SYDNEY, Aug. 17--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BRITRAIL PASSES...
LONDON: BritRail Wednesday announced that anyone buying a BritRail
Consecutive Pass, BritRail FlexiPass or BritRail England Pass in the next 6
weeks gets an extra day's travel free.
http//:www.BritRail.com
CORONARY STENT...
MIAMI, Fla.: Three studies in this week's editions of the premier
peer-reviewed journals New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the
American Medical Association support the clinical benefits and safety profile
associated with the CYPHER Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent compared to the
Taxus stent.
http://www.nejm.org
http://jama.ama-assn.org
PREFERRED DESIGNER...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Gibbs & Cox, Inc. Wednesday announced that the company has
been chosen by the Australian government to be the preferred designer for the
Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Program.
http://www.gibbscox.com
EMBRAER DELIVERS...
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS: Embraer Wednesday announced the delivery of three
specially configured Legacy Executive aircraft to the government of India,
which ordered five airplanes of the model, and holds options on two more.
http://www.embraer.com.br
ENSR PROMOTES...
KUALA LUMPUR & WESTFORD, Mass.: Allan Sandosham, PE, QEP, has been promoted
to Regional Sales Director, Asia for ENSR International, and is based in ENSR's
Kuala Lumpur office.
http://www.ensr.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one
securities issue of US$25.662 million on Aug 26, 2005 at a redemption price
equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SINOBOND SELECTS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Tvia, Inc., a leading provider of multimedia digital
display processors for advanced TV, emerging digital display and consumer
electronics markets, Tuesday announced Sinobond has selected the Tvia LCD-TV
Reference Design based on Trueview 5600 chipsets for all of their LCD-TVs aimed
at both the European and North American markets.
www.tvia.com
ALLIANCE FORMED...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. & TOKYO: Saba, a leading provider of human capital
management (HCM) solutions, Tuesday announced an alliance with Business
Learning Bank (BLB), a human resource development outsourcing service, to
provide comprehensive turnkey learning systems to enterprises in Japan.
http://www.saba.com
http://www.blbank.jp
MCI EXPANDS...
ASHBURN, Va.: MCI, Inc. Tuesday announced it is expanding Internet DSL
access services in Asia Pac and into the Middle East.
http://www.mci.com
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