SYDNEY--11 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ALOKA APPOINTS... TOKYO: ALOKA Co., Ltd., a pioneer in the development ofdiagnostic ultrasound systems, Thursday announced theappointments of Masanobu Tada as President, and CarlosFaustmann as Vice President of Operations of ALOKA HoldingEurope AG, the company's wholly-owned European headquarters inZug, Switzerland, with immediate effect.www.aloka.com G2EASIA INTRODUCES... MACAU: After a successful debut in Macau this June, G2E Asia2008 in partnership with market leading publication iGamingBusiness, will include a pavilion dedicated to the internetgaming industry.http://www.G2EAsia.com PURE DEMONSTRATES... LONDON: PURE - the world leader in DAB digital radio - isdemonstrating the first commercially available radios forAustralia's upcoming DAB+ digital radio trial service atCommercial Radio Australia's 2007 National Radio Conference.http://www.pure.com PURE ANNOUNCES... LONDON: PURE - the largest radio brand in the UK and theworld's leading DAB digital radio manufacturer - is setting upan Australasian commercial operation to strengthen its longterm involvement in digital radio in Australia and NewZealand.http://www.pure.comhttp://www.imgtec.com PHOTOVOLTAICS RESTRUCTURES... HAMILTON: Energy Photovoltaics, Inc., a thin-filmphotovoltaic module manufacturer with headquarters in NewJersey, USA, announced Wednesday a series of organizational andsenior staff changes that reflect the new direction of thecompany.http://www.epv.net SPIRIT EVALUATES... WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. said it is evaluatingBoeing's reschedule of 787 first flight and first deliveries tocustomers announced by The Boeing Company earlier Wednesday. CALYON AVAILS... CHICAGO: Calyon Financial Wednesday announced theintroduction of eight new algorithmic execution toolsexclusively available for the brokerage firm's clients.http://www.calyonfinancial.com VURV PROMOTES... SYDNEY: Vurv Technology, a leading global provider oftechnology and services for building great workforces,Wednesday announced the forthcoming release of Vurv Perform4.0, a new, integrated performance management offering forcompetency-based job modeling, career development, successionplanning and compensation management.http://www.vurv.com FREEDOM MEETS... NEW YORK: Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. announcesRecord Date, Meeting Date and Schedule for Mailing ofDefinitive Proxy Material- scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on October31, 2007 at the offices of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 200 ParkAvenue, New York, New York. ANADIGICS WEBCASTS... WARREN: ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless andbroadband communications solutions, will host a conference callto review third quarter 2007 financial results and provideforward-looking guidance on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 5:00p.m. (ET).http://www.anadigics.com ARCMELT DEBUTS... ST. LOUIS: Breakthrough, high performance complex metalalloys that produce the next-generation of protection againstsevere industrial environments have been introduced byArcMelt.http://www.arcmelt.com SCHOLARONE CHOSEN... PHILADELPHIA: Thomson Scientific, part of The ThomsonCorporation and leading provider of information solutions tothe worldwide research and business communities, Wednesdayannounced that the Massachusetts Medical Society's New EnglandJournal of Medicine has selected ScholarOne's ManuscriptCentral as its online peer review system.http://www.scientific.thomson.comwww.scholarone.com PANALUX SHINES... WOODLAND HILLS: Panavision announced Wednesday the formationof Panalux, the company's new brand for its global lightingbusiness for the Film and Television Industry. PEZ CELEBRATES... TRAUN: PEZ celebrates the 80th birthday of the cult candywith a unique charity campaign: "To celebrate this anniversarywe developed an exclusive Mickey Mouse dispenser series thatwill be sold, in a unique charitable action, via the food tradeand put up for auction in cooperation with eBay for the benefitof UNICEF," says Manfred Fodermayr, CEO PEZ Group.http://www.letspez.com MARVELL FEATURES... SANTA CLARA: Marvell, a leader in storage, communications,and consumer silicon solutions, Wednesday announced that theMarvell 88DE2710 digital video format converter with Qdeo videoprocessing is a featured component of the LG BH200 SuperBlu(TM) player.http://www.marvell.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$50million on October 23, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$550million on October 20, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com LAVALIFE.COM LAUNCHES... TORONTO: Whether singles are looking for Mr. or Ms. Right orMr. or Ms. Right Now, making the connection is even easiertoday with Lavalife's new and improved online dating site,http://www.lavalife.com.http://www.lavalife.com CHIPS AVAILABLE... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced Wednesday theavailability of its ATA6623 and ATA6625 LIN system basis chips,which are designed in compliance with the LIN 2.0 specificationand the SAEJ2602 standard.http://www.atmel.com SUWELACK GROWS... BILLERBECK: With an increase in sales of EUR 3.4 million toEUR 17 million, Dr. Suwelack Skin & Health Care AG is still onthe path of significant growth in 2007. RCI APPOINTS... PARSIPPANY: Group RCI, a global leader in leisure realestate, Wednesday announced the appointment of Kendall Oei asthe new president and managing director of Group RCI, AsiaPacific, effective October 15, 2007.http://www.grouprci.comhttp://www.wyndhamworldwide.com AERVENTURE LEASES... AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. Wednesday announced thatAerVenture Limited, a joint venture company owned by AerCap,LoadAir and Al Fawares, has signed agreements to lease six newAirbus A320-200 aircraft to the Russian national carrierAeroflot for a period of ten years. GMAC PURCHASES... CHENNAI: GMAC Financial Services Wednesday announced it haspurchased the 25.1 per cent equity stake in GMAC FinancialServices India Ltd. from Nucleus Software Exports Limited,bringing ownership of this automotive finance business to 100per cent subject to regulatory approval.http://www.gmacfs.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. 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