AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008

Tuesday 21 October 2008 17:27
KOOKMIN BANK...

LONDON - Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest Bank, today

announced that it will rely on World-Check's risk intelligence

to enhance its due diligence and Know Your Customer compliance

processes.

www.kbstar.com

www.world-check.com

WORLD-CHECK...

LONDON - World-Check, the leading global provider of risk

intelligence, and eSum Technologies Inc, a leading e-business

solutions provider in South Korea, have announced a strategic

alliance that will offer a seamless solution for customer and

identity authentication screening against the World-Check risk

intelligence database.

www.esumtech.com

www.world-check.com

GLOBAL ENERGY...

BERLIN - Global Report Launch: Energy Revolution: Global

Sustainable Energy Outlook.

www.greenpeace.org/energierevolution

BEND RESEARCH...

BEND, Oregono - Bend Research Inc. announced today that it

will independently offer unique drug-delivery expertise and

technologies to outside firms in the pharmaceutical and

biotechnology industries.

www.bendresearch.com

HERMAN MILLER...

COLOGNE - Herman Miller, Inc., the global office furniture

manufacturer that has continuously set new standards for

seating comfort, ergonomics, and performance, introduces the

next groundbreaking innovation in work chairs: the Embody

chair, designed by internationally renowned designers Jeff

Weber and the late Bill Stumpf.

MANPOWER SOFTWARE...

LONDON - Manpower Software plc, the leading provider of

workforce optimisation and e-rostering solutions in the UK

healthcare market, is pleased to announce that Sunway Medical

Centre in Selangor, Malaysia has selected Manpower Software's

MAPS Healthroster solution for electronic rostering to all

clinical staff.

www.manpowersoftware.com

NERVIANO MEDICAL...

NERVIANO - Nerviano Medical Sciences, the largest

pharmaceutical R&D facility in Italy and one of the leading

oncology-focused, integrated discovery and development

companies in Europe, today announced a new multi-year agreement

with Genentech, Inc.

www.nervianoms.com

FUJITSU FRAUD..

NEW YORK - LinkCo, Inc., an information technology company,

is suing Fujitsu Ltd., a world leader in information

technology, and its former chairman and CEO, Naoyuki Akikusa.

http://LinkCoInc.com

WESTINGHOUSE APPOINTMENT...

PITTSBURGH - Westinghouse Electric Company announced today

that it has appointed Meena Mutyala to the newly created

position of Vice President and Business Leader, India

Strategy.

www.westinghousenuclear.com

THOMSON REUTERS...

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Scientific business of Thomson

Reuters today announced that ISI Web of Knowledge and EndNote

Web are now available in Simplified Chinese.

http://thomsonreuters.com

http://isiwebofknowledge.com

CAS ALLIANCE...

ORLANDO, SYDNEY and KAISERSLAUTERN - CAS, the leading global

provider of demand side management solutions for the consumer

products industry, today announced the launch of the CAS Global

Alliance Program.

www.casrealresults.com

FANNIE MAE...

WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae today announced that it will not

issue Benchmark Notes this month.

www.fanniemae.com

BRAND ASSET...

NEW YORK - Brand Asset Digital announces the public beta of

the world's first and only Search Engine Marketing platform for

P2P Search called P2Pwords. The platform, which is the first

pay-per-click for P2P Search, gives top advertisers the unique

ability to target and connect their branded content directly to

consumers via P2P Search.

www.brandassetdigital.com

CAS SERVICES...

ORLANDO, SYDNEY and KAISERSLAUTERN - CAS, the leading global

provider of demand side management solutions for the consumer

products industry, today announced the launch of CAS Global

Services.

www.casrealresults.com

MERRIAM-WEBSTER...

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - Representatives from

Merriam-Webster, America's leading English language reference

publisher, will be traveling to Seoul, Korea this month to

attend the 16th annual Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of

Other Languages International Conference. John M. Morse, the

company's President and Publisher, will deliver a presentation

entitled Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: A First

Look.

www.Merriam-Webster.com

ARCADIS ACONEX...

DENVER - Aconex, the world's largest provider of online

collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering

industries, has secured a contract with Arcadis, an

international project management, consulting and engineering

firm.

www.arcadis-us.com

www.aconex.com

EESTECH ARYAN...

SYDNEY - EESTECH, Inc. and Aryan Clean Coal Technologies, a

wholly owned subsidiary of Aryan Coal Beneficiations Pvt. Ltd

of India, have entered into an agreement to establish a joint

venture company to introduce three 10 mega watt HCGT power

plants to the underground coal mines of India over the next

five years.

CAS EXPANSION...

ORLANDO - CAS, the leading global provider of demand side

management solutions for the consumer products industry, today

announced the successful completion of several key initiatives

for the company, focused upon expansion and building momentum

globally.

www.casrealresults.com

NEOSTEM FUNDING...

NEW YORK - NeoStem, Inc., which is pioneering the

pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of

adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today that

they are to be the recipient of $800,000 in Federal funding

supported by Congressman Steve Rothman through the Department

of Defense FY09 Appropriations bill.

www.neostem.com

BANCO ITAU....

