SYDNEY--26 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PACNET EXPANDS...
HONG KONG - Pacnet Tuesday announced its latest investment
into expanding its subsea cable network with the launch of its
first Trans-Pacific cable infrastructure, EAC Pacific.
http://www.pacnet.com
FONTERRA ENGAGES...
WELLINGTON - Futurestep, the outsourced recruiting
subsidiary of Korn/Ferry International, Tuesday announced that
it has been engaged by Fonterra, the world's largest dairy
exporter and New Zealand's largest employer, to provide RPO
services for its operations in the Australasia region.
http://www.futurestep.com
http://www.kornferry.com
UNIVERSITY USES...
ATLANTA - Lancope, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch
System, the most widely used network behavior analysis and
response solution, Tuesday announced that the University of
Adelaide is using StealthWatch to gain 100 per cent insight
into routed network traffic in order to identify anomalies such
as worms and interface congestion.
ORC OPENS...
NEW YORK - Keeping pace with the global business boom in the
Middle East, ORC Worldwide, a human resource management
consulting company headquartered in New York, has opened its
first Middle East branch to customers in the Gulf.
http://www.orcworldwide.com
VALE SETTLES...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale), the
world's largest iron ore producer, concluded the iron ore fines
price negotiations for 2008 with China Steel Corporation, the
largest Taiwanese steelmaker.
http://www.vale.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$500
million on March 6, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
DAY-LEWIS WEARS...
LONDON - Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Award at
yesterday's Oscars for his role in There Will Be Blood wearing
a suit specially created for him by Sir Paul Smith.
MICREL LAUNCHES...
SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high
bandwidth and Ethernet IC solutions, Monday announced that it
is launching the world's first programmable receiver featuring
jam avoidance.
http://www.micrel.com
MICREL INTRODUCES...
SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high
bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, Monday
introduced a new member to its high power density family of
products, a fully-integrated 4A synchronous buck regulator, the
MIC22400 for powering systems from 3.3V and 5V supply rails.
http://www.micrel.com
REVENUE REACHES...
PRINCETON - The global advertising market grew to just over
US$600 billion in 2007, according to The Kelsey Group, the
leading provider of research, data and strategic analysis on
directional and interactive local media.
http://www.kelseygroup.com
NETDRAGON BUYS...
HONG KONG - The PRC's leading game developer and operator
NetDragon Websoft Inc. ("NetDragon" or the "Company," with its
subsidiary collectively the "Group") announces that it
repurchased 15,975,000 shares in its capital in 16 rounds from
18 December 2007 to 19 February 2008.
EX-EMPLOYEE PLEADS...
LOS ANGELES - A former Contessa Premium Foods, Inc.
employee, Orlando Pipolo, pled guilty and has been sentenced in
federal court for his scheme to obtain confidential and other
proprietary information through unauthorized access of
Contessa's computer network.
http://www.contessa.com
INTEKRIN STUDIES...
LOS ALTOS - InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held
clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the
development and commercialization of novel drugs for the
treatment of diabetes, obesity and metabolic disease, announced
Monday that it has initiated a Phase 2b study in diabetic
patients with its lead product candidate INT131, a non-TZD
SPPARM.
http://www.InteKrin.com
POST SELECTS...
LACROSSE - AddressVision Inc., a Bull Group subsidiary and a
leading provider of postal automation solutions, Monday
announced that Australia Post has chosen AVI to upgrade its
address recognition and mail automation capabilities for
processing the country's letter mail.
http://www.bull.com
'.ASIA' RUSHES...
HONG KONG - DotAsia Organisation is happy to announce the
successful launch of the ".Asia" Landrush period.
http://www.registry.asia
ZINIO ANNOUNCES...
SAN FRANCISCO - Zinio, the leading online publishing,
distribution and retail services company, announced two pivotal
initiatives today; the launch of an online Global Newsstand;
and a partnership spanning Europe and Latin America with Acceso
Group, a company part-owned by both Havas Media -- the media
division of Havas, one of the largest communication and
advertising groups worldwide -- and ISP.
http://www.zinio.com
TOSHIBA JOINS...
TOKYO - ULDAGE Inc., a patent license company, announced
Monday that Toshiba Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd. have become
shareholders of ULDAGE.
http://www.uldage.com
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