BERN - As part of the "SCIENCEsuisse" project, swissinfo.ch is presenting
profiles of 25 Swiss scientists from the broadest range of disciplines.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/index.html
SMS COMMUNICATIONS...
AUCKLAND - Datasquirt (ASX: DSQ) and Zeacom are launching a new SMS-based
communications service for organizations wanting to better manage high volumes
of in-bound and out-bound customer calls.
www.datasquirt.com
SCREENING AWARENESS..
SYDNEY - Asia Pacific leaders commit to raise awareness of cervical cancer
screening and prevention programs
http://www.idoeverythingican.org
WINE WINNER...
AMSTERDAM - The Trasgaia 2006 produced by the Italian Villa Trasqua wine estate
is the big winner of the American Express 2009 Tower Club Wine Awards in
Singapore.
http://www.villatrasqua.it
VOIP PARTNERSHIP...
LONDON - Nimbuzz, the most comprehensive mobile VoIP,
presence and IM provider today announces its first key revenue sharing
partnership with a social network, formalising its push to provide online
communities with real time web and mobile communication.
http://www.nimbuzz.com
EURAIL EXPANSION...
UTRECHT - The Eurail Group, owner of the popular Eurail Passes for European
rail travel, has announced further expansions to the product range.
http://www.EurailGroup.com
GROUP ACQUISITION...
NEW YORK - Medley Global Advisors LLC (MGA), today announced the acquisition of
The G7 Group from Xinhua Finance, Ltd.
http://www.medleyadvisors.com
MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE...
EINIDHOVEN - With its LifeVibes(TM) Multimedia Software in Over 500 Million
Devices, NXP Software has Established Itself as the Leader for Mobile
Multimedia in Just 5 Years of Existence
http://www.software.nxp.com
DRUG TREATMENT...
CALGARY - Resverlogix Corp. (TSX:RVX) announced today that treatment
with its lead drug RVX-208, a first in class ApoA-I/Prebeta-HDL elevating drug,
in a post-hoc analysis from the Phase 1a clinical trial found that treatment
with RVX-208 resulted in a positive trend on an important marker of cognitive
function and Alzheimer's disease, Amyloid-beta40 is an important constituent of
amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
www.resverlogix.com
SOURCING BRIEFING...
LONDON - CPhI conferences are delighted to announce the addition of a one day
briefing on Successfully Sourcing from India and China to the 2008 Pharma
conference line-up.
www.pharmasource-indiachina.com
INVESTMENT FORUM...
NEWTON, MASS. - Questex Media Group, Inc, organizer of the International Hotel
Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin and of the Russia & CIS Investment Conference
is pleased to announce the launch of International Hotel Investment Forum
(IHIF) Asia Pacific to be held in Macau, June 8-10, 2009.
www.ihif-asiapacific.com
Fannie Mae...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today filed its third quarter report on
Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
AFFORDABLE SUPERCOMPUTER...
SAN JOSE - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in
application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced the
addition of the world's most affordable personal supercomputer to its
SuperBlade(R) family.
www.supermicro.com
PROTECTION SOLUTIONS...
MUNICH - California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its broad
range of protection solutions, including devices for electrostatic discharge
(ESD) protection and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering at
Electronica 2008 in Munich from November 11 through 14.
http://www.cmd.com
CFL RECYCLING...
BEIJING - Energy efficient lighting innovator TCP, Inc., in collaboration with
the Joint U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean Energy (JUCCCE) "China Green Lights
for All" program, is launching China's first energy efficient compact
fluorescent lamp (CFL) recycling program for consumers.
www.tcpi.com
NEW APPOINTMENT...
NAGOYA - Menicon Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of Jonathan Jacobson as
General Manager, Global Business Strategies & Operations, effective November
10. Jacobson joined Menicon after serving at Bausch & Lomb for 23 years.
www.menicon.com
WHEY CHALLENGE...
LONDON - Whey Fortification 2008 has been designed to tackle the key technical
challenges product manufacturers face when utilising the nutritional,
functional and technical benefits of whey across their product portfolios.
www.wheyfortification.com
MAIL SERVICE...
CHENNAI - Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ National market: SIFY), a
leader in enterprise data services and consumer Internet with global delivery
capabilities, announced today the launch of its brand new mail service from
Sifymail called WIYI or 'World In Your Inbox'.
http://www.sifycorp.com
PHARMA EXECUTIVES...
LONDON - Join the leading pharma executives redefining the function of
pharmaceutical procurement and preparing for future challenges of driving world
class procurement.
www.pharma-exec.com
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