SYDNEY--18 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ALLEGIANCE CONFIDENT...
SYDNEY: Allegiance confident of shareholder support for
board recommendation to reject Zinifex offer.
KAREL APPEL...
AMSTERDAM: Born in Amsterdam in 1921, Karel Appel was one of
the most important Dutch expressionist painters during the
second half of the twentieth century. This year various
exhibitions of Karel Appel's work are on view in Europe, while
The Karel Appel Foundation has launched its website for the
public this week. Every question any art dealer, collector or
museum might have regarding the authenticity of a work of the
artist can now contact the absolute authority, the foundation
of the artist, directly.
www.delaive.com/index.php?page=press
www.gallerydelaive.com
www.cobra-museum.nl
www.albertina.at
www.tefaf.com
www.karelappel.org
NRMA INVESTS...
AUCKLAND: NRMA Motoring & Services, Australia's largest
motoring group, announces an investment in New Zealand's
tourism and travel industry with the purchase of Thrifty New
Zealand, an 85-room hotel in Palmerston North and
Adventureworld Travel.
NEC NO. 1...
TOKYO: NEC Corporation announces that it has been named the
world's leading microwave communication-system company by
industry analysts.
www.nec.com
STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL...
WILTON, Connecticut: Startech Environmental Corp., a fully
reporting and the internationally recognized Award-winning
Environment and Energy Company announces that it has been
selected by the Disposal Services Authority, of the United
Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, for its Waste Disposal and
Sustainability presentations throughout UK.
www.startech.net
www.edisposals.com
www.perasgroup.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN, MTNR and FINP securities issues on January 27
and 28, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the
principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
SOKA GAKKAI...
TOKYO: The New Komeito party and the Soka Gakkai Buddhist
association, its main endorsing body, held an official liaison
meeting on January 17 at the party's headquarters in
Shinjuku.
www.sgi.org
MICREL ANNOUNCES...
SAN JOSE, California: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in
analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC
solutions, launches the MIC2341 and MIC2342. The devices are
Dual Channel Hot-Plug Power Controllers that support the power
requirements for PCI Express Specification v2.0.
www.micrel.com
SHIRE COMPLETES...
BASINGSTOKE: Shire plc announces that with the launch in
Spain of FOSRENOL (lanthanum carbonate), a non-calcium
phosphate binder, Shire is celebrating the completion of the
launch roll-out in the major European markets. FOSRENOL is the
first of the company's medicines developed in-house from
research molecule to market.
www.shire.com
www.worldkidneyday.org
THOMSON SCIENTIFIC...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, and LONDON: Thomson Scientific,
part of The Thomson Corporation and leading provider of
information solutions to the worldwide research and business
communities, announces that Century of Science has been
purchased by Peking University in China.
www.scientific.thomson.com
www.thomson.com
www.pku.edu.cn
JUST GROUP...
MELBOURNE: Jays Jays, the youth fashion retailer, responds
to continuing public criticism of its highly popular Little
Losers range of tee-shirts.
LAUREATES NAMED...
TOKYO: The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan
announces the names of three laureates for the 2008 (24th)
Japan Prize. All three laureates this year are American
scientists.
www.japanprize.jp/English.htm
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