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2007'02.10.Sat
Flying Lab Launches a Chinese Language Web Site for Pirates of Burning Sea MMOG
September 25, 2006

    BEIJING, Sept. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Flying Lab has
developed a local language Chinese web site for its growing
fan base of its upcoming MMOG online title called Pirates
of the Burning Sea ( http://www.burningseaasia.com.cn ).

    This is a game of high adventure, cunning tactics, and
thrilling action in which players strive to be the best
pirate, trading merchant, navy officer, or buccaneer in the
game.  Featuring real-time tactical naval combat, gorgeous
visuals, and movie-quality surround sound, Pirates of the
Burning Sea turns players loose in a competitive, real
world action-packed experience of war, plunder, and glory.

    Flying Lab has taken a hands-on approach to Asia by
planning a complete 15/16th Century Asian playing scenario
complete with the famous Chinese Junks and Indonesian
pirates. 

    "Everyone in the world understands pirates and
many have studied the great Asian battles and trading
throughout the 16/17th Centuries.  The maritime trading
environment in Asia alone was an incredible time in
history.  PBS includes on-land trading, avatar combat and
conquests," said Russell Williams the CEO.

    The Asian design traits will specially be created for
local tastes, person vs. person, trading and wider
community elements.  The title is expected to conduct beta
testing across Asia mid 2007.

    About Flying Lab Software

    Flying Lab Software, a Seattle-based game development
company, is the maker of the critically acclaimed Rails
Across America, Editor's Choice from Computer Gaming World
and Editor's Choice and Best Multiplayer Game of the Year
from Computer Games magazine.  Their current project is
Pirates of the Burning Sea, an innovative massively
multiplayer online role-playing game of adventure and naval
combat in the age of sail. 

    http://www.burningseaasia.com.cn
 
    About Omake Interactive Services

    Omake Interactive Services was formed early in 2003 to
service the growing interactive games industry within Asia
and the Pacific Rim.  The key outsourcing services offered
by Omake include strategy formation and implementation,
distribution and agency services.  With over 18 years of
gaming experience in the industry and region, Omake offers
a unique path through to success in this region. 

    For more information visit
http://www.omakeinteractive.com .

    All trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. 

    For more information, please contact: 

     Flying Lab
     Russell Williams
     Tel:   +1-206-272-9814
     Email: rustyw@flyinglab.com

    For Asia Pacific partnership information, please
contact:

     Omake Interactive Services Pty Ltd
     For PR and Licensing contact
     Ping Cheng
     Tel:   +86-13910176803
     Email: Ping@omakeinteractive.com

SOURCE  Omake Interactive Services
PR
2007'02.10.Sat
BP Alaska Gets DOT Clearance to Re-Start Prudhoe Bay Eastern Operating Area
September 25, 2006

    ANCHORAGE, Ala., Sept. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- BP
Exploration (Alaska) Inc. said today it will re-start a
portion of the Eastern Operating Area of Prudhoe Bay in
order to run cleaning pigs and conduct an in-line
inspection of the crude oil transit line using a
"smart pig." The eastern portion of Prudhoe Bay
was shut down on Aug. 10 following discovery of a spill
caused by isolated pitting corrosion on Aug. 6. 

    (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/NYM120LOGO )

    The company, working closely with the U.S. Department
of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration, has determined that the line can be
returned to service. Three of the four flow stations
currently on warm stand-by will be returned to full
production.

    "This is an important milestone in returning all
of Prudhoe Bay to production many months in advance of our
complete replacement of 16 miles of oil transit
lines," said David Peattie, BP Group Vice President
for Existing Profit Centers. "It is a result of the
considerable efforts of BP employees working in cooperation
with contractors and federal and state regulators."

    The DOT approval allows BP to run an in-line diagnostic
tool -- called a smart pig -- through a five-mile, 34-inch
diameter segment that carries oil from processing
facilities on the eastern half of the Prudhoe Bay field. 
The results of the smart pig inspection, to be confirmed
with Ultrasonic Testing inspection, will help BP and the
DOT determine whether to continue operations through the
transit oil line or to shift production through a system of
bypass lines currently under construction.

    BP has performed tests on thousands of feet of the
Eastern Operating Area pipeline using ultrasonic and other
imaging equipment. As added precaution, BP's start-up plans
include an enhanced spill-response contingency plan, in
which crews and material will be positioned to respond if
any leak occurs.

    BP anticipates safely restarting the field will take
about a week. Resuming full operation of eastern Prudhoe
should add about 200,000 barrels of daily oil production
from the North Slope of Alaska. Current daily production
from the rest of Greater Prudhoe Bay is about 250,000
barrels per day.

    For more information about BP's Alaska operations visit
http://usresponse.bp.com 

    For more information, please contact:

     Daren Beaudo
     Tel: +1-907-564-5404

SOURCE  BP
2007'02.10.Sat
Legerity and Texas Instruments Team Up to Give Service Providers and IT Managers Increased Ability to Remotely Detect and Monitor VoIP Services
September 22, 2006

    BOSTON, Sept. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Legerity, Inc.,
the "V" in VoIP!(TM), and Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) are collaborating to deliver
service providers and enterprise IT managers  reliable
solutions to manage and monitor real-time Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. As part of their
agreement, Legerity's VeriVoice(TM) Test Suite, a
subscriber line test software package for VoIP equipment,
has been integrated into TI's PIQUA(TM) IP quality
management system. 

    TI's PIQUA software provides an extensive framework for
a real-time distributed system of complete quality
management elements designed to monitor and improve the
quality of IP-based services. The framework will facilitate
quicker and easier troubleshooting of IP-based services
including voice, data, video, and Internet-based music
services.  The Legerity VeriVoice Test Suite is available
as part of TI's PIQUA system, and is designed to provide
automated troubleshooting of the telephone wiring and
equipment attached to VoIP gateways in the home and office.
The solution is utilized by leading VoIP providers,
including Vonage Network Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage
Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG).

    "The enterprise market and service provider
community continue to implement new IP services for their
customers creating the need for a complete and robust
quality management platform that improves customer service
while lowering costs," said Fred Zimmerman, executive
director, VoIP customer premises solutions, Texas
Instruments.  "Our work with Legerity further extends
the capabilities of our PIQUA system and enables both
service providers like Vonage and other users of TI and
Legerity VoIP products to identify and address specific
problems that can occur within home and office telephone
systems and networks."

    TI's PIQUA software incorporates quality management
tools that enable the discovery, monitoring and repair of
services, devices and networks, allowing operators to
proactively manage factors like echo, dropped-packets and
line-delay.  These real-time diagnostic tools and
historical reporting capabilities will make it possible for
operators and enterprise network managers to identify trends
and avert problems before customers are even impacted.  

    "Accurate line test diagnostics are a vital
component to ensure the quality of VoIP services,"
said Rick Bye, senior segment marketing manager with
Legerity.  "The integration of Legerity VeriVoice Test
Suite with TI's PIQUA platform gives service providers and
enterprise IT managers an increased ability to remotely
diagnose line problems present in telephone wiring and
handsets connected to VoIP equipment.  Previously this type
of diagnosis could only be achieved by sending a technician
to the customer premises at a significant cost." 

    Legerity's VeriVoice Test Suite software is a
subscriber line software package for VoIP equipment,
providing the market's most cost-effective and reliable
solution for VoIP line test and self-test while at the same
time minimizing the cost of ownership for service providers.
VeriVoice Test Suite software enhances the line test
capabilities of the Legerity VE880 VoicePort series. 
VeriVoice Test Suite is available in C code allowing easy
integration by the developer, significantly reducing the
effort needed to implement line tests and self tests in
VoIP equipment.  The automated, remote testing capability
of the Legerity VeriVoice Test Suite eliminates the need
for costly truck rolls, which minimizes maintenance costs,
improves reliability of service and decreases the mean time
to repairs.  The Suite incorporates two test packages that
monitor the customer telephone equipment and copper pair
leading to it and self-tests to check the VoIP equipment
itself.  The VeriVoice Test Suite features the same robust
line test capabilities (GR-909 specification) that are
implemented in traditional central office line cards.  

    "As a leading provider of broadband phone service
in North America, Vonage strives to offer our subscribers
the highest level of voice quality and support," said
Daniel Smires, senior vice president of Engineering of
Vonage Network, Inc.  "The integration of the Legerity
VeriVoice Test Suite into the TI PIQUA Quality Management
System enables us to quickly diagnose customer problems and
reduce customer support costs while improving the overall
experience and ease of use for our customers."    

    Legerity will be exhibiting at Fall VON 2006 in Boston,
September 11-14, in booth number 1063 and will be
demonstrating its VeriVoice Test Suite.  TI is hosting a
hospitality suite in room 158.

    About Legerity, Inc. 

    Legerity is the world's most trusted name in voice
integrated circuits (ICs) for high-voltage, analog/mixed
signal semiconductor and software technologies.  Legerity
has years of demonstrated expertise in multiple voice
technologies, world-class factory and field engineering
support with a "high touch" customer philosophy,
and consistent, reliable, high volume supply of premium
quality IC components.  Headquartered in Austin, Texas,
Legerity supports the needs of a global customer base
through proprietary semiconductor technologies, superior
manufacturing processes, and more than 650 U.S. and
international patents.  Visit Legerity on the Web at
http://www.legerity.com .

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales
operations in more than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN.  More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    Trademarks

    Legerity, the Legerity logo and combinations thereof
are registered trademarks, and VeriVoice and  "the `V'
in VoIP!" are trademarks of Legerity, Inc.  PIQUA is a
trademark of Texas Instruments.  All other trademarks and
registered trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Deborah Shemony	
     Texas Instruments	
     Tel:   +1-301-515-6643		
     Email: dshemony@ti.com

     Erin Arnold		
     GolinHarris		
     Tel:   +1-972-341-2516		
     Email: earnold@golinharris.com

     Nate Long		
     Legerity		
     Tel:   +1-512-228-5674		
     Email: nlong@legerity.com

     Gregory Wise		
     Weber Shandwick	
     Tel:   +1-512-794-5716		
     Email: gwise@webershandwick.com

SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated

2007'02.10.Sat
Sidley Austin LLP Tops Institutional Investor's List of Best Hedge Fund Service Providers
September 22, 2006

    NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Sidley Austin
LLP ( http://www.sidley.com ) was rated by Institutional
Investor's Alpha Magazine as the hedge fund industry's top
provider of legal services.  Sidley was named the
"best overall law firm" serving the hedge fund
industry and was also recognized as the number one law firm
in the subcategory of "regulatory and compliance
expertise."

    Institutional Investor's 2006 Alpha Awards(TM) are
based on an extensive survey in which hedge fund managers
were asked to rate the quality of service received from
their accounting firms, fund administrators, law firms and
prime brokers during the previous 12 months. 
Representatives from more than 1,000 hedge fund management
firms, representing $1 trillion in single-manager assets,
participated in the survey.

    "We are delighted by the recognition of
Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine, particularly as
the Alpha survey reflects the perspectives of those who
matter most, our clients," said Bill Kerr, co-head of
the hedge fund practice and a partner in Sidley's Chicago
office.  "As counselors, first and foremost, we are
very gratified to be recognized for both the quality of our
service and for our sophisticated knowledge."

    "Our practice is broad in terms of subject matter
and deep in terms of resources," added Mike
Schmidtberger, also a co-head of the practice and a partner
in the New York office.

    Sidley's Investment Management, Hedge Funds and
Derivatives Group worldwide has more than 70 lawyers,
dedicated full-time to a broad variety of investment
advisory, fund and derivatives matters, with approximately
50 lawyers specifically devoted to hedge fund, commodity
pool, private equity and fund of funds work. Lawyers in the
firm's Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and
Hong Kong offices provide a full range of legal services to
our hedge fund clients, including advice on legal structure
and other formation issues (including master-feeder,
side-by-side and umbrella fund structures), securities and
derivatives regulatory matters, business term alternatives,
marketing arrangements, trading documentation, exchange
listing, internet usage and tax and ERISA matters.

    Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world's largest
full-service law firms, with more than 1,600 lawyers
practicing in 15 U.S. and international cities including
Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London,
Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Sidley was named the Number
One-Ranked U.S. Law Firm for Overall Client Service in 2002
and 2004 in surveys of Fortune 1000 executives by BTI, a
Boston-based consulting and research firm.  In 2005, BTI
named Sidley to their Client Service Hall of Fame as one of
only two law firms to rank in the Client Service Top 10 for
five years in a row.  Sidley received the 2005 Catalyst
Award in recognition of the firm's initiative to recruit,
retain and advance diverse talent.

    For more information, please contact:

     Janet Zagorin
     Sidley Austin LLP
     Tel:   +1-212-839-8797
     Email: jzagorin@sidley.com

     Adam Isserlis
     Rubenstein Associates
     Tel:   +1-212-843-8024
     Email: aisserlis@rubenstein.com

SOURCE  Sidley Austin LLP

2007'02.10.Sat
Rabbit Semiconductor, Inc. Launches PLC Application Kit Delivering Low-Cost PLC Alternative
September 22, 2006

Embedded Kit for Automation and Control Users Includes Popular ISaGRAF Software
    DAVIS, Calif., Sept. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Rabbit
Semiconductor, Inc. is proud to announce the availability
of the Embedded PLC Application Kit, offering PLC
(Programmable Logic Controllers) developers the ability to
incorporate reliable low-cost Rabbit hardware in lieu of
more expensive PLC systems.  Traditional PLC programmers
will enjoy programming their new Rabbit-based solutions,
using the supplied ISaGRAF programming software, recently
upgraded to support Rabbit products.  This industrial
programming software package supports all of the familiar
industrial programming environments listed in the
IEC61131-3 standard and is currently in use by thousands of
PLC programmers worldwide. 

    The Rabbit Embedded PLC Application kit includes
ISaGRAF software and the Rabbit BL2500 single board
computer, as well as sample application programs.  The
ISaGRAF v3.5 workbench is an industrial Soft Logic
programming system, supporting six different programming
languages.  Industrial users of PLCs will be able to use
their language of choice and deploy lower-cost Rabbit-based
solutions as easily as they implement their traditional PLC
systems.  ISaGRAF is fully compliant with the programming
languages specified in the IEC61131-3 standard, recognized
worldwide as the standard for PLC systems.  These languages
include Sequential Function Chart (SFC), Function Block
Diagram (FBD), Ladder Diagram (LD), Instruction List (IL),
and Structured Text (ST).  The Rabbit BL2500 provides
system engineers with an exceptional, low-cost platform,
equally suited for single unit installations, as well as
high-volume applications.  Based on the Rabbit 3000
microprocessor, the BL2500 incorporates a powerful feature
set of flash memory, digital I/O, analog I/O, multiple
serial ports and 10/100 Ethernet.  All of these features
are encompassed on a compact board size of 100mm x 100mm
and easily mountable on a standard 100mm DIN rail tray. 

    The Embedded PLC Application Kit includes all of the
hardware and software required to develop a Rabbit-based
PLC replacement system.  The Embedded PLC Application Kit
will be available September 21st, and sells for $599. 

    For more information please contact Rabbit
Semiconductor at T: 530-757-8400, F: 530-757-8402, E:
rabbit@rabbit.com . 

    For product photos and diagrams, please visit
http://www.rabbit.com/press/ .

    Rabbit Semiconductor 

    Rabbit Semiconductor, a Digi International company
(Nasdaq: DGII), is a global provider of high-performance
8-bit microprocessors and development tools for embedded
control, communications, and Ethernet connectivity.  A
sister division of single-board computer and software
manufacturer Z-World, Rabbit Semiconductor introduced the
popular Rabbit 2000 microprocessor in 1999, the Rabbit 3000
in 2002 and the Rabbit 4000 in 2006.  The industry
award-winning RabbitCore(TM) line of microprocessor core
modules was introduced in 2001. Rabbit Semiconductor offers
customers a complete embedded design system, including
low-cost development kits and comprehensive technical
support for both hardware and software issues.  Rabbit
Semiconductor is a member of the Fabless Semiconductor
Association and is located in Davis, Calif., 70 miles east
of San Francisco.

    OEM Technology Solutions 

    Specializing in design and development of custom
embedded technology products since 1993, the group at OEM
Technology Solutions strives to apply technology,
innovative engineering and design services to develop
electronic products and systems in an effort to deliver a
competitive edge to our customers.  OEMs skills include
specifications, research, design, software and hardware
development, product manufacturing, validation,
commissioning, documentation and long-term support.  OEM is
ISO 9001:2000 accredited and is located in Sydney,
Australia. 

    For more information, please contact:

     Hokie Chan
     Channel Marketing Manager - Asia Pacific
     Digi International 
     Tel: +852-2833-1008
     Dir: +852-2235-2206
     Fax: +852-2572-9989
     Web: http://www.digi.com

SOURCE  Digi International
2007'02.10.Sat
100 Years of Harvesting Excellence at Zedelgem
September 22, 2006

    ZEDELGEM, Belgium, Sept. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- New
Holland, a brand leader in the agricultural equipment
business and part of the Fiat Group, is celebrating 100
years of harvesting innovation and production excellence at
its Zedelgem manufacturing plant in Belgium with a two-month
programme of activities. 

    The official programme started with an International
Opening Session, on September 21, when New Holland's
management team shared the plant's historic achievements
and plans for the future with its guests, which included
representatives from dealers, suppliers, as well as local
authorities.

    "A centenary is a significant milestone in the
life of a company, something to be proud of; but, despite
our remarkable age, we still consider ourselves to be very
young," stated Linda Knoll, Executive Vice President
Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing.

    Zedelgem's position as New Holland's harvesting centre
is testimony of the experience and reputation for design
excellence and high build quality that the plant has
acquired over time.  Ninety-eight percent of the combines,
balers and self-propelled forage harvesters coming from its
production lines are exported. New Holland is employing more
than 2,800 people in Belgium, with almost 2,000 in Zedelgem
itself, and providing work for hundreds more suppliers. It
is a powerful relationship dating back to 1906, when Leon
Claeys started his company to produce stationary threshers.
His mission to find innovative solutions to make the work of
farmers easier and their businesses more profitable is true
of Zedelgem to this day. Since then Zedelgem has been
responsible for a host of technical innovations and
benchmark machinery, with many new patents to its name. The
first European self-propelled combine, the MZ, was launched
in 1952 to widespread acclaim. In the 1970's and 1980's,
many industry-defining new features were introduced to
combining, such as the rotary separator and the
self-levelling cleaning shoe. By 2002, New Holland achieved
full automation on our CX and CR combines. The launch of the
CX combine in 2002 changed the way combines look today.

    Marco Mazzu, President New Holland Agricultural
equipment, added, "With 1 European combine out of 4
and being number one in the world and in Europe for big
balers, it is clear that Zedelgem and the people who work
there play an important role in the future growth of the
brand.  Focussing on customers' needs, the passion for
innovation and highest quality has lived with us through
100 years of technological development and leadership, but
we are still very young and growing. Zedelgem is a mix of
state-of-the-art technology, drive for quality and
innovation and a real belief in service. This mix led to
100 years of success and will form the base for the success
of the next century."  

    Notes to editors

    New Holland's reputation is built on the success of our
customers, cash crop producers, livestock farmers,
contractors, vineyards, or groundscare professionals. They
can count on the widest offering of innovative products and
services: a full line of equipment, from tractors to
harvesting, material handling equipment, complemented by
tailored financial services from a specialist in
agriculture.  A highly professional global dealer network
and New Holland's commitment to excellence guarantees the
ultimate customer experience for every customer. For more
information on New Holland visit http://www.newholland.com
.  New Holland is a brand of CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH), a
global leader in agricultural and construction equipment and
financial services.

    For more information, please contact:

     Silvia Cassani
     Tel:   +39-011-007-7867
     Email: Silvia.cassani@cnh.com 

     Silvia Ortiz
     Tel:   +44-126-829-5111
     Email: Silvia.ortiz@cnh.com

SOURCE  New Holland
2007'02.10.Sat
New Guidance to Address Milk Allergy Confusion Among Healthcare Professionals
September 21, 2006

    PARIS, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- An International
Taskforce of experts met in Paris today to launch new
guidance on the diagnosis and management of cows' milk
protein allergy (CMPA) in infants. The taskforce was set up
following results of an international survey,[1] which
revealed that 72% of healthcare professionals (HCPs) were
confusing milk allergy symptoms with other conditions. The
survey demonstrates this confusion is leading to a delay in
diagnosis and leaving 70% of parents of infants with CMPA
feeling distressed and guilty about their child's
condition.

    "The new guidance, if adopted at country level,
will improve how infants with CMPA are managed and help
avoid any unnecessary suffering through delays in
diagnosis," commented Professor Yvan Vandenplas, Chair
of the International Taskforce that developed the Protocol.

    The survey of more than 500 HCPs (including primary
care physicians, paediatricians and nurses), revealed that
85% of HCPs want more information about the CMPA in general
and a quarter (23%) are dissatisfied with current diagnostic
tools. Since 66% of those surveyed see between one and three
milk allergy cases every month, the development of guidance
is seen as a priority to ensure that the infants with the
condition are diagnosed quickly and accurately and managed
effectively.

    Cows' milk is the most common cause of food allergy in
infants and children[2] affecting a minimum of 2-3% of
infants.[3] However, symptoms suggesting CMPA, including
skin rash, wheezing, vomiting and diarrhoea, may be present
in up to 15% of infants.[4]

    Not surprisingly, the condition can have a major impact
on infants and their families. 1000 parents were also
questioned as part of the survey[5] and a massive 82% said
that their child's CMPA has caused them to lose sleep and
four in ten (38%) said that it has brought about arguments
with their partner. Even more worrying are the effects
parents believe the condition has on their child, with
about half (49%) saying that the allergy meant that their
child has failed to thrive. Overall, nearly two thirds of
those surveyed said that the condition has had an impact on
their family's life in some way.

    Professor Christophe Dupont who co-chaired the Paris
meeting, says, "HCPs have not had access to good
quality diagnostic tools on CMPA, which probably explains
why so many are confused about the condition. The new
guidance will address this need. The priority is to ensure
that infants displaying any of the symptoms are rapidly
picked up, tested and managed appropriately."

    The full guidance in the form of two protocols, one for
breast-fed infants and one for bottle-fed infants, along
with a manuscript that details the process of diagnosis and
management, will be published in a peer-reviewed journal in
2007.

    The taskforce are spearheading a campaign called
"Act Against Allergy," which includes
awareness-raising activities and educational materials to
help both HCPs and parents better manage CMPA. In addition
to the guidance launched today, tools include a new website
for healthcare professionals, parents of CMPA infants and
the media:  http://www.actagainstallergy.com .

    Notes to Editors

    Act Against Allergy is sponsored by an educational
grant from SHS International.

    The surveys were commissioned among 505 healthcare
professionals and 1000 patients in the UK, France, Germany,
Spain and Italy to establish their attitudes and
understanding of CMPA.

    References

    [1] Telephone survey among 505 healthcare
professionals. KRC Research, 
        November 2005

    [2] Niggemann B et al. Prospective, controlled,
multi-center study on the 
        effect of an amino acid based formula in infants
with cow's milk 
        allergy/intolerance and atopic dermatitis. Pediatr
Allergy Immunol. 
        2001;12:  78-82.

