SYDNEY--20 Aug--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ASIA-PACIFIC LAUNCH...
SINGAPORE: PayPal and comGateway today announced the Asia Pacific launch of
HopShopGo that enables consumers to conveniently shop, buy and ship from over
300,000 U.S. online retailers at the touch of a keyboard and a click of a mouse.
http://bit.ly/d5wOjB
GAMING TRENDS...
BERLIN and COLOGNE, Germany: Germany's gaming industry remains stable in
2010, looking to nearly match 2009 revenues after a record year in 2008.
http://bit.ly/an9HnB
ACQUISITION ANNOUNCED...
HONG KONG and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN), the
global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and
enhance their enterprise value, today announced that it has completed its
previously announced acquisition of FS Asia Advisory Limited (formerly Ferrier
Hodgson Hong Kong Group).
http://www.fticonsulting.com
http://bit.ly/9bkDDA
TREATMENT INTRODUCTION...
SYDNEY and ATLANTA: On August 3, Macquarie University Hospital (MUH)
performed Australia's first Gamma Knife(R) surgery with its new Leksell Gamma
Knife(R) Perfexion(TM) system, making it the country's first and only center
capable of providing dedicated intracranial radiosurgery.
http://bit.ly/9oOeEJ
MCBONDS PLACEMENT...
OAK BROOK, Ill., HONG KONG and SHANGHAI: McDonald's Corporation announced
today that it has placed Renminbi (RMB)-denominated bonds in a private
placement to institutional and professional investors in Hong Kong.
http://bit.ly/cDGnfD
REDEMPTION NOTICE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amount indicated for the following securities issue on the redemption date
indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/cmNx6h
TRIAL BENEFIT...
ROME: Radioactive yttrium-90 labelled resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres;
Sirtex Medical, Sydney, Australia) appear to be a safe and effective treatment
for patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases who have failed available
chemotherapy options, according to the final results of a prospective clinical
multi-centre phase II trial conducted by the Italian Society of Locoregional
Therapies in Oncology (SITILO) and published in the British Journal of Cancer.
http://bit.ly/aEoyQO
WEBSITE RELEASE...
NEWARK, N.J.: JOC Sailings released its multi-platform website including
customized micro-sites for major ports that extends the breadth and depth of
key regional and international news and information for the cargo shipping
industry.
http://bit.ly/ckrNuV
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED...
RED BANK, New Jersey and MELBOURNE, Australia: Earlier today global leader
in protection solutions, Ansell, announced two new appointments to its global
executive leadership team.
http://www.ansell.com
http://bit.ly/dueSJs
SERVICE LAUNCH...
MACCLESFIELD, England: Cyprotex PLC (LSE:CRX), the preclinical ADME Tox
services company, today announces the launch of its new in vitro toxicology
service, branded as Cyprotox(R).
http://bit.ly/d6jwuy
TRIAL EFFICACY...
BRUSSELS: Using the innovative technique of radioembolisation to treat
patients with inoperable colorectal cancer liver metastases who have failed all
standard-of-care chemotherapy options can more than double the time until their
disease progresses, according to the final results of a Phase III randomised
controlled trial published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Oncology.
http://bit.ly/bCgH1P
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