PROTESTORS HIGHLIGHT...
MELBOURNE - Large protests in Wellington, Christchurch,
Dunedin and in front of ANZ branches throughout five states in
Australia Wednesday demanded that the ANZ bank stop funding
forest destruction in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and in the
Australian state of Tasmania.
www.wilderness.org.au
MACKENZIE ASSESSES...
SINGAPORE and EDINBURGH - Wood Mackenzie's analysis of the
clean fuels race in Asia Pacific shows that the cost to
refiners of compliance with Euro IV quality standards for
gasoline and diesel could run to as much as US$25 billion in
total.
www.woodmac.com.
www.woodmac.com/cleanfuelsasia
WORLDWIDE FIRST...
GMUNDEN - The long standing collaboration between the
Austrian companies STEYR MOTORS has now resulted in the
exciting commercial launch of the worldwide first serial Hybrid
Propulsion System for pleasure boats at "Boot Dusseldorf" in
January 2008.
http://www.steyr-motors.com
http://www.frauscherboats.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of FINP securities issues amounting to a total of
US$10,560,000 on December 21, 2007 at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of FINS securities issues amounting to a total of
US$10,006,000 on December 21, 2007 at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$345
million on December 21, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PNL OFFERS...
SEOUL - PNL Networks Co. Ltd., the technology arm of global
logistics service provider PNL Group, Wednesday announced it
has contracted with Savi Networks to enable PNL to offer its
customers advanced logistics services, based on wireless
monitoring technology.
http://www.savi.com
ENTRUST PROVIDES...
DALLAS - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strategic
e-government initiative needed a strong security foundation to
instill trust in its more citizen-centric environment; to
address this challenge, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology standardized two
solutions from Entrust, Inc. in conjunction with Entrust local
partner Moammar Information Systems.
http://www.entrust.com
BRAZIL HOSTS...
BENTO GONCALVES - Salao Design Movelsul, a traditional
furniture design competition, is held alongside the largest
furniture trade show in Latin America, MOVELSUL BRASIL 2008.
http://www.movelsul.com.br
http://www.salaodesign.com.br
AGILYSYS LAUNCHES...
BOCA RATON - Agilysys, Inc., a leading provider of
innovative IT solutions, including specifically-designed
hospitality industry solutions, and Planet Payment, a leading
international multi-currency payment and data processor,
announced Tuesday the launch of a solution for integrated
payment systems for the lodging, restaurant and retail
sectors.
http://www.agilysys.com
http://www.planetpayment.com
METALDYNE MOVES...
TOKYO - Metaldyne Company LLC, an Asahi Tec company, has
moved its Japan branch office from Yokohama to Tokyo and has
opened an office in Toyota City, the company said Tuesday.
www.asahitec.co.jp
www.metaldyne.com
GOURMET INVESTS...
ZURICH - Gate Gourmet, the world's largest independent
airline caterer, hospitality and logistics provider, Tuesday
announced a strategic investment in Performa, the Sydney- and
Bangkok-based world leader in helping service-oriented
companies design and deliver unique experiences at every
customer touch point.
http://www.gategourmet.com
QUINTILES APPOINTS...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - Quintiles Transnational Corp.
Wednesday announced the appointment of John Goodacre as
Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
http://www.qtrn.com
PANACEA MANUFACTURES...
GAITHERSBURG- Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has initiated
manufacturing of PC Detect kits, the Company's diagnostic test
for prostate cancer, under GMP conditions.
http://www.PanaceaPharma.com
NOVARRA POWERS...
CHICAG - Novarra, the leader in mobile web gateway platforms
and services, Tuesday announced that its Vision platform is
powering Tata Indicom's market-leading full mobile internet
service.
http://www.novarra.com
PEABODY JOINS...
BEIJING - Peabody Energy Tuesday became the only non-Chinese
equity partner in "GreenGen," the first near-zero emissions
coal-fueled power plant with carbon capture and storage which
is under development in China.
http://www.peabodyenergy.com
QUALIFIERS ONLINE...
GIBRALTAR - The famous PartyPoker.com Million is making a
very welcome return and will be held in the Mediterranean from
May 3rd - 10th 2008!! Qualifiers continue to take place online
at PartyPoker.com, starting from as little as US$1!!
http://www.PartyPoker.com
http://www.partypoker.com/tournaments/party_poker_million
EXPERTS ACHIEVES...
MELBOURNE- GAPbuster Worldwide is the first major global
customer experience management and mystery shopping agency to
achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification, (International
Organization for Standardization) in Quality Management.
www.gapbuster.com
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