    [3] Sicherer SH. Review:  Food Allergy. Lancet.
2002;360:  701-710.
    [4] Host A. Cow's milk protein allergy and intolerance
in infancy.
        Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 1994;5:  1-36.

    [5] Telephone survey among 1000 parents of children
aged 0-3 years. KRC 
        Research, November 2005
    
    For more information, please contact:

     Harriet Hopkins 
     Tel:   +44-207-067-0204 
     Email: hhopkins@webershandwick.com 

SOURCE  SHS International

2007'02.10.Sat
Symbol Technologies Introduces Digital Imager With Bar Code, Imaging and Enhanced Text Reading Capabilities
September 21, 2006

All-in-one Device Captures Bar Codes, Prescriptions and Invoices -- Automates Retail Customer Data Entry Process
    HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: SBL), The Enterprise
Mobility Company(TM), today introduced the DS6707 handheld
digital imager scanner designed for bar code scanning and
image capture in a multitude of environments. The DS6707
builds on Symbol's legacy of innovation by creating a
handheld scanner with a 1.3 Megapixel imager capable of
capturing and transferring images up to 8.5 x 11 inches
(21.59 cm x 27.94 cm). Pharmacies, retailers and
manufacturers can use the device to scan bar codes and
capture, store and instantly recover documents and images
for increased employee productivity and streamlined
business operations. 

    (Logo: 
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041029/SYMBOLOGO )

    Designed to help reduce capital and operating expenses,
the DS6707 digital imager scanner eliminates the need to
purchase, manage and support additional devices such as
digital cameras, document scanners and separate barcode
scanners for varying symbologies. Whether the customer
needs to read one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D),
PDF417 or postal codes, the Symbol DS6707 scanner maximizes
employee productivity with omni-directional data capture
capabilities. The durable DS6707 scanner also features text
enhancement technology that sharpens the clarity of scanned
text documents, such as prescriptions or shipment labels
that often include small print, to automate processes and
reduce administrative costs. 

    "With Symbol's latest digital scanner in hand,
customers can use one device for all of their barcode and
image capture needs," said Bob Sanders, vice president
and general manager of Symbol's advanced data capture
division. "The new DS6707 offers a versatile tool to
support image capture and transfer for flexibility in
enabling customers to roll out current and future
applications that can save them time and resources."

    In retail outlets, the device can capture data embedded
in a PDF417 code-from a United States driver's license, for
instance-to automatically populate credit card applications
and merchandise credit/return forms which improves
productivity and keeps customer lines moving. In stockrooms
and back-end retail environments, employees can use the
scanner to record damaged shipments. 

    To help customers protect their investment in the
device and maintain peak performance, Symbol Global
Services offers Service from the Start Advance Exchange
Support for the DS6707. This multi-year service agreement
provides next-business-day delivery of a replacement device
for maximum uptime. Service from the Start Advance Exchange
Support also includes Symbol's unique Comprehensive
Coverage, which extends normal wear and tear to cover
accidental damage to scan elements, exit windows, and other
internal and external components at no extra charge --
virtually eliminating unforeseen repair expenses.

    The Symbol DS6707 digital imager scanner has a list
price of $389 and is available to order globally through
Symbol partners.

    About Symbol Technologies 

    Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility
Company(TM), is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise
mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture,
move and manage information in real time to and from the
point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility
solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio
frequency identification technology, mobile computing
platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and
world-class services programs. Symbol enterprise mobility
products and solutions are proven to increase workforce
productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational
efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the
world's leading companies. More information is available at
http://www.symbol.com .

    For more information, please contact:

    For media information:
     
     Traci Hoch                         
     Symbol Technologies, Inc.          
     Tel:   +1-631-738-5426                       
     Email: traci.hoch@symbol.com              

     Joey Marquart
     Edelman Public Relations
     Tel:   +1-212-704-8133
     Email: joey.marquart@edelman.com

    For EMEA media information:

     Ana Williams
     Spark Communications
     Tel:   +44-207-357-8612
     Email: ana@sparkcomms.co.uk

    For financial information:  
       
     Lori Chaitman                      
     Symbol Technologies, Inc.          
     Tel:   +1-631-738-5050                      
     Email: lori.chaitman@symbol.com           

    For industry analyst information:

     Shirley Schroedl
     Symbol Technologies, Inc.
     Tel:   +1-631-738-4823
     Email: shirley.schroedl@symbol.com

SOURCE  Symbol Technologies, Inc.
2007'02.10.Sat
Analysys International Says China's Online Recruitment Market Reached RMB160.9 Million in 2006 Q2
September 21, 2006

    BEIJING, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Analysys
International, a leading Internet based provider of
business information about technology, media and telecom
(TMT) industries in China, says in its recently released
report "China's Online Recruiting Market Quarterly
Tracker 2006 Q2," that China's online recruiting
market had reached RMB160.9 Million in 2006Q2. 

    As the overall online recruiting market keeps on
increasing, online recruiting service vendors turn to focus
more on the applications of mobile Internet, and come to
provide SMS services one after another.  The rapid growth
of employees brought great development potential for the
online recruitment, and overseas investments come to pay
attention to the online recruiting market.  Analysys
International thinks that vendors who have the capability
to provide personalized services will become the first ones
to charge the users for the services.  And meanwhile, more
online recruiting websites will put more focus on the
exploration of the regional market. 

    According to Analysys International's research, China's
online recruiting market had reached RMB160.9 million in
2006Q2 with a growth of 8.44% over the last quarter.  Among
which, online recruiting revenue from recruiting websites,
whose services are targeted at national scope, took 76.4%
of the overall market size, and revenue from recruiting
websites with services targeted at the provincial scope
took 19.3%. 

    Figure: China's Online Recruiting Market of 2006 Q2
    
http://english.analysys.com.cn/3class/detail.php?advertisement=002&id=245&name=report&FocusAreaTitleGB=&daohang=Report&title=

    Analysys International thinks that the combination of
online services and offline promotion is a major profit
model of online recruiting.  "As the rising of the
online recruiting industry, online recruiting gradually
transfer to industry segmentation, industry-based
professional services become popular among users. 
Advantages become more obvious for those online recruiting
service providers who focus on industry services,"
says Huang Yongtao, an analyst from Analysys International,
"If we look from the aspect of industry competition, we
can find that more communities and search engine portals
start their business expansion to online recruiting in
hopes of making good use of their advantage of
accumulations on interpersonal relationships to achieve
business value in HR field." 

    This subject is further discussed in Analysys
International's research report "China's Online
Recruiting Market Quarterly Tracker 2006 Q2".  For
more information, please check the website:
http://english.analysys.com.cn .  
 
    About Analysys International

    Analysys International is the leading Internet based
provider of business information about technology, media
and telecom (TMT) industries in China with the mission to
help their clients make better business decisions.  They
provide data, information and advice to 50,000 clients
worldwide, representing 1,500 distinct organizations; they
also deliver over 150 consulting engagements a year, and
hold more than 20 events that draw in over 8,000 attendees.
 Their clients include executives from companies like
technology vendors, vertical information technology users,
as well as professionals from professional service
companies, the investment community and government
agencies.  For more information, please visit the website
at http://english.analysys.com.cn . 

    For more information, please contact:

     Jessica Wang
     Overseas Media Manager
     Analysys International
     Tel:   +86-10-6466-6565 x394
     Fax:   +86-10-6466-7103
     Email: overseas@analysys.com.cn 

SOURCE  Analysys International

2007'02.10.Sat
Chemical Dump in Cote d'Ivoire -- WHO Providing Public Health Support
September 21, 2006

    GENEVA and ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, Sept. 21
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- A World Health Organization
international team is in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, to support
the Ministry of Health in dealing with an environmental
health emergency caused by toxic chemical waste.  A
clinical toxicologist arrived last week to make an initial
evaluation of the situation, particularly with respect to
the severity and extent of ill health caused by the
chemicals. There is now an environmental health specialist
and an emergency operations manager in the field and a
further technical specialist will join the team.  This team
is being supported by additional chemical, food safety,
water and sanitation, and crisis management specialists at
WHO HQ and the WHO Regional Office for Africa. 

    (Logo: 
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040610/CNTH001LOGO )

    The WHO team is assisting the WHO country office in
several tasks, including: 

    -- Coordinating response to the public health
consequences of the 
       crisis
    -- Carrying out an initial risk assessment and
proposing measures to 
       prevent further exposure of the population to the
chemicals, and 
       working with partners to accelerate the removal of
the waste
    -- Working on clear messages for the general public on
prevention of 
       exposure 
    -- Advising on the organization of medical care,
including developing a 
       clinical management protocol, and initiating basic
epidemiological 
       surveillance
    -- Helping identify and deliver much-needed supplies
for the healthcare 
       system.

    WHO has sent personal protection equipment and
toxicological information. In addition WHO is collaborating
with other UN agencies and international teams in Abidjan
that are dealing with this emergency. 

    WHO is in regular contact with hospitals and health
centres to evaluate the burden being placed upon the health
care system by this emergency.  The large number of medical
consultations connected with the chemical waste has
resulted in a doubling of the usual workload and almost all
of the personnel of the hospitals and clinics have been
diverted to receive these patients, such that regular
consultations have all-but-ceased.  This is hampering
people's access to primary and emergency health care.  

    To date the symptoms reported have included nosebleeds,
nausea and vomiting, headaches, skin and eye irritation and
respiratory symptoms. According to physicians on duty
during the first days after the waste was dumped, the most
severely affected patients presented with respiratory
distress, dehydration and intestinal bleeding.  The
symptoms reported are consistent with exposure to the
chemicals known to be in the waste. 

    Many people are also seeking medical advice because
they are anxious about the potential long-term consequences
on their health and on that of their children. 

    The treatment being provided is symptomatic and
supportive.  Due to the massive influx of people consulting
medical facilities, the existing stocks of medicines and
diagnostic materials have been exhausted.  WHO has been
able to replenish some stocks, however, more funds are
needed to purchase additional drugs.  

    This incident has overwhelmed the health system of Cote
d'Ivoire and has shown that the country does not have the
capacity to deal with such an emergency. 

    While over 44,000 people have sought medical care, and
7 deaths have been reported, WHO is not yet able to provide
an accurate assessment of the number of people who have been
made ill by exposure to the waste. One of WHO's priorities
is to put in place an epidemiological surveillance system
to track any uncommon health events.  WHO has provided
computers and other equipment to assist in the
computerization and subsequent analysis of thousands of
case reports. 

    Background: 

    During the night of 19 August, a ship unloaded around
500 tonnes of petrochemical waste into a number of trucks
that then dumped the waste in at least 15 sites around the
city of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (population: 5 million). 
This waste contained a mixture of petroleum distillates,
hydrogen sulphide, mercaptans, phenolic compounds and
sodium hydroxide.  A few days later, thousands of people
started complaining of ill health and seeking medical help.
 Clean-up of the waste has now started but it is anticipated
that this will take about six weeks.

    For more information, please contact:

     Souleymane Kore,  
     WHO Information Officer, Abidjan
     Mobile: +225-07-14-8393
     Email:  kones@ci.afro.who.int

     Fadela Chaib, 
     WHO Communications Officer, Geneva
     Mobile: +41-794-755-556
     Tel:    +41-22-791-3228
     Email: chaibf@who.int

     Gregory Hartl, 
     WHO Communications Adviser, Geneva
     Mobile: +41-792-036-715
     Tel:    +41-22-791-4458
     Email:  hartlg@who.int

SOURCE  World Health Organization
2007'02.10.Sat
WHO Backs Health Sector Response to HIV Pandemic
September 21, 2006

Fifty-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific
18-22 September 2006, Auckland, New Zealand
    AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
The World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, in
collaboration with international partner agencies, is
seeking to scale up HIV/AIDS prevention and control
activities in line with the goal of universal access for
HIV/AIDS treatment throughout Asia and the Pacific by
2010.

