AV GROUP...
FREDERICTON, NB - The AV Group, a Joint Venture of the Aditya Birla Group of
India and Tembec of Canada, announced ambitious expansion plans for the
production of dissolving pulp, the main raw material used in the manufacture of
Viscose Staple Fibre (rayon).
THOMSON SCIENTIFIC...
PHILADELPHIA - Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and
leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and
business communities, today issued its quarterly The Ones-to-Watch report,
providing expert insight into the five most promising drugs to enter each new
phase of clinical development between April and June 2007.
www.thomsonpharma.com/media/pdfs/tpqr/tp_qr_apr2007.pdf
www.thomson.com
http://www.scientific.thomson.com
DIGITEL SIGNS...
RICHARDSON, Texas - Navini Networks, the leader in offering commercial
Mobile WiMAX solutions, today announced a nationwide VAR and distributor
partnership with Digitel Corporation, a leading wireless systems integration
company.
http://www.neonova.net
http://www.digitel.net
http://www.navini.com
WAL-MART SELECTS...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. , WELLESLEY, Mass. and HELSINKI - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
and SSH Communications Security, a leading global provider of secure
file-transfer and end-to-end communications security solutions for the
enterprise, today announced that Wal-Mart has selected the SSH Tectia(R)
solution to enable secure remote access and secure end-to-end data file
transfer throughout the retail leader's extensive global computing network.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070611/WALMARTLOGO1
http://photoarchive.ap.org
http://www.walmart.com
http://www.ssh.com /
EMEA RECOMMENDS...
SYDNEY - Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited announced that the Committee for
Orphan Medical Products (COMP) of the European Agency for the Evaluation of
Medicinal Products (EMEA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the
granting of orphan medicinal product designation for PI-88 for the treatment of
hepatocellular carcinoma, or primary liver cancer.
ICIS, CBI...
LONDON and SHANGHAI - ICIS, http://www.icis.com/Home/Default.aspx, the
commodity market information business of Reed Business Information UK Ltd, and
CBI China Ltd http://www.cbichina.com/, China's domestic commodity market
information leader, have formed a joint venture to create China's most powerful
commodity market information company.
http://www.icis.com/Home/Default.aspx
http://www.cbichina.com
http://www.icis.com /
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of a
securities issues amounting to a total of US$25 million on August 25, 2007 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
QUINTILES APPOINTS...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp. announced the
appointment of Michael Troullis as its Chief Financial Officer, effective
immediately. Troullis had been acting CFO since former CFO John Ratliff was
appointed Quintiles' Chief Operating Officer last year.
http://www.qtrn.com
SCHOLARONE'S NEW...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - ScholarOne, a Thomson business, today announced
the release of Manuscript Central v4.0, an upgraded version of the
industry-leading manuscript submission and peer-review system.
http://www.scientific.thomson.com
http://www.scholarone.com
http://www.thomson.com
FPL ANNOUNCES...
LONDON - FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) has announced that the FIX Algorithmic
Trading Definition Language (FIXatdl(SM))has entered its beta phase in
preparation for its ultimate release targeted for late 2007.
http://www.fixprotocol.org/working_groups/algowg/documents
http://www.fixprotocol.org.
FOUR CORNERS...
PALM BEACH, Fla. - ABC's popular Four Corners report recently focused on a
controversial therapy for Dyslexia and ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorders).
http://www.learningbreakthrough.com
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s1994872.htm /
ITAU CUTS...
SAO PAULO - Banco Itau announces an unprecedented initiative in the
Brazilian financial market -- the reduction of all service charges collected on
its MaxiContas current account packages.
http://www.itau.com
ELCOTEQ BEIJING...
HONG KONG - Elcoteq SE, global provider of electronics manufacturing
services (EMS) for the communications technology industry, announces that
Elcoteq Beijing was honored with two awards issued by Beijing governmental
committees on July 17, 2007.
http://www.elcoteq.com
ASIA FOUNDATION...
KUALA LUMPUR, and SAN FRANCISCO - The Asia Foundation, the premier
non-profit organization devoted to Asia's development since 1954, announced the
appointment of Anthea Mulakala as Country Representative designate in Malaysia.
http://www.asiafoundation.org
AVNET X-FEST...
SINGAPORE - Avnet Electronics Marketing and Xilinx, Inc. have concluded
their 90-city global X-Fest technical seminars.
http://www.em.avnet.com
http://www.avnet.com/
http://www.xilinx.com
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