KONE APPOINTS...
SINGAPORE - KONE has appointed THIEN NAM, the leading elevator and escalator
company in Vietnam, as its authorized distributor in Vietnam.
http://www.kone.com
OTIS ELEVATOR...
FARMINGTON, Conn. - Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies
Corp. has been awarded a US$9 million contract to supply and install 29
elevators for a multimillion-dollar expansion of the Foxwoods Resort Casino in
southeast Connecticut, U.S.A.
http://www.otis.com
PANACEA PHARMACEUTICALS...
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on
developing therapeutic and diagnostic products for cancer, announced that it
has closed its Series D Private Placement raising $8.9 million. Participants in
the round included Konishi Hiroshi; Kenso Kogyo Co., Ltd.; Kyokuto Securities
Co., Ltd.; Medikit Co., Ltd.; Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd.; Nomura Research &
Advisory Co., Ltd.; Shin Nihon Jitsugyo Co., Ltd.; and SOFTBANK INVESTMENT
CORPORATION.
http://www.PanaceaPharma.com
ROSEMOUNT AWARD...
JACKSON, Wyo. - Rosemount Estate, the prestige wine of Australia, and the
Jackson Hole Film Festival announced the winner of its second annual Rosemount
Diamond Award, a film competition for emerging filmmakers, at an award ceremony
at The Amangani hotel in Jackson, Wyoming Friday evening (June 9th).
DUPONT TITANIUM...
WILMINGTON, Del. - DuPont Titanium Technologies announced a price increase
in the Middle East for all DuPont titanium dioxide grades.
http://www.titanium.dupont.com
'LE REVE' THEATRE...
LAS VEGAS, NV. - "Le Reve's" 360-degree aquatic theatre has dazzled
audiences for 365 days by submerging them into a dream where tales of love,
adventure and mystery are staged with flawless virtuosity.
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/lereve/24570
www.wynnlasvegas.com
ASIA AUTOMOTIVE...
NEW YORK - Asia Automotive Acquisition Corporation announces that holders of
the Company's units can now separately trade the common stock and warrants
included in such units.
http://www.asiadevelopmentcapital.com
BRAZIL IMPRESSED...
BERLIN - Brazil said it was impressed today with Group F rival Australia's
come-from-behind 3-1 win over Japan and will approach the Socceroos with
caution when they meet Sunday in Munich.
WORLD CUP...
KAISERSLAUTERN - Japan was downcast after running out of steam and losing
3-1 to Australia in its World Cup opener here today, but players and coach
vowed to bounce back.
JAPANESE CRESTFALLEN...
BONN - Still 1-0 up in the 82nd minute - then such a quick and cruel defeat
for Japan's beloved Blue Samurai at the hands of the Australian Socceroos at
the World Cup.
ANTI-AVIAN INFLUENZA...
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France - For the first time, more than two hundred
international specialists (ministry of health, police and army, crisis
management, transports companies, public association, mayors, researchers,
pharmaceutical laboratories) will gather on June 29-30 2006 at the Institut
Pasteur in Paris, France, to discuss about the latest advances on Avian
Influenza, especially on new therapeutic targets for treatment and prevention
in humans, and plan the strategies to avoid or stop a human pandemic.
http://www.isanh.com/avian-influenza
ONLINE PAYMENTS...
SYDNEY - Custom House, one of the largest non-bank foreign exchange
companies in the world, is seeing a dramatic shift in the Australian FX
business as up to eighty per cent of clients including large companies and
organizations rapidly move to embrace secure, online technology and migrate
away from the traditional ways of managing FX payments.
www.customhouse.com
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