ALCAN TO...
HARIDWAR, India - Alcan will make an initial investment of US$10 million in
the Indian flexible packaging market.
www.alcan.com
PR NEWSWIRE...
NEW YORK - PR Newswire announced that it has been named the official news
service provider for the 3GSM World Congress 2007, scheduled to take place from
February 12-15 in Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000306/PRNLOGO
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070208/NYTH113LOGO
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070116/NYTU128
http://photoarchive.ap.org
http://www.prnewswire.com
http://3gsmworldcongress.mediaroom.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three securities
issues amounting to a total of US$200 million on February 20, 21, 2007 at a
redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
MEASUREMENT FLEXIBILITY...
LONDON - Asian and Australasian businesses need to know that the display of
US, British imperial and industry-specific measurements alongside metric could
be illegal in the European Union in less than three year's time.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/prepack/unitmeas/uni_ms_en.htm
http://www.bwmaonline.com/Yardstick%2028%20-%20October%202006.doc
ANTICOAGULANT AGENT...
SAN FRANCISCO - A 1,700-patient study comparing anticoagulation therapies
found that enoxaparin, one of a class of compounds called low-molecular-weight
heparins, is significantly more effective than an older therapy at preventing a
dangerous and common ischemic stroke complication called venous thromboembolism
(VTE).
http://www.uthscsa.edu
INDIAN AIRLINES...
BANGALORE - Indian Airlines will be the first carrier in India to operate
Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A330s. The airline is scheduled to take delivery
of the first of two A330-200 aircraft with PW4000-100" engines in October 2007.
http://www.pratt-whitney.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae to launch two securities issues amounting to a total
of US$4 billion to be redeemed on February 16, 2012 and February 13, 2017.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PRATT & WHITNEY...
BANGALORE - Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp.,
reinforced its commitment to India as a key growth market and strong technology
partner for civil and defense aero-power products and services at the Aero
India 2007 airshow in Bangalore this week.
http://www.pratt-whitney.com
CONTRAST MEDIA...
VILLEPINTE - Several dozen cases of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis among
patients with renal failure who have benefited from a Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) scan have been identified in the world.
http://www.guerbet.com
www.icnfdr.org
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/gadolinium_agents_20061222.htm
WYETH APPLAUDS...
COLLEGEVILLE - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, welcomes the
decision by donor countries to focus on the importance of pneumococcal disease
and to launch a pilot Advanced Market Commitment, which will help to bring the
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to developing countries.
http://www.wyeth.com/
OPEC OUTPUT...
LONDON - The 10 OPEC members bound by the cartel's output agreements
produced an average 26.95 million barrels per day (b/d) in January, down 50,000
b/d from December's 27 million b/d, but still well above the group's November
2006 and February 2007 targets, a Platts survey showed February 9.
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com .
http://www.platts.com/
ACTIX APPOINTS...
BARCELONA - Actix, the recognized global leader for systems that enhance
mobile network customer experience while reducing the total cost of ownership,
announced the appointment of Alex Hawker as Chief Executive Officer.
www.actix.com
STEMCORE IS...
WELLESLEY - In response to the rapidly evolving field of stem cell research,
this month's launch of StemCore marks the establishment of the first
independent ethical review board focusing exclusively on stem cell research.
http://www.stemcore.org
EDS TARGETS...
SYDNEY - Global technology services group EDS aims to slash its greenhouse
gas emissions in Australia and New Zealand in a wide-ranging program that will
affect most areas of its business.
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