SYDNEY--11 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ADT's SAFERS...
BANGALORE: ADT announced today a comprehensive new line of Sensormatic
safers with Electronic Article Surveillance capabilities.
www.adt.com/global
www.sensormatic.com
CHIPSBANK VIVANTE...
SUNNYVALE: Vivante Corporation today announced its silicon proven GPU IP has
been selected by Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd., a fast-growing, fabless
IC design company that specializes in low power, high speed digital designs for
consumer electronics across Asia.
www.vivantecorp.com
GATES FOUNDATION...
SEATTLE: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 81 grants of
US$100,000 each to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve health in
developing countries.
www.grandchallenges.org/explorations
www.gatesfoundation.org
ALTAIR SEMICONDUCTOR...
HOD HASHARON: Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company developing the
world's most advanced 4G mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, today
announced its 3GPP LTE product roadmap, which includes a baseband processor,
and complementing MIMO RF transceiver chips designed to support world-wide LTE
bands and duplex-modes.
www.altair-semi.com
GRAPHIN ISMEDIA...
TOKYO: Graphin Co., Ltd., announced that the company began in April the
domestic sale of isMedia camera module test equipment, CCM Test Equipment M9
for manual operation and CCM Test Equipment S16 for semi-automatic operation,
both compatible with the Mobile Industry Processor Interface, a widely
recognized open interface for mobile devices.
www.g-in.co.jp
QUARK PHARMACEUTICALS...
FREMONT, California: Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage
pharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel RNA interference-based
therapeutics, today announced that Elena Feinstein, M.D., Ph.D., Chief
Scientific Officer, presented a study titled, PF-04523655, an siRNA
Compound Targeting RTP801, Penetrates Retinal Cells Producing Target Gene
Knockdown and Avoiding TLR3 Activation, at the Association for Research in
Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, taking place from May 3-7,
2009, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
www.quarkpharma.com
TEXT VERIFICATION...
FRANKFURT: Today, Schlafender Hase is proudly releasing the latest version
of the Text Verification Tool.
www.text-verification.com
ZETTACORE RAISING...
DENVER: ZettaCore, Inc., a developer of molecular materials and technology
for current and next-generation semiconductor products, today announced that it
has completed raising $21 million in a Series C financing that will allow the
company to bring its technology to market.
American Crooner to Perform in China
LOS ANGELES: Brian Evans, the crooner, is preparing to perform in China, as
soon as the new CD is released in 2009.
www.brianevans.com
www.youtube.com/croonerman
www.myspace.com/brianevansonline
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae today reported its first-quarter 2009 results and
filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The filing provides consolidated financial statements for the first
quarter of 2009.
www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN and
MTNR securities issues on May 18, 19 and 20 2009 at a redemption price equal to
100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
TERMINATOR SALVATION...
BARCELONA: In advance of the worldwide release of the highly anticipated
motion picture Terminator Salvation, Formula One championship leaders Brawn GP
will join Sony Pictures Releasing International to feature imagery from the
film on their cars at the Grand Prix of Spain, which begins today.
SINGAPORE CONSUL-GENERAL...
NAGOYA: Dr. Hidenari Tanaka, president and CEO of Menicon Co., Ltd. and
president of the Japan Contact Lens Association, was appointed as Singapore's
Honorary Consul-General in Nagoya, Japan, by the government of the Republic of
Singapore.
www.menicon.com
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