cardiac Surgery Business Unit.
http://www.sorin.com
Q1 RESULTS...
OSLO - Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developer of
enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies,
announced Tuesday its financial results for the first quarter
ended March 31, 2005.
http://www.fastsearch.com
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