    (Logo: 
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040610/CNTH001LOGO )

    The move came in the wake of a commitment in July 2005
by the Group of 8 -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United
States -- to significantly reduce HIV infections.  The
leaders agreed to work with WHO, UNAIDS and other
international bodies to develop and implement a package for
HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care, with the aim of
achieving, to the extent possible, universal access to
HIV/AIDS treatment by 2010.  This goal was subsequently
endorsed by all United Nations Member States at the United
Nations General Assembly in September 2005.

    The goal of universal access follows the joint
launching by WHO and UNAIDS of the "3 by 5
Initiative" in 2003 to support the expansion of access
to antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle- income
countries to 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS by the
end of 2005. The initiative has increased the lifespan of
many people living with HIV/AIDS. 

    Two major consultations were organized in the past year
to introduce the concept of universal access to WHO Member
States.  Gaps and constraints blocking the comprehensive
and integrated scale up of prevention, treatment, care and
support activities were also identified.  They are:

    -- Health worker shortages and a lack of technical
capacity, including 
       inadequate public health care infrastructure;

    -- Widespread stigma and discrimination against people
living with 
       HIV/AIDS, including those engaging in high-risk
behaviours, such as 
       drug use and sex work; and

    -- Limited availability of voluntary counselling and
testing.

    Each country needs to determine its priority
strategies, targets, interventions and activities for
scaling up universal access.  

    UNAIDS and WHO are committed to support countries in
this process and will continue to develop policies and
guidelines to support countries in expanding HIV/AIDS
prevention and control activities.

    The success of universal access will depend on a broad
partnership effort, said WHO.

    For more information, please contact:

     Mr Peter Cordingley
     WHO spokesman
     Tel:    +63-918-963-1564 
     Email:  cordingleyp@wpro.who.int

     Ms Marilu Lingad
     Assistant/Public Information Office 
     Tel:    +63-918-9181094 
     Mobile: 0210596777 (Auckland)
     Email:  lingadm@wpro.who.int

SOURCE  World Health Organization


2007'02.10.Sat
Vocus Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters
September 21, 2006

Provider of On-Demand Software Appoints New General Manager to Lead Operations in Region
    LONDON, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Vocus, Inc.
(Nasdaq: VOCS) a leading provider of on-demand software for
corporate communications and public relations, announced
today the opening of a new Asia Pacific headquarters office
in Bangkok, Thailand.  The office joins Vocus' existing
regional location in Hong Kong and demonstrates the
company's ongoing commitment to expand its international
operations.  

    The extension of Vocus' presence in Asia capitalises on
the significant economic development in the Asia Pacific
region.  Growth in the region's economy along with the
globalisation of media has created a strong need for
solutions that help companies manage their public relations
and increase the impact of their news.  

    "The Asian market represents an enormous
opportunity for continued growth and expansion of the Vocus
brand," said Andrew Muir, Managing Director of Vocus
International.  "We look forward to using our
dedicated resources in the region to promote the value of
Vocus on-demand software solutions to companies and PR
professionals throughout Asia." 

    Vocus' Asia Pacific operations will be led by Ross
Williams, formerly Managing Director, Asia Pacific for
Descartes Systems Group.  As general manager for Vocus in
this market, Williams will work with current Vocus
customers such as Intec, Text100 and Emirates while
expanding the company's client base in the region. 

    Vocus provides an integrated on-demand software suite
for PR professionals.  The Vocus on-demand software suite
manages media and analyst relationships; interactive email
campaigns; projects and news; files, documents and other
collateral; and online newsrooms. The software also
analyses media coverage and other PR information to provide
real-time feedback on the effectiveness of PR campaigns and
early intelligence on trends unfolding in the press.

    About Vocus Europe

    Vocus (Nasdaq: VOCS) is a leading provider of on-demand
software for corporate communications and public relations.
Our web-based software suite helps organisations of all
sizes manage local and global relationships and
communications with journalists, analysts, public officials
and other key audiences. Our software helps customers manage
media relations, news monitoring and analysis, interactive
email campaigns, and online newsrooms. Vocus software is
delivered as an easy-to-use and cost-effective annual
subscription, with no need for internal hardware, software
or IT support. Our software is currently available in five
languages, and is in use by customers around the world.
Vocus Europe is based in London, UK with offices in North
America, Europe and Asia. For more information please visit
http://www.vocuseurope.com or call +44 (0)20 7776 9769.
 
    This release contains "forward-looking"
statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Statements that are predictive in nature, that
depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or
that include words such as "may,"
"will," "expects,"
"projects," "anticipates,"
"estimates," "believes,"
"intends," "plans," "should,"
"seeks," and similar expressions.  Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual future results to differ materially
from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements may be significantly
impacted by certain risks and uncertainties described in
Vocus' filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

    For more information, please contact:

     Shoba Nair
     Marketing Manager,
     Vocus Europe LTD
     Tel:   +44-207-776-9769
     Email: snair@vocuseurope.com

SOURCE  Vocus, Inc.

2007'02.10.Sat
Gemalto to Provide 2.5 Million National ID Cards to the Sultanate of Oman
September 21, 2006

-- Selected in the Second Phase of the e-Government Program, Gemalto Will Upgrade the Cards with e-Purse and e-Government Applications
    AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and MUSCAT, Sultanate of Oman,
Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Gemalto (Euronext
NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security,
today announces that the Sultanate of Oman has selected its
technology to implement the second phase of the country's
national ID program. The contract appoints Gemalto to
provide an update of the current National Registration
System, integration services, as well as to supply smart ID
cards that will enable the Sultanate of Oman to provide
faster and more secure public services to its population.
The program, scheduled to begin at the end of 2006,
involves over 2.5 million national ID cards.

    The Sultanate of Oman's national ID card program is the
first smart card-based e-government solution ever deployed
in the Middle East. It is part of the Sultanate's policy to
improve the quality of public service and homeland security
infrastructure. Its core objective is to modernize the
Sultanate's identification system and processes, making it
more efficient and secure, both for government authorities
and citizens. As part of this objective, the creation of a
National Registry System will become the pillar of all
future Omani e-Government initiatives. In addition, the
Sultanate of Oman is aiming to develop new technical skills
within the Royal Oman Police force, the local authority
managing the ID program.

    The first phase of the ID program, that began in
January 2004, has enabled more than 1.2 million Omani
citizens and residents to benefit from a secure and
convenient identification means that stores personal
credentials such as name, address, digital photograph,
fingerprints, driving license, etc. In addition to digital
identification, electronic gates have been implemented for
border control. In the near future, the national ID card
will integrate an electronic purse as well as e-government
applications.

    Xavier Chanay, President Gemalto CISMEA comments:
"By implementing the second phase of the national ID
program, the Sultanate of Oman achieves another technology
milestone in the Middle-East. The Sultanate recognized that
digital security technology provides the ideal means to
manage personal credentials, while increasing the quality
of public services. Through this program, the Sultanate is
taking a leading position in the region, taking the
benefits of digital security technology to a national
level. The contract also further reinforces Gemalto
position in this important new growth market."

    Note to editors

    By becoming the earliest adopter of smart card-based
national ID cards in the Gulf region, the Sultanate of Oman
is standing at the forefront of the global e-Government
trend. Over the past few years, there has been rapidly
growing awareness amongst governments worldwide of the
necessity to develop nationwide IT infrastructures in order
to deliver more secure, efficient and convenient ID services
to their citizens. The growing need of governments to
effectively authenticate remote users, combined with the
increasing concerns of traditional ID theft and fraud, has
influenced technologically proactive governments in
Belgium, China, Finland, Hong-Kong, Japan, Macao, Sweden,
USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and many more to convert to
smart card-based ID solutions. Through this innovative ID
program, the Sultanate of Oman is now joining this group of
leading IT nations.

    About Gemalto

    Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is a leader in
digital security with  pro forma 2005 annual revenues of
EUR1,7 billion ($2.2 billion), operations  in 120 countries
and 11,000 employees including 1,500 R&D engineers. The
company's solutions make personal digital interactions
secure and easy in a world where everything of value -from
money to entertainment to identities- is increasingly
represented as bits and bytes communicated over networks.

    Gemalto thrives on creating and deploying secure
platforms, portable and secure forms of software in highly
personal objects like smart cards, SIMs, e-passports,
readers and tokens. More than a billion people worldwide
use the company's products and services for
telecommunications, banking, e-government, identity
management, multimedia content, digital rights management,
IT security and other applications. Gemalto was formed in
June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus
International S.A. For more information please visit
http://www.gemalto.com .

    For more information, please contact:

    For Gemalto

    Media
     Emmanuelle Saby
     Tel:    +33-1-55-01-57-27
     Mobile: +33-6-09-10-76-10
     Email:  Emmanuelle.saby@gemalto.com

    Investor Relations
     Stephane Bisseuil
     Tel:    +33-1-55-01-50-97
     Mobile: +33-6-86-08-64-13
     Email:  Stephane.bisseuil@gemalto.com

    For TBWA\Corporate

     Emlyn Korengold
     Tel:    +33-1-49-09-66-51
     Mobile: +33-6-08-21-93-74
     Email:  emlyn.korengold@tbwa-corporate.com

SOURCE  Gemalto 
2007'02.10.Sat
Rising Health Workforce Exodus Will Have Disturbing Effects, Says WHO
September 21, 2006

Fifty-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region
18-22 September 2006, Auckland, New Zealand
    AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
What will happen if the Western Pacific's health workforce,
seeking better-paying jobs and professional advancement
abroad, continue to migrate as the region's population
ages, the burden of chronic disease rises and new health
threats emerge?  Serious effects not only on health, but in
the socioeconomic arena as well, are likely to occur unless
urgent measures are taken now to keep health workers
employed in their home countries.

    (Logo: 
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040610/CNTH001LOGO )

    That was the warning voiced today as senior health
officials met here for the World Health Organization's
Regional Committee for the Western Pacific.  The meeting
heard that almost all countries in the Western Pacific
Region face health worker shortages, particularly nurses
and public health workers.  If present trends continue,
this worsening shortage will push health systems to the
brink of collapse, particularly in poor countries where
health needs are greatest.

    On the other hand, health workers who stay behind when
their colleagues emigrate face increasing workloads and a
loss of morale.  As a consequence, hard-won gains in health
may be reversed as serious workforce shortages leave many
countries without the capacity and support needed to mount
effective responses to health problems.

    According to The World Health Report 2006, the shortage
of human resources has replaced funding issues as the most
serious obstacle to implementing health interventions and
treatment plans.  The report urged governments to take the
lead in enhancing the effectiveness of their workforces
through new strategies and innovative actions, with the
support of partners.

    With this in mind, WHO's Regional Committee for the
Western Pacific, WHO's governing body for the 37 countries
and areas that make up the Western Pacific Region, is set
to endorse the Regional Strategy on Human Resources for
Health 2006-2015.  The strategy provides policy options and
practical guidelines to WHO Member States for developing and
sustaining a robust health workforce that meets population
health needs and demands. 

    "Instead of merely averting immediate crises and
current situations, governments must anticipate health
needs or new services and technologies," said Dr
Richard Nesbit, WHO acting Regional Director for the
Western Pacific.  

    In order to tackle human resource issues, WHO Member
States must examine their entire health system, including
infrastructure, technology, logistics, supplies and
financing.  They must attack the health worker shortage in
a coordinated manner by working with all sectors of society
and by building effective partnerships.  Governments will
need to fashion country-specific strategies aimed at
building, sustaining and retaining sufficient, balanced,
competent, productive and responsive health workforces that
can promote equitable access to quality health services.

