SYDNEY--17 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
OWNERSHIP CHANGE...
NAGOYA, Japan: Menicon Co., Ltd. announced on June 16 that Menicon and
Lagado Corporation based in Colorado, USA, reached an agreement for Lagado to
become a wholly owned subsidiary of Menicon America Inc., effective as of June
14, 2010.
http://www.menicon.com
http://bit.ly/aV9Guo
ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT...
NAGOYA, Japan: Menicon Co., Ltd. announced on June 16 that Menicon and
Lagado Corporation based in Colorado, USA, reached an agreement for Lagado to
become a wholly owned subsidiary of Menicon America Inc., effective as of June
14, 2010.
http://www.menicon.com
http://bit.ly/c1eSe0
NEW PRODUCT...
BERLIN and BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany: Miltenyi Biotec today announces the
worldwide release of the Viscover(TM) product line, offering researchers an
unrivaled range of preclinical contrast agents for small animal in vivo imaging.
http://www.miltenyibiotec.com
http://www.viscover.com
http://bit.ly/9FrQrK
R&D EXPANSION...
SINGAPORE: GreenWave Reality, a global company with significant operations
in Singapore; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Irvine, California, today announced the
expansion of its global R&D operations in Singapore for the company's
innovative home energy management platform. The project is supported by the
Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
www.greenwavereality.com
http://bit.ly/9r0owu
ENERGY MANAGEMENT...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, IRVINE, Calif. and SINGAPORE: GreenWave Reality today
announced its innovative home energy management platform for Europe, North
America and Asia. The GreenWave Reality platform creates smart energy-efficient
homes through the monitoring and controlling of devices.
www.greenwavereality.com
http://bit.ly/dnEGJi
JOINT AGREEMENT...
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: CSA Standards, a leading developer of standards,
codes and personnel certification programs, and the International Performance
Assessment Centre for the geologic storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research
Inc.) today announced a joint agreement to develop Canada's first
carbon capture and storage (CCS) standard for the geological storage of
industrial emissions.
www.csa.ca
www.ipac-co2.com
http://bit.ly/9bEwQ6
PATHEON BOOTH...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC: Patheon (TSX: PTI) a global provider of drug
development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical
industry invites customers, potential customers and representatives of the
media to visit Patheon's booth number 42-24 in the Pharma Sourcing 2010 area
to learn more about the comprehensive service offerings and specialized
capabilities it provides to the biopharmaceutical industry.
http://bit.ly/cPu8bM
TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE...
NUREMBERG, Germany: Juniper Networks and NCP Engineering Enter Into
Strategic Technology Alliance.
http://www.juniper.net
http://www.ncp-e.com
http://bit.ly/dvR5OE
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts
indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated
below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/a4dCKj
DELIST INTENT...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today reported in a filing with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company had notified the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Chicago Stock Exchange (CSE) of its intent
to delist its common and preferred stock.
http://bit.ly/cqSWhy
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE STANDARD...
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: CSA Standards, a leading developer of standards,
codes and personnel certification programs, and the International Performance
Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO2 Research
Inc.) today announced a joint agreement to develop Canada's first carbon
capture and storage (CCS) standard for the geologic storage of industrial
emissions.
www.csa.ca
www.ipac-co2.com
http://bit.ly/c3UcIw
BAVARIA STATEMENT...
LIESHOUT, The Netherlands: Because Bavaria is unable to respond to all the
questions from the press on this issue, it would like to react with a written
statement concerning the arrest of two Dutch women this morning. Unfortunately,
Bavaria has been drawn into the furore surrounding the arrest of the two
ladies, who were wearing orange dresses worn by thousands
of Dutch women and football supporters. Due to the association, Bavaria feels
obligated to respond to the various questions put to it.
http://www.bavaria.nl
http://bit.ly/cKXYfD
LEASE AGREEMENT...
DAYTON, Ohio: CSafe, LLC, www.csafellc.com , manufacturer of the AcuTemp(R)
RKN active temperature controlled cargo container, and Cathay Pacific,
www.cathaypacific.com , one of the world's top ten international providers of
air cargo services, have signed a master lease agreement for CSafe's active
temperature controlled containers.
www.csafellc.com
www.cathaypacific.com
http://bit.ly/c7JGJ2
MERCATOR XXI SPEECH...
WASHINGTON: Mercator XXI, LLC President and CEO Christopher G. Caine
delivered remarks on Global Economic Dynamics: Their Impact on Asian Leadership
and International Relations at the 2010 Shanghai Forum at Fudan University,
Shanghai. The Shanghai Forum is a premier conference focusing on Asia and
globalization issues.
www.mercatorxxi.com
www.shanghaiforum.fudan.edu.cn/english/index.aspx
http://bit.ly/as81iN
MCCAIN PROGRAM...
SYDNEY, Australia: McCAIN Foods today announced the launch of McCAIN School
Veggie Patches, a program to teach primary school children about the origin and
benefits of vegetables to encourage them to make healthy food choices, by
planting and growing vegetables in their own schoolyard.
www.mccainveggiepatches.com
http://bit.ly/bXQkNX
CREDIT FACILITY...
CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today announced that it
has successfully amended and restated its existing $350 million revolving
credit facility. http://corporate.americangreetings.com
http://bit.ly/9e4goH
OPERATOR STATIONS...
MONTREAL: Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialised graphics
solutions, today announced that in preparation for the world's premier
international football event, the City of Cape Town has selected Matrox Extio
Remote Graphics Units (RGUs) to drive 18 emergency operator stations at 1-0-7,
South Africa's first single-call Emergency Service Centre.
www.capetown.gov.za/en/emergencyservices
www.matrox.com/graphics
http://bit.ly/9Nv2o8
ADVISORY GROUP...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.: The Energy Publishing Group announced today it has formed
an advisory group to guide further development of its price indexes for
Australian, Canadian and U.S. coking coals.
http://bit.ly/975POM
NEW HOTEL...
CHESTER, N.Y.: The gates of Glenmere, the 1911 home of the Goelet family
nestled in the rolling hills of the lower Hudson Valley, are open once again as
a new premier luxury hotel.
www.glenmeremansion.com
http://bit.ly/bzrljw
DISTRIBUTOR AWARD...
HONG KONG: The global provider of engineered electronic components, network
solutions, specialty products and undersea telecommunication systems, Tyco
Electronics, has named Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia as its Regional
Distributor of the Year - 2009.
http://www.em.avnetasia.com
http://bit.ly/b9od5N
FOREX PARTNERSHIP...
NEW YORK and JOHANNESBURG: Standard Bank Group Limited ("SBSA"), the largest
South African banking group ranked by assets and earnings, and GAIN Capital
Holdings, Inc., a leading global provider of online trading services, have
partnered to launch a collateralized foreign exchange trading service,
Standard FX Trader.
www.gaincapital.com
www.forex.com
http://bit.ly/d9BxAR
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP...
LONDON, England: ITC Global Security (http:/ www.itcsecurity.com ), a leading
information security and secure networking firm, today announce a global
partnership with Quaresso ( http://www.quaresso.com ), a leading provider of web
browser security solutions.
http://www.itcsecurity.com
http://www.quaresso.com
http://bit.ly/9iRoVg
RESEARCH RESULTS...
HSINCHU, Taiwan: International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a leading provider of
non-volatile memory semiconductor solutions, today announced its research
results that provide a successful path to the most scalable and most efficient
3D NAND Flash using its patented BE-SONOS (barrier engineering) charge-trapping
technology and 3D decoding architecture.
http://www.macronix.com
http://bit.ly/99Ox6K
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