AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, August 17

Friday 17 August 2007 15:15
Sydney--17 Aug--Asianet/InfoQuest
ARTSINGAPORE TO...
SINGAPORE - ARTSingapore, Southeast Asia's only major contemporary art fair is returning for its seventh edition from 4 - 8 October 2007 at Level 4 Hall 404, Suntec Singapore.
http://www.artsingapore.net
BANCO ITAU...
SAO PAULO - Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. issued a statement noting the company has not recorded any credit operations in "subprime" market in the United States or any other countries.
http://www.itau.com
NELSON EXPANDS...
MELBOURNE - NELSON, an international architecture, interior design, strategies, workplace services, engineering and information services firm, has reached an agreement in principle to merge with Portola Australasia, a Melbourne-based firm that specializes in facility planning, workplace
solutions, architectural programming and project delivery.
http://www.nelsononline.com
NN APPOINTS...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - NN, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Rajesh J Bhadarka as its Business Manager in India beginning August 1, 2007.
O2MICRO ANNOUNCES...
GEORGE TOWN - O2Micro International Limited, a leading supplier of innovative power management, and security components and systems, announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas awarded O2Micro attorneys' fees of US$2,159,139.26 and costs in the amount of $109,263.29 against defendants Beyond Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., FSP
Technology, SPI Electronic Co., Ltd., FSP Group and Lien Chang Electronic Enterprise Co., Ltd.
http://www.o2micro.com
PROGEN ENGAGES...
BRISBANE - Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited announced it has executed an agreement with Quintiles, the worlds largest Contract Research Organisation, to utilise their services for a number of clinical development-related projects.
www.quintiles.com
EVOGENIX TO...
SYDNEY - EvoGenix Limited announced that it has entered into a second project with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) under the terms of a Research and Collaboration Agreement executed between the two companies in October 2005.
SIMSARI.COM AIMS...
DUBAI - Simsari.com Dubai's online property marketplace, has announced the appointment of Marwan Lallas as its new managing director, who will spearhead the portal's growth and transform the 'home shopping' experience for people around the world preparing to make a lifestyle investment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
http://www.simsari.com
http://www.tejari.com
SINGHA BEER...
BANGKOK - Given the overwhelming success of the recent screening of Thai Indy movie Invisible Waves and the exciting party held afterwards in celebration of the film, SPO Inc, Japans leading movie distributor, expressed strong confidence in Thai movie potential in Japan while Singha - the preferred Asian beer brewed in Thailand voiced support by continuing to champion entertaining films and fine tasting beer.
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