Singapore-listed China Sunsine Q1 net profit down 18.3 pct on new tax
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China Sunsine Chemical Holdings Ltd said first quarter net profit fell 18.3 pct year-on-year to 16.5 mln yuan on higher costs and the loss of its full tax exemption.

FUJITSU UNVEILS 4 EMBEDDED-SOFTWARE TITLES UNDER INSPIRIUM BRAND
Fujitsu Ltd. (TSE:6702) said Friday that it will release this coming Wednesday four new products in its Inspirium series of embedded software used to control mobile phones and digital consumer electronics.

Singapore-listed China Sunsine Q1 net profit down 18.3 pct on costs, new tax
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China Sunsine Chemical Holdings Ltd said first quarter net profit fell 18.3 pct year-on-year to 16.5 mln yuan on higher costs and the loss of its FULL tax exemption.

BUYINS.NET: VNDA, ATWO, CAGC, CSOL, INRA, EEGI Have Also Been Removed From Naked Short List Today
RDATE:12052008 BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been removed from the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VNDA), a21 Inc. (OTCBB: ATWO), China Agritech Inc. (OTCBB: CAGC), China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: CSOL), Innova Robotics and Automation Inc. (OTCBB: INRA), Eline Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC: EEGI). For a complete list of companies on the naked short list please visit our web site. To find the SqueezeTrigger Price before a short squeeze starts in any stock, go to www.buyins.net.

GSMA honours Egypt with Government Leadership Award
The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, has awarded its prestigious Government Leadership Award 2008 to Egypt. The award exists to recognise exceptional work by governments in the fields of mobile communications policy and regulation. Egypt was chosen because of the impressive progress it has made in establishing a thriving mobile communication sector. In the 12 months to March 31st, ten million more Egyptians began using mobile services, lifting the country’s mobile penetration rate to 43% from 29% a year earlier and providing a substantial boost to the broader economy.* Over the last two years, the Egyptian government has introduced greater competition into the mobile market, undertaken a process of liberalisation of international voice and data services and is now introducing greater competition into the fixed-line market. These steps are enabling Egypt to attract new investment from the private sector and is lowering the cost of providing mobile communications services. As a result, the average time spent on mobile calls in Egypt is among the highest in Africa.

Global Village and HIT Entertainment finalises master plan of world’s first ‘Little Big Club’
Global Village, a member of Tatweer, today finalised the master plan for the recently announced ‘Little Big Club’ that will be set up in alliance with HIT Entertainment, the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights owners. The ‘Little Big Club’ will be designed around the globally popular characters of Barney, Pingu, Bob the Builder, and Thomas the Tank Engine. It will include indoor and outdoor play-areas, party rooms, theatre, café, and a dedicated retail outlet.

Pantera Petroleum Appoints American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. as New Transfer Agent
AUSTIN, TEXAS--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) - Pantera Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB:PTPE)(FRANKFURT:4PP) is pleased to announce the appointment of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("AST") as our new Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar, effective as of April 30, 2008. AST will handle all issues concerning stock certificates, including issuing or transferring certificates and address changes. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, headquartered in New York, is the largest independent stock transfer agent and trust company in the United States, servicing over 2,750 public companies and maintaining approximately 6,000 issues. Representative clients of AST include Coca-Cola Enterprises, Yum! Brands, Wendy's International, Wachovia, Dell, 3Com, and Raytheon.

AXIS COMMUNICATIONS: Axis, Bosch and Sony cooperate to standardise the interface of network video products; First cooperation in the security industry to establish a global open standard for the interface of network video products; Interoperability between
RDATE:12052008 Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation announce that they will be cooperating to create an open forum aimed at developing a standard for the interface of network video products. Currently, there is no global standard defining how network video products such as cameras, video encoders and video management systems should communicate with each other. The new standard is expected to comprise interfaces for specifications such as video streaming, device discovery, intelligence metadata etc. The framework of the standard, incorporating the key elements of network video product interoperability, will be released in October 2008 at the Security show in Essen, Germany. The main goal of this new standard is to facilitate the integration of various brands of network video equipment and to help manufacturers, software developers and independent software vendors ensure product interoperability. A unified open standard will also offer end-users greater flexibility of choice, enabling them to select products from different vendors in order to develop systems that fully meet their needs. This standardisation initiative demonstrates the strong commitment of Axis, Bosch and Sony to supporting the ongoing shift from analogue to digital surveillance in the security market.

SmallCapReview.com: Small Caps to Watch - TASR, KTOS, NUHC, TTES
RDATE:12052008 TASER International (Nasdaq: TASR) Closed at $7.27. Today announced the award of a multi-year Science and Technology Award from the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Department (JNLWD) of the Department of Defense (DoD). The contract award is for an eight-month base effort followed by two options for a total program duration of 24 months to develop and demonstrate specific TASER(r) technologies to meet the DoD requirement for Human Electro Muscular Incapacitation (HEMI). The contract award is $1.15M for the base effort with a total contract value of $2.59M for the full 24 month effort. TASER International is a current focus stock at www.smallcapreview.com

PALISADE: Thales uses @RISK from Palisade to measure feasibility of new business tenders; Risk analysis assists electronics specialist with business-critical decisions
RDATE:12052008 Thales UK has adopted @RISK software from Palisade Corporation (www.palisade.com), to enable it to assess commercial feasibility of potential new business wins. @RISK's in-depth risk analysis ensures the leading provider of mission-critical electronic information systems for aerospace, defence and security markets around the world, is fully informed when making business-critical decisions. Thales operates in a highly competitive environment, with technologically advanced countries presenting tough opposition when it tenders for contracts. It must continually develop highly sophisticated equipment that is robust and failsafe to meet the stringent demands of its customers. Bringing products of this calibre to market is costly in terms of time and resource, so for every competitive new business opportunity, Thales must be confident that it has a reasonable chance of success.

