SYDNEY--13 Sep--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
EARTHQUAKE PLEDGE...
SYDNEY: Deutsche Bank today announced it has pledged NZD 100,000 towards
recovery efforts in earthquake-affected Christchurch and the surrounding
regions in New Zealand.
www.db.com
http://bit.ly/9SKxIe
CANCER INNOVATIONS...
VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands: Nucletron, a leading provider of state of the
art radiotherapy solutions for cancer treatment, today announced a large number
of exciting innovations for precise cancer treatment that will be in the
spotlight during ESTRO29 in Barcelona.
www.nucletron.com
http://bit.ly/9r0gt2
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates
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/aYN3SH
WATER WORLD...
STOCKHOLM: Participants at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm urged the
High Level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to fully
recognise and act upon the fundamental roles of water resources, drinking
water, sanitation and water for all.
http://www.worldwaterweek.org
http://bit.ly/cTPcqS
SEPTEMBER 11...
SHELTON, Conn: Even though nine years have passed since the September 11
attacks, people around the world still feel its effects, according to new
research with Survey Sampling International's (SSI) global online panels. SSI
findings show that in all countries studied, the perception of being safe from
terrorism is well below pre-9/11 levels.
http://www.surveysampling.com
http://bit.ly/cmsRb8
GET PRETTY...
NEW YORK: Spa & Resort/Medical Aesthetics Expo
(http:/www.spaandresortexpo.com) will feature new innovations that will enhance
client offerings for spa and salon owners.
http://bit.ly/cIZmt7
PROSTATE SCHOOL...
LOS ANGELES: Dean Ornish MD, recognized for establishing the impact of diet
on prostate cancer (and heart disease), along with over a dozen internationally
recognized prostate cancer experts will meet with over 800 prostate cancer
survivors and their significant others at the Los Angeles Marriott near LAX on
September 11th and 12th to discuss the latest thinking on
prostate cancer treatment.
www.prostate-cancer.org
http://bit.ly/aeHf8Z
MOVIE PREMIER...
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: The crowds went wild as Robert De Niro, Edward
Norton and Milla Jovovich attended the premier of their latest movie "Stone"
this week in downtown Toronto.
http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com
http://bit.ly/dl1mSF
BOLLYWOOD HIT...
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: The cast of Bollywood's latest hit Dhobi Ghat
(Mumbai Diaries) were in Toronto this week experiencing the City and enjoying
the Red Carpet premiere for their newest project.
http://bit.ly/bIuN7Y
GOVERNATOR VISITS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SHANGHAI: Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a worldwide leader
in integrated silicon solutions, today announced that California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger visited its Shanghai operation as part of his
three-nation Asia trade mission.
http://www.marvell.com
http://bit.ly/cGGK4L
DRUG TRIAL...
PARIS: AstraZeneca today announced results from a phase II study evaluating
the investigational drug vandetanib for the treatment of patients with locally
advanced or metastatic papillary or follicular thyroid cancer.
http://www.astrazeneca.com
http://bit.ly/anHt5z
BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY...
SYDNEY, Australia: ClearlyContacts.com.au, part of the world's largest
online optical store, celebrates its fifth birthday today with a massive
Australian glasses giveaway that it says marks a major tipping point in the
Australian eyeglasses and contact lens market.
http://bit.ly/dusVy8
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS...
BEIJING: Recently, Fengtao Software has released DVDFab Passkey 7.0.5.2 Beta
in September 6, 2010. It has updated language files and added support for AACS
MKB v19. Passkey will keep improving to meet your up-to-date needs.
http://www.dvdfab.com
http://bit.ly/aoHHTo
WEF NOMINATION...
GENEVA: WISeKey, the leading eSecurity and Digital Trust company, has been
nominated by the World Economic Forum as a Global Growth Company.
http://bit.ly/bp0pZp
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING SOLUTION...
TIANJIN, China: Hublot, a leading Swiss watch manufacturer and WISeKey, a
2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Growth Company, announced the successful
deployment of their unique breakthrough anti-counterfeiting solution,
demonstrating the highly proactive collaboration amongst Global Growth
Companies to develop concrete solutions to important issues facing
society.
http://www.wisekey.com/en/solutions
digital-brand-protection
http://www.wisekey.com/en/projects/wef/Pages/default.aspx
http://bit.ly/ciaz4o
CHIPSET PLUGIN...
MILPITAS, Calif.: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC),
the global leader in core system software (CSS) products,
services and embedded technologies, today announced that it has
successfully demonstrated the world's first UEFI plug-in on the
UEFI reference BIOS for the Intel(R) 5 series-M chipset
customer reference board.
http://bit.ly/aAAzCM
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