SYDNEY--6 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
MASADA PARTNERS...
NEW YORK - US-based Masada Resource Group announced today in New York that
the company has partnered with international entrepreneur and California-based
business icon Robert H. J. Lee to lead green energy initiatives in China,
Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Ghana, South Korea, Denmark and
France by building and operating hundreds of Masada municipal solid
waste-to-ethanol production facilities in these countries.
www.masada.com
COMO CONFERENCE...
WELLINGTON - Meningitis advocates and childhood immunisation specialists
from around the globe come together in Hong Kong for first ever conference in
Asia Pacific. CoMO, already active in The Americas, UK, Europe and Australia is
strengthening its reach across Asia Pacific to unite the globe in the fight
against vaccine preventable childhood diseases such as meningitis and
septicaemia (blood poisoning).
www.comoonline.org.
PUBLICAFFAIRSASIA MAGAZINE...
HONG KONG - Big business must reach out more to government and should be
supported "aggressively" by their embassies when doing so, former US ambassador
'Skip' Boyce says today. As the autumn edition of PublicAffairsAsia magazine is
published, Boyce, former US ambassador to Thailand and now ASEAN president of
Boeing, implores business and government to engage in a new
round of corporate diplomacy.
www.publicaffairsasia.com
AMBITECH ADDS AVEVA...
HOUSTON - AVEVA Group plc (LSE:AVV), the leading provider of plant design
and engineering lifecycle solutions, today announced that Ambitech has added
AVEVA Laser Model Interface to its project execution portfolio. AVEVA Laser
Model Interface combines the power of AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA Outfitting design
environments with advanced third-party laser modeling systems to bring massive
benefits to plant engineering and operation companies.
http://www.aveva.com
CONTOURGLOBAL AND OPIC...
NEW YORK - ContourGlobal and The Overseas Private Investment Corporation
(OPIC) announced today an agreement whereby the two organizations will partner
in supporting power projects in emerging markets, including 'tri-generation'
and 'quad-generation' facilities which help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
www.contourglobal.com
PREMIER RETAIL...
SINGAPORE - The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the global
retail real estate organization, is now finalising details for Asia Expo 2009,
the ICSC's fourth annual regional convention and exhibition which this year
takes place at Suntec Singapore October 14-16.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$180 million on October 15, 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 FINP
securities issues amounting to a total of US$38.721 million on October 15, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com
TAUBMAN ASIA...
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.- Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) today announced
that Morgan Parker, president of Taubman Asia has resigned. The company remains
committed to pursuing retail real estate opportunities in the Asia- Pacific
region.
www.taubman.com
UZBEKISTAN AND EUROPE...
GENEVA - The potential for deeper economic ties between Uzbekistan and
Europe were discussed at an international round table in Geneva, at the Palais
des Nations, last Thursday October 1, 2009.
http://www.fundforum.uz
http://www.gulnarakarimova.com
HBA GLOBAL EXPO...
NEW YORK - The entire beauty industry gathered in New York for three days of
content sharing, community building, and commerce when the 17th Annual HBA
Global Expo took place September 15-17, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention
Center in New York. Attendance was up almost 5% with a strong increase in buyer
attendees for the exhibits and for the first time cross-over registration with
the Spa & Resort/Medical & Aesthetics Expo.
www.hbaexpo.com
ALPHAHELIX PRESENTS...
UPPSALA - AlphaHelix (Ticker: ALPH) has in a very short time developed a
miniaturized PCR-instrument - AmpXpress(TM) - to meet demands for lower
instrument prices. This was made possible through know-how obtained during the
development of QuanTyper(TM).
http://www.alphahelix.com.
BCPC CONGRESS...
LONDON - "The challenge of feeding future generations is so great it's
almost frightening," warns Peter Kendall, President of the National Farmers'
Union (NFU) who will be giving the keynote address, 'Working together: Rising
to the challenge', at this year's BCPC Congress. "No single part of the food
chain can meet the challenge on its own - we need producers and
environmentalists, scientists and business, governments and climate change
experts to make genuine partnerships if we are going to achieve it. But before
that can happen, we need to understand what each of us has to offer. This
year's BCPC Congress provides a great opportunity to achieve that."
www.bcpc.org
COVENTRY CAPITAL...
LONDON - Coventry announced today that Coventry Capital Ltd. has received
authorisation from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to advise and arrange
transactions on behalf of UK institutions.
BIOWA ANNOUNCES...
PRINCETON, N.J. - BioWa, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an
agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Otsuka) to provide Otsuka with
access to BioWa's POTELLIGENT(R) Technology platform for the research,
development and commercialization of their antibody therapeutics with enhanced
antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). BioWa's first Japanese
pharmaceutical POTELLIGENT(R) License was initiated in May, 2007 with Takeda
Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
www.biowa.com
FRIENDSTER RECEIVES...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.- Friendster, Inc., a top global web site based on
traffic, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded
the social networking pioneer a new U.S. Patent, titled "Method for Sharing
Relationship Information Stored in a Social Network Database with Third Party
Databases" (U.S. Patent No. 7,478,078).
www.friendster.com
DLNA TO EXHIBIT...
TOKYO - The Digital Living Network Alliance(TM) (DLNA) is showcasing the
power of digital home networking at CEATEC Japan between October 6 - October
10, 2009. DLNA members will exhibit their latest products and participate in a
demonstration illustrating the possibilities created by true digital living.
These demonstrations will highlight the multi-vendor interoperability enabled
by DLNA.
www.dlna.org
SHARI'AH-COMPLIANT...
ALISO VIEJO, Ca. - StoneCross Capital today announced it has been approved
as the first U.S.-based asset management company that creates and customizes
Shariah-compliant insurance-linked longevity products, and provides advisory
services to global financial institutions with longevity product initiatives
directed to Islamic investors.
http://www.stonecrosscap.com
GLOBAL CONTRACT EXTENSION...
MCLEAN, Va. - Global Strategies Group was recently awarded several new task
orders as part of its Reconstruction Security Support Services (RSSS) contract
with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Through new task orders, worth a
combined $21M, GLOBAL will augment their existing support of security
operations and air operations as well as intelligence and engineering
activities undertaken for USACE's reconstruction efforts in the Afghanistan
Engineering Districts (AED), North and South.
www.globalgroup.com.
CERBERUS CAPITAL...
NEW YORK - Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. ("Cerberus") today reiterated
its commitment to Aozora Bank, Ltd. ("Aozora") in response to market rumors
that Cerberus and its affiliates might be preparing to sell some of their
shares in the bank. Cerberus maintains its positive long-term view of this
investment and has no plan to sell any Aozora shares in the open market.
www.cerberuscapital.com.
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