SYDNEY, May 13--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PRODUCT PIPELINE...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK: Quintiles Transnational Corp.
announced it has entered a partnership with Roche for clinical
study management services. The two companies have signed a
three-year preferred provider agreement, which will give Roche
more flexibility and efficiency in the development of its
product pipeline.
http://www.quintiles.com
NEW SOFTWARE...
WELLINGTON: Innovative new software from PixAlert to prevent
illegal or inappropriate images from being displayed in the
workplace will be on show in New Zealand for the first time at
the eRisk consulting ltd stand (A21) at the GOVIS 2005
conference in Wellington between the 18th & 20th of May 2005.
www.pixalert.com
MAIL SOLUTION...
PARIS: XandMail, the digital communication solutions
provider, now makes it possible to directly receive push email
from any account on any mobile phone. XandMail, the digital
communication solutions provider, announced the availability of
XandMail Push Mail Solution, a carrier-grade solution providing
push feature for any email account, local or external like
Yahoo!, Gmail, EarthLink.
www.xandmail.com
UBS WINS...
NEW YORK: UBS took first place for the fourth year running
in Institutional Investor's twelfth annual All-Asia Research
Team, according to the results of the survey, which aimed to
find out which brokerage firms' analysts did the best job
covering more than 25 industry categories, investment
specialties and countries. In this year's survey, UBS repeated
in first place, with 28 positions on the team, more than any
other firm.
http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/pr
OPEN LETTER...
NEW YORK: A group of shareholders and former members of
senior management of Morgan Stanley have published an open
letter to Morgan Stanley shareholders. "May 12, 2005 To the
Shareholders of Morgan Stanley: We are today releasing detailed
materials outlining a proposal to spin off the Institutional
Securities Business..."
http://www.futureofms.com
MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENT...
SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports, Asia's number one sports
broadcaster has announced a new appointment to its management
team with David Shin taking on the role of Senior Vice
President, Commercial Development with immediate effect. Shin
will be based in Singapore with region-wide responsibility for
developing new commercial initiatives for ESPN STAR Sports'
networks across Asia. He will report directly to Rik Dovey,
Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports.
ENTREPRENEURS MEET...
KUALA LUMPUR: Member leaders of the Entrepreneurs'
Organization (EO) will meet in Kuala Lumpur, 12 - 14 May for
the ninth annual Global Leadership Conference. As the
representatives of entrepreneurs from more than 40 countries,
EO chapter offices are uniting for the first ever in Malaysia
to continue to drive the world's economy through small business
growth and development.
http://www.eonetwork.org
NEW SCHOLARSHIPS...
BREUKELEN: Nyenrode Business Universiteit is introducing
several new scholarships for students of the full-time Master
of Science in Management program and those of the International
MBA program. With these scholarships, Nyenrode wishes to
further enhance the chances of highly motivated and talented
students to follow a master's degree at the university.
http://www.nyenrode.nl
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