SYDNEY--19 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ZTE T-MOBILE...
SHENZHEN - ZTE Corporation, the leading global provider of
telecommunications equipment and network solutions today announced that it has
established a cooperation with T-Mobile, one of Europe's largest mobile
operators.
www.telekom.com
FUNAI PATENT...
IRVINE, California - VIZIO, Inc., America's HDTV company, announced today
that the International Trade Commission has decided not to review the Initial
Determination issued by the presiding Administrative Law Judge that one of the
patents being asserted by Funai Electric Company against VIZIO is invalid.
www.VIZIO.com
VIZIO LAWSUIT...
IRVINE, California - VIZIO, Inc., America's HDTV Company, announced today
that it has filed an antitrust and unfair competition lawsuit in the United
States District Court, Central District of California, against Funai
Electronics Co., Ltd., a Japanese distributor of digital televisions and
related components.
www.VIZIO.com
CHOCOLATE WITHDRAWAL...
AUCKLAND - Abbott Nutrition today announced that it is initiating a
precautionary, voluntary withdrawal of ZonePerfect Chocolate Caramel Cluster
bars in New Zealand in connection with the expanded Product Action regarding
peanut ingredients manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America.
http://abbottnutrition.com/pdf/peanut.pdf
CHOCOLATE WITHDRAWAL...
SYDNEY - Abbott Nutrition today announced that it is initiating a
precautionary, voluntary withdrawal of ZonePerfect Chocolate Caramel Cluster
bars in Australia in connection with the expanded Product Action regarding
peanut ingredients manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America.
http://abbottnutrition.com/pdf/peanut.pdf
FORTENT INVESTIGATE...
NEW YORK - A new tool for streamlining and automating financial crimes
investigations gives financial institutions a centralized view of suspicious
customer behavior, Fortent announced today with the launch of its Fortent
Investigate product.
www.fortent.com
JOHNNY ROCKETS...
LAKE FOREST, California - Aiting Shih's family has been in the Taiwanese
real estate business for more than 30 years. Now, Aiting, Founder and CEO of
Sirius International Food and Beverage Group, is applying her family know-how
and intuition to become the first Johnny Rockets franchisee in her home country
of Taiwan.
MINING CONFERENCE...
TORONTO - More than 1,000 attendees from 29 countries have registered to
attend BMO Capital Markets Global Metals & Mining Conference, one of the
largest mining institutional investor events in the world.
www.bmocm.com
PAPER CONFERENCE...
BRUSSELS - RISI today confirmed that Christian Rynning-Tonnesen, CEO of
Norske Skog, will give the keynote speech at RISIs 11th European Pulp and Paper
Outlook Conference in Berlin, Germany, to be held March 29-31, 2009.
www.risiinfo.com
MAX CRICKET...
MUMBAI - MAX today announced that it would be telecasting LIVE the
much-awaited National Bank New Zealand-India series to be held in New Zealand
this month.
AVAST! ANTIVIRUS...
PRAGUE - Alwil Software a.s. is pleased to announce that the award-winning
avast! antivirus has now passed 75 million registered users.
www.avast.com
EESTECH INC...
LOS ANGELES - The Board of Directors wishes to confirm to Stockholders that
at its meeting on February 4, 2009 it resolved to file a Form 15 with effect
from February 17, 2009.
www.eestechinc.com
www.drpr.com.au
TEKMOS MICROCONTROLLER...
AUSTIN, Texas - Tekmos, Inc. announced today the introduction of its new
TK80C51FA microcontroller designed as a replacement for ROMless 8051 series
microcontrollers that have been obsoleted by other vendors.
www.Tekmos.com
SENIOR LIVING...
LONDON - The long-term senior living care sector appears resilient with
strong profit margins with demographic indicators ensuring that the future
looks positive, according to a recent report by Colliers CRE.
www.propertyweekconferences.com/seniorliving
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$225 million on February 28, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NEUSOFT MERGER...
SHENYANG - Neusoft Corporation, the largest offshore software & services
outsourcing provider in China, announced recently a merger and asset
restructuring plan with Dalian Hi-Think Computer Technology Corp. after a
preliminary negotiation.
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES...
CROSSWICKS, New Jersey - The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation says data
published in the peer reviewed medical journal The Lancet Oncology confirms
VIDAZA extends survival for patients with higher-risk MDS.
www.mds-foundation.org
RFID CONFERENCE...
PRINCETON, New Jersey - United Business Media International Media today
unveils The RF Edge Expo, an annual conference and exhibition formally known as
RFID World, to showcase providers and automatic identification technologies
such as radio frequency identification bar code, location-based, advanced
sensors and mobile computing.
www.therfedge.com
www.rfedgeexpo.com
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
MERRILL LYNCH...
NEW YORK and LONDON - Fresh optimism over China's growth prospects has led
to a marked improvement in economic sentiment globally, according to the
Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for February.
www.bankofamerica.com
www.ml.com
VERIZON WIRELESS...
BARCELONA and BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey - In a move that will jump-start
deployment of 4G Long Term Evolution networks globally, Dick Lynch, Verizon
executive vice president and chief technology officer, detailed plans to build
America's first next-generation Long Term Evolution network during his keynote
remarks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today.
www.verizonwireless.com
DENGUE VACCINE...
LYON - Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group,
announced today that its investigational tetravalent dengue vaccine is entering
into a pediatric clinical study in Thailand to assess the efficacy of the
vaccine in protecting children against dengue, the most widespread tropical
disease after malaria.
www.sanofipasteur.com
AUSTRALIAN PHARMACEUTICALS...
CANBERRA - Growth is expected in Australian pharmaceuticals and life
sciences market.
www.frost.com
THOMSON REUTERS...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson
Reuters today released its 2009 Patent Focus Report.
http://go.thomsonreuters.com/pfr2009
SUNPOWER AUSTRALIA...
BELMONT - SunPower Corp., a manufacturer of high-efficiency, solar cells,
solar panels, and solar systems, today announced it has completed construction
on a 305-kilowatt SunPower solar power system atop the roof of the Crowne Plaza
Hotel in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
www.sunpowercorp.com
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