    Apart from the overall health worker shortages, the
workforce problem is further compounded by minimal or
insufficient expertise in epidemiology, infection control,
laboratory work, logistics, environmental health and risk
communication necessary to meet the challenge of emerging
infectious diseases.  In addition, aid and technical advice
from development partners and donors are mostly fragmented
and uncoordinated.

    WHO estimates the current global health workforce to be
around 59 million people.  There are 39.5 million health
service providers, and 19.5 million management and support
workers.  WHO estimates a global health worker shortage of
more than 4 million doctors, midwives, nurses, pharmacists,
dentists and support workers. 

    WHO emphasized that training, sustaining and retaining
a motivated and supported workforce will require long-term
commitment, structural and fiscal changes, and partnership
at all levels-country, regional and international.

    For more information, please contact:

     Mr Peter Cordingley
     WHO spokesman
     Tel:    +63-918-963-1564 
     Email:  cordingleyp@wpro.who.int

     Ms Marilu Lingad
     Assistant/Public Information Office 
     Tel:    +63-918-9181094 
     Mobile: 0210596777 (Auckland)
     Email:  lingadm@wpro.who.int

SOURCE  World Health Organization
2007'02.10.Sat
Brix Networks and Texas Instruments Announce Collaboration to Ensure Quality of Experience for Users of IP-Based Services
September 21, 2006

-- Companies Will Deliver Pervasive Endpoint Management Providing Embedded Service Visibility to VoIP Gateways, Set Top Boxes, and Other IP Devices
    BOSTON, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Brix Networks,
the leading provider of converged service assurance
solutions, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:
TXN) today announced a collaboration and development
initiative designed to deliver pervasive IP endpoint
service assurance management.  The companies' collaboration
will give service providers the ability to collect valuable
performance information on an unprecedented scale, and
provide crucial, last-mile visibility into the quality of
experience of providers' revenue-generating offerings,
including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), IP
television (IPTV), and advanced data services.

    "TI has shipped more than 350 million ports across
IP phones, residential modems and gateways, set top boxes,
and carrier-class equipment," said Debbie Greenstreet,
director of service provider strategy, Texas Instruments. 
"Working together with Brix Networks, our PIQUA(TM)
system automates the process of gathering IP performance
metrics and converts this data into actionable information.
 This integration empowers providers, enterprises, and
equipment manufacturers to dramatically improve their
subscribers' and users' quality of experience and reduce
overall network operating costs."

    TI technology provides functional elements that form
the foundation of the company's PIQUA real-time, IP quality
management system.  Based on TI's digital signal processor
(DSP) technology and embedded software solutions, TI's
PIQUA system utilizes sophisticated, real-time calculations
to instantly assess quality parameters related to the user's
experience, allowing both equipment manufacturers and
service providers to automatically and dynamically adapt to
changing conditions and make adjustments which today are
either impossible or done manually.  

    In addition to a comprehensive set of active tests and
live service monitoring, Brix Networks' BrixWorx(TM)
central-site correlation and reporting engine collects key
performance indicator (KPI) information -- such as
availability, bandwidth, packet loss, latency, jitter and
call quality, -- using various standards-based
communication protocols, including RTCP-XR, and TR-069, via
the new BrixWorx Connector for TI's PIQUA software.  

    This information can be gathered from a wide range of
endpoint devices, including residential gateways, IP set
top boxes, IP phones, digital subscriber line (DSL) and
cable gateways, and others."Our customers are
increasingly requesting a unified source of quality and IP
performance management with visibility to their various
endpoints," noted Robert Travis, director of solutions
marketing at Brix Networks.  "The Brix collaboration
with TI offers a mechanism for customer satisfaction,
service performance visibility, faster problem resolution,
and overall operational efficiency improvement."

    Today's announcement was made in conjunction with the
Fall 2006 VON Conference & Expo being held at the
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, September 11-14,
where Brix is exhibiting in booth 1049 and Texas Instruments
is hosting a hospitality suite in room 158.  A demonstration
of the joint solution, highlighting BrixWorx and TI's PIQUA
system, providing voice QoS monitoring and reporting, will
be available at both companies' respective locations at
this event.  

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales
operations in more than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN.  More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    About Brix Networks

    Brix Networks is the leading provider of converged
service assurance solutions that allow the world's largest
service providers and enterprises to offer reliable and
high-quality experiences in voice, video, data, and mobile
services to their customers, partners, and employees.  The
company brings a proven heritage of IP expertise unique to
the service assurance marketplace, and collaborates closely
with its customers and partners to assure the delivery of
any IP-based service, over any network, to any endpoint. 
For more information, visit http://www.brixnet.com , or
call 978-367-5600/1-888-BRIXNET.

    Trademarks

    PIQUA is a trademark of Texas Instruments.  Brix
Networks, Brix, Brixnet, BrixWorx, and the Brix Networks
logo are trademarks of Brix Networks, Inc.  All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Debbie Shemony	
     Texas Instruments	
     Tel:   +1-301-515-6643	
     Email: dshemony@ti.com  

     Erin Arnold	
     GolinHarris	
     Tel:   +1-972-341-2506	
     Email: earnold@golinharris.com 
     
     John H. Ricciardone	
     Brix Networks	
     Tel:   +1-978-367-5757	
     Email: jricciardone@brixnet.com

SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated
2007'02.10.Sat
DFW International Airport Releases New Economic Impact Assessment of Proposed American Airlines DFW-Beijing Route
September 21, 2006

Flight Would Generate $180 Million Annually for State of Texas
    DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas, Sept. 21
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- A new economic survey performed by
the respected global aviation consulting firm SH&E
confirms that the proposed new nonstop service from DFW
International Airport to Beijing, China on American
Airlines would be a boon to the state and regional
economies, adding $180 million to the Texas economy every
year. 

    DFW had previously reported that the new flight -- the
first non-stop flight from to China from the State of Texas
-- would bring $120 million to North Texas, an impressive
figure but based on calculations from several years ago. 
The full economic impact will be generated by job creation,
trade stimulation through increased imports and exports,
visitor spending in North Texas and service growth to
support the new flight.  

    "Texas has strong economic ties to China, and it
continues to grow annually," said Texas Governor Rick
Perry. "Approval of American Airlines' application for
a DFW-Beijing flight will benefit not only the business men
and women who travel there regularly but will boost tourism
between the two destinations."

    If the flight application is approved, the DFW to
Beijing flight will provide first-time one-stop Beijing
service for 30 airports in eight states. In Texas, those
airports include Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, College
Station, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Houston, Killeen, Laredo,
Longview, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland/Odessa, San Angelo,
Tyler, Waco, and Wichita Falls.  Overall, the DFW
Airport-Beijing route will provide one-stop service between
Beijing and 95 airports in 32 states and the District of
Columbia.

    "We thought it was important to recalculate this
economic impact assessment using the most recent data
available to ensure that the Department of Transportation
is aware of the potential economic impact of this flight,
and to emphasize that the State of Texas is the appropriate
place to launch this new service," said Joe Lopano,
executive vice president of terminal and revenue management
at DFW.  "It is clear that the entire southern sector
of the United States will benefit by having a quick easy
connection from DFW to this incredible city and it will
open up new opportunities for new business and jobs around
our great state and the North Texas region."

    China is Dallas-Fort Worth's largest trading partner,
with total trade valued at more than $13.6 billion in 2005.
 And China is second only to Mexico as the largest trading
partner with the State of Texas, with more than $22 billion
in imports and exports last year.  The DFW gateway serves as
the epicenter of the booming trade connection between Texas
and China, with cargo volumes of 66,313.6 metric tonnes in
2005, an increase of 145% over the past three years. 
American Airlines' strong presence in Latin America also
enables the use of DFW as a hub between China and Central
and South America for international cargo as well as
passengers.

    "China is our number one trade partner in
Dallas/Fort Worth, and we will see a significant increase
in economic development activity if we are approved for a
DFW-Beijing non-stop route on American Airlines," said
Dallas Mayor Laura Miller.  "The Dallas City Council
strongly supports this critical development."  

    "We fully understand and appreciate what a direct
link to Beijing would mean to Fort Worth and our regional
economy," said Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief. 
"It means real jobs and real opportunities for
thousands of our fellow citizens and businesses.  The city
of Fort Worth strongly supports making this flight a
reality as soon as possible.  Now is the time for non-stop
service to Beijing.  The market is here and this region
deserves this needed service."

    American Airlines announced it would seek the
DFW-Beijing route on July 23 at the Airport's new
International Terminal D, the world's newest international
airline terminal.  In its first year of service, Terminal D
has hosted nine million domestic and international
passengers.  The terminal has won a number of industry
awards for its architecture and design and most importantly
has scored high marks in polling of travelers, with
89-percent of international travelers "pleased and
delighted" with their experience in the $1.2 billion
facility.

    The economic impact study was conducted by SH&E,
one of the world's leading independent aviation consultancy
firms and the largest consulting firm dedicated exclusively
to the air transport industry.

    Visit http://www.flytochinaonaa.com to learn more about
the proposed DFW-Beijing service.
 
    BY THE NUMBERS 

    DFW-Beijing flight on American Airlines:

    Annual Economic Impact for State of Texas    $180
million 
    Total Texas Trade with China                 $22.3
billion in 2005 
    Total DFW Trade with China                   $13.6
billion in 2005 
    DFW Percentage of Texas trade with China     64% 
    DFW-China Trade Growth since 2002            216% in
dollar values
 
    About DFW International Airport 

    Located halfway between the cities of Dallas and Fort
Worth, Texas, DFW International Airport is the world's
third busiest, offering nearly 1,900 flights per day and
serving 59 million passengers a year.  DFW International
Airport provides non-stop service to 133 domestic and 36
international destinations worldwide.  For the latest news,
real-time flight information, parking availability or
further details regarding the many services provided at DFW
International Airport, log on to http://www.dfwairport.com
.

    For more information, please contact:

     Ken Capps
     Vice President Public Affairs 
     Tel:   +1-972-574-8080
     Email: Kcapps@dfwairport.com

SOURCE  DFW International Airport
2007'02.10.Sat
Hospira Announces $2 Billion Agreement to Acquire Mayne Pharma
September 21, 2006

-- Combination Doubles Hospira's International Presence and Creates the World's Leading Generic Injectable Pharmaceuticals Company
-- Transaction Expected to be Accretive to Cash EPS in 2007
    LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a leading global hospital
products company, and Mayne Pharma Limited (ASX: MYP), a
leading Australia-based specialty injectable
pharmaceuticals company, today announced that the companies
have entered into an agreement for Hospira to acquire Mayne.
Under the terms of the agreement, Mayne shareholders will
receive AUD$4.10 cash per outstanding ordinary share of
Mayne, or a total equity consideration of approximately
AUD$2.6 billion (US$2.0 billion), including options. The
transaction represents a 32 percent premium over Mayne's
Sept. 18, 2006, closing price. 

    "This combination will create the leading generic
injectable pharmaceuticals company in the world --
delivering unparalleled value to the global healthcare
system as well as our respective shareholders and
employees," said Christopher B. Begley, chief
executive officer, Hospira. "The Mayne acquisition
more than doubles Hospira's international presence and
significantly accelerates the expansion of our generic
injectables business." 

    Compelling Strategic Rationale

    The combination of Hospira and Mayne represents an
excellent strategic fit, with highly complementary product
portfolios and geographic footprints. The acquisition is
expected to:

    -- Establish Hospira as the worldwide leader in generic
injectable 
       pharmaceuticals. Today, Hospira holds the No. 1
generic injectables 
       market position in the United States, backed by the
industry's broadest 
       portfolio and a growing product pipeline. Mayne
Pharma's leadership 
       positions in Europe and Australia, and significant
presence in Canada, 
       strengthens Hospira's global reach with an
attractive marketed 
       portfolio and strong pipeline.

