SYDNEY--30 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
STRATEGIC CONFIRMS...
BRISBANE - STRATEGIC Airlines have today confirmed the signing of a lease
agreement for an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, to service their ongoing contractual
commitments.
www.flystrategic.com
CLINICAL GENOMICS...
SYDNEY - Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd, an Australian biotechnology company,
announced today that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading
provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, has agreed to provide
milestone payments over the next two years to Clinical Genomics to further
develop its portfolio of gene-based biomarkers associated with early onset of
colorectal cancer.
www.clinicalgenomics.com .
CANTON FAIR...
GUANGZHOU - Visiting the Canton Fair this year, you might feel lost in the
crowd. With hundreds of thousands of buyers, tens of thousands of suppliers,
and hundreds of nationalities trading a wide variety of products, it might seem
as though your only points of connection are pre-arranged online. But there are
two things that link the Chinese Machinery salesman, the Saudi Arabian textile
buyer, and the American conglomerate: they have the desire to expand in a tough
market, and they know that China is still the place to go to fulfill their
ambitions.
GIGLE SEMICONDUCTOR...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Gigle Semiconductor, the leading developer of "any
wire" multimedia home networking solutions, today announced that its GGL541 and
GGL301 system-on-chip integrated circuits have been certified HomePlug(R)
AV-compliant by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance.
http://www.giglesemiconductor.com
JETBRAINS RUBYMINE 1.0...
PRAGUE - JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing
development tools, have announced the general availability of RubyMine 1.0, the
company's new IDE for productive Ruby and Rails development.
http://www.jetbrains.com .
SERVICE SECTOR...
ORLANDO - The SEI at the Carnegie Mellon University has recently launched a
new framework called CMMI(R) for Services (CMMI(R)-SVC). This model is
essentially for the service sector. This is an addition to the existing family
of CMMI frameworks that have been extensively adopted globally by the likes of
Accenture, Infosys and CSC amidst many others as an international standard.
http://www.qaiglobal.com
PANDA CLOUD ANTIVIRUS...
GLENDALE, Calif.- Panda Security, a leading provider of IT security
solutions, today announced the global beta release of Panda Cloud Antivirus,
the industry's first and only free cloud-based antivirus thin-client with 50
percent less impact on PC performance compared to the industry average.
www.cloudantivirus.com .
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNR
securities issues on May 11, 2009, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP
securities issues on May 11, 2009, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues on May 9 and May 11, 2009, at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
TRANSTEL INTERMEDIA...
CALI - Transtel Intermedia S.A. (the "Company") today announced that it has
extended the expiration of and supplemented the terms of its (i) private offer
to exchange, for each $100,000 of principal amount (excluding accrued but
unpaid interest) of its outstanding 12% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "Existing
Notes"), one of its units (the "New Units"), each New Unit consisting of either
$100,000 principal amount of its unissued Senior Secured Amortizing Step-up
Dollar Notes due 2016 (the "New Dollar Notes") or the Peso-equivalent of
$100,000 of principal amount of its unissued Senior Secured Amortizing Step-up
Peso-Denominated Notes (payable in U.S. dollars) (the "New Peso Notes" and,
together with the New Dollar Notes, the "New Notes") and 100 warrants to
purchase shares of its common stock (the "New Warrants", and such private offer
to exchange being the "Exchange Offer").
FOOD INGREDIENTS EUROP...
FRANKFURT - Food ingredients Europe (FiE) opened for registration today,
announced UBM International Media, the global trade show organiser. The 2009
edition, 17-19 November in Frankfurt, is the 10th in the European series of
food and beverage ingredients trade exhibitions.
www.ingredientsnetwork.com .
TAMOUH INITIATIVES...
ABU DHABI - Tamouh Investments, a leading Abu Dhabi based master developer,
announced the creation of a new subsidiary, as it moves to reach end-users.
ThreeSixty Estates Management has been launched to provide sales, marketing,
property and facilities management. Furthermore, to instill confidence in the
Abu Dhabi real estate market, Tamouh is embarking on a new end-user focused
sales strategy, which is tailored to address the needs of prospective home
owners.
ANTI PIRACY SUMMIT...
CAIRO - Phoenix Intelligence Support Services, Inc. - Anti Piracy Unit,
Managing Director Mr. William "Bo" Fielding, announced today that due to the
recent spiking violent piracy in the Gulf of Aden and surrounding areas with
over 20 ships and more than 200 people currently being held by pirates, an
emergency summit has been organized through contacts with the government of
Egypt, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Jordan, Panama, Malaysia, International
Agencies and Industry leaders and others to bring together an unprecedented
group of Top Level Government and private sector decision makers and experts
from key government agencies, which will include major shipping, insurance,
security and policy experts to present "immediate short term solutions," as
well as long term policy models, to combat the growing scourge of criminal
piracy in the world's most vital trade routes and waterways.
www.antipiracysolutions.com
TC INTERCONNECT ANNOUNCES...
HONG KONG - TC Interconnect Holdings Limited (515.HK) (the "Group" / ), one
of the top 10 Printed Circuit Board ("PCB") manufacturers in Hong Kong and the
PRC and listed on the Main Board of Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, announced that
it shifted its focus from single-sided and double-sided PCBs to multi-layered
PCBs and turnover from multi-layered products achieved a remarkable growth of
109.6% to approximately HK$329,932,000 in 2008.
http://www.tatchun.com
VECTONE LAUNCHES...
LONDON - Vectone, the international call specialist has launched the future of
calling cards: ZeroZero. The first product of its kind in the UK, ZeroZero is a
pre-paid, call routing gadget that gives users the option to make calling card
rate, international calls from their mobile.
http://www.vectone.com
SINGAPORE N.U HOSPITAL...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Omnicell, Inc., (Nasdaq: OMCL) a leading provider
of system solutions to acute healthcare facilities, today announced that
National University Hospital, a leading healthcare provider in Singapore, has
selected Omnicell product lines as the sole solution for automated medication
dispensing cabinets in a hospital-wide implementation.
www.omnicell.com
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