SYDNEY--26 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GREEN TRANSPORT...
UTRECHT: With jet aircraft emitting 23 kilograms of CO2 per
100 passenger kilometres, that's a lot of carbon dioxide being
dumped into the atmosphere. Cars do somewhat better at a little
less than 18 kilograms, but trains outdo them both at under
five kilograms of CO2 per 100 passenger kilometres.
http://www.EurailGroup.com
http://www.Eurail.com
http://www.cer.be
http://eurail-acprail.com
http://flightcentre.com
http://OctopusTravel.com
http://raileurope.fr/wheretobuy
http://CarbonNeutral.Com
http://eurail.informationstore.net
CONTRACT AWARDED...
PITTSBURGH: Calgon Carbon Corporation has announced that it
has been awarded a contract by Jiaxing Jiayuan Water Co. to
supply 1.1 million pounds of granular activated carbon to the
Jiaxing Nanjiao Water Plant in China for drinking water
purification.
http://www.calgoncarbon.com
TIDAL POWER...
GENEVA: IEC, the global body for electrical energy
standards, is now recruiting experts from around the world to
develop international standards for wave and tidal energy
technology.
http://www.iec.ch
WAR THRILLER...
LOS ANGELES: To set the record straight, 'Valkyrie' is a
historically accurate thriller that presents the World War Two
resistance hero Col. Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg as the
heroic and principled figure he was, and we believe it will go
a long way towards reminding the world that even within the
ranks of the German military there was real resistance to the
Nazi regime.
EXPANDING COVERAGE...
NEW YORK: Auerbach Grayson & Company, Inc., a New York-based
brokerage firm that specializes in international trading for
U.S. institutional investors, announced on Monday that it has
expanded its coverage of Asian public companies through an
existing relationship with Taiwan-based broker KGI Group.
http://www.agco.com
EURO EXPO...
MUNICH: Exhibitors From Central, Eastern and Southeastern
Europe Occupy 40 Per cent of the International Area at EXPO
REAL 2007.
http://www.exporeal.net
LIONORE ACQUISITION...
MOSCOW and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel has announced
that it received notice from South Africa's Competition
Commission that its proposed acquisition of control of LionOre
Mining International Ltd has been approved under the South
African Competition Act No. 89 of 1998.
www.nornik.ru/en
www.sedar.com
MONTHLY SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's May 2007 Monthly Summary is now
available at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/ . This report contains
information on Fannie Mae's business volumes, liquidations,
delinquency rates and the effective duration gap.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FINAL CONSTRUCTION...
VANCOUVER: Independent Canadian oil and gas company TAG Oil
announced on Monday the Cheal Production Facility is nearing
completion and pre-commissioning operations are now
concurrently underway with final construction activities.
http://www.tagoil.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of one securities issues amounting to a total of US$100
million on July 5, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ATMEL CONTROLLER...
ROUSSET: Atmel Corporation has announced the introduction of
its AT90SC9604RU secure microcontroller in replacement of its
present AT90SC6404RT chip.
http://www.atmel.com
CAP FAMILY...
COLORADO SPRINGS: Atmel Corporation has announced that it
has extended its CAP family of customizable
microcontroller-based System-on-a-Chip products with an ARM7
core.
http://www.atmel.com
MICREL LAUNCHES...
SAN JOSE: Micrel Inc. has launched the SY88973BL, a
low-power limiting post amplifier that is designed for use in
fiber optic receivers.
http://www.micrel.com
BANK ABSORBED...
KUALA LUMPUR: The award-winning Shariah consulting and
product design team of Dar Al Istithmar has announced that it
has been absorbed by the BMB Group to create BMB Islamic, a
full service, Islamic-focused product design and placement
institution.
www.perceptionmanagement.com.my
NEW DEFINITION...
BRUSSELS: The International Diabetes Federation has launched
a new definition to identify children and adolescents at
increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular
disease in later life.
http://www.idf.org/met_syndrome/children
TRANSUNION HIRES...
CHICAGO, MUMBAI: TransUnion has hired Satish Pillai to serve
as vice president of Solutions Development in India.
http://www.transunion.com
RECEIVERS AND MANAGERS...
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the appointment of the Receivers and
Managers to Hualon Corporation Sdn Bhd on 30th November, 2006,
the Receivers and Managers have continued to run the operations
of Hualon. The Receivers and Managers are now inviting
interested parties to submit offers to acquire the operating
business and assets of Hualon which should reach the Receivers
and Managers by 3rd August, 2007.
PATIENT ADHERENCE...
BASINGSTOKE: Shire plc - New data from a patient adherence
survey presented on Friday 22nd June at the XLIV ERA-EDTA
Congress in Barcelona highlight that over 40 per cent of
patients with chronic kidney disease forget to take their
phosphate-binding medication.
http://www.shire.com
REVERSE ACQUISITION..
LONDON: GLG Partners, a leading alternative asset manager
with gross assets under management of over $20 billion, has
announced that it plans to access the public markets through a
reverse acquisition transaction with Freedom Acquisition
Holdings, Inc.
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