SYDNEY--27 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
MARVEL SUED...
NEW YORK: Martin Garbus, Esq., has filed a shareholder derivative suit
Monday, January 26, against Marvel Entertainment and its chairman Isaac
Perlmutter, as well as Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel's major superhero
characters and former Marvel Studio head, Avi Arad. Garbus is suing for
recovery in excess of $750 million representing one-half of the proceeds from
such blockbuster films as Spider Man, Iron Man and X-Men franchises.
MICROSCAN ANNOUNCES...
RENTON, Wash.: Microscan, the technology leader for automatic identification
in Life Sciences, Tuesday announced new products during the Lab Automation
conference in Palm Springs, CA. The new solutions are based on machine vision,
illumination, and auto ID technologies.
http://www.microscan.com
TINTIN FILM...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.: Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have
announced the start of principal production in Los Angeles on the 3D Motion
Capture Film "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn," directed by
Steven Spielberg and starring Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot," "Defiance") as
Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story
thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of
Solace," "Defiance") as the nefarious Red Rackham.
http://www.sonypictures.com
SPACE CHALLENGE...
PHILADELPHIA and SINGAPORE: AGI, producer of commercial software for
integrated analysis of land, sea, air, and space assets, is sponsoring the
second Singapore Space Challenge (SSC) along with its business partner in
Singapore, TME Systems.
http://tmesystems.net
www.agi.com
www.space.org.sg
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of five
securities issues amounting to a total of US$317.132 million on Feb 5, 2009 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
LEPROSY CALL...
LONDON: Mr Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for the Elimination of
Leprosy and Japanese Government Goodwill Ambassador for the Human Rights of
People Affected by Leprosy, has called for an end to the common use of the word
"leper."
ROUND TABLE TALK...
COPENHAGEN: Researchers, engineers, architects and experts from the
international building sector gathered on the 22nd of January in Copenhagen for
the first international Active Housing Round Table discussion.
http://www.velux.com
http://www.activehousing.net
PEACE PROPOSAL...
TOKYO: On January 26, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai
International (SGI) Buddhist association, issued his annual peace proposal
entitled "Toward Humanitarian Competition: A New Current in History."
www.sgi.org
ALLIANCE FORMED...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., BRENTFORD and SINGAPORE: Three Platinum Certified Avaya
BusinessPartners have joined forces to fulfill the communication technology
needs of multinationals. Strategic Products and Services (SPS), headquartered
in Parsippany, NJ, USA; Datapoint, headquartered in Brentford, Middlesex, UK;
Jebsen & Jessen Communications, headquartered in Singapore, Asia are the
founding partners of the Intelligent Communications Alliance.
www.spscom.com
www.datapoint.com
www.comms.jjsea.com
www.intelligent-communications-alliance.com
CEO AWARD...
BRUSSELS: RISI Monday announced that Norske Skog's CEO and President,
Christian Rynning-Tonnesen, has been selected as European CEO of the Year for
the pulp and paper industry.
www.risiinfo.com
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