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SYDNEY, Oct 31/AsiaNet/ -

3 MOBILE…
SAN FRANCISCO: Novarra, the leading provider of
next-generation mobile internet platforms and services, today
announces that 3 Austria has launched its innovative high speed
mobile internet service, ‘MoreWWW’ powered by Novarra’s Vision
platform.
www.novarra.com

NOVARRA ITALIA…
CHICAGO: Novarra, the leading provider of next-generation
mobile internet platforms and services, today announces that 3
Italia has launched two new services using Novarra’s Vision
mobile web gateway platform.
www.novarra.com

IMLIVE.COM CELEBRATES…
NEW YORK and LONDON: This weekend ImLive.com will be
celebrating its 10 millionth member. Just to contemplate a
figure as large as this is mind boggling and one must keep in
mind that there are 140 independent countries in the World that
do not have as many citizens, the population of New York City
is not even close, and in fact only 6 states in the USA have a
larger population than 10,000,000.
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070919/NYW098LOGO
http://imlive.com/hostlist.asp?cat=232&GenderID=1&Iam=3
http://photoarchive.ap.org
www.ImLive.com

BIOHIT LAUNCH…
HELSINKI: In the new Proline Plus pipettor, Biohit has
combined the basic functionalities of the traditional Proline
mechanical with new, state-of-the-art pipettor design and
technology. Particular emphasis has been put on safety,
ergonomics, and efficiency in pipetting, as well as on the high
quality of the device.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279781
www.biohit.com

GERALD GENTA…
PARIS: On Friday night, the Gerald Genta team hosted their
guests to present the world’s very first Gerald Genta boutique
located on the famous Rue de la Paix, in Paris.
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-a
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-b
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-c
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-d
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071030/279777-e
http://photoarchive.ap.org

QUINTILES ACQUISITION…
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina: Quintiles
Transnational Corp. today announced that its Latin American
subsidiary has purchased Bio-Trials, a leading Central American
Clinical Research Organization with headquarters in Panama and
offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Peru.
www.qtrn.com

AMERICAN AXLE…
DETROIT: American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., which
is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced that it has
formed a joint venture with Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited
of India. The new company, AAM Sona Axle Private Limited, will
manufacture and sell light truck, passenger car and SUV axle
assemblies for the India market.
www.aam.com
www.prnewswire.com/comp/033813.html
www.sonagroup.com

FANNIE MAE…
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of FINP securities issues amounting to a total of
US$92,316,000 on November 9, 2007 at a redemption price equal
to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest. Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of
MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$433,135,000 on
November 9, US$200 million on November 11 and US$100 million on
November 13, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of
the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com

KIRTAS TECHNOLOGIES…
ROCHESTER, New York: Kirtas Technologies, a leading
innovator and provider of digital scanning solutions, today
announced it will provide high-quality digitization services to
Yale University Library, in conjunction with the company’s
agreement with Microsoft Corp. to digitize books for Live
Search Books.
www.kirtastech.com
www.library.yale.edu
http://books.live.com

GRIFOLS INVESTMENT…
BARCELONA: Grifols’ Board of Directors, which met on October
23, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, has approved a euro 400
million investment plan that will be carried out between now
and the year 2012. Among other things, the new investments will
be to increase capacity for plasma fractionation and
purification, as well as to increase plasma supply.
www.grifols.com

MDS PHARMA…
KING OF PRUSSIA, Philadelphia: MDS Pharma Services, a
leading provider of innovative drug discovery and development
solutions, announced today a significant expansion of its
central lab operations in China. The contract research
organization has moved to a new, larger facility in Beijing to
meet the growing demands from pharmaceutical and biotech
companies conducting clinical trials in China.
www.mdsps.com
www.mdsinc.com

MAGINET ACQUISITION…
SINGAPORE and COLUMBUS, Ohio: Singapore-based MagiNet Pte
Ltd. announced that it has completed the acquisition of
Percipia, Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio. This strategic
addition to its portfolio of integrated technology solutions
for the hospitality industry equips the company to meet the
growing demand from hotels, resorts, casinos and condotels for
single-source, comprehensive solutions featuring video,
high-speed internet, voice and more, all in a converged network
environment.
www.maginet.net
www.percipia.com

OTIS EMIRATES…
FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of
United Technologies Corp., has won a 59-unit contract that
features the first Compass destination entry system sold in the
United Arab Emirates.
www.otis.com

MICREL LAUNCH…
SAN JOSE, California: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in
analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC
solutions, today introduced the MIC2130/1, a new series of high
voltage synchronous buck controller ICs offering a frequency
dithering feature that minimizes EMI and adheres to global EMC
standards.
www.micrel.com

DIGI MIGRATION…
MINNETONKA, Minnesota: Digi International today introduced
the Digi DialServ, a phone line simulator that integrates with
Digis cellular gateways to allow legacy devices with built-in
modems to easily drop-in to cellular IP networks.
www.digi.com

RISING STARS…
WELLINGTON: StarNow.com, the popular site for casting calls
and auditions in the entertainment industry has launched the
Rising Star competition, a global talent search aimed at
highlighting undiscovered talent.
www.starnow.com/risingstar
www.starnow.com

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