AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Thursday May 31

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SYDNEY--1 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest


LICENSING AGREEMENT...

BERLIN: ProBioGen, Germany, announced on Thursday that

Virbac has entered into a licensing agreement with ProBioGen to
develop biological product candidates using ProBioGen's novel
avian cell lines AGE1.

VOTING AGREEMENT...

BOSTON: Highfields Capital Management LP has announced that

it has executed a Voting Agreement with Bain Capital Partners,
LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. regarding the acquisition
of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. by the private equity
group.
http://www.baincapital.com

WU DEPARTS...

AUSTIN: Texas American Resources - Asia, Ltd. announced on

Wednesday the departure of Changlin Wu as President and Country
Manager to pursue other interests.
http://www.texasarc.com

NEW PRESIDENT...

AUSTIN: Texas American Resources-Asia Ltd, an affiliate of

Texas American Resources Company, Austin, Texas, has announced
the appointment of Mr. Francis Chang to the position of
Exploration Manager, China.
http://www.texasarc.com

SAEGIS PLATFORM...

NORTH QUINCY, ANTWERP, TOKYO: Thomson CompuMark, the global

leader in trademark research and brand protection solutions and
a business of The Thomson Corporation, has announced the launch
of its new SAEGIS platform for online trademark screening.
http://compumark.thomson.com
http://thenewsaegis.com
http://www.thomson.com

ROBOCUP SOCCER...

ATLANTA: The countdown begins for RoboCup 2007 Atlanta. The

world's most renowned competition for research robotics,
RoboCup 2007 Atlanta will be held at Georgia Institute of
Technology July 3-10.
http://www.robocup-us.org
http://www.robocup.org
http://www.robotics.gatech.edu
http://www.kukarobotics.com /

MANAGING DIRECTOR...

LAUSANNE, BEIJING: Erick Caron, concurrently, CEO of

Cognosense SA and Chairman & CEO of its Chinese subsidiary,
Cognosense Technology Co. Ltd. is pleased to announce the
nomination of Mr. Kevin Tsui, as new Managing Director, China &
Asia Pacific region.
http://www.cognosense.com

COMPANY COVERAGE...

NEW YORK: In response to growing customer demand for more

fundamental information on Asian companies, Standard & Poor's,
the leading provider of financial market intelligence,
announced that Compustat has expanded significantly its company
coverage in Taiwan and India.
http://www.standardandpoors.com

DIGITAL TELEVISION...

LINKOPING: Sicon Semiconductor AB and Zoran Corporation

announce that the companies are cooperating on delivering
improved technologies for digital television products.
http://www.siconsemi.com
http://www.zoran.com

TUMOR TREATMENT...

CAMBRIDGE: Mersana Therapeutics, a cancer therapeutics

company, announced on Wednesday that it has initiated a Phase I
open-label, dose-escalation trial of its lead product
candidate, XMT-1001, in patients with solid tumors.

CHICAGO TOWER...

FARMINGTON: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United

Technologies Corp., won an $11 million order for Aqua, the
latest high-rise tower under construction as part of Chicago's
premier Lakeshore East community.

EUROPEAN CRUISE...

HONG KONG: Costa Crociere, Europe's largest cruise liner,

provides Asian passengers the best European vacation option
with its newly launched flagship -- Costa Serena, departing
from Venice to Greece, Turkey and Croatia in summer 2007 and
from Savona to Canary Islands in winter 2007/2008.
http://www.costaserena.net
http://www.secondlife.com

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SPRC Names Herbert Matthew Payne II New CEO and Director

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Masdar Expands European presence with Acquisition of 1GW Renewable Portfolio in Poland

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