SYDNEY--3 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FABRIC PROTECTION...
OSAKA and MIDLAND: Daikin and Dow Corning Corporation have
jointly developed a new product for fabric protection.
http://www.dowcorning.com
http://www.daikin.com
http://www.daikin-america.com
CLIENT SECURITY...
NUREMBERG: NCP introduces a new version of its Secure Entry
Client with comprehensive security.
http://www.ncp.de
RUSSIAN REALTY...
NEW YORK: Starr International Company, Inc., through its
wholly-owned subsidiary Starr Investments Cayman I, Inc.,
acquired a substantial shareholding in Discovery Russian Realty
Paveletskaya Project Limited, a real estate development company
which will develop a mixed use complex in the Paveletskaya
business area in Moscow.
HIV/AIDS TREATMENT...
LOP BURI PROVINCE: The Provincial Government, Lop Buri
Province, Thailand; the Dramaraksa Foundation-Wat Phrabatnampo,
and AIDS Healthcare Foundation are honored to announce that
they are forming a new partnership to provide free, lifesaving
HIV/AIDS care and treatment, including antiretroviral
treatment, to socio-economically disadvantaged people living
with advanced AIDS in Lop Buri Province, Thailand.
http://www.avert.org
RESEARCH TEAM...
NEW YORK and LONDON: Pali Capital, Inc., the US
broker-dealer subsidiary of Pali Holdings, Inc. has announced
the further expansion of its research team in the United States
through the hiring of two senior analysts, covering the
homebuilding and building products sector and Chinese gaming,
internet and media equities, respectively.
http://www.palicapital.com
BOOK COLLABORATION...
OXFORD: Building on the success of their existing two year
partnership in North America, Australasia, Middle East and
Africa, Ebooks Corporation, a global supplier of electronic
books and Blackwell Book Services, a leading supplier of books
and services to academic libraries, extend the scope of their
collaboration into the UK and Europe.
http://www.blackwell.com
http://www.EBLib.com
OCH-ZIFF IPO...
NEW YORK: Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC announced on
Monday that it has filed a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial
public offering of its Class A shares representing Class A
limited liability company interests.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of
US$263.757 million on July 12, 2007 at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
OLDCASTLE ACQUIRES...
SANTA MONICA: Oldcastle Glass has acquired the Vistawall
Group for a total consideration of US$190 million.
http://www.oldcastleglass.com
SAFC IDENTITY...
ST. LOUIS: Citing the growing importance of the role
chemicals are playing in advanced semiconductor applications,
SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has unveiled the new
identity of its SAFC Hitech brand following the acquisition of
UK-based chemicals supplier, Epichem Limited.
http://www.sigma-aldrich.com
http://www.safchitech.com
TRAVEL PARTNERSHIP...
TULSA, TOKYO: National Car Rental has entered into a travel
services partnership with ANA effective July 1, 2007.
http://www.vanguardcar.com
http://www.nationalcar.com
THE ALAMO...
TULSA, TOKYO: Alamo Rent A Car has entered into a travel
services partnership with ANA (All Nippon Airways) effective
July 1, 2007.
PROTECTIVE DIET...
BARCELONA: Findings from a new study show that a decrease in
the oxidative damage to LDL cholesterol is one of the
protective mechanisms by which the Mediterranean diet exerts a
protective effect on coronary heart disease development.
JAPANESE SUBSIDIARY...
TEMPE: Limelight Networks, a leading content delivery
network for digital media, has announced it has established a
wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary, Limelight Networks Japan,
Inc., with headquarters located in Tokyo.
http://www.llnw.com
OIL PRICE...
NEW YORK: Platts, the world's leading energy information
provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, says it
will further enhance its methodology for assessing the price of
Dated Brent crude oil, the world's premier oil benchmark.
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
http://www.platts.com
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