SYDNEY--2 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY...
MATSUYAMA: MIURA Co., Ltd., the leading manufacturer of
small once-through boilers, has developed a technology which
dramatically reduces the nitrogen oxide concentration in the
exhaust gas of gas-fired steam boilers to below 1ppm (at O2=0
per cent equivalent) compared to the 25ppm of conventional
boilers.
PRESSURE MONITOR...
KYOTO: The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of
hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases is set to
improve worldwide following the recent amendment to the
treatment guidelines, which was encouraged by Omron
Healthcare's non-invasive blood pressure monitor with
augmentation index, the HEM-9000AI.
MEASLES VACCINATION...
WASHINGTON: The government of Pakistan is launching a new
phase of the largest-ever national measles vaccination
campaign, with a goal of reaching more than 63 million children
by March 2008. This campaign will protect millions of children
against measles in Pakistan, and will also be a significant
step toward reaching the global goal of reducing measles deaths
by 90 per cent by the year 2010 (compared to 2000).
www.redcross.org
www.measlesinitiative.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$25
million on July 10, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
NORILSK ACQUIRES...
MOSCOW and TORONTO: OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel has announced
that 201,089,154 common shares of LionOre Mining International
Ltd, representing approximately 90 per cent of the LionOre
common shares outstanding, were deposited to Norilsk Nickel's
offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of
LionOre for Cdn$27.50 (US$25.89) in cash per share by the
expiry time of the offer on June 28, 2007.
www.nornik.ru/en
www.sedar.com
DISNEY PREMIERE...
SINGAPORE: "High School Musical 2," the sequel to the Emmy
Award-winning Disney Channel Original Movie for kids, tweens
and families, will premiere across Southeast Asia on Sunday,
September 9 (7.30pm Singapore/Malaysia time, 6.30pm Indonesia
time).
GUSMAO SPEAKS...
DILI: An address from His Excellency, President Xanana
Gusmao: "Our newfound sovereignty has been fractured and
challenged by a Fretilin parliament that bred contempt,
nepotism, corruption and arrogance. The country's leadership
has created a culture of impudence, with disregard for
humanity, ignoring the moral laws of civil liberties and
impeding the democratic rights promised to our humble citizens
at the heart of our young constitution. Because of this, CNRT
[National Council of Timorese Resistance
] was resurrected, to
reconstruct all that is fundamentally unjust with our nation at
the hands of the Fretilin leadership."
www.cnrt-timor.org
AVANCIS CLEARANCE...
BERLIN: The European Commission Directorate General (DG) for
Competition recently announced that AVANCIS, a joint venture
between Shell and Saint-Gobain, can receive a tax allowance and
a direct grant from the Federal State of Saxony.
www.invest-in-germany.com
SINGTEL LAUNCHES...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel)
announced that it has launched Asia Pacific's first and only
integrated global IP Wide Area Network (WAN) solution. This
solution provides business communications in remote areas via
seamless and secure IP technology.
www.singtel.com
www.optus.com.au
AON ANNOUNCES...
CHICAGO: Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting
organization of Aon Corporation, has announced the appointment
of Dr. Rajeshree "Gina" Parekh as the Health and Benefits
Practice leader for Aon Consulting Asia Pacific, and country
leader for Aon Consulting India.
www.aon.com
www.aon.com/hcc
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