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
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