SYDNEY--16 Apr--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
CRICKETER HONOURED...
BARBADOS: Cricket Great, Sir Garfield Sobers to be Honoured at Gala Dinner, Twenty20 Cup Final Eve.
www.garrysobers.com
LAUREN AWARDED...
PARIS: Ralph Lauren receives the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in recognition of his contributions as a designer, business leader and philanthropist in the fight against cancer.
http://investor.ralphlauren.com
ART AUCTION...
NEW YORK and BERLIN: artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of fine art, prints and photographs. Starting April 15, artnet Auctions will present 275 exquisite photographs by artists from Berenice Abbott to James Van Der Zee in a special sale that ends April 29th.
http://www.artnet.com
FDA APPLICATION...
SOBORG: Contura Inc. has submitted a Premarket Approval Application (PMA) for Aquamid(R) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting marketing approval in the U.S. for the aesthetic treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds.
http://www.contura.com
http://www.aquamid.us
COMPOSITE BREAKTHROUGH...
PARIS: Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, yesterday launched a global competition to find new applications for composite materials.
http://www.owenscorning.com
FANNIE MAE OFFERING...
WASHINGTON: The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM):
2-Year
Pricing Date: April 15, 2010
Settlement Date: April 19, 2010
Maturity Date: June 22, 2012
Issue Size: US$4 billion
Coupon: 1.250%
Price: 99.887
Yield: 1.303%
Payment Dates Each June 22nd and December 22nd, beginning June 22, 2010
Spread: +25 basis points / 1.000% 03/31/12 U.S. Treasury
CUSIP: 31398AP71
Listing Application will be made to list the securities on the EuroMTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
http:/www.fanniemae.com
TAUW RESULTS...
DEVENTER, The Netherlands: Today Tauw presents the best annual returns in its 82-year existence. The consulting and engineering company realized a 118.5 million euro turnover last year, seven percent higher than in 2008.
QUARTERLY RESULTS...
WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will release its first quarter 2010 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Thursday, April 29.
http://www.spiritaero.com
BRUNEI BILLING...
TORONTO: Redknee (www.redknee.com/) (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, today announced that Brunei's premier
telecoms operator, Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru), is already experiencing the benefits of its upgrade to Redknee's interconnect billing solution, InBill ( www.redknee.com/productsinbill?PHPSESSID=c7e6783453be8672326d605374a7594c ).
www.redknee.com
PEABODY PROPOSAL...
ST. LOUIS: Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today submitted an improved and definitive proposal to acquire a controlling interest in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC).
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