INDIA SUBSIDIARY...
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania: VWR International, Inc., a
leader in the global research laboratory industry, has announced
the establishment of a full-service, wholly owned subsidiary in
Bangalore, India to better serve the needs of the rapidly
expanding pharmaceutical and biotech industry in the
subcontinent.
www.vwr.com
AUTONOMY PRESENTS...
SINGAPORE: Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in
infrastructure software for the enterprise, announced that its
chief operating officer, Andrew Kanter, will serve as chairman
and a presenter at the upcoming Knowledge Management (KM) Asia
2006 Conference, which will take place from November 7 to 9 at
the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition
Center in Singapore.
RELIANCE PROJECT...
HOUSTON: Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced that
it has executed a letter of intent with Allseas Marine
Contractors S.A. for the installation of the subsea
infrastructure in connection with Allseas' engineering,
procurement, installation and construction of Reliance
Industries Ltd.'s Dhirubhai gas field development project in
the Krishna Godavari Basin in the Bay of Bengal.
www.HelixESG.com
HUDSON HIGHLAND...
NEW YORK: Hudson Highland Group, Inc., a leading provider of
permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent
management services worldwide, has announced financial results
for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30,
2006.
www.hhgroup.com
MOTOR MUSIC...
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Motorola, Inc. adds mobile music to the
in-vehicle experience with the introduction of the new Motorola
Automotive Music & Hands-free System T605. With this new car
kit, drivers have one seamless solution that offers access to
digital music and phone calls directly through a compatible car
sound system.
www.motorola.com
www.motorola.com/motoinfo
www.hellomoto.com
www.hellomoto.com/bluetooth
BEIJING OFFICE...
BEIJING: BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate
banking arm of BMO Financial Group, has officially opened its
Investment Banking Representative Office in Beijing.
www.bmocm.com
DOTMOBI MILESTONES...
DUBLIN: dotMobi, the official worldwide registry for the
.mobi domain, announced it has reached two new significant
milestones since its successful September public launch.
www.dotmobi.mobi
http://dotmobi.mobi
http://blog.mobi
http://dotmobi.mobi/registrar
SECURITY LEADERSHIP...
WASHINGTON: The Indian American Security Leadership Council,
a bi-partisan organization created to encourage closer ties
between India and America, announced that they are expanding
their grassroots efforts to educate five key U.S. states on the
U.S. & India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act.
www.indianamericansecurityleadershipcouncil.org
TELE ATLAS...
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of
digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location
based solutions, announced at the SEMA Show that it has been
selected by Malata to provide the digital map data and dynamic
content for the company's PG series of personal navigation
devices (PNDs) and PDG series of portable DVD PNDs.
www.teleatlas.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25
million on November 10, 2006 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest. Fannie Mae will also redeem US$25 million MTN
securities issues on the same date.
www.fanniemae.com
SANTANDER SPONSORS...
MADRID: Ron Dennis, Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group
and Team Principal of the Team McLaren Mercedes Formula One
team, and Juan Manuel Cendoya, Executive Vice-President of
Santander and head of Communications, Corporate Marketing and
Research, signed a sponsorship agreement for the bank to become
an official team sponsor (Corporate Partner category) starting
January 1st, 2007.
www.santandernet.com
CERBERUS CAPITAL...
NEW YORK: John W. Snow, who served as 73rd Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States of America, has issued a
statement about his previously announced appointment as
Chairman of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
www.cerberuscapital.com
ADDITIONAL FUNDING...
SARATOGA, California: Ekahau Inc., announced that it has
attracted a total of US$16 million in financing in 2006,
including US$12 million in Series B equity funding and US$4
million of venture loans and government funding.
www.ekahau.com
OPENCLOVIS LAUNCHES...
PETALUMA, California: OpenClovis, Inc. announced it will
launch several new open source projects that aim to provide
high availability and carrier grade capabilities, which are
required by the telecommunications industry, to popular open
source telephony and enterprise applications.
www.openclovis.com
www.openclovis.org
FESPIC GAMES...
KUALA LUMPUR: The 9th FESPIC Games KL06, scheduled from Nov
25 to Dec 1, is set to receive huge media turnout and global
coverage as some 200 media personnel from more than 40
countries are expected to turn up for the Games in Kuala
Lumpur.
COUNTERFEIT SOFTWARE...
REDMOND, Washington: Less than one week after IDC released a
study sponsored by Microsoft Corp., detailing the risks of
using counterfeit software, and six weeks after Microsoft
released its own forensic analysis of counterfeit discs,
Microsoft has announced a series of criminal and civil actions
taken against alleged dealers of counterfeit software around
the world.
www.microsoft.com
www.microsoft.com/genuine
www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/wga/default.mspx
LUNG CANCER...
BASEL: Seventy per cent of European patients battling lung
cancer had never regarded the disease as a threat prior to
learning of their condition, according to results from a new
pan-European public and patient survey announced on the eve of
Lung Cancer Awareness Month. This ignorance about lung cancer
is also indicative of a chronic lack of awareness about the
disease.
www.roche.com
www.roche.com/med_mbackgrlungcancer.pdf
www.roche.com/mboncology-e.pdf
www.health-kiosk.ch/start_krebs
www.avastin-info.com
www.tarceva.net
CLINICAL TRIAL...
BASINGSTOKE: Shire has announced the start of a new Phase
IIIb clinical trial to evaluate two new dosing schedules of
DYNEPO (epoetin delta), the first commercial
erythropoiesis-stimulating agent produced in a human cell line.
DYNEPO is used in the treatment of anaemia in patients with
chronic kidney disease.
www.shire.com
LOWES WEALTH...
BEIJING: China-based Lowes Wealth Management announced that
its international equities portfolio has delivered an
impressive performance figure of 44.8 per cent over its first
year of trading.
FIBRE REPORT...
SINGAPORE: ICIS pricing, the global market pricing and
intelligence service for the oil and chemical industries, is
launching a new Chinese-language Fibre Intermediates (China)
report.
www.icispricing.com
www.icis.com
www.icisnews.com
www.reedbusiness.co.uk
SELF-SERVICE AIRTRANSPORT...
SINGAPORE: SITA's 8th Annual Airline IT Trends Survey
carried out in conjunction with Airline Business magazine,
indicates that Asia Pacific's airlines are embracing
self-service air transportation, shifting to a traveler-centric
model to facilitate passenger movement.
www.flightglobal.com
www.sita.aero
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