Research and Markets: Evaluate And Compare The Attractiveness Of The United States Healthcare IT Medical Equipment Market With This Industry Report
RDATE:12052008 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91410) has announced the addition of "United States Healthcare IT Medical Equipment Industry Report : Detailed Analysis of the Medical Equipment & Medical Devices Market Covering Healthcare Informatics, Hospital Information Systems, PACS and RIS Equipment, Installations and Supplies" to their offering

Iskratel: Iskratel Brings CounterPath's VoIP Products to European and CIS Countries
RDATE:12052008 KRANJ, SLOVENIA and VANCOUVER, CANADA -- Iskratel, a leading systems integrator and network equipment provider, today announced that it will extend its relationship with CounterPath Corporation (OTCBB: CPAH; TSX-V: CCV) to include the company's full suite of desktop and mobile VoIP products in its solutions offerings. Having successfully launched CounterPath NomadicONE (a fixed-mobile convergence solution, formerly named BridgePort NomadicONE) with Mobitel, Slovenia's largest mobile operator, Iskratel will now add CounterPath's line of multimedia softphones and conferencing solutions to its offerings. The CounterPath products will integrate seamlessly with Iskratel's SI3000 Control Plane and deliver the benefits of unified communications to fixed and mobile operators.

Research and Markets: Web 2.0 Server and Push Technology Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, 2008 to 2014
RDATE:12052008 Dublin: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91442) has announced the addition of "Web 2.0 Server and Push Technology Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, 2008 to 2014" to their offering Advertising budgets have not been directly connected to the computer and technology before the Web 2.0 companies started attracting advertising dollars. The massive reach of Google has attracted to advertising dollars into the computer industry. Even thought the proportion of total advertising spending on Internet advertising is relatively low, the impact on the computer industry is large.

Alcatel-Lucent: Alcatel-Lucent highlights its wireless broadband leadership and end-to-end solutions at ITU Telecom Africa 2008
RDATE:12052008 ITU Telecom Africa -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) will showcase its leadership in the network evolution to mass broadband and feature the full breadth of its end-to-end solutions to support fixed and wireless broadband multimedia services at the upcoming ITU Telecom Africa 2008, taking place in Cairo, Egypt, from May 12^th to 15^th. As service providers gather for the major networking event for information and communication technology (ICT) players across the African region, visitors to the Alcatel-Lucent booth (booth C95 in Hall 2) will be able to view demonstrations of innovative solutions, software and services developed to enrich the broadband end-user experience and to help transform telecommunications.

Alcatel-Lucent: Reliance Communications and Alcatel-Lucent form global joint venture to offer managed network services to telcos; To start with, Joint Venture to provide Managed Services to Reliance Communications CDMA and GSM Networks
RDATE:12052008 Paris and Mumbai -- Reliance Communications, India's largest integrated telecommunications service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced forming a global joint venture. Combining the unique strengths of Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance Communications, the Joint Venture company would foray in the fast growing USD 16 billion Managed Network Services industry and will cater to telecom operators, both CDMA and GSM, across the globe. The first assignment of this joint venture will be to provide Managed services for Reliance Communications nationwide CDMA & GSM networks in India.

1: a PRNewswire
RDATE:01012001 General Dynamics has just distributed the following news release. Title: General Dynamics Awarded $27 Million Navy Contract for Performance- Based Logistics Support of Airborne Computers Date: 5/12/2008 11:45:00 AM GENERAL DYNAMICS

Nvidia Q1 profit rises
During the quarter, it shipped its first Hybrid SLI DX10 motherboard GPUs, the GeForce 8000 GPU series. It increased its R&D spend by 38% to $218.8m compared to the year-ago quarter in anticipation of competition from Intel, which is working on a standalone product by combining its graphics chips with computer processors. Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive at Nvidia, said: "The growth of GPUs continues to outpace the PC market. We shipped 42% more GPUs this quarter compared to the same period a year ago, resulting in our best first quarter ever." Looking ahead to the second quarter, the company expects revenue to decline 5%.

Lion Nathan selects Quickcomm for telecom expense management services
According to Quickcomm, it will provide Lion Nathan with its telecom expense management (TEM) software as an in-house enterprise application that reconciles telecom invoices with inventory and carriers. Quickcomm said the solution analyzes each line item, from mobile and cellular voice services to tie lines, paging services, data and PBX. Quickcomm will then identify discrepancies and redundant or surplus services. Mark Evans, CEO of Quickcomm, said: "Quickcomm recognizes the requirements of organizations such as Lion Nathan, and creates a custom-made solution to maximize expense management. When dealing with multiple service sectors, and a variety of telecom needs, a TEM solution is a necessary step to achieve greater visibility into where unnecessary expenditures are taking place."

Federal Contracts Awarded by Federal Agencies in Virginia (May 12)
WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The following federal contracts were announced by federal agencies based in Virginia. *** Jet Industries Wins $29,288 Contract RICHMOND, Va., May 12 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $29,288 contract to Jet Industries Inc., Agawam, Mass., for engines, turbines and components. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Va. For more information, contact Lisa Hardy at 804/279-3123, or e-mail lisa.hardy@dla.mil

Tech roundup; Axa, SAP, Sysprice, Facebook, Atentus
The Argentinean unit of French insurer AXA (NYSE: AXA) plans to invest $1US.1mn in IT systems during the first half of 2008, local paper La Nación reported.