    -- Accelerate Hospira's global expansion. The
acquisition doubles 
       international sales to nearly 30 percent of
Hospira's total sales and, 
       importantly, expands the company's international
infrastructure with 
       the addition of Mayne's global sales and
distribution platform.

    -- Expand and solidify Hospira's oncology presence.
Oncolytics represent 
       roughly half of Mayne's product portfolio, which
boasts a comprehensive 
       range of agents across this important and
fast-growing therapeutic 
       category and significantly strengthens Hospira's
product offerings.

    -- Provide Hospira with potent/cytotoxic manufacturing
and research and 
       development (R&D) capabilities. Mayne's
comprehensive and 
       differentiated expertise in formulating and
manufacturing potent and 
       cytotoxic compounds supplements Hospira's
already-broad development and 
       manufacturing capabilities.

    -- Continue to help reduce the overall costs of
healthcare -- to improve 
       both the affordability of care for patients and the
financial health of 
       the global healthcare system. By increasing the
number and availability 
       of generic injectable drugs in its portfolio,
Hospira will be better 
       positioned to provide high-quality, more
cost-effective alternatives to 
       many proprietary pharmaceuticals.

    "Mayne has grown rapidly over recent years and we
believe will continue to grow under the ownership of
Hospira, which will provide access to greater resources,
particularly in the important U.S. market," said Peter
Willcox, chairman, Mayne Pharma. "Hospira has a long
heritage, much like our own company, and will encourage the
development of our business to the benefit of our customers
and employees."

    "We look forward to welcoming our Mayne colleagues
to Hospira and fully expect their talents and skill sets to
contribute to our future success," said Begley. 

    Transaction Details

    The transaction is subject to Mayne shareholder,
regulatory and court approvals, as well as customary
closing conditions. Assuming all necessary approvals are
secured, the transaction is expected to be completed by the
end of the current calendar year.

    Financials 

    The combination of the two companies is estimated to
generate a minimum of $50 million of annualized synergies
in 2008. Hospira expects to achieve annual savings through
infrastructure optimization as well as improved supply
chain, administrative and other operational efficiencies.
After giving effect to estimated synergies, the transaction
is expected to be accretive to earnings per share in 2007,
excluding the impact of transaction-related expenses, such
as purchase accounting charges and integration costs, and
the amortization of intangible assets. The impact on GAAP
earnings per share, before the effect of
transaction-related expenses, is estimated to be neutral in
2008. Purchase accounting charges and the amortization of
intangible assets will be finalized after the transaction's
close. To finance the acquisition, Hospira will use
available cash and incur approximately $1.9 billion of debt
under committed financing facilities provided by Morgan
Stanley. Using Hospira and Mayne's strong combined cash
flow, the company intends to pay down the debt as quickly
as feasible.

    Advisors

    Morgan Stanley is acting as financial advisor and Baker
& McKenzie is acting as legal advisor to Hospira.
Merrill Lynch is acting as financial advisor and Clayton
Utz is acting as legal advisor to Mayne Pharma. 

    Webcast

    A conference call for investors and media will be held
at 7:30 a.m. Central Time on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006. A
live webcast of the conference call will be available at
http://www.hospirainvestor.com . Listeners should log on
approximately 10 minutes in advance to ensure proper
computer setup for receiving the webcast. A replay will be
available on the Hospira Web site for 30 days following the
call.

    About Hospira

    Hospira, Inc. is a global specialty pharmaceutical and
medication delivery company dedicated to Advancing
Wellness(TM) by developing, manufacturing and marketing
products that help improve the productivity, safety and
efficacy of patient care. With 70 years of service to the
hospital industry, Hospira's portfolio includes one of the
industry's broadest lines of generic acute-care
injectables, which help address the high cost of
proprietary pharmaceuticals; integrated solutions for
medication management and infusion therapy; and the leading
U.S. injectable contract manufacturing business.
Headquartered north of Chicago in Lake Forest, Ill.,
Hospira has approximately 13,000 employees and 14
manufacturing facilities worldwide. Hospira's news releases
and other information can be found at http://www.hospira.com
.

    About Mayne Pharma

    Mayne Pharma Limited is a specialty pharmaceutical
company focused on developing, manufacturing and selling a
comprehensive range of products to oncology customers in
more than 65 countries around the world. The company seeks
to augment its growth by accessing additional marketed or
development-stage products either through acquisition or
partnership. Mayne Pharma generated sales of more than
AUD$800 million in its financial year ended 30 June 2006
and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange under the
symbol 'MYP'. For more information about Mayne Pharma,
please visit http://www.maynepharma.com . 

    Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- A
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the
proposed business combination of Hospira and Mayne Pharma,
the anticipated consequences and benefits of such
transaction, projected cost savings and the projected
impact on Hospira's earnings. Hospira cautions that these
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. Risks and uncertainties relating to the
proposed transaction include: the risk that regulatory
approvals will not be obtained on a timely basis or at all;
the risk that the transaction will not be consummated; risks
relating to the integration of Mayne Pharma's business into
Hospira, including incurring higher than expected costs or
experiencing delays or other difficulties associated with
the integration; the risk that the anticipated benefits and
synergies from the transaction will not be realized; and
risks associated with Hospira's incurrence of substantial
indebtedness. Economic, competitive, governmental,
technological and other factors that may affect Hospira's
operations and may cause actual results to be materially
different from expectations include the risks,
uncertainties and factors discussed under the headings
"Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" in Hospira's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005, and subsequent Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, which are incorporated by reference.
Hospira undertakes no obligation to release publicly any
revisions to forward-looking statements as the result of
subsequent events or developments.

    For more information, please contact:

    U.S. Media    
     Stacey Eisen
     Tel:    +1-224-212-2276

    Australian Media
     Tony Rasman
     Fleishman Hillard Australia
     Tel:    +61-418-208-770
     
    Financial Community, Lynn McHugh    
     Tel:    +1-224-212-2363

    Media, Sue Cato, Cato Counsel
     Tel:    +61-419-282-319

    Media, Matt Horan, Cato Counsel
     Tel:    +61-403-934-958

    Financial Community, Andrew Rowe
     Tel:    +44-20-7420-8426
     Mobile: +44-7920-598-353

SOURCE  Hospira, Inc. 
2007'02.10.Sat
Over 10 Million Realeyes3D Handwritten Messaging Enabled Camera Phones Shipped Worldwide
September 21, 2006

-- Sales of Handwritten Messaging Enabled Camera Phones Surge Ahead Worldwide Over Past 12 Months Capturing an Estimated 10% of US Market
    PARIS, Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Realeyes3D, the
pioneer of handwritten messaging, today announced that its
handwritten messaging applications have been shipped in
more than 10 million handsets over the past 12 months.

    Handwritten messaging applications allow camera phone
users to create and exchange messages that have been
written on a piece of paper. A complement to text
messaging, handwritten messaging is a new, richer and more
personal form of messaging. With handwritten messaging
applications Digitizer(TM) and w-Postcard(TM), users can
send messages that they create in their own handwriting,
using a standard pen and any type of paper. Messages are
not restricted to words such as in text messaging, but can
be made of diagrams, maps, doodles, photos or images that
convey emotions, moods, and feelings, creating a highly
personalized message. Introduced as features for camera
phones just eighteen months ago, these applications have
now reached a critical mass for camera phone users
worldwide. In the US market for instance, public market
data and internal company sales metrics show that close to
10% of US camera phones sold over the past 12 months
feature one or more Realeyes3D handwritten messaging
applications.

    "Having 10 million camera phones shipped in major
markets, that offer the choice of sending handwritten
messages instead of text or a simple photograph, is a very
strong validation of our early vision," said Benoit
Bergeret, co-founder and CEO of Realeyes3D. "It shows
that the industry now sees that there is much more value in
the cameras on these handsets than just picture-taking. In
working with our customers, our teams have made handwritten
messaging a reality to millions of customers across the
globe. And thanks to the excellent integration achieved in
highly regarded handsets such as the Samsung SCH-A990 or
the Sanyo W43SA, we expect Digitizer and w-Postcard to gain
further and faster adoption in the near future."

    "10 million people can now enjoy the fun of
sending creative and personal handwritten messages and
'wireless postcards,'" said Philippe Dewost,
Vice-President, Marketing and Business Development,
Realeyes3D. "That's a lot of high-value messages for
senders and recipients, as well as high value data traffic
for carriers because messages that are sent using Digitizer
or w-Postcard could not have been sent with plain MMS or
email. Pictures get out of the phone and are sent only if
they reach a certain degree of uniqueness and
personalization, and that is precisely what handwritten
messaging enables in a very easy, effortless way. This is
why we expect that these 10 million handsets will soon
generate viral growth for the demand of handwritten
messaging on all camera phones."

    Digitizer allows mobile users to jot down any type of
personal message using a standard pen and paper. Digitizer
extracts the message from the camera image, resulting in a
black-and-white or true-color clear, legible handwritten
picture message that can be shared immediately with others.
For mobile users with non-Latin alphabets, such as Japanese,
Chinese or Korean, Digitizer is an ideal way to overcome the
limitations of text messaging. Digitizer messages are not
limited to words but may also include drawings, maps,
symbols or anything that can be created with a pen and
paper.

    w-Postcard allows camera phone users to add comments,
notes, doodles or drawings to pictures they have taken with
their camera phone. Mobile users simply overlay the photo
that they have taken with the handwritten content that
they've created, as described above with Digitizer. Users
can manipulate the handwritten content by changing its
size, color, placement and appearance to create a very
personalized image that then can be stored or sent. 

    W-Postcard makes pictures more personal, more valuable
and more likely to be shared.

    Because it makes use of existing messaging protocols
such as MMS (GSM) and email (CDMA), handwritten messaging
does not require specific software on the receiving handset
side.

    Both applications are powered by Realeyes3D's patented
ink extraction technology, Visual Cortex(TM).

    Notes to Editors

    About Realeyes3D S.A.

    Realeyes3D designs, develops and sells award-winning
embedded applications and wireless data services for users
of camera phones. Our applications enable new camera-based
features and services in the areas of personal
productivity, mobile messaging, user interfaces, gaming,
and more. We enable camera phone manufacturers, mobile
operators, and mobile content specialists to increase their
value proposition to consumer and professional camera phone
users. For more information, visit
http://www.realeyes3d.com .

    For more information, please contact:

    UK/EUROPE: 

     Andrew Durkin 
     MUSTARD PR
     Tel:    +44-1628-502601
     Mobile: +44-7887-998407
     Email:  andrew@mustardpr.com

     Diane Perro
     Realeyes3D 
     Tel:    +33-141-12-06-70
     Email:  dperro@realeyes3d.com

    US: 

     Julia Price
     Adexta Inc.
     Mobile: +1-415-336-1075
     Email:  jprice@adexta.com

SOURCE  Realeyes3D S.A.
2007'02.10.Sat
Corning Launches High-Throughput Label-Free Drug Screening System
September 21, 2006

New Corning(R) Epic(TM) system addresses a broad range of biochemical and cell-based applications using optical biosensor technology
    CORNING, N.Y., Sept. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Corning
Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced on Sept. 18 the
commercial launch of the Epic(TM) system, a high-throughput
label-free screening platform based on optical biosensor
technology. The system performs both biochemical and
cell-based drug discovery applications and offers drug
developers the ability to evaluate promising new drug
targets. It also allows for the observation of direct
biological interactions not previously detectable in
high-throughput applications. 

    The system uses optical technology to eliminate the
need for labels and consists of two basic components: a
disposable 384-well microplate with integrated biosensors
and a high-throughput screening (HTS) compatible microplate
reader that permits screening of up to 40,000 wells in an
eight-hour period. The Epic system can be easily integrated
with existing facilities and instrumentation because it
makes use of an industry standard microplate format. 

