AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday December 17

EVANSVILLE: Mead Johnson & Company, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb, has confirmed that the company has agreed to sell its Adult Nutritional business to Novartis Medical Nutrition, a business unit of Novartis AG.

www.bms.com

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Catapult Communications Corporation has announced support for TD-SCDMA technology.

www.catapult.com

SANTA CLARA: NVIDIA Corporation has announced that Falcon Northwest has standardized on NVIDIA GeForce FX graphics processing units (GPUs) in the portable Falcon Northwest FragBox line of gaming PCs.

www.nvidia.com

ROLLING MEADOWS: To help business leaders and IT security and audit professionals understand their roles and responsibilities regarding IT governance, the IT Governance Institute (ITGI) has released three new tools: Board Briefing on IT Governance, 2nd Edition (available free at www.itgi.org), along with an IT Governance Implementation Guide and the IT Governance Business Game.

www.itgi.org

OAK BROOK: McDonald's today unveiled a new global packaging design inspired by the company's "i'm lovin' it" global brand campaign.

www.mcdonalds.com

PARIS: Valeo today announced that it signed agreements to increase its shareholding in two of its Chinese joint ventures in Shanghai, one for Electrical Systems and the other for Wiper Systems.

MILPITAS: Sipex Corporation today announced its latest Photo Detector Integrated Circuit (PDIC), the SP8052.

www.sipex.com

ANDOVER: Formatech, Inc. today announces the receipt of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) certification for the manufacture and associated controls of aseptically processed sterile dosage (liquids and lyophilized) units for clinical trial purposes.

www.formatech.com

SEOUL: Western Digital Corp. today announced availability in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Korea of its USB 2.0 external hard drive family.

www.westerndigital.com

GERMANTOWN: Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS) today announced that it is supplying the Shenzhen Security Communications Co. Ltd. (SSCC) with a comprehensive DIRECWAY broadband satellite network.

www.hns.com

CHICAGO: Advisory for Media Conference Call to see Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) and David Bahlman, President, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois (LPCI).

BRISBANE: To celebrate the centenary of powered flight, Pacific Blue Airlines has announced it will add yet another direct flight to its growing network before it has even taken off.

BRISBANE: Pacific Blue Airlines has announced it will increase its daily services across the Tasman by introducing a new direct service from Wellington to Sydney.

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