SYDNEY--13 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EDS TO...
PLANO, Texas - EDS announced it has reached a definitive agreement to
acquire RelQ Software Private Ltd., a privately owned Bangalore, India-based
software testing company.
http://www.eds.com
SCHERING-PLOUGH TO...
KENILWORTH, N.J. - Schering-Plough Corporation announced that its Board of
Directors has approved a transaction under which Schering-Plough will acquire
Organon BioSciences N.V., the human and animal health care businesses of Akzo
Nobel N.V., for approximately
11 billion in cash ($14.4 billion based on closing exchange rate on March 9,
2007).
SMARTBRIDGES ANNOUNCES...
SINGAPORE - Latest offering from smartBridges combines years of outdoor
radio industry expertise with cutting edge software features to deliver an
extremely lost cost standard based subscriber side equipment.
ALLEN & OVERY...
HONG KONG - As a sign that the Japanese economy remains buoyant, the Tokyo
office of leading international legal practice Allen & Overy will expand its
practice by adding Japanese law to its current English and US law capabilities.
OTIS ELEVATOR...
FARMINGTON, Conn. - The president of the world's largest elevator company
met last week with government officials and customers in Ho Chi Minh City to
explore market opportunities and to affirm Otis commitment to growing its
operations in Vietnam.
http://www.otis.com
ATERAS AND...
DALLAS and SUNNYVALE, Calif. - ATERAS and Fujitsu Computer Systems
Corporation announced that Township High School District 211 in Illinois, in
its overall effort to reduce IT costs and improve productivity, has selected a
solution by ATERAS and Fujitsu to migrate its student information, payroll,
personnel and security database systems from a mainframe IMS environment to the
Microsoft SQL Server platform.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two
securities issues amounting to a total of US$275 million on March 22, 2010 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae reported its posted yields for March 9, 2007.
http://www.fanniemae.com
HR ACCESS...
PARIS - HR Access Solutions, a leading provider of multinational payroll,
personnel administration and human resources management software and
outsourcing services, announced the appointment of Michel Picaud as Chief
Executive Officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), succeeding Eduardo
Pontoriero, who has been appointed Chairman of HR Access.
www.hraccess.com
NUVERA INSTALLS...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., in a joint operation with East
Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc., has installed its first PowerTap hydrogen
generation system.
http://www.nuvera.com
http://www.dekabatteries.com
SMARTVUE SIGNS...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Smartvue Corporation signed an agreement with Securitas
Security Services USA, Inc. to offer Smartvue video solutions to its customers
nationwide.
PLATTS INTRODUCES...
LONDON - As the price of European coal pushes to the upside of its two-year
highs near $70 per metric ton (mt), Platts, the world's leading energy
information provider and top supplier of benchmark prices, is introducing daily
reporting of two of its benchmark coal prices to better facilitate risk
management for financial and coal-dependent industries.
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
http://www.platts.com
SIDLEY AUSTIN...
WASHINGTON - Sidley Austin LLP announced that James Mendenhall has joined
the firm as a partner in its International Trade and Dispute Resolution
Practice.
http://www.sidley.com
DECARTA UNVEILS...
HANOVER - deCarta, the leading supplier of software platforms and services
for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced the launch of a
turn-key navigation application for use in personal navigation devices (PNDs).
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS...
SYDNEY - Research by Norkom Technologies among international financial
services organisations reveals that the overwhelming majority (73 per cent) are
moving toward enterprise-wide management of financial crime -- from fraud to
money laundering -- across business units, product lines and territories.
NICKEL RESOURCE...
SYDNEY - Emerging Australian nickel miner, Allegiance Mining NL has
estimated resources for a portion of the East Avebury and Saxon deposits which
were recently discovered one kilometre east of the Avebury Nickel Mine located
near Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania.
www.allegiance-mining.com.au
SAVI NETWORKS...
HONG KONG and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Savi Networks announced an agreement
on a project to extend the SaviTrak information service to facilities operated
by Modern Terminals Limited, one of the leading container terminal operators in
Asia.
http://www.savinetworks.com
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060109/NYM086LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org
http://www.savinetworks.com/
RADWIN ANNOUNCES...
NEW DELHI - RADWIN a leading provider of advanced wireless broadband
solutions, announced the immediate availability of its WinLink(TM) 1000 systems
for the newly opened 5.8 GHz band for unlicensed transmission in India.
www.radwin.com
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