SYDNEY--11 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BRANDES PROPOSES...
SAN DIEGO: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. Friday announced that, as of
April 20th, 2009, it submitted to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings,
Inc. a proposal for a resolution to be submitted for shareholder approval at
the company's upcoming annual meeting of shareholders.
NETDRAGON LAUNCHES...
HONG KONG: NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading online game developer and
operator in the PRC, Friday announced the release of a new English language
expansion pack, "The Divine Path", for its fantasy online game, Eudemons
Online, on May 8, 2009.
http://www.nd.com.cn
http://www.nd.com.cn/ir
PURCHASE OFFER...
NEW YORK: Hutchison Whampoa Finance (CI) Limited, Hutchison Whampoa
International (03/33) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa International (03/13)
Limited and together with HWF (CI) and HWI (03/33), each a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, Friday announced the commencement of a
cash tender offer by each of Acelist Limited, Daystep Limited, Ideal Zone
Limited and Plan Bright Limited, each a BVI business company with limited
liability under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the company for the notes listed in the table from each
registered holder of notes.
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP...
ATLANTA: Xiocom Wireless and Aptilo Networks Friday announced a strategic
partnership designed to enhance Xiocom's ability to cost efficiently operate
and manage large scale deployments, better serving their partners across the
globe.
www.xiocom.com
www.aptilo.com
GUZIK ANNOUNCES..
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Guzik Technical Enterprises Friday announced the
availability of their new WDM 5044 Waveform Digitizer, which provides up to 6
GHz waveform capture and analysis bandwidth in a display-less rack-mounted
format.
www.guzik.com
ELSEVIER STATEMENT...
PHILADELPHIA: Elsevier, one of the world's leading publishers of scientific,
technical, and medical (STM) information products and services, announced
Friday that Michael Hansen, CEO of Elsevier's Health Sciences Division, has
issued a statement in light of recent allegations of improper Australia based
sponsored journal publication practices between 2000 and 2005.
http://www.elsevier.com
http://www.reedelsevier.com
HiE SHORTLISTED...
MAARSSEN: Health ingredients Europe (HiE), the leading nutraceutical and
functional food & beverage trade show, has been shortlisted for the Association
of Event Organisers (AEO) Best Trade Show Over 2000m2 Award, announced UBM
International Media (UBM-IM).
www.ubm.com
http://hieurope.ingredientsnetwork.com
STUDYWIZ WINS...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Studywiz Spark has won the prestigious Software and
Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for Best Mobile Software
Solution for its innovative mobile educational platform that gives students
access to online learning.
www.studywiz.com
ADDINTOOLS LAUNCHES...
HAINAN: Addintools Technology Ltd Thursday announced the release of Classic
Menu for MS Office 2007 V4.01a, an updated version for the popular tool that
bridges the two different interfaces of Office 2003 and 2007.
http://www.addintools.com
WNS ANNOUNCES...
NEW YORK and MUMBAI: WNS (Holdings) Limited, a leading provider of global
business process outsourcing (BPO) services, Thursday announced results for the
fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 ended March 31, 2009, and
established guidance on revenue less repair payments and adjusted net income
(or net income excluding amortization of intangible assets, share-based
compensation, related fringe benefit taxes and minority interest) for fiscal
2010.
www.wns.com
AERCAP RESULTS...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. Thursday announced the results of its
operations for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.
http://www.aercap.com
ATMAIL LAUNCHES...
BRISBANE, and COEUR DALENE, Idaho: AtMail, a leading provider of
easy-to-use, Linux-based email management appliances and software, Thursday
announced the availability of the ArchiveVault Software.
http://www.atmail.com
SINGER WINS...
LOS ANGELES: Singer Brian Evans prevailed against a summary judgment motion
recently filed by tobacco conglomerate PT Djarum in Los Angeles Superior Court.
www.brianevans.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two
securities issues amounting to a total of US$455 million on May 17, 2009 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PRIORITY REVIEW...
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth), announced
Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted priority
review to the company's Biologic License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13*,
Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine (Diphtheria CRM(197) Protein), which
was submitted on March 31.
ETHERNET EXPO...
LONDON: Hundreds of telecom service provider executives and enterprise
information technology managers are expected to attend Ethernet Expo: Europe
2009, May 13-14 at the ExCel Conference Centre in London, to hear leading
carriers and enterprise CIOs explain how they are optimizing the red-hot
Carrier Ethernet technology, which is a crucial driver of growth in an
otherwise tepid global communications marketplace.
www.ethernetexpoeurope.com
www.lightreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
BRIAN EVANS...
LAS VEGAS: Brian Evans has sung the national anthem for The Boston Red Sox
several times, is currently working on a new CD that will feature a duet with
Kelly Osbourne. The song is titled "At Fenway", and will be recorded by a big
band at Capitol Records in Hollywood, produced by Grammy nominated producer
Chris Walden.
www.brianevans.com
GRAND OPENING...
MACAU: City of Dreams Thursday announced it will open on June 1. City of
Dreams is an integrated entertainment resort set to become the "must
experience" destination in Macau.
http://www.cityofdreamsmacau.com
http://www.melco-crown.com
http://www.altiramacau.com
http://www.mochaclubs.com
CYPROTEX LAUNCHES...
MACCLESFIELD: Cyprotex on Thursday launched Cloe Gateway, a new secure web
portal for access to drug discovery services.
http://www.cyprotex.com
SINGER SIGNS...
LOS ANGELES: Las Vegas singer Brian Evans, who opens for the likes of Jay
Leno, Joan Rivers, Social Distortion among others, has signed for public
relations in Australia with Sydney based PR firm PEPR Public Relations.
www.pepr.com.au
NOCTURIA STUDY....
LINTHICUM, Md.: Patients suffering from nocturia, the need to urinate at
least twice during the night, may have a significantly increased risk for
mortality, according to a study presented at the 104th Annual Scientific
Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA).
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