AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Monday, January 23, 2006
SYDNEY, Jan. 23--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HOTEL RENAMING...
HONOLULU - Kahala Hotel Investors, LLC, an affiliate of
Honolulu-based Trinity Investments, LLC, has announced plans to
rename the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii to The Kahala, and
management of the AAA 5-Diamond resort will be turned over to
Landmark Hotels, Incorporated.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060120/SFF040LOGO
FINANCIAL SUPPORT...
NEW ORLEANS - The Louise T Blouin Foundation - a global
philanthropic agency dedicated to the development of culture
and creativity - has given a $100,000 donation in support of
the work of the Cultural Committee of the Bring New Orleans
Back (BNOB) Commission.
http://www.ltbfoundation.org
http://www.bringneworleansback.org
FORD PROMOTION...
SHIJR - Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd.
announced that Ford Lio Ho in Taiwan is expanding its program
offering a StreetPilot c320 with every Ford vehicle purchased
before the Chinese Lunar New Year.
http://www.garmin.com
LAB CERTIFICATIONS...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp.
announced that its central laboratory operation in China has
earned two significant certifications - one from the College of
American Pathologists and the other from the National
Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program.
http://www.quintiles.com
POLICY SPEECH...
TOKYO - On January 20, 2006, Japan's Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi delivered a general policy speech to the
164th session of the Diet
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html
DEFAMATION LAWSUIT...
NEW YORK - Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and Cerberus
Asia Capital Management, LLC, filed a federal lawsuit in New
York City against Mainichi Shimbun, one of the largest daily
newspapers in Japan, alleging defamation and seeking a
retraction of a news article and damages.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$100
million on January 30 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
DRAFT STANDARD...
SANTA CLARA - Marvell, the leader in storage,
communications, and consumer silicon solutions, is pleased to
recognize the industry's efforts in converging on a draft
specification for the IEEE 802.11n standard.
http://www.marvell.com/sales/index.jsp
http://www.marvell.com
WORLD CUP...
ZURICH - iSe-Hospitality AG, which has exclusive rights to
sell hospitality at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, has
announced that there had been enormous demand in Australia for
hospitality packages for the event.
http://www.fifaworldcup.com
BLUETOOTH SERIES...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., - Kicking off the winter sports season,
Motorola Inc. and Burton Snowboards have announced the
commercial availability of the Bluetooth-enabled Audex Jacket
Series.
http://www.motorola.com
http://www.burton.com
http://www.hellomoto.com
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