AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010

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SYDNEY--26 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest


ALZHEIMER'S FOCUS...

LONDON: For the first time ever, Alzheimer's disease is a focus at the World

Economic Forum.
http://www.alz.co.uk/adi/

SPIRIT RESULTS...

WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will release

its fourth quarter and full-year 2009 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central
time on Thursday, Feb. 4.
http://www.spiritaero.com

CHILDHOOD CANCERS...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. and ST. LOUIS: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, today announced an
unprecedented effort to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some of
the world's deadliest childhood cancers.
www.stjude.org

LIVE AUCTION...

VIENNA: The Live Auction on January 28th, 2010 from 2 pm until 6 pm (UTC

minus 8 hours) is during the DOMAINfest Global conference in Santa Monica,
California.
http://www.KLIMT.com/contact.html

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:

SEMICONDUCTORS WEBINAR...

SAN JOSE, Calif: NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline

Webinar:
What: NXP Semiconductors Live Webinar
http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1506&d=3474

INFRARED CAMERAS...

QUEBEC, QC: Telops, a company specialized in the design and production of

hyperspectral infrared cameras announced today that it has developed its own
line of advanced infrared cameras.
www.telops.com

KOREAN DISTRIBUTOR...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.: Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information

solutions for life science researchers, today announced the appointment of
SeouLin Bioscience Co., Ltd. as the exclusive distributor of IPA in South Korea.
www.ingenuity.com

FINANCING CLOSED...

BEIJING: iSoftStone Holdings Limited, a leading China-based provider of IT

and Business Process Outsourcing Services to clients in China and globally,
announced today it has closed a round of financing led by Everbright Private
Equity, the private equity arm of China Everbright Limited (Everbright, HKSE:
0165), a leading red-chip financial conglomerate listed on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange and a substantive shareholder of China Everbright Bank.
http://www.isoftstone.com

BRAND CAMPAIGN...

ZURICH: Maurice Lacroix has created an inspiring, meaningful and above all,

authentic brand campaign: "Follow Your Convictions".
http://www.mauricelacroix.com

VIDEO INTERVIEW...

NEW YORK: TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading

research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace, today
announced that the first segment of its broadband video interview with
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen is online, right here:
http://www.lightreading.com/video.asp?doc_id=186976

MARITIME SECURITY...

LONDON: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is participating in the

Pacific 2010 show where it will highlight its maritime security capabilities
and programmes, including marine navigation and ship control technology,
unmanned aircraft systems for maritime surveillance, and coastal surveillance.

GATES LETTER...

SEATTLE: Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today

released his second annual letter -- a personal appraisal of the foundation's
efforts to date and how innovation impacts priorities of the foundation.
www.gatesfoundation.org/annualletter

MECHANICAL PENCIL...

TOKYO: Platinum pen Co., Ltd. has launched a new mechanical pencil known as

the Hayakawa Type Model.
http://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/english.html

SOCIAL NETWORKING...

GURGAON: As social networking grows increasingly pervasive, more employers

are utilizing these sites to screen potential employees.
www.CareerBuilderIndia.com

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The Network of Giving to be Unveiled During the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos

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