AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday, June 8, 2010

SOFTWARE ALLIANCE...

CAMBIRDGE: AVEVA Group plc (LSE:AVV), one of the world's leading providers of engineering data and design IT systems to the plant, power and marine industries, today announced that it has joined the Business Software Alliance (BSA),the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world.

BRIDGEWATER STRATEGIES...

OTTAWA: Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, will present strategies to profit from mobile data growth at CommunicAsia 2010 from June 15th -18th at the Singapore Expo.

ENERGY AWARDS...

NEW YORK: Platts, a leading energy and metals information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP), is seeking nominations for the 12th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, which recognize corporate and individual excellence in the global energy industry.

PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT...

INDIANAPOLIS: Vertellus Specialties Inc. ("Vertellus" or the "Company") announced today that it will break ground on a new 3-cyanopyridine production unit at Vertellus' production facility in Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

LED PRICING...

AUCKLAND: AoTuroaLED announced on Queen's Day that it has reduced its pricing for its New Zealand-made LED retrofit systems that replace fluorescent lighting. In response to announcements that GST will increase 2.5% and Energy Trading Scheme could raise prices as high as 3.3% the company reduced pricing

VITRIUM PDF...

TAIPEI: Vitrium Systems, a leading technology vendor in smart document technology, announced the Asia Pacific release of PDFSalesLeads today at Smart Cloud Canada being held at the Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan.

DSWISS' DOUBLESEC...

ZURICH: Online banking and data storage experts, DSwiss, have taken secure login on the iPhone to the next level with the launch of their latest technology DoubleSec.

SCALITY ARRIVAL...

PARIS: Bizanga Store, the developer of massively scalable object storage software for email and cloud storage applications today announced its transformation into "Scality" as the new company and brand name.

FOOD SHOW...

BANGKOK: The first Food Ingredients Asia show ever held in the Philippines will give the domestic food industry greater access to much needed ingredients and technology from around the world.

PHARMA LICENSE...

BEERSE, Belgium: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen) announced today that it has expanded its licensing agreement with the Gr adi?nenthal Group (Gr adi?nenthal) to register, manufacture and commercialize Tapentadol in additional regions, including selected Asia Pacific, Latin American, African, and New European countries including Turkey and Greece, under Gr adi?nenthal's NUCYNTA(R) / PALEXIA(R) / PALEXIS(R) trademark for both the immediate- and prolonged-release (IR and PR) formulations.

MTC STUDY...

LONDON: Results from ZETA, a phase III study in patients with advanced medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), showed that treatment with the investigational drug vandetanib significantly extended Progression Free Survival (PFS), the primary endpoint of the study, by demonstrating a 54% reduction in the rate of

AT&T DENIAL...

DALLAS: In response to news reports, AT&T* today said it is not in discussions with Indian wireless company Reliance Communications.

GATES DONATION...

WASHINGTON: Melinda Gates today urged global leaders to make women's and children's health a top priority, and announced that the Gates Foundation will invest US$1.5 billion over the next five years to support maternal and child health, family planning, and nutrition programs in developing countries.

ANTERYON BOOST...

SAN DIEGO, PARIS and EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands: Anteryon, the world leader in wafer-based, miniature optical module production for mobile phone cameras and laser projection, and Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced Qualcomm's strategic investment in Anteryon as part of its European investment fund.

SECURITIES REDEMPTION...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of US$928.526 million of four securities issues on June 17, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.

ROCKYOU ACQUISITION...

REDWOOD CITY: RockYou, the leading innovator, creator and distributor of social experiences across social networks announced today a $10 million round of funding from SoftBank and the acquisition of a majority of the shares in its joint venture, RockYou Asia.

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