BLACKHAWK EXPANDS...
SYDNEY: Blackhawk Network, a leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party gift cards in
the United States and Canada, announced Monday the expansion of its leading gift card program in Australia with the signing of
premiere partnerships with some of Australia's largest retailers including the Australia Post, Franklins, and thousands of news agencies.
DIC STAKES...
DUBAI and NEW YORK: Dubai International Capital LLC ("DIC"),the international investment arm of Dubai Holding, and Och-Ziff
Capital Management Group LLC ("Och-Ziff") Monday announced that DIC will acquire a 9.9 per cent outstanding equity stake in
Och-Ziff's business upon completion of Och-Ziff's planned initial public offering.
GOLDENCHINA RELEASES...
TORONTO: Golden China Resources Corporation Monday released its quarterly update report, a regulatory filing required by
the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
www.goldenchina.ca
STUDY PROVES...
BOULDER: Sciona, Inc., a leader in the science of nutrigenetics, Monday announced the results of a pivotal study published by Nutrition Journal, which demonstrates substantial advances in long term weight management and blood glucose levels as a result of personalizing patients' diets based on their genetic information (nutrigenetics).
http://www.Sciona.com
http://www.Mycellf.com
AIAG SIGNS...
FUZHOU: The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and Economic and Trade
Commission of Fujian Province (Fujian ETC) have signed a memorandum of understanding Monday in Fujian to help Chinese
suppliers there become global suppliers to the automotive industry.
http://www.aiag.org
http://www.hkpc.org
SUPERMICRO UNLEASHES...
SAN JOSE: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in application optimized high performance server solutions, Monday announced its first 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) solutions.
http://www.Supermicro.com
ALOKA INTRODUCES...
TOKYO: Aloka Co. Ltd., the Innovator in Ultrasound for more than 50 years, announced Monday the introduction of two
ultrasound systems with dedicated platforms for advanced cardiac and vascular imaging, the ProSound Alpha 10 and the
ProSound Alpha 7 at Scientific Session 2007 of American Heart Association, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,
Florida, November 4-7, 2007.
www.aloka.com
PLATTS INTEGRATES...
NEW YORK, and ATLANTA: Platts, a leading energy and commodities information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., a leading global commodity exchange operator, have agreed to integrate market data generated by trading in ICE's over-the-counter markets into Platts forward curve data products available to the North American natural gas and electricity markets.
http://www.platts.com
http://www.risk.platts.com
http://www.theice.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$115
million on November 9, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent 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$1,275 million on November 8, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
MARVELL WELCOMES...
SANTA CLARA: Marvell, a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, Monday announced that Dr. Juergen W. Gromer has joined the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.
http://www.marvell.com
JOICHI JOINS...
HONG KONG: Sanrio Digital Monday announced that Joichi Ito,the founder and CEO of the venture capital firm Neoteny, has
joined the Company's Board of Directors.
MICROSOFT ACQUIRES...
BANGKOK: Building on a worldwide commitment to improving health through software technology, Microsoft Corp. has agreed
to acquire software, intellectual property and other assets from Global Care Solutions, a privately held company based in Bangkok, Thailand, that develops enterprise-class health information systems.
http://www.microsoft.com
AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.