Leading Developer Selects Energy-Efficient Otis Products for Projects Across ChinaFARMINGTON, Connecticut - Otis Elevator Company’s joint venture Xizi Otis has secured a new contract from Longfor Properties, a leading real estate developer in China. Xizi Otis will deliver and install 442 elevators and 10 escalators for residential and commercial projects in four cities. The order, which includes energy-saving Gen2(R) elevators with ReGen(TM) drives, is the second awarded by Longfor Properties to Xizi Otis, the largest of Otis’ 10 joint ventures in China. Otis is a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX). The 4th Military and Naval Show in Saint-Petersburg: Interview with the Director of OPK’s Shipbuilding Project Andrei FomichevIZVESTIA, Russia - - Russia Develops Highly Competitive Military Goods Keeping With The XXI Century Standards PepsiCo and Pepsi Bottling Group to Invest US$1 Billion In Russia 50 Years After Russians Had Their First Taste of Pepsi-ColaMOSCOW - - Investments support new beverage, juice and snack infrastructure, including Domodedovo plant being inaugurated this week OPK: The First Floating Nuclear Power Plant ConstructionMOSCOW - On May 18, 2009 the first floating nuclear power plant was set up in St. Petersburg (Russia). The contract, signed by OPK and “Concern Energoatom” PLC on February 27, 2009, anticipated the construction, launching, rebuilding and testing of the power plant. The exploitation of the head floating power-generating unit, with KLT-40C type reactor, is the final step of this project. According to the contract, the construction of the floating power-generating unit started on February 27th, 2009. By the II quarter of 2012 it is due to be completed. In the fourth quarter of 2012, after testing, it will be operating. Russia Has World’s Most Engaged Social Networking AudienceLONDON - - Vkontakte.ru Ranks as Most Popular Social Networking Site in Russia with 14 Million Visitors NDC Net Profit for 2008 Based on IFRS Rises 2.23%MOSCOW - The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia’s only settlement depository servicing the full range of Russian debt and equity securities, announced today that its net profit for 2008 based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) increased 2.23% in comparison with 2007, reaching RUR401.9 million (RUR393.1 million for 2007). Demanding Consumers Push Logistics Improvements in Tough Russian Car MarketMOSCOW - - www.automotivelogisticsrussia.com The market may be reeling from its first major decline in vehicle sales for nine years, made worse by government taxes and anti-corruption measures, but logistics executives are still looking to improve their service to consumers, the Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow heard last week. MEDRAD Multi Vendor Service Launches TotalRepair(SM) in EuropeMAASTRICHT, Netherlands - - The first and only guaranteed ultrasound probe repair solution makes efficient use of shrinking healthcare budgets The Foundation for Research in Osteoporosis and Bone Disease (FROMO) Awards the 2009 Fellowship in Renal Physiology and PathophysiologyGENEVA - The Foundation for Research in Osteoporosis and Bone Disease (FROMO) announced the recipients of the 2009 Fellowship in Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology: Andreas Kistler, MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow at the Division of Nephrology of the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland and Sara Damiano, PhD student in Nephrological Sciences at the Second University of Naples, Italy. The biotechnology company Amgen offered this educational grant to FROMO which is a Foundation based in Geneva to support research and teaching in the field of bone disease, in particular renal osteodystrophy which affects patients with severe renal insufficiency. Fraport Consortium Preferred Bidder in St. Petersburg Airport Concession ProjectFRANKFURT, Germany - - Pulkovo Airport: Gateway to Russia’s Second Largest Metropolis and a Popular Tourist Destination Adaptec Introduces Series 5Z RAID Controllers With First Maintenance Free, Flash-Based Cached Data Protection for On-Demand Cloud Computing Data CentersMILPITAS, California - - Innovative, High-Performance Adaptec Series 5Z Unified Serial(R) RAID Controllers Reduce Data Center Operating Costs, Enhance Data Protection, and Minimize Environmental Hazards Rosneft Reaches US $15 Billion Loan Agreement With ChinaMOSCOW - - Baker Botts Lawyers Counsel Russian Oil, Gas Company in Complex Oil Supply Transaction Bloomberg is First to Provide Kazakhstan