SYDNEY--20 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BIRKART GLOBISTICS...
BANGKOK: Birkart Globistics air + ocean, a business segment
of Thiel Logistik AG, has announced that the Neuman & Esser
Group, one of the world's leading suppliers of reciprocating
compressors, has selected the logistics service provider as its
company of choice for the provision of international shipping
services, with a strong focus in the Asian market place.
www.birkart.com
www.thiel-logistik.com
AUSTRALIAN DIVISION...
SYDNEY: Herbert Insurance Group, a specialist broking firm
and "Coverholder" at Lloyd's of London has opened a division in
Australia. Herberts provide advice and arrange and place
Financial Lines Insurance, Commercial, Property, Liability,
Motor, Directors and Officers Liability, Professional
Indemnity, Marine, Life & Disability, Travel, Medical and Prize
Indemnity insurance covers as well as Domestic and Residential
Insurance.
www.herbertinsurancegroup.com
CERTICOM LAUNCHES...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario: Certicom has launched Certicom UMA
Device Software, a software developer module that makes it easy
for device manufacturers to implement the unlicensed mobile
access protocol and get their products to market faster while
reducing development costs.
www.certicom.com
www.certicom.com/uma
SOLLAND SOLAR...
HEERLEN and AACHEN: Solland Solar is planning its second
expansion within one year. The shareholders of the solar cell
producer have agreed to increase production capacity almost
threefold. From mid-2008, Solland Solar will be able to produce
solar power with a total capacity of 170 MWp per year, instead
of the current 60 MWp/a.
www.sollandsolar.com
INNOVATION AWARD...
WILTON, Connecticut: Startech Environmental Corporation, a
fully reporting company, announced that the company received
the Frost & Sullivan "2007 Excellence in Emerging Technologies
Award for Technology Innovation" at the Frost & Sullivan Annual
Award ceremonies in California on June 13.
www.startech.net
www.frost.com
SOFTWARE AGREEMENT...
CHICAGO, Illinois: Trading Technologies International, Inc.,
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited and Daiwa Securities
America Inc. have announced that they have entered into a
global software licensing and TTNET distribution agreement.
www.tradingtechnologies.com
www.tradingtechnologies.com/ttnet.aspx
SOFTWARE AGREEMENT...
CHICAGO, Illinois, PARIS and LONDON: Trading Technologies
International, Inc. and BNP Paribas Commodity Futures announced
that they have entered into a global software licensing and
TTNET distribution agreement.
www.tradingtechnologies.com
www.tradingtechnologies.com/ttnet.aspx
www.bnpparibas.com
RECORD DAY...
NEW YORK: Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The
Thomson Corporation and a leading provider of information and
technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, has
announced record one-day trading volume of 3.53 billion shares
on its Thomson Order Routing network.
www.thomsonfinancial.com
www.thomson.com
EURAND'S ZENTASE...
MILAN and DAYTON, Ohio: Eurand N.V. has announced results
that were presented at the recent European Cystic Fibrosis
Society meeting in Antalya, Turkey, held June 13-16. Results
from two phase III studies of Zentase showed a statistically
and clinically significant improvement in the absorption of
fat, protein and nutrients in patients suffering from Exocrine
Pancreatic Insufficiency.
www.eurand.com
MARKETING APPROVAL...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, and BRUSSELS: The International
Myeloma Foundation - supporting research and providing
education, advocacy and support for myeloma patients, families,
researchers and physicians - has applauded the EMEA decision to
grant marketing authorization for REVLIMID (lenalidomide) for
use in multiple myeloma.
www.myeloma.org
www.myelomala.org
REVLIMID GRANTED...
BOUDRY: Celgene International Sarl announced that REVLIMID
(lenalidomide) has been granted full marketing authorization by
the European Commission for use in combination with
dexamethasone as a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma
who have received at least one prior therapy. This approval
represents the first regulatory approval for Celgene in Europe,
and REVLIMID represents the first breakthrough oral therapy in
Europe for multiple myeloma patients in more than forty
years.
www.celgene.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$2.6
billion on June 29, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
LICENSING AGREEMENT...
TORONTO: Golden China Resources Corporation has announced
that it has reached an agreement to amend the existing
technology licensing agreement for the use of the proprietary
bacterial oxidation technology employed by the company's
BioGold production facility in Shandong province, China.
www.goldenchina.ca
www.renmarkfinancial.com
ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. announced that it has signed
an agreement with Rolls-Royce to power ten of the new A330
aircraft that it ordered earlier this year from Airbus with
Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. Deliveries of the Trent-powered
aircraft are due to begin in 2009.
SYMETRICS AWARDED...
MELBOURNE, Florida: Symetrics Industries, LLC announced that
it has been awarded an estimated US$2 million contract from
Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland, for 70 Improved Data
Modem systems.
www.symetrics.com
NEW IDENTITY...
CHICAGO: Townsend Analytics has unveiled its new corporate
identity symbolizing the company's evolution to a leading
provider of multi-broker, multi-asset, multi-route and
multi-region electronic trading solutions for the electronic
capital markets.
www.townsendanalytics.com
www.realtick.com
MERGER ANNOUNCED...
EDINBURGH, and PRINCETON, New Jersey: In a milestone event
for the architectural design industry, RMJM, one of the world's
largest architectural practices, and Hillier, one of the
largest architectural design firms in the U.S., have announced
plans to merge their firms, creating a combined entity with
unprecedented depth of talent and global reach.
www.hillier.com
www.rmjm.com
TRIALS BEGIN...
ALDERLEY PARK: AstraZeneca has announced the start of two
Phase II trials for a new compound being tested to treat
patients with BRCA 1 & 2 positive breast and ovarian cancer.
Myriad Genetics, Inc., is providing the molecular diagnostic
testing for these trials.
www.myriad.com
www.astrazeneca.com
www.breakthrough.org.uk
INDOSATM2 OFFERS...
SINGAPORE: IndosatM2, one of the largest Internet and
multimedia service providers in Indonesia, announced that it
will offer satellite broadband service over Ku-Band using a
universal satellite hub from iDirect Technologies.
www.idirect.net
www.vt-systems.com
OFFER ENDORSED...
SINGAPORE: Connect Holdings Limited (Connect) has welcomed
the unanimous recommendation of the independent directors of
Pacific Internet Limited and the opinion of the independent
financial adviser to PacNet, KPMG Corporate Finance Pte Ltd,
that Connect's voluntary conditional cash general offer to
acquire all the issued shares of PacNet is fair from a
financial point of view and the recommendation that
shareholders should accept the revised offer. The revised
offer, announced on 7 June 2007, is for US$11.00 net in cash
per share, without interest.
www.sec.gov
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