SAO PAULO - On October 18, 2008, BANCO ITAU HOLDING

FINANCEIRA S.A., through its subsidiary Banco Itau S.A., and

MARISA S.A., have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding"

describing the framework of an operational agreement for a term

of 10 years, the purpose being to create a new Itau/Marisa

credit card, as well as making it possible to offer, distribute

and sell ITAU's products and services to MARISA's customers on

an exclusive basis.

www.itau.com

BLACKLIGHT POWER...

CRANBURY - BlackLight Power Inc. today announced the

successful independent replication and validation of its 1,000

watt and 50,000 watt reactors based on its proprietary new

clean energy technology.

www.blacklightpower.com

SIR IVAN...

NEW YORK - Rock singer and peace activist, SIR IVAN, is

breathing new life into the musical and social legacy of the

1960s with his new album, I AM PEACEMAN, a collection of

classic 60s folk/rock hits rejuvenated and reinvented with 21st

century cutting-edge style.

www.sirivanmusic.com

KOREAN BIBLE...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's

foremost Audio Bible ministry, has recently released the South

Korean Audio Drama New Testament. The dramatized format

includes background music, sound effects and multiple

characters.

www.FaithComesByHearing.com

CALIFORNIA MICRO...

TAIPEI - INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- California Micro Devices

announced that it will be showcasing its latest serial

interface display controller architecture at the Intel

Developer Forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 20 and 21, 2008,

as a Member of the Mobile Internet Device Community.

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$25

million on October 30, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100

per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued

interest.

http://www.fanniemae.com

ECONOMIC STIMULUS...

ABU DHABI - His Royal Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed

Al-Nahyan, Dhabian Holdings PLC and The World Trade Centers

Association and the World Trade Centers Management Company have

announced today a joint $3.2billion initial capital proposal

that has been sent to world leaders and will be known as 'The

Triangle of Peace', which is described as 'a global peace

initiative'.

UTC FIRE...

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania - Astea International Inc., the leader

in service lifecycle management and mobility solutions

announced that UTC Fire & Security, a global provider of fire

safety and security solutions, has recently completed the first

phase of an international deployment of Astea's FieldCentrix

solution -- including the FX Service Center, FX Mobile and FX

e-Service applications.

www.astea.com

www.utcfireandsecurity.com

ATMEL TRANSMITTER...

DETROIT - Convergence Show -- Atmel Corporation announced

today the availability of the new AVR-microcontroller-based RF

transmitter family ATA577x for Remote Keyless Entry

applications.

www.atmel.com

ATMEL DRIVER...

DETROIT - Convergence Show -- Atmel Corporation announced

today the availability of the highly integrated driver ICs

ATA6833 and ATA6834 for brushless DC motor applications such as

fuel pumps, turbo chargers, or exhaust gas recirculation --

applications which are continuously operated and therefore

require maximum reliability.

www.atmel.com

ENERGY COMPANIES...

SINGAPORE - Major oil companies have maintained their

stronghold as the world's most financially effective energy

businesses, according to the 2008 Platts Top 250 Global Energy

Company rankings announced here Monday evening.

www.platts.com

www.mcgraw-hill.com

RAPTOR PHARMACEUTICALS...

NOVATO, California - Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp., today

announced the initiation of patient dosing in a Phase 2a

clinical trial, in collaboration with the University of

California, San Diego, to evaluate cysteamine bitartrate in

adolescents diagnosed with Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.

www.raptorpharma.com

TRAVELPORT MILESTONE...

LANGLEY - Travelport GDS today announced the company has

achieved a key milestone in the consolidation of its global

data centre operations, successfully migrating its Galileo,

Apollo and airline host reservations systems from Denver to

Atlanta resulting in a significant upgrade in equipment and

operating environment.

www.travelport.com

2LARGE2EMAIL...

BRISBANE - 2Large2Email -- http://www.2large2email.com --

has announced the beta availability of its flagship product, a

web application that allows files up to 2GB to be sent across

the Internet rather than by traditional email.

www.2large2email.com

OLYMPIC MEDALS...

MELBOURNE - They were the toast of the 1956 Australian

Olympics after unexpectedly winning gold in the 2000m Tandem

cycling event. After 50 years of enduring mateship they are

offering their gold medals, and selected Olympic and sporting

memorabilia, for sale in what is believed to be a world

first.

www.leski.com.au

PEROT SYSTEMS...

BANGALORE, NOIDA, and PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems

Corporation today announced the appointment of Anurag Jain as

Managing Director for the company's Asia-Pacific region.

www.perotsystems.com

PERICOM SLIMLINE...

TAIPEI - INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- Pericom Semiconductor

Corporation, a worldwide preferred supplier of products for

timing, signal conditioning and connectivity, today announced

the addition of a new SlimLine bridge to its existing family of

SlimLine PCI Express packet switch and bridge products.

www.pericom.com

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