SYDNEY--25 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
TRANSTEL INTERMEDIA...
CALI: The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation closed on May 20, 2009.
The Company was advised by HSBC Bank USA, National Association, the exchange
agent, that an aggregate principal amount of US$163.43 million of the Existing
Notes, representing 96.1% of the outstanding aggregate amount of the Existing
Notes, were properly tendered, received and not validly withdrawn, all of which
were accepted for exchange, in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer
and Consent Solicitation.
WHOLE-TRANSCRIPT MICROARRAYS..
MELBOURNE: The widely-used Affymetrix Whole-Transcript Gene 1.0 ST (sense
target) microarray platform, normally used to assay gene expression, can also
be utilized to interrogate exon-specific splicing.
HUTCHISON WHAMPOA...
NEW YORK: Subsidiaries of Hutchison Whampoa Limited announce a status update
of their cash tender offer for up to US$1,500 million aggregate principal
amount of notes issued by subsidiaries of Hutchison Whampoa Limited.
IBM LAUNCHES...
HO CHI MINH: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today further expanded its reach into growing
nations with the opening of the first IBM Innovation Center in Vietnam.
www.ibm.com/vn
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNR
securities issues amounting to a total of US$115 million on June 3, 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 amounting to a total of US$80 million, US$347 million, US$514
million, US$2.513 billion, on June 1, June 2, June 3 and June 4, 2009,
respectively, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FORTENT INTRODUCES...
NEW YORK: Fortent Monday announced the introduction of Fortent Connect, a
solution designed to help mid-sized financial institutions fight crime and
manage regulatory compliance.
www.fortent.com
EGYII ANNOUNCES...
SINGAPORE: Egyii, the Singapore based learning and development consultancy,
has announced its launch into the Consumer and Retail Banking space, leading
with a new perspective on "customer experience."
http://www.egyii.com/news.html
http://twitter.com/egyii
VIVANTE GPU...
SUNNYVALE: Vivante Corporation announced Monday that a Taiwanese developer
of high quality multimedia chipsets for mobile applications and a trusted
supplier to global first-tier handset makers has added silicon proven Vivante
scalable 2D and 3D graphics solutions to their system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
CASTA, ACCORSI...
CANNES: The actress Laetitia Casta chose the Couture House Givenchy for the
Red Carpet of her new film 'Face' by Tsai Ming-Liang.
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