AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases For Thursday January 19, 2006
SYDNEY, Jan 19--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PLANTATIONS DIALOGUE...
CINCINNATI, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- A broad-based
community coalition of labor, environmental and other
organizations Wednesday said that it has extended an invitation
to meet with members of the board of directors of Golden Hope
Plantations Berhad, now that, as the result of a joint venture
with Cognis Deutschland GmbH, the oleo-chemical portion of a
plant in Cincinnati, USA is being operated from Golden Hope's
headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
http://www.steelworkers-usw.org
ZAG EXPANDS...
WASHINGTON, and PERTH, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Zero
Alpha Group (ZAG), a network of leading wealth management
firms, has added to its ranks an eighth member -- and the first
from outside the borders of the United States and has hired its
first executive director.
http://www.zeroalphagroup.com
http://www.planbonline.com
ALCAN DIRECTOR...
MONTREAL, Jan. 18 /CNW-AsiaNet/ -- Yves Fortier, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) announced
Wednesday the appointment of Gwyn Morgan as a Director of the
Company.
AEROSYSTEM CONTRACT...
WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Spirit
AeroSystems, Inc., Wednesday announced that it has won its
first contract since becoming a new company last June and will
design and build engine pylons and nacelle components for the
Boeing 747-8 airplane.
http://www.spiritaero.com
CARDIAC IMPLANT...
PARIS, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ELA Medical, a Sorin
Group Company and innovative leader in the development of
cardiac rhythm management (CRM) implantable and diagnostic
systems, announced Wednesday the European introduction of
OVATIO, the world's smallest implantable cardioverter
defibrillators (ICDs).
http://www.sorin.com
http://www.elamedical.com
FANNIE MAE...
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) has announced a 5-year issue of $3
billion with a pricing date of January 18, 2006 and settlement
date of January 20, 2006 that will mature on February 15, 2011
at a price of 99.542 with a yield of 4.603%.
http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/305450.html
http://www.fanniemae.com
MOBILE TV...
LONDON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire - Asianet/ -- IPWireless
Wednesday announced a new solution that allows mobile operators
to leverage existing unpaired 3G spectrum to capitalize on the
demand for mobile TV and other mobile multimedia.
http://www.ipwireless.com
http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/page.cfm/Link=1
ING ASIA...
SINGAPORE, Jan. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ING
Wholesale Banking, Asia ("ING") Wednesday announced the
appointment of Terence Yiu as Head of Foreign Exchange Options,
Asia effective immediately, he will be responsible for
leveraging ING's existing options expertise and technology to
enhance FX option coverage in Asia, in particular for Asian
local currencies, to the benefit of the bank's global client
base.
LIFEWATCHER LAUNCHED...
TOKYO, Jan. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- After 3.5
years in R&D, Mobile Healthcare Inc. Wednesday announced the
commercial launch of Lifewatcher, an innovative service that
operates over mobile phones and the Internet, the provides
comprehensive, patient-centric, mobile disease self-management
system for diabetes, obesity, and other lifestyle-related
disease sufferers.
www.lifewatcher.com
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