SYDNEY--26 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HUMAN RIGHTS...
HANOI: International experts are meeting this week to find new ways to
confront escalating health and humanitarian crises threatening billions of the
world's most vulnerable people.
www.healthandrights.com
BEAUTIFULPEOPLE.COM LAUNCHES...
MUMBAI: BeautifulPeople.com, the elite dating site for beautiful people
only, launches in India on Monday the 26th of October.
www.BeautifulPeople.com
QUARK PHARMACEUTICALS...
FREMONT: Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical
company discovering and developing novel RNA interference (RNAi)-based
therapeutics, Monday announced issuance of Japanese Patent Number: 4354633,
titled, "Hypoxia regulated genes," on August 7, 2009. Granted to Quark from a
Japanese National Phase application of International (PCT) Patent Application
No. PCT/US98/17296, the patent corresponds to U.S. Patent No.s 6,455,674,
6,555,667 and 6,740,738 issued by the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
www.quarkpharma.com
NOVO NORDISK...
COPENHAGEN: Novo Nordisk has been awarded a Good Design Award(1) for
NovoTwist, the new needle designed for use with the insulin delivery device
FlexPen.
http://tinyurl.com/yjj3d8p
http://www.g-mark.org
http://novonordisk.com
MICROSOFT ADDRESSES...
TOKYO: Microsoft Corp.'s 2009 Asia High Tech Summit will explore the impact
of the major global challenges that high-tech and electronics manufacturers
face today, along with the opportunities that these challenges create, by
focusing on how to advance in a connected world and highlighting three major
business imperatives: innovation, performance and growth.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass
BEAUTIFULPEOPLE.COM LAUNCHES...
SEOUL: BeautifulPeople.com, the elite dating site for beautiful people only,
launches in Seoul on Monday the 26th of October.
www.BeautifulPeople.com
BEAUTIFULPEOPLE.COM GOES...
LONDON: On Monday the 26th of October 2009, www.BeautifulPeople.com , the
elite dating site for beautiful people only, will go live across the globe.
www.BeautifulPeople.com
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE...
SYDNEY: NSW Premier Nathan Rees Sunday confirmed the success of the first
breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
www.ianwaldie.com/client6
SOM WINS...
BEIJING: The Chicago and China offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
were named the winner of an international design competition to expand the
Beijing Central Business District (CBD).
www.som.com
ION AND BGP...
HOUSTON and BEIJING: ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) and BGP Inc., a
world-leading geophysical company, Saturday announced that they have signed a
term sheet to create a joint venture that will provide land seismic products
worldwide.
www.bgp.com.cn
www.iongeo.com
GEORGE SOROS...
BUDAPEST: George Soros will launch the inaugural Central European University
(CEU) Lectures, unveiling his latest theoretical and practical insights on the
current crisis and the future of the global financial system, as well as the
promotion of open society.
www.ft.com/soroslectures
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae is issuing US$3.5 billion of 5-Year bonds, with a
coupon rate of 2.625 per cent, a yield rate of 2.737 per cent, priced at
99.474, maturing on November 20, 2014.
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$600 million and US$65 million on
November 2 and November 4, 2009, respectively, at a redemption price equal to
100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ETHERNET EXPO...
NEW YORK: Ethernet Expo Americas 2009, hosted by Light Reading, the leading
online publication for the telecom industry, and Heavy Reading, its prestigious
market research division, announced the finalists for the Ethernet Expo Carrier
Ethernet Awards today.
www.lightreading.com
www.heavyreading.com
PERFECT WORLD...
BEIJING: Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("PW Network" or
"the Company"), one of the leading integrated online game developers and
service providers in China, has inaugurated the open beta testing for its first
2D turn-based MMORPG "Fantasy Zhu Xian" under the theme "Fly to New Heights" in
Beijing.
http://www.wanmei.com
POTENTIA PHARMACEUTICALS...
LOUISVILLE: Potentia Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biotechnology company
developing medicines for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration
(AMD), announced Friday that it has entered into licensing and purchase option
agreements with Alcon Research, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcon, Inc.
(NYSE: ACL).
www.alcon.com
BRIDGESTONE AUSTRALIA...
ADELAIDE: Bridgestone Australia Ltd. (BSAL) on Friday announced that a
difficult decision has been made to close its tyre manufacturing facilities in
Adelaide (South Australia) and Christchurch (New Zealand).
PEROT SYSTEMS...
CHANGSHA: Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) announced Friday that it has
signed a healthcare information technology agreement with the Changsha
Municipal Government in the Hunan Province of China.
http://www.perotsystems.com/
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