TAKEOVER OFFER...
SINGAPORE: Connect Holdings Limited has announced that its
voluntary conditional cash general offer to acquire all the
issued shares of Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet Limited for
US$11.00 net in cash per share, without interest, was declared
unconditional in all respects and has successfully closed as of
1:00am, New York City time, on 22 June 2007, 1:00pm, Singapore
time, on 22 June 2007, which marks the expiration of the
initial offer period.
www.sec.gov
FORTENT APPOINTS...
NEW YORK and TOKYO: Fortent, a provider of compliance
technology, information, and training, has announced the
appointment of Masahiko Hibino as Sales Director, Japan.
RENEWABLE ENERGY...
BERLIN: The renewable energies sector is increasing in
relevance and profitability for investors. This will be a major
topic at the upcoming POWER-GEN Europe 2007 running from June
26th-June 28th in Madrid, Spain.
http://www.invest-in-germany.com
http://www.invest-in-germany.com
NCIRCLE LAUNCHES...
SAN FRANCISCO: nCircle, the leading provider of agentless
security risk management and compliance solutions, has
announced that Japan's leading business-oriented ISP, NTTPC,
will launch a security service based on nCircle's suite of
advanced security products to its managed security service
clients.
http://www.ncircle.com
WISEKEY EXPANDS...
GENEVA, VALENCIA and SAO PAULO: WISeKey is expanding its
global reach to South America. This cooperation allows the
WISeKey Spanish subsidiary, with head offices in Bilbao, to
expand its cooperation with Brasilinvest to offer WISeKey's
technology in both Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries.
http://www.brasilinvest.com.br
GLOBAL BIOFUELS...
HOUSTON: Hart Energy Consulting is pleased to announce that
Golden Hope has become the first Malaysian company to join the
Global Biofuels Center.
http://www.hartenergy.com
http://www.goldenhope.com.my
BULL FACE...
SYDNEY: John Bull Footwear is proud to announce that
legendary All Black Wayne Buck
Shelford is to be the new face
of the John Bull brand in New Zealand.
DIABETES SOLUTIONS...
BRUSSELS and CHICAGO: The International Diabetes Federation
has called for projects that adapt science to meet the needs of
people living with diabetes and to implement practical
solutions for improving diabetes care and prevention
worldwide.
http://www.idf.org
http://www.idfbridges.org
http://www.lilly.com
LOAN DEALS...
MOSCOW and TORONTO: On June 22, 2007 OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel
signed loan agreements for an aggregate amount of US$6 billion
with Original Mandated Lead Arrangers BNP Paribas and Soci aac??t aac aac??
G aac??n aac??rale for purpose of funding the acquisition by a Norilsk
Nickel Group company of all of the outstanding common shares of
LionOre Mining International Ltd.
http://www.nornik.ru/en
VISA FILES...
SAN FRANCISCO: Visa Inc. has filed a registration statement
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
related to the series of transactions for the planned
combination of Visa Canada, Visa International and Visa USA
into a single private stock company, Visa Inc.
http://www.corporate.visa.com
http://www.sec.gov
CASH DIVIDEND...
CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation has announced that
its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend
of $0.10 per share.
http://corporate.americangreetings.com
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060321/CLTU081LOGO
ELECTRIC VEHICLE...
SANTA ROSA: Electric car pioneer ZAP is launching a new
development program for a high-performance electric vehicle
that is affordable for consumers.
http://www.zapworld.com
HEALTH STUDY...
TOOWOOMBA: A new analysis from the 2002 The US Women's
Health Initiative was reported this week in the New England
Medical Journal and shows that the women in their study, who
commenced oestrogen therapy nearer menopause and under age 60,
had a 35 per cent reduction in their coronary artery plaque
burden.
FOOD REGULATORS...
SYDNEY: An extraordinary meeting of the Australia and New
Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council was held in
Canberra on Friday, chaired by Senator Brett Mason,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Government Minister
for Health and Ageing.
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