SYDNEY--23 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
MATERNAL HEALTH...
NEW YORK: The UN Millennium Campaign has partnered with Women's eNews, the
online source of substantive information about issues of particular concern to
women, to host a live online chat about maternal health on March 25, 2009 at
10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time.
www.endpoverty2015.org
www.womensenews.org
EGYII ANNOUNCES...
SINGAPORE: Egyii, the Singapore based learning and development consultancy,
has announced a new programme called Old World Banking vs. New World Banking -
the Opportunity to Climb out of the Crisis to help client facing banking
employees survive today's crisis and beyond.
http://www.egyii.com
WINE AWARDS...
WELLINGTON: Marlborough winemaker Alistair Soper has been awarded three gold
medals, for his Highfield Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008, Chardonnay 2007 and
Riesling 2008 at the New Zealand Royal Easter Show wine awards held in Auckland
on Saturday.
www.highfield.co.nz
www.wineshow.co.nz
www.destinationmarlborough.com
CIVIL AWARD...
ISLAMABAD: On Monday, March 23rd, 2009, humanitarian Greg Mortenson receives
Pakistan's highest civil award, Sitara-e-Pakistan (Star of Pakistan) for his
sixteen-year effort to promote peace through rural girls' education and
literacy, in an official ceremony in Islamabad.
www.ikat.org
www.penniesforpeace.org
www.threecupsoftea.com
REGIONAL MANAGER...
NEW YORK: To take charge of Telmar Asia's expanding customer base and
country penetration and to manage the introduction of eTelmar Web based systems
and services throughout Asia, Lawrence Federman has been reassigned to this
territory responsibility.
www.telmar.com
TENDER OFFER...
MUMBAI: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Saturday announced its
subsidiary, Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. has extended the
expiration date of the tender offer for the purchase of all outstanding
ordinary shares of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
http://www.sunpharma.com
http://www.sec.gov
GAMES DEVELOPERS...
SAN FRANCISCO: Imagination Technologies, a leading provider of
System-on-Chip (SoC) silicon IP, is working with partners including Digital
Legends, Firemint, Nokia and Samsung to bring the best in 3D tutorials,
demonstrations and devices to Games Developers Conference 2009 (San Francisco,
March 23-27).
www.imgtec.com
http://beagleboard.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 27
securities issues amounting to a total of US$3,953.5 million on March 30 and
April 1, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
BEST CUSTODIAN...
SINGAPORE: The Bank of New York Mellon received top industry recognition at
The Asset magazine's Triple A Transaction Banking Awards 2009 on Friday night
scooping the title of 'Best Global Custodian' in Asia.
www.bnymellon.com
CREDIT LINE...
SHENZHEN: ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications
equipment and network solutions, Friday announced that it has entered into a
strategic partnership with China Development Bank by signing a "Development of
Financial Cooperation Agreement".
CYBERKNIFE RADIOSURGERY...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of
radiosurgery, announced Monday that the first extracranial patients were
treated in Japan using CyberKnife radiosurgery, following the system's recently
expanded regulatory approval.
www.accuray.com
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