UNIFEM-AVON PARTNERSHIP...
NEW YORK: UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and Avon
Products, Inc. will Wednesday announce a public-private partnership to promote
women's empowerment and end violence against women.
http://www.avoncompany.com
http://www.unifem.org
NZ SCIENTIST...
MELBOURNE: The deadly toxins associated with red tide algal blooms are being
investigated as potential drugs by New Zealand scientist Margaret Brimble who
is in Paris this week for the For Women in Science Awards.
www.scienceinpublic.com
GOLF CENTRE...
ZALTBOMMEL: By building the world's largest indoor golf centre in The
Netherlands, golf simulator manufacturer ProTee United and makers of synthetic
grass, practice facilities, Southwest Greens reaffirm their position as global
leaders in the golfing industry.
http://www.protee-united.com
http://www.southwestgreens-benelux.com
http://www.indoorgolfarena.eu
DARA APPOINTS...
RALEIGH, N.C.: DARA BioSciences Wednesday announced the appointment of David
J. Drutz, MD to the Board of Directors.
http://www.darabio.com
FREQUENT FLYER...
ORLANDO, Fla.: Marker InfoComm Inc, the world's largest independent provider
of software tools to hotels for airline Frequent Flyer Program (FFP)
administration, is pleased to announce the release of iHAMMS Direct -- its
newest solution specifically designed for connecting existing hotel Property
Management Systems (PMS) and CRM/Loyalty Programs directly to the world's most
popular Frequent Flyer Programs.
http://www.ihamms.com
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE...
DUBAI: Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holding, announced Tuesday a strategic
alliance with US-based Six Flags Inc., the world's largest theme park company,
to develop thrill-driven theme parks across the Arab world.
MATRIKON LAUNCHES...
EDMONTON: Matrikon Inc. Tuesday announced the official launch of Matrikon
Mobile Equipment Monitor at the SME Conference held in Salt Lake City February
25-27.
www.matrikon.com
SPECIAL ENVOY...
AUSTIN, Texas: CACH Capital Management, LLC, announced Wednesday that the
firm's founder, Sada Cumber, was appointed by President George W. Bush to be
the Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Mr.
Cumber assumes his duties effective March 3, 2008.
http://www.cachcapital.com
KEUKENHOF 2008...
LISSE: His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange will conduct the official
opening of this year's 59th edition of the international Keukenhof flower show
on Wednesday, 19 March, 2008.
http://www.keukenhof.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of seven
securities issues amounting to a total of US$304.581 million on March 14 and
18, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ELEMENT SIX...
LONDON: Brendon Grunewald has joined Element Six as head of E6 Ventures to
set up and run the group's new venture business to identify and invest in new
business opportunities.
http://www.e6.com
PININFARINA UNVEILS...
GENEVA: Pininfarina Tuesday unveiled its innovative concept car, the
Sintesi, featuring Nuvera's Quadrivium drive, at the Geneva Motor Show in
Geneva, Switzerland.
http://www.nuvera.com
http://www.sintesi.pininfarina.com
SUPERMICRO SHOWCASES...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in application
optimized, high-performance server and workstation solutions, is showcasing its
latest SuperBlade server and high-performance whisper-quiet (28dB*) workstation
technologies at CeBIT 2008 in Hannover, Germany, March 4-9 in hall 21, stand
B46, booth A1.
http://www.Supermicro.com
SUPERMICRO CHOSEN...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in
application-optimized, high performance server solutions, Tuesday announced
that its dual-processor (DP) SuperBlade servers were recently chosen by CERN
(one of the world's largest research labs) for part of a significant upgrade of
its computing capacity for the new LHC (Large Hadron Collider) project in
Geneva.
http://www.Supermicro.com
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