SYDNEY--23 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SUICIDE BOOK...
NELSON- Jann McPherson tells of the shortcomings of the
mental health system in her newly released book, No Place to
Die.
PROGEN BOARD...
BRISBANE - Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited has received a
letter dated 17th April 2009 from the Nasdaq Stock Market,
notifying the Company that it no longer meets the independent
director, audit and compensation committee requirements for
continued listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market under Rules 5605,
5605 and 5605, and requiring that the receipt of the letter be
announced.
www.progen-pharma.com
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE...
SEATTLE - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation welcomes
today's news that the UK Government will deliver on its
promises to the poorest people in the world, despite the
current economic downturn, and achieve the EU target to
increase development assistance to 0.56 percent of National
Income by 2010.
www.gatesfoundation.org
FIFA MEDICAL...
DOHA - Today, ASPETAR - Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports
Medicine Hospital was officially named as a FIFA Medical Centre
of Excellence.
GLOBE TELECOM ...
MANILA - Acision, the world's leading messaging company, and
Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications company in the
Philippines, have launched the world's first fully convergent
solution that works across both fixed and mobile networks for
post-paid subscribers.
www.acision.com
www.globe.com.ph
FACTORY SALE...
CARY, North Carolina - Qimonda North America Corp. today
announced the formal offer for sale of its Sandston, Virginia
manufacturing center.
www.qimonda.com
www.ATREG.com
www.emerald-tech.com
www.gordonbrothers.com
HULT INTERNATIONAL...
BOSTON - Hult International Business School is offering its
incoming September MBA students the opportunity to extend their
studies and graduate with a Master of Finance degree at no
extra cost, it was announced today.
www.hult.edu
RIRIC LAWSUIT...
VANCOUVER- Royal Indian Raj International Corporation
announces today a US$100M lawsuit for Slander, Liable and
Defamation of Character against RIRIC former Vice President of
Communications William Zack. The suit was filed in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
www.royalvillasandresort.com
www.riric.com
FRIENDSTER CALLING...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Friendster, Inc., a top 20
global Web site based on traffic* and the #1 social network in
Asia, today announced the launch of The Friendster Loop, a
pre-paid calling card with low, competitive rates, ideal for
making international calls conveniently to over 220
countries.
www.friendsterloop.com
www.friendster.com
TECHCORR INDIA...
PASADENA, Texas - TechCorr USA, LLC announced the opening of
their new offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, India.
www.techcorr.com
ALTAIR SEMICONDUCTOR...
HOD HASHARON - Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company
developing the world's most advanced 4G mobile semiconductors
for handheld devices, today announced that its FourGee-4150
chipset powered yesterday's 4G wireless network demonstration
by WILLCOM, Japan's largest PHS technology operator.
www.altair-semi.com
PYRAMID RESEARCH...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - IPTV will take a backseat to
other pay-TV platforms as telcos seek alternative strategies to
meet the significant market demand, according to a new report
from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light
Reading Communications Network.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS...
DENVER and SAN CARLOS, California - Nektar Therapeutics
presented data today at the American Association for Cancer
Research 100th Annual Meeting demonstrating that NKTR-105, a
novel PEGylated form of docetaxel, has superior antitumor
activity, as well as greater and sustained exposure in plasma
and tumor tissue, over docetaxel in preclinical models.
www.nektar.com
TCO CERTIFICATION...
STOCKHOLM - Products from leading computer display brands
Eizo, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and Terra are first in the
world to be awarded the new TCO Certified designation -
recognizing superior design for environment and usability.
MALARIA MOSQUITOES...
MELBOURNE - Researchers in The Netherlands have achieved
outstanding success in blocking the lifecycle of the mosquitoes
which transmit malaria. The trials were conducted by Tullu
Bukhari and Bart Knols, mosquito researchers at Wageningen
University, on a silicone-based liquid which spreads instantly
across standing water.
POLYESTER & INTERMEDIATES...
LONDON - Tecnon OrbiChem, a global leader in providing data
and analysis to the petrochemical industry, will organise the
second Polyester & Intermediates Conference to be held on 3-5
June 2009 at the Marriott Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany
www.orbichem.com
TRADEWELL INDIA...
SAN DIEGO - Mukesh Assomull of La Jolla, California, Senior
Managing Director of Tradewell USA has closed on Tradewell
India Fund I.
ACM ICPC...
STOCKHOLM - Students from St. Petersburg State University of
IT, Mechanics and Optics are crowned the 2009 ACM International
Collegiate Programming Contest World Champions in the Stockholm
Concert Hall where the Nobel Prizes are presented every year.
www.acm.org
http://icpc.baylor.edu
www.kth.se
www.ibm.com/university/acmcontest
http://english.hrbeu.edu.cn
www.baylor.edu
OpenSAF Project Announces Developer Days 2009
DANVILLE, California - The OpenSAF Project, an open source
community developing high availability base platform
middleware, today announced that the second technical
conference for High Availability Middleware developers will be
held in Shenzhen, China, and will be hosted by Huawei
Technologies.
www.opensaf.org
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