SYDNEY--17 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD...
WASHINGTON - Seung-Jung Park, M.D., Ph.D., FACC,
world-renowned clinician, educator and researcher in the field
of interventional vascular medicine, was presented the 2008 TCT
Career Achievement Award in a ceremony held today during the
20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics
scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research
Foundation. The award recognizes Dr. Park as a pioneer in
interventional vascular medicine, a leading authority on the
implantation of stents in the left main heart artery, and as a
dedicated and caring physician educator.
VALE DIVIDEND...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announces that
the Board of Directors has approved the payment of the second
tranche of its minimum dividend for 2008, amounting to US$ 1.25
billion, and an additional dividend of US$ 350 million,
totaling US$ 1.6 billion, equal to US$ 0.303123240 per common
or preferred share in circulation.
www.vale.com
SIMBIONIX GROWTH...
CLEVELAND, Ohio and TEL AVIV - Simbionix USA Corporation is
pleased to announce the completion of a Series C round of
growth capital financing led by River Cities Capital Funds,
along with incumbent investor Early Stage Partners and other
existing shareholders, as well as Western Reserve Partners who
served as the company's investment bankers. The investment will
enable Simbionix to accelerate the already rapid growth of its
medical simulation technology via the introduction of
innovative new products and expanded distribution channels.
www.simbionix.com
www.rccf.com
www.esplp.com
MERZENICH HONORED...
SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Merzenich, PhD., co-founder and
Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science, has been honored by
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which has invited him to give
the Serena Yang Lecture in Rehabilitation Science this week.
Dr. Merzenich's keynote lecture will be "The Brain Plasticity
Revolution."
www.positscience.com
APRIMO KODAK...
INDIANAPOLIS - Aprimo, Inc., today announced it has entered
into an alliance with Kodak's Graphic Communications Group to
create a combined product portfolio for seamless, digital
process that more tightly integrates brand owners with
marketing and service providers.
www.kodak.com
www.aprimo.com
FOREIGN POLICY...
LONDON - The Louise Blouin Institute is honoured to feature
the first major solo exhibition in the United Kingdom of the
renowned contemporary Chinese artist Wang Guangyi. The
exhibition will take place from 17 October to 1 March 2009 and
is part of the Louise Blouin Institute's 'Culture Beyond
Borders' series, aimed at encouraging cultural dialogue.
www.ltbfoundation.org
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT...
LONDON - On the closing day of the 2008 Global Creative
Leadership Summit, the Louise Blouin Foundation announced the
formation of a new cultural diplomacy fund: The Fund for the
Promotion of Chinese Cultures with a Special Emphasis on Tibet.
One of the missions of the fund is to complement the already
existing cultural preservation efforts in the Tibetan
Autonomous Region (TAR) by the Chinese Government, as well as
to promote both Chinese culture and dialogue between the West
and China.
www.ltbfoundation.org/cultural_diplomacy.htm
CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION...
LISBON and NEW YORK - The Champalimaud Foundation, one of
the largest global science foundations, invites all
institutions working to combat blindness in the field to apply
for the Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award. The Award is given
for outstanding contributions towards the prevention and
alleviation of blindness and visual impairment. The prestigious
Award, which brings with it a euro 1 million prize, has been
called the "Nobel Prize for Vision" and is presented annually
in Lisbon, Portugal.
www.fchampalimaud.org
STRATAGOLD RESOURCE...
VANCOUVER - StrataGold Corporation is pleased to announce
that a new independent National Instrument (NI) 43-101 Mineral
Resource estimate by SRK Consulting Inc., has increased the
Indicated Resource of the Mar-Tungsten Deposit by 44%.
www.stratagold.com
WOOD BIOMASS...
BOSTON - The Wood Biomass Market Report today dispelled a
widespread myth in regards to the availability and cost of wood
fiber for wood biomass projects. The Report, published monthly
by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, reported that operators of new wood biomass
projects, often industry newcomers, are finding that their wood
cost projections were unrealistic and that to their surprise,
existing mills are willing to fight with dollars to preserve
their wood supplier loyalty.
www.risiinfo.com
CLIMATE CHANGE...
WARSAW - The most important task posed for the participants
of the forthcoming "Summit on Sectoral Cooperation" is to
develop a common position and to identify opportunities for the
cooperation of governments and energy-intensive industries to
tackle climate change. The Summit, organized by the Ministry of
Economy of Poland, will take place on 27-28 November in
Warsaw.
www.mg.gov.pl
TUBE CITY...
PITTSBURGH - Tube City IMS, LLC, a service provider to steel
mills and foundries throughout the world, today announced the
signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Sinosteel
Corporation of Beijing, China.
www.tubecityims.com
INDEPENDENT TV...
LONDON - The family of the late Georgian businessman and
philanthropist Badri Patarkatsishvili, who developed and
financed what was once Georgia's principal independent TV
station Imedi, today announced that it will intensify legal and
diplomatic efforts to regain control of the broadcaster.
AERCAP RESULTS...
AMSTERDAM - AerCap Holdings N.V. announced today that it
will host a conference call and webcast for investors and
analysts at 9:30 am Eastern Time / 3:30 pm Central European
Time on Thursday, November 6, 2008 to review its third-quarter
financial results.
www.aercap.com
BUNGE ACQUISITION...
SINGAPORE - Bunge Asia, the Asian operating arm of Bunge
Limited, today announced the acquisition of a 50% stake in the
owner/operator of Phu My Port. The investment provides Bunge
with greater opportunity to serve customers in the growing
market for agricultural commodities in Vietnam.
www.Bunge.com
TATA COMMUNICATIONS...
MUMBAI - Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new
world of communications, announced the launch of its
telepresence rooms available for public use in the United
States and United Kingdom, linking to additional public rooms
in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, India. The collaboration
between Tata Communications and Cisco is the first managed
telepresence service in the world to deliver public and private
Cisco TelePresence rooms to companies globally. This new
service will allow companies and individuals to use Cisco
TelePresence for one-off meetings.
www.tatacommunications.com/telepresence
EXPEDIA EXPANSION...
HONG KONG and BELLEVUE, Wash. - Expedia, Inc., the world's
leading online travel company, has announced new agreements
with several key supply partners in the Asia-Pacific region,
underscoring Expedia's commitment and growing presence in
Asia-Pacific and building upon the company's global momentum.
By partnering with Expedia these partners, which span the
airline and lodging industries, join the world's largest online
travel marketplace and stand to benefit from Expedia's
unmatched global reach to travelers worldwide.
www.expediainc.com
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