SYDNEY--12 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HUNGER STRIKE...
BANGALORE, India: U.S.-based evangelical leader Dr. K.A. Paul and the
Honorable Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a former member of the U.S. House and civil
rights leader, marked more than 1-week in hunger strike to reinstate a peace
mission with Deva Gowda and 25 other Indian Members of Parliament to Iran,
Libya, Sudan, Venezuela and Syria.
http://www.globalpeacenow.com
DISTRIBUTION DEAL...
CHICAGO, IL. and TOKYO: RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS) and Tokyo-based
Intersoftkk Thursday announced that they have entered into a distribution
agreement to sell and support the entire portfolio of RTS' professional trading
solutions to the Japanese market.
http://www.rtsgroup.net
http://www.intersoftkk.com
TIES EXPANDED...
CHICAGO, IL. and PARIS: Fimat and Trading Technologies International, Inc.
(TT) Thursday announced that they have expanded their existing North American
relationship and will begin marketing TT's electronic trading solutions to
customers in Europe and Asia.
http://www.tradingtechnologies.com
http://www.fimat.com
PROXY TALK...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.: Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading independent research and
proxy advisory firm, will host a Proxy Talk conference call on Thursday, July
12 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) with Vodafone Group plc shareholder proponent Efficient
Capital Structures.
http://www.glasslewis.com
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Wednesday priced US$4 billion 2-year Benchmark
Notes due July 13, 2009.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one
securities issue of US$30 million on July 21, 2007 at a redemption price equal
to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ATMEL EXTENDS...
ROUSSET: Atmel Corporation Wednesday announced the addition of three new
members of its AT91SO family for high security systems.
http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureTerm
AVIATION UPDATES...
NEW YORK: AVIATION WEEK, the largest multimedia information and services
provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries, Wednesday
announced that Global Aviation Updates on radio-frequency identification (RFID)
will take place during the upcoming MRO Asia and MRO Europe events.
http://www.aviationweek.com
http://www.aviationweek.com/conferences
http://www.aviationweek.com/awin
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
CLINICAL TRIAL...
BRISBANE: Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited Wednesday announced key features of
its Phase 3 clinical trial design for its anti-cancer treatment for liver
cancer, PI-88.
www.progen-pharma.com
OTIS AWARDED...
FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX), was awarded contracts for three large commercial projects in
Russia: the Auchan hypermarket in Moscow, the Metropolis office and shopping
mall complex, also in Moscow, and the Sony Trade Centre in Yekaterinburg.
http://www.otis.com
PARTNERSHIP FORGED...
ROCKVILLE, Md. and KUALA LUMPUR: Synthetic Genomics Inc., a privately-held
company dedicated to commercializing synthetic genomic processes and naturally
occurring processes for alternative energy solutions, and Asiatic Centre for
Genome Technology Sdn Bhd (ACGT), a center that focuses on the application of
genome technology to improve oil palm and other crops, Wednesday announced a
multi-year, research and development joint venture to sequence and analyze the
oil palm genome.
http://www.syntheticgenomics.com
http://www.asiatic.com.my
DIGI LAUNCHES...
MINNETONKA, Minn.: Digi International Wednesday introduced the XTend(TM) and
XStream(TM) radio frequency (RF) modems, and the XPress(TM) Ethernet Bridge.
http://www.digi.com
PUB CRAWL...
PERTH: Australian touring company Thirsty Swagman is set to embark on the
world's first 11-day cross-country pub crawl through Europe in September, that
will be sure to leave its staggering punters asking
where the bloody hell was I?
www.worldsbiggestpubcrawl.com
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