AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, June 20, 2008

SYDNEY--20 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest


TXU UNVEILS...

DALLAS - Friday, TXU Energy introduced its new energy

conservation product - the TXU Energy iThermostat.
http://www.txuenergy.com

GTA PARTICIPATES...

NEW YORK - GTA by Travelport, one of the world's leading

wholesalers of hotels, ground products and services to the
travel industry, has announced that it has been selected to
participate in the National Tour Association's China Inbound
Program.
http://www.travelport.com
http://www.NTAonline.com
http://www.gta-travel.com

JOURNAL PRESENTS...

DURHAM - The journal STEM CELLS announced that Lena Motoda,

M.D., Ph.D. won the 3rd Annual STEM CELLS Young Investigator
Award.
http://www.StemCells.com
http://www.cic.re.kr/symposium

PPR PARTNERS...

PARIS - PPR announced the signature of a long-term strategic

partnership with the Sowind Group, a Swiss holding company
based in La Chaux de Fonds headed by Luigi Macaluso.
http://www.girard-perregaux.com
http://www.jeanrichard.com

BILLBOARD GRABS...

VIENNA - The world's biggest billboard has been grabbing the

attention of football fans flying into Vienna Airport for the
closing stages of Euro 2008 - covering an area of more than 50
football pitches, online betting company Betfair has spent the
last four months growing different kinds of plants to spell out
the message 'NO.1 FOR FOOTBALL AND STILL GROWING!'.

WORTH FORECAST...

BOSTON - The emerging biomass industry is projected to

become a US$1.5 billion fiber market by 2012, RISI indicates in
its International Woodfiber Report (IWR). The market's
explosive growth is due not only to multi-billion investments
from private equity firms and Fortune 500 corporations but also
as a result of numerous legislative initiatives including the
new Farm Bill.
http://www.risiinfo.com
http://www.risiinfo.com/wf
http://www.risiinfo.com/biomass

COURT DETERMINES...

SUNNYVALE - Artecel, Inc., announced Friday that the patent

inventorship litigation concerning the foundational,
composition-of-matter patent covering stem cells isolated from
adipose (fat) tissue has been decided in favor of Artecel's
licensor, the University of Pittsburgh and against Cytori
Therapeutics' licensor, the University of California.
http://www.artecel.com

CONVENTION FEATURES...

SAN DIEGO - A new chemical fertility control technology that

could substantially reduce the devastating impacts of rodents
on rice production in developing countries is being featured at
the BIO 2008 International Convention in San Diego, California
from the 17th through the 20th of June.
http://www.senestech.com

CGI SIGNS...

MONTREAL - CGI Group Inc., announced Thursday the signing of

seven year agreements with Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited and BMO Financial Group to extend their use of
CGI's Proponix global trade platform.
www.cgi.com

EVENT ADDRESSES...

SAN FRANCISCO - TechInsights Thursday announced the

expansion of the RFID World 2008 conference, offering
demonstrable vertical market RFID solutions, discussion forums,
seminars and symposia that address the increased demand from
industry leaders for a RFID solutions-focused event.
http://www.rfid-world.com/2008

DUPONT RAISES...

WILMINGTON - DuPont Titanium Technologies friday announced

its second global price increase for titanium dioxide in two
weeks in an attempt to keep pace with rapidly rising costs of
energy and raw materials.
http://www.titanium.dupont.com

FIRSTGROUP CHOOSES...

ABERDEEN - Quintiq, a leading provider of advanced planning

and scheduling solutions, Thursday announced that it has won
the contract to provide a comprehensive resource optimisation
solution to FirstGroup, the world's leading transport
operator.
http://www.firstgroup.com
http://www.quintiq.com

JAPAN APPROVES...

SUNNYVALE - Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the

field of radiosurgery, announced Thursday that Japan's Ministry
of Health, Labor and Welfare has granted Shonin approval of the
CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System for use in treatment of
extracranial tumors, including tumors that move with
respiration.
http://www.accuray.com

ATMAIL SUPPORTS...

BRISBANE - AtMail, a leading provider of easy-to-use,

Linux-based email management appliances and software, Thursday
announced that its commercial AtMail Webmail system is fully
compatible with the FireFox 3 web browser.
http://www.atmail.org

MEDLEY ANNOUNCES...

NEW YORK - Medley Global Advisors, LLC, the leading provider

of policy intelligence to hedge funds, investment banks,
governments, announced Thurday that it has hired christian
distasio to join its content team.
http://www.medleyadvisors.com

NEUFTEC RESPONDS...

ROSEAU - Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of the original

nano-particulate cerium oxide fuel catalyst technology, which
recently issued a claim against Oxonica Energy Limited, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Oxonica PLC, for infringement of its
European Patent in the High Court of Justice, has commented on
a fundamental inaccuracy in Oxonica's AGM Statement issued by
Dr Matthews (CEO) on 19 June 2008.

CB1400 PREVENTS...

LOS ANGELES - Canopus BioPharma, Inc., has confirmed the

efficacy of its oncology candidate, CB1400, as a tumor reducing
agent and has also demonstrated the synergistic effect of this
drug in combination with both cisplatin and cetuximab (Erbitux)
in two mice lung cancer models.
http://www.canopusbiopharma.com .

EXHIBITIONS PRODUCE...

BANGKOK - CMP Media (Thailand) Co Ltd, and the Thailand

Board of Investment (BOI) jointly announced the success of the
recently concluded INTERMACH 2008 and SUBCON THAILAND 2008
machinery exhibition which attracted over 35,000 local and
foreign visitors and produced combined transaction values of
over 4.2 billion baht.

COMPANIES PROFIT...

HANNOVER - Companies looking for the best way to enter the

German-speaking market profit from hannoverimpuls' targeted
options: one of the partners working with the hannoverimpuls
business promotion company is Inline Sales.
www.hannoverimpuls.de

RIGHTS APPEALED...

TOKYO - The 8th United Nations Human Rights Council in

Geneva, Switzerland has unanimously approved a resolution
tabled by Japan, entitled "Elimination of Discrimination
Against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family
Members."

ADVENTURES EMBRACED...

ABU DHABI - Adrenaline Sports Live! will encompass stunts

and sporting action from world-class professional athletes,
whilst giving visitors the opportunity to try out activities
for themselves, to showcase the world's playgrounds to
thousands in Abu Dhabi between 13th and 15th November.
http://www.adrenalinesportslive.com
http://www.cmpiuae.com

ROLLOUT ACCELERATES...

LONDON - Mapesbury Communications Ltd, a UK GSM licence

holder, Thursday announced an agreement with Spectrum
Interactive (UK) Ltd for the rights to broadcast its UK01 GSM
service from hundreds of payphone kiosks; these sites will
accelerate the rollout of its new mobile phone service branded
as UK01.
http://www.uk01.com

LOGWIN STRENGTHENS...

HONG KONG - The Air + Ocean business segment of Logwin AG is

expanding its airfreight management team in line with the high
growth rates in the airfreight sector.
http://www.logwin-logistics.com
http://www.thiel-logistik.com

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