SYDNEY, July 13--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HK HORSES...
HONG KONG: The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, Donald Tsang, Friday welcomed the news
that Hong Kong will host the equestrian events for the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games, saying the events would be a milestone
in Hong Kong's sporting history.
ESPN STAR...
SINGAPORE: Motor racing shifts into even higher gear on ESPN
STAR Sports concluded a multi-year broadcast agreement for the
new 'World Cup of Motor Sport', the A1 Grand Prix.
www.espnstar.com
PEPSICO RESULTS...
PURCHASE, N.Y: PepsiCo reported a 15 per cent increase in
second-quarter earnings per share to $0.70, fueled by Division
operating profit growth of more than 10 per cent.
www.pepsico.com
ETHYLENE FUTURES...
LONDON: ICIS-LOR, the global market pricing and intelligence
service for the chemicals and oil industry, announces the
launch of the ICIS-LOR Ethylene Index (EIX), which will be used
as the benchmark settlement price for the world's first
over-the-counter (OTC) ethylene futures contract.
www.icislor.com
ANTARA MD...
JAKARTA: Minister/State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra on
Tuesday inducted Asro Kamal Rokan as the new managing director
of ANTARA National News Agency Institute (LKBN ANTARA)
replacing M Sobary.
XSIRA PHARMACEUTICALS...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C: Xsira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
announced that its Investigational New Drug application (IND)
for intravenous adenosine was filed on June 3, 2005 with the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is now active.
www.xsira.com
BIONICHE LIFE...
BELLEVILLE: Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based,
technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, announced
that an investigation into its injectable ascorbic acid
product, Betac, has shown that the product is free of microbial
contamination.
www.Bioniche.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of four securities issues amounting to a total of US$190
million on July 22, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100
percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SHEKEL BONDS...
NEW YORK: Bloomberg, a global provider of business and
financial news and data, announced that it has been chosen as
the primary market auction system for the government's Shekel
bonds, as Israel invites applications for Primary Dealers in
its domestic bond market for the first time.
www.bloomberg.com
CLINTON INITIATIVE...
NEW YORK: Leaders from around the world are greatly
supporting President Clinton's first annual gathering of
leaders known as the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). CGI's
goal is to address global challenges in four areas: poverty,
religion, climate change and governance. The event will take
place September 15-17 in New York City.
www.clintonglobalinitiative.org
TERASEN PIPELINES...
CALGARY: Terasen Pipelines has filed an application with the
National Energy Board (NEB) to increase the capacity of the
Trans Mountain pipeline system from 225,000 barrels per day to
260,000 barrels per day (bpd).
www.terasenpipelines.com
HANCOCK TIMBER...
BOSTON, Mass: The Hancock Timber Resource Group announced
that it has signed an agreement to acquire Prudential Timber
Investments, Inc., the timberland investment management unit of
Prudential Financial, Inc. Terms of the acquisition, which is
expected to close in the third quarter, were not disclosed.
www.hancocktimber.com
www.mfcglobal.com
ICURIE LAB...
MIAMI, Fla: iCurie Lab Holdings Limited, a UK company with a
Korean operating subsidiary, announced it became a wholly owned
subsidiary of iCurie, Inc., an over-the-counter bulletin board
company formerly known as Cedar Mountain Distributors, Inc.,
through a share exchange with the former shareholders of iCurie
UK.
www.icurie.com
SYNTHESIS BANK...
GENEVA: Synthesis Bank, a Swiss online investment bank, has
recently launched the Synthesis TradingFloor.
www.tradingfloor.com
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