SYDNEY--1 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FLIGHT KITCHEN...
TOKYO: Gate Gourmet, a member of gategroup, has purchased United Airlines
flight kitchen at Tokyos Narita Airport and has taken over catering and
provisioning of United's flights in the strategic Asian location under a new
long-term contract.
www.gategroup.com
ISRAELI DIAMONDS...
RAMAT GAN: The Israeli Diamond Industry, one of the major stakeholders of
Israel's economy, has found a unique way to deal with the global economic
meltdown. Instead of freezing marketing activities and pulling advertising
dollars, the Israeli Diamond Industry is investing huge efforts in reaching out
to clients, using both new and traditional marketing tools.
http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/Reflections.html
http://www.israelidiamond.co.il/English/index.aspx
CYIT SELECTS...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Vivante Corporation Monday announced that Chongqing CYIT
Communication Technologies Co. Ltd., a major developer of 3G mobile platforms
and silicon in China, has selected Vivante GPU technology for deployment in
TD-SCDMA solutions.
ENERGY AWARDS...
NEW YORK: Platts, a leading energy information provider and a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is currently seeking nominations for the
11th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, which recognize excellence of
companies and individuals in the global energy industry.
http://www.platts.com
www.mcgraw-hill.com
LUNG CANCER...
ORLANDO, FL: Data from the Phase III ZODIAC study in advanced non-small cell
lung cancer patients, with the investigational drug vandetanib, were presented
Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando.
http://www.astrazeneca.com
ROCHE ANNOUNCES...
BASEL: Roche announced Sunday that the Phase III ATLAS study showed patients
with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received Avastin(R)
(bevacizumab) and Tarceva (erlotinib) as combined first-line maintenance
treatment had a 39 percent improvement in the time they lived without the
disease advancing (progression-free survival or PFS, the primary endpoint of
the study), compared with those who received Avastin alone. The ATLAS study was
stopped early because of the superior efficacy for patients in the combined
treatment group.
http://www.roche.com
INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY...
MADRID: The Spanish Head and Neck Cancer Cooperative Group (TTCC) announced
Saturday that Induction Chemotherapy (IC) delivered prior to standard
ChemoRadiotherapy (CRT), a treatment paradigm defined as sequential therapy,
compared to upfront CRT alone, significantly prolonged Time-to-Treatment
Failure (TTF) for patients with unresectable Locally Advanced Head and Neck
Cancer (LAHNC).
SPECIAL DIVIDEND...
NEW ORLEANS: The Board of Directors of Westway Group, Inc. Saturday declared
a special dividend of $1.00 per share to Class A Common shareholders of record
on June 8, 2009, payable on June 18, 2009.
MONTHLY SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's April 2009 Monthly Summary is now available at
www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly. The monthly summary report contains information
about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date activities for our gross mortgage
portfolio, mortgage-backed securities and other guarantees, interest rate risk
measures, and serious delinquency rates.
TELECOM MARKET...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: El Salvador's fixed and mobile data markets will double
in size by 2014 as mobile data services, fixed broadband, and pay-TV drive
growth, according to a new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research
arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.
www.lightreading.com
www.pyr.com
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
BREAST CANCER...
BASEL: Results from the phase III RIBBON-1 study presented Friday at ASCO
showed that patients with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer who were treated
with Avastin (bevacizumab) plus the most commonly used chemotherapies lived
longer without their disease worsening (progression free survival or PFS),
compared to those being treated with chemotherapies alone.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 13
securities issues on June 8, 9 and 10, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PRELIMINARY DATA...
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, Friday
announced preliminary data from two ongoing studies, one evaluating neratinib
(HKI-272) in combination with trastuzumab (Herceptin, Roche) in HER-2 positive
(ErbB-2 positive) breast cancer, and a separate study investigating neratinib
safety and efficacy when given with paclitaxel (Taxol, Bristol-Myers Squibb) in
patients with HER-2 dependent solid tumors.
TRANSPORT SECTOR...
PARIS and LEIPZIG: In the face of the global economic downturn, transport
will play a key role in supporting economic growth and in the creation of new
confidence in the world's economic future, the delegates of the 2009
International Transport Forum (ITF)in Leipzig, Germany agreed. About 800
delegates from around the world, including 52 transport ministers and industry
leaders discussed the future of global transport at the meeting.
http://www.internationaltransportforum.org
GERRESHEIMER OPENS...
DUSSELDORF: The Gerresheimer Group has opened a new plant for pharmaceutical
glass packaging in China. The high-tech production facility constructed in
Danyang (Jiangsu Province) covers 16,000 square meters.
ADT WINS...
BANGALORE: ADT Security has won the contract to provide the access control
and video surveillance security systems to the new terminal 3 in Indira Gandhi
International Airport, slated to open in March 2010.
http://www.adt.com/global
MOBILUCK EXCEEDS...
PARIS: Mobiluck, a privately-held mobile services company that offers a
location-based mobile social network, announced Friday that it has exceeded one
million members worldwide since the launch of its service two years ago.
http://www.mobiluck.com
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