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ASIANET DAILY SUMMARY - MARCH 23, 2009Mar 22, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Monday March 23, 2009 SYDNEY, Mar. 23 /AsiaNet/ -- MATERNAL HEALTH... NEW YORK: The UN Millennium Campaign has partnered with Women's eNews, the online source of substantive information about issues of particular concern to women, to host a live online chat about maternal health on March 25, 2009 at 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time. www.endpoverty2015.org www.womensenews.org EGYII ANNOUNCES... SINGAPORE: Egyii, the Singapore based learning and development consultancy, has announced a new programme called Old World Banking vs. New World Banking - the Opportunity to Climb out of the Crisis to help client facing banking employees survive today's crisis and beyond. http://www.egyii.com WINE AWARDS... WELLINGTON: Marlborough winemaker Alistair Soper has been awarded three gold medals, for his Highfield Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008, Chardonnay 2007 and Riesling 2008 at the New Zealand Royal Easter Show wine awards held in Auckland on Saturday. www.highfield.co.nz www.wineshow.co.nz www.destinationmarlborough.com CIVIL AWARD... ISLAMABAD: On Monday, March 23rd, 2009, humanitarian Greg Mortenson receives Pakistan's highest civil award, Sitara-e-Pakistan (Star of Pakistan) for his sixteen-year effort to promote peace through rural girls' education and literacy, in an official ceremony in Islamabad. www.ikat.org www.penniesforpeace.org www.threecupsoftea.com REGIONAL MANAGER... NEW YORK: To take charge of Telmar Asia's expanding customer base and country penetration and to manage the introduction of eTelmar Web based systems and services throughout Asia, Lawrence Federman has been reassigned to this territory responsibility. www.telmar.com TENDER OFFER... MUMBAI: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Saturday announced its subsidiary, Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group Ltd. has extended the expiration date of the tender offer for the purchase of all outstanding ordinary shares of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. http://www.sunpharma.com http://www.sec.gov GAMES DEVELOPERS... SAN FRANCISCO: Imagination Technologies, a leading provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) silicon IP, is working with partners including Digital Legends, Firemint, Nokia and Samsung to bring the best in 3D tutorials, demonstrations and devices to Games Developers Conference 2009 (San Francisco, March 23-27). www.imgtec.com http://beagleboard.org FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 27 securities issues amounting to a total of US$3,953.5 million on March 30 and April 1, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com BEST CUSTODIAN... SINGAPORE: The Bank of New York Mellon received top industry recognition at The Asset magazine's Triple A Transaction Banking Awards 2009 on Friday night scooping the title of 'Best Global Custodian' in Asia. www.bnymellon.com CREDIT LINE... SHENZHEN: ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, Friday announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with China Development Bank by signing a "Development of Financial Cooperation Agreement". CYBERKNIFE RADIOSURGERY... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced Monday that the first extracranial patients were treated in Japan using CyberKnife radiosurgery, following the system's recently expanded regulatory approval. www.accuray.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions. |