DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS...
IRVINE, Calif. - "Many dietary supplements sold in Japan are
ineffective or may be unsafe," says Dr. Stephen Paul, Chief
Scientific Officer of Orange County Health Sciences Institute
and 30 year veteran in natural healthcare.
AXA ROSENBERG...
ORINDA, Calif. & SYDNEY - AXA Rosenberg Group LLC announced
today that Nicholas Smith, head of marketing and sales for AXA
Rosenberg Investment Management Ltd (Asia Pacific) and Doug
Burton, head of client service for AXA Rosenberg Investment
Management LLC (Americas) will both relocate to Sydney,
Australia in the next few months.
http://www.axarosenberg.com
AIRLINE AGREEMENT...
SHANGHAI - Southwest Airlines and Sabre Airline Solutions
recently signed a seven-year agreement that promises the
airline innovative and cost-effective technology.
POKER TOURNAMENT...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - College students interested in winning
tuition money for Fall 2005 semester at the school of their
choice have until midnight PST this Thursday May 19 to enter
the AbsolutePoker Free "Win Your Tuition" Texas Hold'em
tournament May 26.
http://www.absolutepoker.com
http://www.absolutepoker.com/college/how-to-enter.asp
INTERNATIONAL CENTER...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A $10-million gift to Case Western Reserve
University from the Inamori Foundation will enable Case to
establish the Inamori International Center for Ethics and
Excellence.
http://www.case.edu
GE MONEY...
NEW YORK - Corporate multinational General Electric Co. will
target growth as GE Consumer Finance becomes GE Money in Asian
countries throughout 2005.
http://geconsumerfinance.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/21503/press.shtml
HIV/AIDS BATTLE...
BEIJING - In response to Chinese Vice Premier Madame Wu Yi's
call on Chinese and international companies to take action to
stem the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Global Business
Coalition on HIV/AIDS announced definite commitments by 26
companies to tackle HIV/AIDS in their workplaces and the wider
community.
http://www.businessfightsaids.org
IMD EDUCATION...
LAUSANNE - IMD executive education has been ranked 3rd in
the world and 1st among European business schools for the
overall quality of its programs, according to the 2005
Financial Times rankings of top executive education
providers.
http://www.imd.ch
WIRELESS BROADBAND...
RICHARDSON, Texas & KANO - Horizon Wireless, one of
Nigeria's leading developers of private infrastructure,
announced today that it is launching its 3.5 GHz Wireless
Broadband network using wireless wide-area broadband equipment
from Navini Networks, Inc.
http://www.navini.com
3G POLICY...
LONDON - The GSM Association welcomes the news that the
recommendations of the Indian Regulator (TRAI) stay within the
Indian government's established policy of global spectrum
harmonisation for 3G services, contained in their Spectrum
Policy (NFAP 2002).
SHARE ISSUE...
RESTON, Va. - PRA International, a leading global clinical
research organization, announced today a proposed public
offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value
US$0.01 per share, all of which will be sold by certain
stockholders of PRA.
http://www.prainternational.com
CLINICAL UNIT...
RESTON, Va. - PRA International, a leading global clinical
research organization, today announced the creation of the PRA
Neurobehavioral Unit, which PRA's industry-leading central
nervous system global clinical development services.
http://www.prainternational.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 2 securities issues amounting to a total of US$210
million on May 27 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
GIZMONDO CORRECTION...
LONDON - In the news release, "EA Backs Gizmondo With
Blockbuster Titles and Co-Publishing Deal" issued on 17 May
2005 13:00 GMT, by Tiger Telematics Inc over PR Newswire, we
are advised by a representative of the company that in the
first paragraph, (TM) should be added after EA SPORTS and
SSX.
http://info.ea.com
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
EXCELLENCE AWARD...
ZEELAND, Mich. - Gentex Corporation, the U.S.-based supplier
of automatic-dimming mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, has received the "Excellence Quality Performance
Award" from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America.
http://www.gentex.com
LASER DRIVER...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in
analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC
solutions, today launched a new 2.7 Gbps high-current, low
power laser driver for FP/DFB lasers.
http://www.micrel.com
CANCER TRIAL...
ORLANDO, Fla. - Updated results of the independent Breast
International Group 1-98 trial show initial treatment with
letrozole, also known as Femara(R), offers significantly
greater post-surgery protection against breast cancer
recurrence than tamoxifen, in postmenopausal women with early
breast cancer.
http://www.ibcsg.org/index.shtm
LAUREUS AWARD...
ESTORIL, Portugal - Chinese triumph as gold medal hero Liu
Xiang wins Laureus World Newcomer of the Year Award, which was
established in 1999 by founding patrons DaimlerChrysler and
Richemont.
http://www.laureus.com
SYNOPSYS CONFERENCE...
BANGALORE - Synopsys (India) EDA Software Pvt. Ltd., a world
leader in semiconductor design software, announced that it will
host the sixth annual Synopsys Users Group conference in
Bangalore at the Leela Palace on May 25-26, 2005.
http://www.synopsys.com
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