SYDNEY--26 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AHF/INDIA CARES...
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of AIDS treatment advocates expected to fill streets of
New Delhi in call for universal access to treatment on the AIDS treatment march
and rally in New Delhi, Saturday, March 24.
RESOURCES PRECINCT...
PERTH - A $100 million state-of-the-art Resources and Chemistry Precinct at
Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia will focus attention on
the importance of science and engineering and spark renewed interest in
mathematics, science and technology.
http://rcp.curtin.edu.au
SAFE HARBOR...
HONG KONG - Safe Harbor Investment Ltd. announced that Safe Harbor Master
Fund L.P., has submitted a shareholder proposal to add two outside directors,
Tetsuo Fujikawa, currently director and ex chief financial officer of Niles Co.
Ltd., and Kohsuke Noda, currently Representative Director of HartBay Capital
and a Vice Chairman and Director of IB Daiwa, to SNT Corporation's board of
directors.
www.safeharbor-investment.com
PATIENT CARE...
MELBOURNE - Scientists at WEHI have made a discovery with potentially
profound implications for the care of patients, especially those undergoing
cancer chemotherapy.
http://www.asianetnews.net
www.lls.org
www.murigen.com.au
TRUMP TORONTO...
TORONTO, Ontario - Toronto's Talon International Development Inc. announced
today that an agreement has been reached with international bank Raiffeisen
Zentralbank adi?sterreich AG (RZB) to arrange $310 million in construction
financing for the developer's five-star Trump International Hotel & Tower,
Toronto.
www.trumptoronto.ca
http://www.rzb.at
http://www.ri.co.at
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two
securities issues amounting to a total of US$1.2 billion on April 3,4 2008 at a
redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ANADIGICS' PRESIDENT...
WARREN, N.J. - ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor
solutions in the rapidly growing broadband wireless and wireline communications
markets, announced that Dr. Bami Bastani, President and Chief Executive Officer
of ANADIGICS, Inc., has been inducted to the New Jersey High-Tech Hall of Fame.
http://www.anadigics.com
WYETH SALUTES...
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, salutes the
World Health Organization's (WHO) decision to support the inclusion of
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in national immunization programs
worldwide.
CARICOM IMPACS...
PORT OF SPAIN - CARICOM IMPACS Regional Communications Spokesman Mr. Leonard
Robertson issues statement on the death of Pakistan cricket coach Mr. Robert
Woolmer.
ORAL CANCER...
NEUCHATEL - Celgene International Sarl announced that its innovative oral
cancer drug REVLIMID (lenalidomide) has received a positive opinion from the
European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for use in combination with dexamethasone as a
treatment for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one
prior therapy.
http://www.celgene.com
MYELOMA FOUNDATION...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., and BRUSSELS - The International Myeloma Foundation
(IMF) - supporting research and providing education, advocacy and support for
myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians - today applauded the
positive opinion from the European Union's Committee for Medicinal Products for
Human Use (CHMP) recommending approval of REVLIMID (lenalidomide) for patients
with myeloma.
http://www.myeloma.org
http://www.myelomala.org
RED BULL...
MEXICO CITY - Unprecedented enthusiasm of 42,000 spectators, the creme de la
creme of international freestyle motocross athletes and a one-of-a-kind show:
The Red Bull X-Fighters 2007 in the Monumental Plaza de Toros bullfighting
arena in Mexico City were way more than just a freestyle motocross contest.
www.redbullxfighters.com
http://www.ots.at/redirect.php?X-Fighters
DISEASED ARTERIES...
LONDON - METEOR is the first study to show a positive effect on
atherosclerosis in people with early signs of carotid artery disease and at low
risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
http://www.AstraZenecaPressOffice.com/
CORNING INTRODUCES...
GARNER, N.C. - It is Corning Life Sciences' pleasure to announce our newest
authorized full-line distribution partner, Best Lab Deals, Inc.
http://www.bestlabdeals.com
LIQUIDNET APPROVAL...
TOKYO - Liquidnet, the #1 electronic marketplace for institutional-only
block trading, announced it has received broker registration certification from
the Financial Supervisory Agency of Japan.
http://www.liquidnet.com
CHINA PC-WARE...
LEIPZIG - PC-WARE Information Technologies AG, one of the leading European
IT service providers, announces the foundation of a branch office in the
Chinese Silicon Valley in Peking.
http://www.pc-ware.com/pcw/cn/cn/about/group/main.htm
FARO PRESENTS...
LAKE MARY, Fla. - FARO Technologies, Inc., the world market leader in
portable computer-aided measurement arm and laser tracker sales, announced that
it has developed a Super Mobile Laser Scanner Kit.
http://www.faro.com
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