SYDNEY, Sept. 29--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY...
SYDNEY - Encouraged by the improving fundamentals of the
airline industry, the aircraft leasing companies have placed
144 orders for new aircraft in the first half of 2005 compared
to only 12 aircraft in all of 2004.
http://www.frost.com
TSUNAMI RECOVERY...
EDINBURGH - The international relief and development
organisation, Mercy Corps, and the global financial
institution, ING today announced a new corporate partnership to
support the long term recovery of those worst affected by the
Boxing Day Tsunami of December 2004.
http://www.mercycorps.org
http://www.mercycorps.org.uk
http://www.ing.com
RESEARCH COLLABORATION...
DULUTH, Ga. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Merial and
Scynexis, Inc. announced today that they have formed a research
collaboration naming Scynexis as a primary animal health
discovery research partner for Merial.
http://www.scynexis.com
http://www.merial.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae has announced that it has
repurchased outstanding expired European-style (one-time)
callable debt securities.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ONLINE GOODS...
BRADENTON, Fla. - Access USA, a leader in global package and
mail forwarding services, announced Wednesday the results of a
survey indicating a significant increase in the interest of
international shoppers in purchasing U.S. luxury goods online
this holiday season.
http://www.myus.com
FINANCIAL REPORT...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger
Telematics Inc has completed filing of its Report on Form 10K
for the year ended 2004 and is focused on an expedited
completion of its Reports on Form 10Q prior to the Gizmondo's
US launch date.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
MOBILE ALLIANCE...
SAN DIEGO - The Open Mobile Alliance, an international
specifications setting body, announces the public availability
of six new Enabler Releases.
http://www.openmobilealliance.org
INDUSTRY SUMMIT...
LONDON - Top-level speakers and delegates from the world of
international public relations meet in London on November 2-3
for an industry summit on the hottest topics in global
communications at a time of radical change.
http://www.ipra.org
http://www.iprasummit.org
http://www.pinnaclepr.co.uk
SEARCH TECHNOLOGY...
OSLO - Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developer
of enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies,
announced that Amp'd Mobile has selected FAST's search
technology to help power its upcoming broadband wireless
service.
http://www.fastsearch.com
http://www.ampdmobile.com
SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS...
YOKOHAMA - Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation and SCK Co.,
Ltd., an affiliate of Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation,
announced Wednesday an agreement under which Shibaura
Mechatronics Corporation will proactively raise its interest in
SCK's operations and strengthen business in Korea.
http://www.shibaura.co.jp/e/
AXIOS SYSTEMS...
LONDON - Leading global IT Service Management software
specialist Axios Systems says it stands to benefit from Hewlett
Packard's acquisition of Peregrine Systems because the
resulting take-over may prove problematic to implement and will
create uncertainties about the company's eventual product
offering.
http://www.axiossystems.com
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