SYDNEY--29 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SONY JACKSON...
NEW YORK - Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved
entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time,
leaves an indelible imprint on popular music and culture.
Commenting on his passing, Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO
and President, Sony Corporation, said: "Michael Jackson was a
brilliant troubadour for his generation, a genius whose music
reflected the passion and creativity of an era. His artistry
and magnetism changed the music landscape forever. We have been
profoundly affected by his originality, creativity and amazing
body of work. The entire Sony family extends our deepest
condolences to his family and to the millions of fans around
the world who loved him."
ROADSHIPS HOLDINGS...
CHARLOTTE, NC. -
Roadships Holdings Inc. RDSH a USA company listed on the
Nasdaq OTCBB is today announcing the decision of its Board of
Directors to engage STX Marine to update the design of its
Roadships High Speed Monohull to be fuelled by Liquid Natural
Gas.
An amendment to the Commercialisation Agreement contract
between Roadships and STX was signed today giving effect to the
change.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$205
million on July 6, 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$800
million on July 7, 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$25
million on July 8, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
POSITIVE CHMP OPINION...
CASTRES - Laboratoires Pierre Fabre announce today that the
Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the
scientific advisory committee of the European Medicines Agency
(EMEA), has issued a positive opinion supporting approval and
is recommending to grant marketing authorisation for JAVLOR(R)
as monotherapy in metastatic treatment of bladder cancer
(advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the
urothelial tract after failure of a prior platinum-containing
regimen).
http://www.pierre-fabre.com.
EUROPEAN REGULATOR...
BASEL - Patients with advanced (metastatic) breast cancer
will be able to benefit from treatment with Avastin
(bevacizumab) as a result of a new broader label recommendation
in Europe, Roche announced today.
http://www.roche.com.
MULTIPLAY SUCCESS...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - As operators continue to exhaust the
high-income consumer segments in Latin America, the bundling
strategies with the best chance of success involve broadened
offerings that will attract lower-income households to
broadband and pay-TV, according to a new report from Pyramid
Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading
Communications Network.
(www.lightreading.com)
(www.pyr.com)
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- In 1994, Kiwanis International made a
pledge to help protect children from the scourges of Iodine
Deficiency Disorders in its first Worldwide Service Project.
Now, with the majority of the world's children protected
against IDD, Kiwanis is inviting organizations, institutions
and individuals to propose a project to become the global
service organization's second worldwide service initiative.
www.kiwanis.org
CHINESE ACADEMY...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Vivante Corporation today announced a
collaborative relationship with the Institute of Computing
Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICT). This
long-term, development partnership will enable ICT and Vivante
to integrate their respective CPU and GPU designs into a
cost-efficient, low-power SoC and advance the state-of-the-art
in netbook technology for the next generation.
PACIFIC CONFERENCES...
SINGAPORE and HONG KONG -
Pacific Conferences is organising a 2-day Crisis Management
& Communications Workshop on 24 - 25 August 2009 and 27 - 28
August 2009 in Singapore & Hong Kong respectively. http:/
www.conferences.com.sg/S1343-CMC-12V-C.pdf
COMSCORE ANNOUNCES...
RESTON, Va.- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in
measuring the digital world, today announced that it has
expanded its relationship with GroupM Interaction APAC to now
encompass all of the Asia-Pacific region, reflecting comScore's
growing portfolio of agency clients in this market. GroupM is
the leading global media investment management operation that
serves as the parent company to WPP media agencies including
MAXUS, MediaCom, Mediaedge:cia and MindShare.
www.comscore.com/companyinfo.
2009 CANNES LIONS...
TOKYO - UNIQLO has been responsible for the creation and
sale of official T-shirts for the 2009 Cannes Lions
International Advertising Festival, one of the world's top
three advertising fests. Ten short-listed designs have been
made into commercial products. And from among those entries,
"KING" designed by Sho-san, an arts university student living
in Tokyo, has been selected as the 2009 Grand Prix winner.
http://www.canneslions.com/
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