AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases For Friday April 16, 2010

Friday 16 April 2010 15:20
CRICKETER HONOURED...

BARBADOS: Cricket Great, Sir Garfield Sobers to be Honoured at Gala Dinner, Twenty20 Cup Final Eve.

www.garrysobers.com

LAUREN AWARDED...

PARIS: Ralph Lauren receives the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in recognition of his contributions as a designer, business leader and philanthropist in the fight against cancer.

http://investor.ralphlauren.com

ART AUCTION...

NEW YORK and BERLIN: artnet Auctions offers continuous online auctions of fine art, prints and photographs. Starting April 15, artnet Auctions will present 275 exquisite photographs by artists from Berenice Abbott to James Van Der Zee in a special sale that ends April 29th.

http://www.artnet.com

FDA APPLICATION...

SOBORG: Contura Inc. has submitted a Premarket Approval Application (PMA) for Aquamid(R) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting marketing approval in the U.S. for the aesthetic treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds.

http://www.contura.com

http://www.aquamid.us

COMPOSITE BREAKTHROUGH...

PARIS: Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, yesterday launched a global competition to find new applications for composite materials.

http://www.owenscorning.com

FANNIE MAE OFFERING...

WASHINGTON: The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM):

2-Year

Pricing Date: April 15, 2010

Settlement Date: April 19, 2010

Maturity Date: June 22, 2012

Issue Size: US$4 billion

Coupon: 1.250%

Price: 99.887

Yield: 1.303%

Payment Dates Each June 22nd and December 22nd, beginning June 22, 2010

Spread: +25 basis points / 1.000% 03/31/12 U.S. Treasury

CUSIP: 31398AP71

Listing Application will be made to list the securities on the EuroMTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

http:/www.fanniemae.com

TAUW RESULTS...

DEVENTER, The Netherlands: Today Tauw presents the best annual returns in its 82-year existence. The consulting and engineering company realized a 118.5 million euro turnover last year, seven percent higher than in 2008.

QUARTERLY RESULTS...

WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will release its first quarter 2010 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Thursday, April 29.

http://www.spiritaero.com

BRUNEI BILLING...

TORONTO: Redknee (www.redknee.com/) (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, today announced that Brunei's premier

telecoms operator, Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru), is already experiencing the benefits of its upgrade to Redknee's interconnect billing solution, InBill ( www.redknee.com/productsinbill?PHPSESSID=c7e6783453be8672326d605374a7594c ).

www.redknee.com

PEABODY PROPOSAL...

ST. LOUIS: Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today submitted an improved and definitive proposal to acquire a controlling interest in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC).

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