    "Conventional drug screening technologies rely
heavily on the use of fluorescent or radioactive
labels," said Mark Beck, vice president and general
manager, Corning Life Sciences. "These labels can
cause undesirable interactions such as false positives or
negatives, or prevent researchers from exploring promising
new drug targets because little information is known about
the target," continued Beck. "Prior to the
introduction of the Epic system, only very small-scale
label-free experiments could be performed, which did not
address the needs of today's discovery programs. Corning
solved the difficult problem of enabling label-free
screening in high throughput by integrating our expertise
in optics, materials science and the life sciences to bring
this technology to market." 

    The high sensitivity of the Epic system makes it
suitable for a broad range of drug discovery applications,
including both biochemical and cell-based assays. Corning
Life Sciences, in conjunction with multiple academic and
industry collaborators, has successfully evaluated numerous
small-molecule, large-molecule and cell-based interactions,
and several examples will be presented at the Society for
Biomolecular Sciences Conference in Seattle, Washington
from September 17-21. The Epic system will also be on
display in the Corning exhibit (booth #621). 

    "The complexity associated with drug interactions
requires a broad understanding of the associated biology,
and researchers need to be able to evaluate this from many
orthogonal vantage points," commented Jeff Mooney,
commercial technology director, Corning Life Sciences.
"The Epic system has the sensitivity to detect small
molecule binding interactions and to measure endogenous
level cellular response -- all in the same platform at high
throughput," Mooney continued. "This means that
with a single instrument a researcher could screen, for
example, the binding between a small molecule drug and a
kinase target, or alternatively perform a cell-based GPCR
screen using cells with endogenously expressed receptors.
There is no comparable system commercially available
today." 

    For additional information on the Epic system or any
other Corning Life Sciences products, please contact a
customer service representative at 1-800-492-1110, toll
free in the United States, (+1) 978-635-2200
internationally, or visit
http://www.corning.com/lifesciences . 

    About Corning Incorporated

    Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is a
diversified technology company that concentrates its
efforts on high-impact growth opportunities. Corning
combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic
materials, polymers and the manipulation of the properties
of light, with strong process and manufacturing
capabilities to develop, engineer and commercialize
significant innovative products for the telecommunications,
information display, environmental, semiconductor, and life
sciences industries. 

    Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements
that involve a variety of business risks and other
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation
to update them in light of new information or future events.


    For more information, please contact:
   
    Media Relations Contact:

     Corning China
     Lydia Lu
     Tel:   +86-21-5467-4666 x1900
     Email: lulr@corning.com

     US Corning
     Dana Moss
     Tel:   +1-607-974-7860
     Email: mossdd@corning.com

    Investor Relations Contact:

     Kenneth C. Sofio
     Tel:   +1-607-974-7705
     Email: sofiokc@corning.com

SOURCE  Corning Incorporated
2007'02.10.Sat
Symbol Technologies Launches New Mobile RFID Reader Extending RFID to Furthest Reaches of Supply Chain Facilities
September 20, 2006

Rugged RD5000 Mobile RFID Reader Provides Visibility on Variety of Material Handling Equipment
    HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility
Company(TM), today announced that it has launched the
RD5000, a compact, mobile Gen 2 RFID reader that can be
integrated with forklifts, pallet jacks, stretch wrappers,
and other material handling equipment, and utilized in
various space-constrained environments. By extending the
range of RFID beyond the dock door, the RD5000 mobile RFID
reader provides customers with improved asset visibility in
motion throughout the supply chain.

    (Logo: 
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041029/SYMBOLOGO )

    The RD5000 mobile RFID reader can also be mounted on a
forklift with the Symbol VC5090 vehicle/fixed mount
computer as part of an integrated forklift solution that
reduces the need for drivers to spend time recording the
receipt and movement of goods. By combining the power of
the RD5000 mobile RFID reader with the VC5090 vehicle/fixed
mount computer, customers can speed product movement through
the supply chain and track products, pallets and assets in a
variety of locations.

    "Previous RFID deployment strategies have depended
heavily on the predictable movement of goods, with RFID
readers installed at `choke points' such as dock
doors," said Anthony Bartolo, vice president and
general manager of Symbol's Wireless Infrastructure and
RFID Divisions. "By RFID-enabling material handling
equipment with Symbol's new RD5000 mobile RFID reader,
organizations gain increased visibility to items in the
supply chain all the way to the shelf or staging
area."

    The RD5000 mobile RFID reader features cable-free
operation, an integrated antenna, Bluetooth communication
capabilities and wireless connectivity.  These features,
combined with the reader's small dimensions and Microsoft
Windows CE 5.0 platform, help ease the installation,
maintenance and integration of the reader with existing
processes and networks. The RD5000 mobile RFID reader will
also support Symbol's upcoming Wireless-Next Generation
(Wi-NG) RF-switching system which will allow organizations
to easily deploy and manage evolving RF networks from one
central location.

    "Symbol's mobile RFID readers are changing the
face of RFID with innovative features and solutions that
redefine the notion of real-time inventory tracking and
increased supply chain visibility," said Jane Gilson,
director, Windows Mobile and Embedded Devices Group,
Microsoft Corp. "Our close collaboration with Symbol
ensures that its line of portable RFID readers and other
rugged devices incorporate the best, most advanced features
that Windows CE has to offer."

    The rugged design of the RD5000 RFID reader has been
tested to withstand the shocks and blows that take place in
extreme environments, and has been sealed to IP66
specifications for protection against dust and water. To
maximize battery life during work shifts, the RD5000 mobile
RFID reader is equipped with sensors that detect the
device's proximity to tagged items, shutting down when
motionless or out of tag range.
 
    A number of Symbol partners have already developed
solutions with the RD5000 mobile RFID reader including
Creative Concepts Software, Inc.; Xterprise Incorporated;
Rush Tracking Systems; and epcSolutions, Inc.

    About Symbol Technologies 

    Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility
Company(TM), is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise
mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture,
move and manage information in real time to and from the
point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility
solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio
frequency identification technology, mobile computing
platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and
world-class services programs. Symbol enterprise mobility
products and solutions are proven to increase workforce
productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational
efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the
world's leading companies. More information is available at
http://www.symbol.com . 

    Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States
and/or other countries.

    For more information, please contact:

    For media information: 
     Bill Abelson 
     Symbol Technologies, Inc.
     Tel:   +1-631-738-4751
     Email: bill.abelson@symbol.com

    For media information:
     Joey Marquart
     Edelman Public Relations
     Tel:   +1-212-704-8133
     Email: joey.marquart@edelman.com

    For EMEA media information:
     Ana Williams
     Spark Communications
     Tel:   +44-207-357-8612
     Email: ana@sparkcomms.co.uk

    For financial information:      
     Lori Chaitman                   
     Symbol Technologies, Inc.        
     Tel:   +1-631-738-5050             
     Email: lori.chaitman@symbol.com     
   
    For industry analyst information: 
     Shirley Schroedl 
     Symbol Technologies, Inc.
     Tel:   +1-631-738-4823 
     Email: shirley.schroedl@symbol.com  

SOURCE  Symbol Technologies, Inc.


2007'02.10.Sat
Hong Kong's Chow Tai Fook Unveils Luxury Apartments in Beijing
September 20, 2006

    BEIJING, China, Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Jewellery giant Chow Tai Fook Group, the privately held
enterprise of New World Development Chairman Cheng Yu-Tung,
has rolled out its luxury apartments project in Beijing. The
project, named Shadow Creek, consists of 89 luxury villas in
the first phase, with a selling price expected to be around
USD6,000 per square meter.

    With the liberalization of China's economic policy,
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited has been expanding its
investments in China during the past few years.  Up until
now, CTF Group and New World Group have invested over US$7
billion in China.

    Nestled along the right bank of Beijing's Wenyu River,
Shadow Creek, has a total construction area of 76,000
square meters offering an 8,000 square meter lake, 11-meter
high ceilings, European-style private gardens, private
swimming pools, private saunas, hot spring water, deluxe
penthouse master bedrooms and clubhouse-style
multi-function basements.

    "Jewellery and luxury properties are closely
bonded since both represent the lifestyle of wealthy
elites, and I'm confident about the market potential thanks
to the booming demand on the mainland," said Cheng
Yu-tung, founder and group Chairman on the sidelines of
Shadow Creek's unveiling ceremony just this past Sunday.

    Other high-end residential properties in Beijing
developed by flagship real estate developer New World China
Land focus on the key market segments of the high-end
market.  Their Shunyi villa complex, Chateau Regalia has
attracted multinational executives, embassy officials and
other wealthy elites to live there, taking advantages of
its natural surroundings and proximity to the airport.  The
newly renamed Roseburg property, previously named Chateau
Regalia Apartments, is a group of serviced-apartments
focused on young, trendy expatriate and Chinese
professionals.  It is adjacent to the Airport Expressway
and in the vicinity of Riverville Square, a shopping and
leisure mall with supermarket, spa centre and other
attractions, also developed by New World. 

    Dr Cheng said, "New World China Land, the mainland
property arm of Hong Kong-listed New World Development will
roll out more property projects over a long term, showing
its commitment to the investment in the mainland."

    About Chow Tai Fook Group

    Chow Tai Fook Group is the privately-held conglomerate
of Cheng Yu-Tung with a total assets of over five billion
USD.  Its unit Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co Ltd has set up
over 500 outlets in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and
Taiwan, with annual sales reaching one billion USD and it
also has diversified operations in real estate, vehicle,
hotel, telecommunications and retailing.  Its unit Chow Tai
Fook Enterprises Ltd owns a controlling 38% interest in Hong
Kong-listed New World Group.  http://www.chowtaifook.com .

    About New World China Land 

    Hong Kong listed New World China Land (HK 0917) is
mainland China's property flagship of the New World Group
with a total asset base of about HKD32.1 billion and its
real estate portfolio comprises 37 development projects
spanning over 17 high-growth cities since its entry into
the mainland China property market since the early 1980s.
Website for New World China Land http://www.nwcl.com.hk .
Website for Chateau Regalia: 
http://www.chateauregalia.com/

    Note to Editors£º Pictures of all properties mentioned,
available upon request.

    For more information, please contact:

     Eileen Yan
     Tel:    +86-10-6450-8013
     Mobile: +86-135-0100-4793
     Email:  eileenyan18@163.com

SOURCE  New World China Land
2007'02.10.Sat
SmartPay Launches Mobile Airlines Ticketing in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
September 20, 2006

-- Partnership Between SmartPay and Nanjing Yinyan Enables Mobile Users to Purchase Airline e-tickets Via SMS and IVR
    SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Shanghai SmartPay Jieyin Co., Ltd. ("SmartPay"),
a leader in electronic payment systems, and Nanjing Yinyan
Airlines Services Co., Ltd. ("Yinyan"), the
biggest airline ticketing agent in Nanjing, recently
announced a plan to launch mobile airline ticketing for
customers in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.  The strategic
cooperation calls for significant build-out of mobile air
ticketing over the coming months.

    SmartPay and Yinyan's service allows customers to
purchase airline e-tickets by sending a simple SMS or IVR
instruction.  With the movement toward nationwide airline
e-ticketing in China, and Yinyan's leadership in Nanjing,
the joint cooperation is a key example of how SmartPay
works with leading merchants to innovate and deliver new
payment methods.

    SmartPay provides mobile payment platform building upon
its extensive network with banks and mobile operators in the
region.  Yinyan processes over RMB 180 million worth of air
tickets annually. SmartPay has also recently announced
cooperation for mobile air ticketing in other key provinces
throughout China, complementing its leadership in other
payments including pre- and post-paid mobile phone bills,
lottery ticketing and utility bill payments.

