AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, May 30, 2008

SYDNEY--30 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest

BRANDES SUBMITS...

SAN DIEGO: Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. publicly disclosed on April

29th, 2008, that it submitted to Hibiya Engineering, Ltd., an engineering

company based in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a resolution to

be submitted for shareholder approval at the company's upcoming annual meeting

of shareholders.

http://www.brandes.com

ZAIA UNVEILED...

MACAU: ZAIA was unveiled Thursday as the name of the very first permanent

Cirque du Soleil production set to open in Asia.

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com

http://www.onedrop.org

CROSSBEAM EXPANDS...

BOXBOROUGH, Mass. and TOKYO: Crossbeam Systems Friday announced it has

expanded its presence in Tokyo, Japan to serve the growing market demand for

its Next Generation Security Platforms.

http://www.crossbeam.com

http://www.daviesmurphy.com

SKYPOWER CONSIDERING...

TORONTO: Canada's leading renewable energy developer, SkyPower Corp, a

Lehman Brothers Company, announced Friday that it is considering strategic

alternatives to augment its growing capital base and accelerate development of

its wind and solar pipelines.

www.skypower.com

FDA APPROVES...

EDMONTON: The Cancer International Research Group (CIRG), a division of TRIO

(Translational Research in Oncology) Friday announced that, based on its study

BCIRG 006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new

treatment consisting of the chemotherapeutic agents Taxotere (docetaxel) and

carboplatin combined with Herceptin (trastuzumab) (TCH) for the adjuvant

(post-surgery) treatment of HER2 (Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor

2)-positive early breast cancer.

http://www.trioncology.org

MARVELL NAMES...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a leader in storage,

communications, and consumer silicon solutions, Friday announced it has named

Clyde R. Hosein Chief Financial Officer, effective June 23rd, 2008.

http://www.marvell.com

BRATTLE REPORT...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: A report commissioned by the Electric Power Research

Institute (EPRI) and prepared by economists at The Brattle Group and Energy

Ventures Analysis has assessed the outlook for electric generation capacity in

the largest electricity and fuel markets around the world and found that there

is little uniformity in preferred new generation choices and in the reasons

behind these observed preferences.

http://www.brattle.com

http://www.epri.com

NEW STUDY...

BOSTON: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest

products industry, Friday announced that in August they will publish a new

multi-client study -- The Emerging Biomass Industry: Impact on Woodfiber

Markets.

http://www.risiinfo.com

FANNIE MAE...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one

securities issue worth US$50 million on June 8, 2008 at a redemption price

equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.

http://www.fanniemae.com

ANADIGICS ANNOUNCES..

WARREN, N.J.: ANADIGICS, Inc. Thursday announced that it began shipping

production volumes of its ANADIGICS AWT6277 WCDMA power amplifier (PA) modules

to LG Electronics for use in the new LG Viewty (LG-KU990), a 5.0 mega pixel

professional level camera phone currently available in the UK.

http://www.anadigics.com

G.HO.ST SHOWCASED...

RAMALLAH and MODI'IN: The G.ho.st Virtual Computer was selected Wednesday as

one of just five new consumer technologies from around the world to launch

on-stage at the Wall Street Journal's prestigious D: All Things Digital

conference.

http://G.ho.st

ULTRASOUND SYSTEM...

TOKYO: ALOKA Thursday announced new compact ProSound ultrasound Systems

which will be unveiled at the 20th Congress of European Federation of Societies

for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 31st of May to 3rd of June 2008, in

Timisoara, Romania.

http://www.aloka.com

MO-CALL OFFERS...

LONDON: Morodo Ltd Thursday announced that its popular low-cost calling

software, MO-Call, is now available for Blackberry mobiles.

http://www.morodogroup.com

ORANGEFIELD ACQUIRES...

HONG KONG: Netherlands-based Orangefield Trust, formerly known as ING Trust

and specializing in trust and corporate management services, has officially

announced the acquisition of APES SG Pte. Ltd., a private equity fund

management service company in Singapore with over US$2 billion of assets under

administration.

RAZOR BLADE...

HONG KONG: Checkpoint Systems' Alpha Division, a global leader in innovative

security and merchandising solutions for high-shrink products, Thursday

presented the first study on razor blade shrink in the retail sector.

http://www.checkpointsystems.com

http://alphaworld.com

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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, May 30, 2008

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AIRA Securities Continues Collaboration with Tokyo Stock Exchange for the 3rd Year, Hosting VVIP Seminar to Explore Investment Opportunities in Japan and Expand Global Trading Services

Nippon Express Completes Acquisition of Equity Interests in MD Logistics and MD Express (Turning into Subsidiary)

CIMB ASEAN Stock Challenge 2.0 introduces mobile trading and predictive data analytics US$40,000 and a Tokyo Stock Exchange study visit await this year’s winners