Stock Exchange DataNEW YORK - The real-time market data feed from the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (”KASE”) is now available to investors across the globe via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. With this development, Bloomberg users can access KASE real-time trading quotes, pricing and corporate information. Bloomberg is the first vendor to carry KASE data. Supermicro Displays Performance-Per-Watt Leadership at International SuperComputing (ISC) 2009HAMBURG, Germany - 2U Twin2 (”Twin Squared”), SuperBlade(R) and Other Innovative Servers Featuring Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5500 (Nehalem) Processors & Gold Level Power Supplies Supermicro Showcases World’s Densest and Greenest HPC Solutions at ISC ‘09HAMBURG - 1,440 Processor Cores per 42U Rack with 4-Way SuperBlade(R) Optimized for Six-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors, QDR InfiniBand, Gold Level Power Efficiency NDC and MICEX Settlement House Begin Providing New Settlement ServiceMOSCOW - The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia’s only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announced today that starting 15 June 2009 NDC and MICEX Settlement House (MICEX SH) began offering a new service to settle transactions on a Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) basis using NDC and MICEX SH accounts with Euroclear Bank, the international central securities depository. As part of the new settlement arrangement, NDC is responsible for the securities record and MICEX SH controls the flow of funds. At this stage, settlements are conducted in a range of foreign currencies involving transactions with Russian Federation Eurobonds, ADRs and GDRs. Otis Lifts Vehicles to 94th Floor of Tallest Building on Chinese MainlandFARMINGTON, Connecticut - Otis Elevator Company has designed and installed a unique elevator that is being used to transport vehicles to the 94th floor exhibition hall in mainland China’s tallest building. This elevator is among 30 elevators and 34 escalators that Otis installed in the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC). Otis is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Helix Biopharma Corp. Begins Trading on the OTCQX International Market Listing as HXBPFAURORA, Ontario - Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX, FSE: HBP; OTCQX: HXBPF) announced today that it has commenced trading in the U.S. on the OTCQX International Market under the ticker symbol HXBPF. Investors can find real-time quotes, disclosure and financial information about the OTCQX International Market at www.otcqx.com. First Step Towards the Revolution in the Market of Management Systems - Release of TeamWox Trial VersionKAZAN, Russia - Today MetaQuotes Software Corp. released the trial version of the groupware system TeamWox. (www.teamwox.com/en/demo/download/) Supermicro and NVIDIA Smash 1U Server Performance Records at International SuperComputing (ISC) 2009HAMBURG, Germany - 2-Teraflop SuperServer 6016GT-TF-TM2 with Two Tesla GPUs plus a new 4U System that supports Four Tesla GPUs US$200m Into New WiMAX Operator in RussiaMOSCOW - Icon Private Equity, One of the Largest Private Equity Funds in Russia and CIS, Will Invest US$200 Million to Establish a National WiMAX Operator Parascript Signature Verification Technology Used by Moscow Law Firm to Detect Signature Fraud in US$160,000 Debt Collection CaseBOULDER, Colorado - - Results from Parascript SignatureXpert confirm that signatures on financial documents were fraudulent, and enabled the Arbitration Court of Moscow to initiate forensic examination and expert study – TTK Earns 27.5 Billion Rubles (882 Million US Dollars) in 2008LONDON - Leading Telecoms Backbone Operator’s Investment in Telecoms Infrastructure Pays Off The Board of Directors of TTK’s principal shareholder ‘Russian Railways’ has reviewed and approved TTK’s reporting on its 2008 budget performance. According to International Financial Reporting Standards the consolidated income of TTK (which includes its head company and 18 subsidiaries) was 27.5 billion rubles - 14% higher than when compared to 2007 when TTK reported an income of 24 billion rubles. Telecommunications services was the principal source of the company’s income, accounting for 20.6 billion rubles compared to 16.9 billion in 2007. Launch of www.Radostar.comLENGNAU, Switzerland - The iconic Swiss watchmaker Rado, a key media partner at Salone del Mobile 2009, made full use of the event in Milan to officially launch its exciting new initiative, www.radostar.com. Solution