    About SmartPay Jieyin

    SmartPay is a leader in developing mobile and
phone-based payment systems for Chinese consumers. SmartPay
has built a network of millions of users and key strategic
merchants including telecom operators, utilities, airline
ticketing agencies and lottery agencies, amongst others,
allowing convenient and effective peer to merchant and peer
to peer payments. 

    About Nanjing Yinyan

    Yinyan is the biggest airline-ticketing agent in
Nanjing, which processes ticketing through channels such as
Ctrip, China Telecom 114, a telephone booking system, and
their dealer network.  Compared with same period last year,
its monthly sales have increased consistently, reaching 25%
market share in Nanjing. 

    For more information, please contact:

     Janet Yu
     Shanghai SmartPay Jieyin Co., Ltd.
     Tel:   +86-21-5385-5299 x160   
     Email: janet.yu@smartpay.com.cn

SOURCE  Shanghai SmartPay Jieyin Co., Ltd.
2007'02.10.Sat
Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts Wins Regional and Global Business Traveller Awards for Sixth Consecutive Year
September 20, 2006

    SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts has been named Best
Mid-Scale Hotel Brand in Asia Pacific and Best Mid-Scale
Hotel Brand in the World at the Business Traveller
Asia-Pacific Awards for the sixth consecutive year.  The
accolades clearly show that Holiday Inn Hotels &
Resorts continue to deliver the levels of service, comfort
and value that appeal to frequent travellers. 

    The coveted Business Traveller Asia Pacific Awards
reflect the views of frequent business travellers who take
part in its annual survey of travel-related services.  The
survey results are independently analyzed by market
information group Taylor Nelson Sofres. 

    A. Patrick Imbardelli, chief executive,
InterContinental Hotels Group Asia Pacific, said: "It
is heartening to know that those who travel frequently on
business have consistently rated Holiday Inn Hotels &
Resorts as the best brand in the mid-scale segment, year
after year since 2001.  We certainly do not take Holiday
Inn's leadership position for granted, as we are always
looking for ways to ensure that our expanding portfolio of
Holiday Inns will continue to meet and exceed the
expectations of our guests.  We are grateful for this
endorsement and will continue to work as a team to maintain
the brand's enduring popularity."

    Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts was established in
1952 and is today one of the most widely recognized brands
in the world. There are currently over 1,400 Holiday Inns
globally, including 89 in Asia Pacific.  The most recent
Holiday Inn launches in the region include Holiday Inn
Shifu Guangzhou, Holiday Inn Jasmine Suzhou, Holiday Inn
Seaview Qinhuangdao, Holiday Inn Yueyang and Holiday Inn
Chengdu West Century City in China.  Scheduled to open soon
are Holiday Inn Resort Regent Beach Cha-Am in Thailand,
Holiday Inn Wellington in New Zealand, as well as Holiday
Inn Binhai Tianjin and Holiday Inn Jiuzhai Jarpo, both in
China. 

    Earlier this year, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts
also won the prestigious China Hotel Pioneer Award, which
was presented at the China Hotel Development and Financing
Seminar.  The award recognises the groundbreaking efforts
and tremendous success of the brand in China since the
opening of Holiday Inn Lido Beijing 22 years ago. 

    Notes to Editors:

    InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom
(LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)) is the world's largest hotel
group by number of rooms.  InterContinental Hotels Group
owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various
subsidiaries, over 3,650 hotels and 540,000 guest rooms in
nearly 100 countries and territories around the world.  The
Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected
hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels &
Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday
Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R),
Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel
IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel
loyalty programme, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with over 28
million members worldwide.

    Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region for
InterContinental Hotels Group worldwide. The Group's
portfolio in this region includes 165 hotels and over
46,000 guest rooms under the InterContinental(R) Hotels
& Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts,
Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, and Express by Holiday
Inn(R) brands.

    InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and
online reservations for all its hotel brands at
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the
Priority Club Rewards programme at
http://www.priorityclub.com .

    For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group,
visit our online Press Office at http://www.ihgplc.com/media
.

    For more information, please contact:

     Sharona Tao
     Manager, Brand Public Relations & Communications
     Greater China
     InterContinental Hotels Group
     Tel:   +86-21-2893-3309
     Fax:   +86-21-2893-3399
     Email: sharona.tao@ichotelsgroup.com

SOURCE  InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 
2007'02.10.Sat
i-flex Launches 'i-flex Process Framework for Banking'
September 20, 2006

Process Enabler to Transform Banking Operations, Enhance Process Efficiencies and Provide a Framework for Managing Operational Risk
    MUMBAI, India, Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
i-flex(R) solutions (Reuters: IFLX.BO & IFLX.NS), a
leading provider of technology solutions to the global
financial services industry, announced the launch of the
"i-flex Process Framework for Banking (iPFB)," a
tool for transforming banking operations. iPFB is a
repository of processes that draws on best practices that
i-flex has developed in working with more than 660
customers in over 120 countries. 
 
    iPFB will help banks tackle one of their biggest
challenges -- improving process efficiency while
simultaneously managing operational risks by allowing them
to optimize processes using a Business Process Management
(BPM) approach. Banks can also use iPFB to control
Operational Risk and integrate diverse applications into a
common operating environment.  

    More conventional approaches to the problem only offer
process specifications that must be coded into software or
managed manually. As processes can change frequently,
keeping such processes up-to-date is extremely tedious,
time consuming and error prone. In addition, banks are
unable to centrally view and manage processes that are
implemented across geographies and often with local
variations.  Until now, banks have typically lacked a
measurement-based feedback mechanism that is essential to
manage process performance and have not had a method to
evaluate the impact of proposed changes.  

    iPFB specifically solves these problems. It offers both
business process definitions and corresponding executable
processes which are implemented using the industry-standard
Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). 

    "Banks are struggling with the challenge of
transforming their systems to achieve business agility
without risking business disruption. iPFB provides them
with the tools to implement business process improvements
without a major surgery to the supporting application and
IT infrastructure. It also provides them with a way to move
from a legacy environment to an SOA environment in a phased
manner, while managing operational risk effectively,"
says R Ravisankar, CEO International Operations and
Business Development, i-flex solutions. "Together this
adds up to immediate positive impact on the business."


    Banks using iPFB can now make every part of their
institutions as good as the best part because they can
analyze data centrally and roll out best practices across
the enterprise. It is a training enabler as it maintains
the latest process specifications in a manner that can
easily be understood by business users. In addition, iPFB
monitors risk indicators and serves as the implementation
of a Risk Control Self Assessment framework.  It also
significantly simplifies the task of making process and
control information available to regulators when required.

    The processes are organized by lines of business -- for
example, Trade Finance, Retail Lending, Treasury, Cash
Management, Wealth Management and Investment Banking -- and
are defined in a manner understandable by business users.
They are end-to-end processes crossing departmental
boundaries and are organized by functional areas such as
customer service, risk & control, execution and
marketing & management. 

    Today most financial institutions own a complex web of
siloed applications that were designed to primarily meet
departmental requirements. These same applications impose
their own opaque processes; every time banks needed to
adapt to changing market and business demands, they
implemented new applications or customized existing ones.
Banks have begun to break these applications down into a
range of services.  What has been a challenge is to knit
these services together to create an end-to-end banking
process. 

    "iPFB moves i-flex from a vendor of software to
that of system integrator and advisor to the largest of
banks," says Bart Narter, senior analyst with the
banking group at Celent LLC.

    Banks can use iPFB to accelerate their business process
management (BPM) initiatives using a battery of well proven
processes to knit together diverse applications and manual
steps.  For banks who want to begin the transition to a
process driven environment i-flex offers a range of
services including operating business model definition;
process architecture and re-design; process integration and
implementation and maintenance services.

    For information on iPFB, please visit:
http://www.iflexsolutions.com/iflex/solutions/iPFB.aspx

    About i-flex solutions
	
    i-flex(R) solutions (Reuters: IFLX.BO & IFLX.NS) is
a world leader in providing IT solutions to the financial
services industry, with more than 660 customers in over 120
countries. i-flex's range of products, custom solutions and
consulting services enable financial institutions to cut
costs, respond rapidly to market needs, enhance customer
service levels and mitigate risk. 

    i-flex and FLEXCUBE are registered trademarks of i-flex
solutions. Reveleus, Daybreak and PrimeSourcing are
trademarks of i-flex solutions and are registered in
several countries.

    All other company and product names are trademarks of
the respective companies with which they are associated. 

    For information, please visit:
http://www.iflexsolutions.com

    For more information, please contact:

     Eapen Thomas 
     i-flex solutions
     Tel:    +91-22-2823-5190 x5132  
     Fax:    +91-22-2836-3140
     Email:  eapen.thomas@iflexsolutions.com

     Shilpa Harsh
     Adfactors PR Pvt. Ltd.
     Tel:    +91-80-4113-3061
     Mobile: +91-9986359063
     Email:  shilpah@adfactorspr.com

SOURCE  i-flex solutions
2007'02.10.Sat
Tianjin Binhai Angel Venture Capital Fund Registers at TEDA
September 19, 2006

New Addition Indicates Optimization of TEDA's Environment Conductive to Technology Development
    

    TIANJIN, China, Sept. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Tianjin
Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) announces
that Tianjin Binhai Angel Venture Capital Fund was founded
recently in TEDA.  The new fund, holding RMB100 million,
will commit itself to investing capital in technology
enterprises and projects, which are in their initial stage
and boasting home grown intellectual property rights.
 
    In recent years, TEDA has set its development targets
for the new century, constructing itself into a modern
manufacturing base as well as an R&D hub. However, the
realization of the targets will rely on such conditions as
the reform of R&D management systems, inclusive of
technology related investment and financing systems, the
continuous development of the financing environment, as
well as the improvement of the environment conductive to
the incubation of middle and small-sized enterprises. 
Therefore, the founding of this fund will upgrade the local
innovation and entrepreneurship environment and promote the
growth of innovation culture in Tianjin, which, as a
result, will generate a cluster effect for the innovative
enterprises in TEDA and the Binhai New Area, and foster
foundations for new economic growth in the area.

    The fund will focus investment on start-up enterprises
characterized by strong technology strength, technology
related projects and the industries enjoying priority
development due to Tianjin's preponderances in the industry
chain, such as bio-tech and IT.

    Equipped with a separate fund manager and fund
custodian, the Fund will operate completely in a commercial
way.  Tianjin Venture Capital Co., Ltd. acts as its first
manager, while a specialized fund investment committee
consisting of independent investment specialists and
representatives from venture capital investment
organizations, who are initiators of the fund, will make
its capital investment decisions. 

    About Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area
(TEDA)

    Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA)
was established in 1984 with the approval of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China.  It is one of
the first state-class economic-technological development
areas in the country. 

    TEDA is located in the center of a larger area
bordering Bohai Sea and the east of the Asia-Europe Land
Bridge, thus serving as the gate to the two super cities of
Beijing and Tianjin, and the throat connecting the northeast
of China.  By the end of 2005, 4,067 foreign companies have
landed in TEDA.  Of the Fortune 500 companies, 57
multinational companies, from 10 countries and regions,
including such well-established multinational giants as
Motorola, Samsung and Toyota, invested in 123 enterprises
in TEDA.  In 2000, "Fortune" listed TEDA as one
of the most highly recommended economic areas in China.  In
2002 UNIDO listed TEDA as one of the most dynamic areas of
China together with Shenzhen, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Shanghai
Pudong and Xi'an High-tech Park.

    For more information, please visit:
http://www.investteda.org .

    For more information, please contact:

     Ding Lei of TEDA
     Tel: +86-22-2520-1576

SOURCE  Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area

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