Heidrick & Struggles Adds New Partner to Life Sciences and Con…

TOKYO, May 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII), the world’s premier executive search and leadership consulting firm, today announced that Walter L. Ames has joined the firm’s Life Sciences and Consumer Practices as a Partner, based in the Tokyo office. Ames specializes in search work for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device... [Read More...]

AsiaNet Daily Summary – Press Releases for Thursday, May 1, 2008

SYDNEY, May 1 /AsiaNet/ – PEPSICO WEBCAST… PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo Wednesday announced that its annual shareholders’ meeting will be webcast live from Plano, Texas, over the Internet on Wednesday, May 7, at 9 AM local time (10:00 AM ET). http://www.pepsico.com NEW CAMPAIGN… NEW YORK: Grammy-winning artist Miri Ben-Ari, aka the Hip-Hop Violinist and a third generation... [Read More...]

PepsiCo Announces Webcast of Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

PURCHASE, N.Y., April 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today announced that its annual shareholders’ meeting will be webcast live from Plano, Texas, over the Internet on Wednesday, May 7, at 9 AM local time (10:00 AM ET). The live webcast will be accessible through PepsiCo’s website at www.pepsico.com and will be archived for replay at the same site for a period of... [Read More...]

Grammy-Award Winning Artist Miri Ben-Ari Enlists Star Power fo…

NEW YORK, May 1/PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – Gedenk Movement Targets American Youth to Educate About the Holocaust Grammy-winning artist Miri Ben-Ari, aka the Hip-Hop Violinist and a third generation to Holocaust survivors, is launching a new campaign on behalf of her non-profit organization Gedenk ("remember" in Yiddish) to promote awareness and education about the Jewish Holocaust... [Read More...]

New Report Provides Ranking of the World’s Top Emerging Market…

NEW YORK, April 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – China passes India in 2007 by adding the most new mobile subscribers in a single year, according to a new, free report from Light Reading The world’s populous nations are also among the fastest growing mobile markets, producing some 320 million new mobile phone subscribers in 2007 alone, an increase of more than 25 percent, according... [Read More...]

Financial One Corp. Declared an Interim Dividend of USD 3 cent…

TAIPEI, April 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – The board of directors of Financial One Corp. approved today an interim dividend of USD 3 cents per share. The interim dividend is scheduled to be paid out on or around 30 May 2008, subject to compliance with regulatory requirements. The Share Transfer Books and Register of Members of the Company will be closed on 20 May 2008 for the purpose... [Read More...]

Fannie Mae Redemption

WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption: Principal Security Interest Maturity Redemption ... [Read More...]

Anadigics Announces 3G Power Amplifier Designed to Deliver Pow…

WARREN, N.J., April 30/PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ – New AWT6224 Dual-Band HELP3 PA Enables UMTS Performance in 900MHz Bands Worldwide; Features Significantly Reduce Current Consumption and Increase Talk Time ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD) today announced its new AWT6224 dual-band HELP3(TM) power amplifier (PA) module... [Read More...]

NTT Com to Open Fourth Indian Office in Chennai

TOKYO, April 30/Kyodo JBN-Asianet/– NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary NTT Communications India Private Limited (NTT Com India) will open its fourth Indian office in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on May 1, 2008. The new office, NTT Communications India Private Limited – Chennai Branch, joins NTT Com India’s existing branches in Mumbai, Bangalore... [Read More...]

For Visitors from Korea Strengthning Kyushu Tourism Informatio…

FUKUOKA, April 30/Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/– JR Kyushu will further extend Kyushu tourism information services for visitors from Korea by developing a web site in Korean in order to accommodate the increase in the number of tourists from Korea. Various efforts, such as the posting of maps with special coupons, which can only be obtained from the web site, and the distribution of an E-mail magazine,... [Read More...]

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