Asia PR News

SAGUENAY, June 30 /CNW Telbec-AsiaNet/ –

Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL)announced today that its Quebec employees
represented by the Canadian Auto Workers (C.A.W.) union have ratified a new
collective labour agreement by a 91.4 percent majority. The agreement will
cover an initial (more…)

PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Affiliate of The Blackstone Group Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire
Cendant’s Travelport Unit for Approximately $4.3 Billion

An announcement today by Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) that it has agreed
to (more…)

WILMINGTON, Del., June 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase in Europe for
all DuPont titanium dioxide grades.

Effective July 1, 2006, or as permitted by contract, prices for all
titanium dioxide grades will increase 130 (more…)

NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced that it has entered into a
definitive agreement to sell Travelport, the Company’s travel distribution
services subsidiary, to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group for approximately
$4.3 billion (more…)

MILWAUKEE, June 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC), a world leader in identification solutions
and specialty materials, today announced that it has acquired Carroll
Australasia Pty. Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Terms of the
transaction were not (more…)

SUMMIT, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Third FDA Approval for Celgene Corporation in Six Months

Celgene Corporation (Nasdaq: CELG) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has granted approval for its Supplemental New Drug
Application (sNDA) for (more…)

HAMBURG, 29 June /AP/ –

Ukraine no longer considers itself an outsider since it reached the
quarterfinals of the World Cup.

The Eastern European nation, which is making its first World Cup
appearance, has been emboldened since becoming the first former Soviet republic
to (more…)

BERLIN, 29 June /PA/ –

The World Cup has now reached the quarter-finals stages and here are some
of the tournament’s magic moments from the past seven days.

AUSTRALIANS ENJOY THEIR MOMENT

Australia went football crazy as the Socceroos came through a stormy
encounter (more…)

BERLIN, 29 June /PA/ –

The World Cup has now reached the quarter-final stages and here are some of
the tournament’s controversies over the past seven days:

LAST-GASP SPOT-KICK DRAMA

Italy, reduced to 10 men in their second-round clash with Australia, were
facing (more…)

LONDON, 29 June /Reuters/ –

English referee Graham Poll said today he had decided to retire from
international tournaments after his high-profile blunder at the World Cup.

He showed three yellow cards to Josip Simunic of Croatia before sending him
off in the 2-2 Group F draw (more…)