SYDNEY--20 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
VIDEOBET LAUNCHES...
TALLINN: Videobet, a leader in the server based gaming industry, has recently announced the launch of its new server-based gaming platform in a stand-alone configuration.
MEDICAL SHOWCASE...
BEIJING: Varian Medical Systems, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, will showcase a full spectrum of cancer treatment technologies, including the company's new Clinac CX linear accelerator, at the upcoming ChinaMed 19th International Medical Instruments and Equipment
INVESTMENT FUND...
LONDON: Northern Trust Global Investments, the asset management arm of Chicago-based Northern Trust Corporation, has partnered with Resona Trust & Banking Co. Ltd, one of Japan's top five trust banks, to offer a manager of managers investment fund to Resona's Japanese pension fund clients.
ENERGY NEWS...
HOUSTON: ODS-Petrodata, the leading provider of news, data and consulting services specific to the offshore oil and gas industry, has launched Energy Current, a new online news service offering global coverage of targeted energy industry segments.
AMEX LISTS...
NEW YORK: The American Stock Exchange has listed the common stock of Denison Mines Corp. under the ticker symbol DNN.
SUN ONE...
FRANKFURT: Wolfgang Tiefensee, Germany's Transport Minister and Commissioner for the New Federal States, together with Brandenburg's Minister President Matthias Platzeck and Managing Directors Ramin Lavae Mokhtari and Olaf Tober of Odersun AG, cut through a copper tape symbolizing the main production component at Odersun's first commercial solar factory, "Sun One."
OMEGA WATCHES...
VALENCIA: Omega president Stephen Urquhart introduces IOC president Jacques Rogge to the head of ETNZ syndicate Grant Dalton at the Emirates Team New Zealand base during Louis Vuitton Cup Round race in Valencia, Spain, 19 April
JAPAN PRIZE...
TOKYO: Prof. Albert Fert, University of Paris-South, France, and Prof. Dr. Peter Grunberg, The Research Center of Solid State Physics, Germany, received the Japan Prize for The discovery of Giant Magneto-Resistance and its contribution to development of innovative spin-electronics devices.
DATED BRENT...
NEW YORK: Platts, the world's leading energy information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, says it will add North Sea crude oil Ekofisk to Dated Brent, the world's premier oil benchmark.
WIRE TRANSPARENCY...
NEW YORK: The Wolfsberg Group and The Clearing House Association L.L.C. has issued a statement endorsing measures to enhance the transparency of international wire transfers to promote the effectiveness of global anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing programs.
TMF ACQUISITIONS...
HONG KONG: On 1st February 2007, global management and accounting outsourcing firm, TMF, took a major step in its Asia strategy to acquire two companies - Asian Financial Services Limited and the client accounting and company secretarial businesses of Baker Tilly Hong Kong.
SUN ANNOUNCES...
HONG KONG: Sun Innovation Holdings Ltd. announced its financial results for the year ending December 31, 2006 on April 17, 2007 and stated that it intends to focus on entertainment related property development projects in Macau.
WP STEWART RESULTS...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. will announce earnings results for the first quarter 2007 on Thursday 3rd May 2007 in a press release that will be issued at 8:00 a.m. (EDT).
FOOTBALL ACADEMY...
DOHA: The ASPIRE Academy in Qatar today launched an ambitious programme that will provide talented African students from seven nations with a chance to study and train in one of the world's most advanced sports Academies.
FUTURES CONTRACT...
LONDON: IntercontinentalExchange, the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodities exchange, has announced plans to introduce a new sour crude futures contract based on one of the world's largest crude oil production
TURTLE RACE...
GIBRALTAR: www.PartyBets.com is pleased to announce that it is offering odds on "The Great Turtle Race," which sees tracking devices attached to 11 female leatherback turtles to monitor them as they take their annual journey from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT...
PARIS: Reed MIDEM, the Paris-based organizer of international exhibitions, announced on Wednesday the launch of AMAZIA, the first pan-Asian, business-to-business exhibition and conference devoted to the creation and distribution of international entertainment content across all delivery platforms.
OXIANA REPORT...
MELBOURNE: Oxiana Limited launches quarterly report for the three months ending 31 March 2007.
VERIZON VOIP...
READING: Verizon Business customers in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America can now achieve improved levels of performance for applications like voice over IP, enterprise resource planning and video.
MARVELL SUPPORT...
SANTA CLARA: Marvell, the leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions, has announced that the company's industry leading WLAN products fully support the Intel Ultra Mobile PC initiative (codenamed McCaslin).
THOMSON REVIEW...
PHILADELPHIA: Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, announced on Thursday, the release of its most recent quarterly review of scientific literature on drugs and therapies.
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION...
HALIFAX: The regulator of Nova Scotia's offshore petroleum industry has announced changes intended to make the province's offshore more attractive for exploration.
MOBILE MEDIA...
MONTE CARLO: The D. E. Shaw group, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Warner Music Group and prominent media and telephony angel investors have invested $7.7 million in Emotive Communications, Inc., a media technology and services provider that has developed a real-time interactive ringtone format for 3G, 4G and VoIP services.
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โรงพยาบาล Vinmec International Hospital ในกรุงฮานอย ได้เริ่มนำเสนอเทคโนโลยีรังสีรักษาอันทันสมัยแก่ผู้ป่วยโรคมะเร็ง ด้วยเครื่องฉายรังสีเร่งอนุภาคเชิงเส้นรุ่นใหม่ Clinac(R) iX จากวาเรียน เมดิเคิล ซิสเท็มส์ (Varian Medical Systems) (NYSE: VAR) ระบบ Clinac iX ทำให้ทางโรงพยาบาลสามารถให้การรักษาผู้ป่วยโรคมะเร็งด้วยการฉายรังสีแบบปรับความเข้ม (IMRT) รังสีรักษาภาพนำวิถี (IGRT) และการฉายรังสีปริมาณสูงที่ก้อนเนื้องอกบริเวณลําตัว (SBRT) เครื่องฉายรังสีเร่งอนุภาครุ่นใหม่นี้ได้รับการติดตั้งเทคโนโลยี RapidArc