SYDNEY--17 Sep--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
INAUGURAL LECTURE...
MOSCOW: UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world's largest
aluminium producer, is pleased to announce details of CEO Oleg Deripaska's
lecture - 'The Power of Focus: Turning Opportunity into Success' - which is the
inaugural speech of the UC RUSAL Presidential Forum at Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology (HKUST).
http://www.rusal.com
http://www.ust.hk
http://bit.ly/d9Oob8
SOCIAL INVESTMENT...
BEIJING: BSR will launch its CiYuan (China Philanthropy Incubator)
initiative Friday in Beijing, bringing together influential Chinese and
international representatives of the business, nonprofit, foundation, and
government communities to advance both the quantity and quality of social
investment in China.
http://www.bsr.org
http://ciyuan.bsr.org
http://bit.ly/bKiZju
FINANCIAL ACCESS...
WASHINGTON: Even as economies globally were contracting as a result of the
financial crisis in 2009, access to formal finance in developing countries
grew. An estimated 2.7 billion people around the world have no access to formal
financial services.
http://bit.ly/cD18Sx
MEETING SPONSORSHIP...
LONDON: World-Check will again sponsor this year's annual World Compliance
Leadership Forum.
http://www.world-check.com
http://bit.ly/9TPDfc
BABIES BORN...
CANBERRA: The number of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures in
Australia and New Zealand (mainly IVF, in vitro fertilisation) rose by about 10
per cent per year between 2004 and 2008, according to a report released today
by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
http://bit.ly/ausfnV
PHASE II STUDY...
INDIANAPOLIS and TOKYO: In a Phase II study, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
patients on maintenance clopidogrel/aspirin therapy who were switched to
prasugrel (Efient(R) - either 10 mg maintenance dose [MD] or 60 mg loading dose
[LD] followed by 10 mg MD) plus aspirin demonstrated a statistically
significant greater reduction in Maximal Platelet Aggregation (MPA) after one
week when compared to patients who remained on maintenance therapy (MD) with
clopidogrel.
http://bit.ly/cjTR5J
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT...
BELLEVUE, Wash. and TOKYO: Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE), the world's largest
online travel company, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement
with JAL Hotels, a Tokyo-based hotel management company operating nearly 40
properties throughout Japan under the Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL
City brands.
www.jalhotels.com
http://bit.ly/cUpjoN
NEWS AVAILABLE...
LONDON: Data Explorers, the leading global provider of short interest data
and analytics, today announced that its unique news about short selling
activity is now available as a weekly broadcast in Hindi.
http://www.dataexplorers.com
http://bit.ly/9dALRL
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