SYDNEY--25 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AZOOPTICS.COM...
SYDNEY: AZoOptics.com is the latest AZoNetwork online
knowledge base that is intended to provide the global optics,
photonics, semiconductor, science, design and engineering
community with a continuously updating resource for all the
information they need to make an informed decision on selecting
an "Optics or Photonics" solution.
www.AZoOptics.com
www.AZoM.com
www.AZoNano.com
www.AZoBuild.com
www.News-Medical.Net
www.AZoNetwork.com
WEB RANKINGS...
TOKYO: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital
world, has released its September rankings of the ten largest
and fastest growing Internet properties in Japan based on data
from the comScore World Metrix service. The month saw Yahoo!
Sites continue to lead the top 10, with Wikipedia Sites jumping
one spot to capture the number eight position.
www.comscore.com
CODEXIS LABORATORY...
SINGAPORE: Codexis, Inc., a private biotechnology company
and leading developer of clean manufacturing processes,
announced the opening of Codexis Laboratories Singapore Pte.
Ltd. CLS is the company's first research facility in Asia, and
is an expansion of the company's research and development
operations in the U.S. and Europe.
www.codexis.com
SMART ALLIANCE...
TAIPEI: In an effort to drive harmonized system performance
and interoperability of Smart Antenna systems, Navini, Beceem,
Fujitsu and Runcom announce the formation of the "SMart Antenna
RF Test" Alliance.
www.navini.com
HUDSON RESULTS...
NEW YORK: Hudson Highland Group, Inc., one of the world's
leading providers of permanent recruitment, contract
professionals and talent management solutions, announced
financial results for the third quarter ended September 30,
2007.
www.hhgroup.com/
www.hudson.com.
JAPANESE BOND...
NEW YORK: The Bank of New York Mellon, the global leader in
asset management and securities servicing, has been selected by
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation to serve as collateral agent for the first domestic
Japanese Government Bond tri-party repurchase agreements in
Japan.
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071001/NYM012LOGO
www.bnymellon.com
TRANS-ORIENT PETROLEUM...
VANCOUVER: Australasian oil and gas exploration company,
Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. is pleased to announce that the
Company was featured in the October 22, 2007 edition of Oil and
Gas Online.
www.transorient.com
http://transorient.com/news-oil.asp
SINO GOLD...
TORONTO: Sino Gold Mining Limited (together with its
subsidiaries) and Golden China Resources Corporation announced
the mailing of the Sino Gold take-over bid circular and the
Golden China directors' circular in connection with the
previously announced Offer of Sino Gold for all of the
outstanding Golden China common shares.
www.sedar.com
www.sinogold.com.au
www.renmarkfinancial.com
www.goldenchina.ca
BIOWA LICENSING...
PRINCETON, New Jersey: BioWa, Inc. announced that it has
entered into a second agreement with MedImmune to provide
additional access to BioWa's patented POTELLIGENT Technology
platform for the development of antibody-dependent cellular
cytotoxicity enhanced antibodies.
www.biowa.com
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS...
WICHITA, Kansas: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. will
release its third quarter 2007 financial results at 6.30 a.m.,
on Thursday, November 1.
www.spiritaero.com/investor.aspx
www.spiritaero.com
FRONTIERS NORTH...
IQALUIT, Nunavut: Frontiers North Adventures has been
honoured with an Award of Excellence by Nunavut Toursim. The
award, which is given to a Nunavut Tourism member based in or
outside of the territory, was presented at Nunavut Tourism's
2007 Annual General Meeting held in Iqualuit on October 20.
www.frontiersnorth.com/news
GLG PARTNERS...
LONDON: GLG Partners, a leading alternative asset manager,
reported net income of US$46 million for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007 and US$375 million for the first nine months
of 2007. Adjusted net income (net income less limited partner
profit share) was US$29 million, up 160 per cent
year-over-year, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and
US$168 million, up 99 per cent year-over-year, for the first
nine months of 2007.
www.glgpartners.com
AWAYPHONE ACQUISITION...
LONDON: International mobile operator, AwayPhone, is marking
a successful year since the launch of its first groundbreaking
product with the purchase of US-based telecoms company,
GlobalFon. Confirming AwayPhone's status as an industry
pioneer, the move strengthens the company's global reach,
broadens its partner channel and is a major milestone in its
growth strategy.
www.awayphone.com
ABBOTT ACCOLADE...
ABBOTT PARK, Illinois: For the fifth consecutive year,
Abbott has been named among the top 20 employers in the Science
magazine 2007 Top Biotech and Pharma Employer's survey.
www.abbott.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$250
million on November 7, 2007 and US$50 million on November 5,
2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the
principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. Fannie Mae
will also redeem the principal amount of FINS securities issues
amounting to a total of US$14.74 million on November 5, 2007 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
SIEMENS MEDICAL...
TARRYTOWN, New York: Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
announced that the TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit and OpenGene
DNA Sequencing System are now supported by the Apple iMac OSX
operating system.
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO
www.usa.siemens.com/medical
www.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroom
www.siemens.com/diagnostics
AXA WINTERTHUR...
MUNICH: TIBCO Software Inc. announced that AXA Winterthur
Schweiz, a leading Swiss insurance company, has fully
standardized its processes across its GroupLife division on
TIBCO iProcess Suite.
www.tibco.com
TIBCO SOFTWARE...
PALO ALTO, California: TIBCO Software Inc. announced that
President Chain Store Corporation, Taiwan's largest convenience
store operator, has adopted TIBCO BusinessWorks and TIBCO
Enterprise Message Service as the platform on which it has
integrated its billing collection services.
www.tibco.com
www.7-11.com.tw
www.piinet.net
SNOW DOMES...
MELBOURNE: You see them in the souvenir shops and may even
have bought them as gifts when on vacation, so this month we
focus on the ultimate, affordable collectible - the snow dome.
www.collectZing.com introduces you to Stanley Nife (no K) who
collects snow domes and has just recently found the verve to
show off his collection on the site.
OTIS RECOGNIZED...
FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of
United Technologies Corp., received a prestigious award from
the Chinese government for operating the most efficient and
effective call centre in China among similarly sized
companies.
www.otis.com
MERSANA THERAPEUTICS...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Mersana, a cancer therapeutics
company, has announced interim results of a Phase I study of
its lead product candidate, XMT-1001, in patients with advanced
solid tumours.
www.aacr.org
VIVO VENTURES...
PALO ALTO, California: Vivo Ventures, a venture capital firm
specializing in life science investments, announced that James
Huang will join the firm as an Executive in Residence.
www.vivoventures.com
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