SYDNEY--25 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
IMPORTANT PROGRESS...
MILAN - Scientists presenting at Friday's sessions of the
43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study
of the Liver (EASL) reported encouraging findings regarding the
potential efficacy of treatment strategies using new drugs
designed to combat hepatitis B and C.
AGREEMENT EXECUTED...
PATERSON - Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC is pleased to
announce the execution of an Asset Purchase Agreement for
Amneal's wholly-owned subsidiary, Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New
York, LLC, to acquire the assets, facilities and business of
Interpharm.
http://www.amneal.com
SEMINAR OFFER...
SINGAPORE - Luminary Micro, creators of the award-winning
Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers
(MCUs), Friday announced that it will co-host a free seminar in
Singapore with MaxMega Electronics, Luminary Micro's
distribution partner in South East Asia.
http://www.LuminaryMicro.com
SEMINAR OFFER...
SINGAPORE - Luminary Micro, creators of the award-winning
Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers,
Friday announced that it will co-host a free seminar in
Malaysia with MaxMega Electronics, Luminary Micro's
distribution partner in South East Asia.
http://www.LuminaryMicro.com
VALE PERFORMS...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce showed a solid
performance in the first quarter of 2008 in spite of the
negative effects of currency volatility and the pressures on
costs generated by the price increases for inputs.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
http://www.vale.com
SEG OPENS...
TULSA - The Society of Exploration Geophysicists officially
opened its first international office in Beijing China on 3
April 2008.
http://www.seg.org
AERCAP ANNOUNCES...
AMSTERDAM - AerCap Holdings N.V. Thursday announced the
completion of the following transactions during the first
quarter 2008: signed new lease agreements for 23 aircraft,
delivered seven aircraft and ten engines under lease
agreements, purchased 19 aircraft, sold eight aircraft, and
disassembled three older aircraft.
MATRIX UTILIZES...
YOKNE'AM - Surf Communication Solutions, a leading provider
of multimedia embedded processing solutions, announced Thursday
that Matrix Telecom Pvt. Limited, an India-based company that
designs, develops, manufactures and deploys telecom solutions,
has selected Surf's DSP chip-level multimedia processing
solution, the Surf DSP-24, for inclusion in two new products: a
VoIP gateway and an IP PBX solution.
http://www.surf-com.com
http://www.matrixtelesol.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$65
million on May 4, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PEPSICO REPORTS...
PURCHASE - PepsiCo reported Thursday first-quarter earnings
per share of $0.70, strong worldwide net revenue growth with 13
per cent net revenue and 10 per cent division operating profit
growth.
http://www.pepsico.com
JAPANICAN.COM DELIVERS...
TOKYO - JTB Group will distribute real-time information
about the rice-farming process of one farmer in Tome City,
Miyagi, from April 25 on the JTB-operated site,
"JAPANiCAN.com", which is the English travel website designed
for foreigners visiting Japan.
www.japanican.com
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