to European Pharma Woes Goes Deeper Than Downsizing, Says New Report From ZS Associates and eyeforpharmaEVANSTON, Illinois - Increasing power of public health care payers drives need for significantly revamped sales models in Europe - New Top Management Appointments in OJSC Rosinter Restaurants HoldingMOSCOW - OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding, the leading casual-dining operator in Russia and the CIS (RTS, MICEX, ticker: ROST), announces key management appointments. Prospect Therapeutics’ In Vitro Studies Demonstrate that GCS-100 Drug Binds to and Blocks the Effects of Galectin-3WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts - Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. (”Finn”) announced today that in vitro studies have demonstrated that GCS-100 binds to and blocks the effects of galectin-3. Galectin-3 plays an important role in tumor cell survival, new blood vessel growth, cell proliferation and tumor metastasis, which is the spread of cancer beyond its primary site. As a result, this product candidate may have multiple benefits in combating cancer cells, including: Amira Pharmaceuticals to Present Preclinical Data from LPA1 Receptor Antagonist Program at FASEB Summer Research ConferenceSAN DIEGO - Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it will present preclinical data from its LPA1 receptor antagonist program on June 30, 2009 at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Summer Research Conference in Carefree, Arizona. Microlife WatchBP Invites Medical Professionals for a ‘New way through together’ at ESH MeetingWIDNAU, Switzerland - By Guideline-Based Solution for Blood Pressure Measurement — Microlife WatchBP(R) Nuvera to Deliver Fuel Cell Power Systems and Hydrogen Refueling Station to H-E-BBILLERICA, Massachusetts - Nuvera Fuel Cells announced today the sale of 14 PowerEdge(TM) fuel cell systems, along with a complete PowerTap(TM) Hydrogen Generator and Hydrogen Station, to H-E-B in San Antonio, Texas. The fuel cell units will power Class II forklift trucks used for the company’s distribution center operations. Delivery is scheduled for September, 2009. Partial funding is being provided by the Department of Energy’s hydrogen and fuel cell market transformation initiative. Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research Ltd., Brussels Branch, Issues Statement Concerning Prospect Therapeutics, Inc.’s GCS-100 MoleculeWELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts - Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. (”Finn”) announced today that he has received a statement from Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research Ltd., Brussels Branch. The statement is quoted in its entirety below. ZigBee Selected by Continua Health Alliance for Next Generation GuidelinesSAN RAMON, California - Wireless Standard added to Continua Health Alliance Design Guidelines Rosinter Restaurants Holding Announces Successful Bond Put Option Exercise PaymentMOSCOW - OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (Rosinter), the leading casual dining restaurants chain in Russia and CIS (RTS and MICEX ticker: ROST), announces that on June 4th, 2009 it purchased non-convertible bonds from its bondholders who exercised their Put Option. The funding was provided by a three-year loan which the Company received from Sberbank for a total amount of 950,000,000 Roubles. IntraLinks and Redocs Announce Strategic Alliance in RussiaLONDON and MOSCOW - IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Redocs, which offers document management services to financial and legal professionals in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Ingenuity and Integromics Offer Integration for Comprehensive Genomics AnalysisREDWOOD CITY, California - Integromics, S.L. and Ingenuity Systems announced the integration of RealTime StatMiner(R) and Integromics Biomarker Discovery(TM) (IBD) for TIBCO Spotfire(R) with Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). The resulting platform provides a uniform solution for researchers to visualize and statistically assess genomics data, and then identify relevant biological processes and pathways. Researchers can now leverage a streamlined workflow to send the data from RealTime StatMiner(R), a step-by-step workflow-oriented solution for RT-qPCR data analysis, and IBD for TIBCO Spotfire(R) , an application to pre-process, normalize, and interpret raw microarray gene expression data, directly into IPA for better modeling, analysis, and understanding of their biological data. |
