SYDNEY, May 16--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
INDIA EXPANSION...
BOSTON - Today, AMR Research announced that it is expanding
its services to users and vendors of technology in India. The
services will be sold through Intermark Corp, an established
distributor of global market information.
http://www.amrresearch.com
http://www.intermarkcorp.com
ETRALI LAUNCH...
SINGAPORE - Etrali will unveil TDM/IP Mach 3D, the most
sophisticated trading turret on the market today, Vision, a
turret on your PC with IP connectivity and integration of
financial applications, and JADE, a state of the art system
manager to run both Mach 3D and Vision.
http://www.etrali.com
ETRALI ROADSHOW...
LONDON - Senior executives of Etrali, the leading provider
of enterprise-integrated voice trading solutions, will be
demonstrating the Mach 3D dealerboard's innovative capabilities
throughout Asia during May and June.
http://www.etrali.com
DRUG STUDY...
ORLANDO - Pfizer Inc's investigational new drug
SUTENT/SU11248 more than doubled survival and significantly
reduced tumor growth and spread in a Phase III study.
http://www.pfizer.com
CHEMOTHERAPY FINDING...
BASEL - The addition of Tarceva to chemotherapy extends
survival by 23.5% for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer,
according to data presented at the American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA.
http://www.roche.com
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk
http://www.startoncology.net
BREAST CANCER...
ORLANDO - Initial treatment with letrozole offers
significantly greater post-surgery protection against breast
cancer recurrence than does tamoxifen, in postmenopausal women
with early breast cancer according to newly updated results of
the Breast International Group 1-98 trial.
http://www.ibcsg.org
FINANCIAL ADVISOR...
JACKSONVILLE - Tiger Telematics Inc. is pleased to announce
that it has retained Morgan Stanley & Co Inc as its financial
advisor to assess strategic and financing opportunities for the
company.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
COURT RULING...
CUPERTINO - Trend Micro, Inc., a global leader in antivirus
and content security, has been informed that a U.S.
International Trade Commission judge issued a decision in the
company's favor in the unfair import proceeding Trend Micro
brought against Fortinet.
http://www.trendmicro.com
Q1 RESULTS...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp.
Friday announced financial results for the quarter ended March
31, 2005. Net revenue for first quarter 2005 was $492.4
million, an increase of 16% from net revenue of $423.2 million
for the same quarter in 2004.
http://www.quintiles.com
RUSSIAN ACQUISITION...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Nival Interactive, a leading
international video game developer headquartered in the United
States, is pleased to announce its purchase of a controlling
interest in Targem Games, one of Russia's leading game
developers.
http://www.nival.com
http://www.targem.ru
NEW AIRPORT...
TIRANA - In the presence of the Albanian Prime Minister
Fatos Nano and of the Parliamentary State Secretary in the
German Economics Ministry, Rezzo Schlauch, HOCHTIEF AirPort
(HTA) laid the foundation stone for the new passenger terminal
at Tirana International Airport Nene Tereza.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 2 securities issues amounting to a total of US$150
million on maY 23 & 25, 2005, at a redemption price equal to
100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SAI ACQUISITION...
LONDON - SAI Global Limited announced the acquisition of
Easy i Holdings Limited, a compliance training and awareness
solutions company with operations in the United Kingdom and the
United States.
http://www.easyi.com
IT EXPO...
OSAKA - ELECOM CO., LTD., a major PC peripheral equipment
company in Japan engaged in a broad range of businesses,
including I/O devices, Computer accessories, PC furniture,
memory and storage products, will show its products at Computex
Taipei 2005 to open on May 31.
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE...
SINGAPORE - Microsoft Corp. and Tata Consultancy Services
Ltd., a leading global IT consulting, solutions, services and
business process outsourcing firm, announced their plans to
advance their strategic alliance to deliver IT solutions to
global companies more effectively.
HOTEL AWARDS...
SINGAPORE - InterContinental Hotels Group's guest loyalty
programme, Priority Club Rewards, has recently earned six
first-place awards, eight second-place awards and five
third-place awards at the 2005 Freddie Awards.
http://www.ihgplc.com/media
FRANKFURT AIRPORT...
FRANKFURT - All signs point to ongoing traffic growth at
Frankfurt Airport, with the airport registering strong growth
rates in air traffic in April 2005, particularly in the cargo
sector.
http://www.fraport.de
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