SYDNEY--19 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AMCOR OFFERS...
MELBOURNE - Amcor has offered to acquire parts of Alcan Packaging for
US$2025 million from Rio Tinto. The Alcan Packaging businesses which Amcor has
agreed to acquire include: Alcan Packaging Global Pharmaceuticals, Alcan
Packaging Food Europe, Alcan Packaging Food Asia and Alcan Packaging Global
Tobacco.
www.alcanpackaging.com
NEW LIGHTHOUSE...
DALLAS, Texas - Installation has begun on the first 1080x1920 high
definition video screen in an NBA or NHL facility. The Lighthouse LED screens
are part of a large scale technological renovation project at the American
Airlines Center in Dallas. The new digital screens will increase video
throughout the facility by 300 percent.
http://www.lighthouse-tech.com
FI EUROPE: EXPECTED...
FRANKFURT - Food ingredients Europe (http:/
fieurope.ingredientsnetwork.com/home), the industry event connecting FMCG food
& beverage manufacturers with raw & processed ingredients suppliers, is on
track to outpace both food and trade show industry growth forecasts, it was
announced today.
www.ingredientsnetwork.com
BANGKOK FILM FESTIVAL...
BANGKOK - The 7th Bangkok International Film Festival 2009, due to be held
in the Thai capital between 24 - 30 September, 2009, will assume a strongly
social and regional thematic focus with films that exemplify todays era of
change.
www.bangkokfilm.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP
securities issues amounting to a total of US$355,000 on August 28, 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$550 million on August 28, 2009 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
MILPITAS, Calif. - California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today introduced
the latest ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection device in the XtremeESD
family utilizing the PicoGuard (R) XS architecture, the CM1238. It provides 8
channels of ESD protection that meet + -15kV contact discharge, and + -20kV air
discharge per the IEC61000-4-2 standard as well as the 100 Ohm differential
impedance matching requirements of the HDMI(R) 1.3a and DisplayPort(TM) digital
video standards.
http://www.cmd.com.
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
MILPITAS, Calif. - California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced
the PicoGuard CM6100, a low capacitance electrostatic discharge (ESD) device
providing two channels of 15 kV protection for USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interfaces and
for LVDS (low voltage differential signal) and emerging serial interfaces such
as MIPI(R) (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) used in handsets and other
mobile devices.
http://www.cmd.com.
SUMMER SEA ICE...
CHURCHILL, Manitoba, Canada - Scientists have confirmed what a Tundra
Buggy(R) business in Churchill is witnessing: that due to colder-than-usual
subarctic weather this year, healthier polar bears are being spotted along the
west Hudson Bay coast.
http://www.tundrabuggy.com/
http://www.frontiersnorth.com
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EPIX PHARMACEUTICALS...
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass. - Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn"), announced
today that the PRX-08066 Therapeutics Program in Phase 2 for respiratory
indication will be part of the intellectual property offered for sale at the
September 30, 2009 auction.
JOB SECURITY...
MELBOURNE - As employees face wage freezes and the on-going effects of the
global economic crisis, the latest Leadership, Employment And Direction
(L.E.A.D.) Survey has found job security has become a major influence on
workplace performance.
http://tinyurl.com/pgjllt
PARAMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES...
WALLED LAKE, Mich. - Paramount Technologies, the leading global provider of
midmarket Employee Workforce Automation solutions, announced today that it has
been named one of the 5000 fastest growing private companies in America by Inc.
magazine. With three-year sales growth exceeding 55%, Paramount Technologies
joins the list for the first time and is the fourth-ranked software company in
the State of Michigan.
RISI'S LATIN AMERICAN...
SAO PAULO - RISI today announced that a number of leading industry experts
have joined the program of speakers at RISI's 4th Latin American Pulp and Paper
Outlook Conference this year. The event will take place on November 15-17,
2009, in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Renaissance hotel.
www.risi.com.
LILLY REPORTS...
INDIANAPOLIS - Based on Preliminary Phase III GJAD Study Results, Lilly
Concludes Arzoxifenes Clinical Profile Does Not Support Regulatory Submission
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that initial results from its
pivotal, five-year, Phase III GJAD GENERATIONS trial for arzoxifene met its
primary endpoints of significantly reducing the risk of vertebral fracture and
invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
KONGZHONG MONETIZES...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- Some 90 to 95 percent of video games in emerging markets
are said to be pirated, but one company doing something about it -- Chinese
mobile content provider KongZhong, according to recent analysis from Pyramid
Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network
www.lightreading.com
www.pyr.com
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com.
EAZYRECRUIT WARNS...
SYDNEY - As the global phenomenon of blogging continues to sweep the USA and
Europe, online resourcing firm Eazyrecruit is advising both employers and their
staff to guard against the potential pitfalls of keeping an online diary.
THE ADDRESS HOTELS + RESORTS...
LONDON - The Address Hotels + Resorts is further increasing its portfolio
with two new hospitality destinations. The Address Dubai Mall and The Address
Dubai Marina, on schedule to open later this year, will be part of vibrant and
chic lifestyle communities and will offer guests ideal locations in which to
socialise, dine or do business.
MILLION FREE-TO-AIR...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Telegent Systems, the company that makes television
mobile, and independent market research and consultancy firm In-Stat today
announced the availability of a free In-Stat white paper on free-to-air analog
mobile TV in which In-Stat predicts a worldwide user base of 54 million
consumers in 2009, signaling the arrival of mobile TV in the global mass market.
http://www.instat.com.
RTS SIGNS IT FIRM GWT...
SINGAPORE and CHICAGO - RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading global
trading solutions provider, announced today that it has signed an agreement
with Global Winning Technologies (GWT) to serve as the RTS Sales Partner for
Japan. Under the agreement, the Tokyo-based technology firm is acting as a
facilitator, introducing RTS to prospects in the Japanese trading community
looking to trade locally as well as globally using RTS solutions.
www.gwt-corp.jp
www.rtsgroup.net.
UNISYS AND TEXERT...
DALLAS and HONG KONG - Texert today announced that it has been selected by
Unisys to provide organizations in Asia with innovative software solutions to
help corporations gain early warning risk detection and support an intelligent
risk aware enterprise.
www.unisys.com.
PROFESSOR NANCY IP...
SAN DIEGO - aTyr Pharma announced today that Professor Nancy Ip, Chair
Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Director of the Molecular
Neuroscience Center at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST),
has joined their scientific advisory board. An elected academician of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences and recipient of China's highest honor in the
natural sciences, the National Natural Sciences award, Prof. Ip is widely
respected for her discoveries in neurosciences. Her accomplishments include
elucidation of key signaling mechanisms for nerve cells that have resulted in
the discovery of potential treatments for neurodegenerative disorders such as
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
www.atyrpharma.com
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