SYDNEY--23 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ASIAN FOOTBALL...
HONG KONG - The organisers of the internationally acclaimed
Football World Series tournaments in Europe and the Middle-East
are changing the face of football in Asia with the signing of a
joint venture with Sports Fusion Asia Ltd to be known as
Football World Series Asia Ltd. FWSA plans to stage a series
of football tournaments starting as early as July 2009, across
the Greater China and Asia Pacific region.
ACONEX FUNDING...
SAN FRANCISCO - Aconex, the worlds largest provider of
online information management solutions to the construction and
engineering industries, has announced a US$85 million
(AU$107.5m) financing deal with Francisco Partners, a leading
technology investor.
www.franciscopartners.com
www.aconex.com
SPHERICS, INC...
WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts - Joseph F. Finn, Jr.,
C.P.A., Assignee of the assets of Spherics, Inc. for the
benefit of creditors, announced today that all oral drug
delivery intellectual property will be sold at a sealed bid
auction on October 10, 2008.
MICRO DEVICES...
SAN DIEGO - CMD Booth # 1 - California Micro Devices will be
showcasing its display controller solutions based on the Mobile
Digital Display Interface and Mobile Industry Processor
Interface high speed serial interface display standards and its
PicoGuard ultra-low capacitance ESD protection devices for
mobile handset applications at SID Mobile Displays 2008 in San
Diego on September 23rd and 24th.
www.cmd.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$300
million on October 2, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ANTISENSE THERAPEUTICS...
CARLSBAD, California - Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. and Isis
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces the following webcast:
www.antisense.com.au
www.isispharm.com
DYADEM DEAL...
TORONTO - Dyadem, the market leader in Quality Lifecycle
Management and Risk Lifecycle Management solutions today
announced it has signed a new deal with Centennial Coal Company
Limited, the largest independent coal producer in Australia.
www.dyadem.com
WadiaRTSILadia ACQUISITION...
HELSINKI - W adiartsil adia has today agreed to acquire a leading
naval architecture and ship design company Conan Wu &
Associates Pte Ltd, headquartered in Singapore. The deal also
includes partnership agreements regarding CWA's business in
Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.
www.wartsila.com
GALOC RESERVES...
MELBOURNE - Gaffney Cline and Associates have completed
their independent review of the Galoc oil field, updating the
reserves certification with the information obtained during the
development drilling and well testing.
www.nido.com.au
PSION TEKLOGIX...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Expanding its rugged wireless
computing solutions to a host of new light industrial mobile
applications, Psion Teklogix, Inc. today unveiled NEO, its
next-generation lightweight, pocket-sized handheld computer.
www.psionteklogix.com
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS...
MELBOURNE and CARLSBAD, California - Antisense Therapeutics
Ltd. and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are pleased to advise that
the results from the ATL/TV1102 Phase IIa clinical trial in
patients with multiple sclerosis were presented Saturday at the
World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
in Montreal, Canada by the Principal Investigator for the
trial, Volker Limmroth, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the Department
of Neurology, Cologne City Hospitals, Germany.
www.isispharm.com
www.antisense.com.au
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