SYDNEY--29 Sep--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
HAPPY COFFINS...
SINGAPORE: There are some Happy Coffins from Singapore challenging death's
taboos. Today, designer coffins deck a nursing home where three residents
fulfill their pre-departure wishes of how their final resting places should be.
http://www.happycoffins.org
http://bit.ly/dnR2Kl
AIRCRAFT CUSHIONS...
NEW DELHI: Air Cushions USA announced today that it will now offer in India
its air cushion recovery systems used for recovering disabled aircraft, heavy
trucks, trains, boats, military assets and other heavy equipment on land and
sea. West Palm Beach, Florida based Air Cushions USA has appointed Globid
Inc. to handle sales and provide customer service for Indian customers.
www.AirCushions.us
http://bit.ly/a8M9Jk
FILMAKERS UNITE...
DUBLIN: Jameson is once again calling all wannabe Steven Spielbergs to enter
the annual amateur filmmaker competition Done in 60 Seconds, which forms a
cornerstone of the star-studded Jameson Empire Awards ceremony, taking place in
London in March 2011.
http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/DISS
http://bit.ly/98JScV
BANK PAYMENTS...
BRUSSELS and AMSTERDAM: Clear2Pay, the international technology provider of
next generation payment solutions for financial institutions, announces that it
has entered into an agreement with Rabobank (NL) for the provision and
implementation of a bank wide payments hub powered by the Open Payment
Framework (OPF).
www.clear2pay.com
http://bit.ly/bQUB6d
WORLD HUNGER...
BERLIN: The prices of wheat and other agricultural commodities have risen
yet again, following the already significant price increases of 2007 and 2008.
According to the Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture, these are the early
indicators of a latent food crisis, which will hit the world within the next
ten years.
http://bit.ly/bSI0Xh
AIRCRAFT SUPPLY...
WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.(NYSE: SPR) and British Airways PLC. (NYSE:
BAY) today announced the signing of a supply agreement whereby Spirit will
supply thrust reverser, fuselage and wing components for British Airways fleet
of Boeing aircraft.
www.spiritaero.com
http://bit.ly/cuV36G
OFFICE LAUNCH...
WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) today announced the opening of
a new sales office in Shannon, Ireland, to service customers in Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA). Establishing regional centers around the world
positions Spirit in close proximity to a worldwide customer base and allows for
quicker response to emerging customer requirements.
www.spiritaero.com
http://bit.ly/bJy5TL
PAYROLL SERVICE...
ROSELAND: ADP(R) a leading provider of HR, payroll and benefits
administration services, today announced that British Telecom (BT plc), one of
the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, has
selected ADP to provide managed payroll services to more than 16,000 employees
in 45 countries.
http://www.adp.com/
http://bit.ly/9sRVRI
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates
indicated.
http://bit.ly/9qIisv
POKER FACE...
DUBLIN: Team Full Tilt member Gus Hansen picked up his first WSOP bracelet
by winning the High-Roller No-Limit Hold 'em Heads Up Championship at WSOP
Europe in London. Hansen pocketed the top prize of GBP288,409 ($451,880).
http://www.fulltiltpoker.net
http://bit.ly/bR1mqw
POTASH PROJECT...
CALGARY: GrowMax Agri Corp. and its subsidiary, Americas Potash Peru S.A.,
(collectively, "GrowMax") is pleased to announce that it has completed the
Pre-Feasibility Study for its potash project at Bayovar, Peru in the Sechura
desert.
www.americaspetrogas.com
http://bit.ly/bo5L8C
SALES ALLIANCE...
BELOIT: Sheffield Bio-Science, a Kerry Group Business, has formed a
strategic global sales and marketing alliance with Girus Life Sciences. Under
this partnership, Sheffield Bio-Science will be the exclusive Global Sales,
Distribution and Development Partner for Girus Life Sciences' chemically
defined Regocel supplements.
http://bit.ly/ciPJrE
CREDIT DEAL...
SAO PAULO: Itau Unibanco signed yesterday a trade and cooperation agreement
with CHINA UNIONPAY CO. LTD (CUP). By this contract, CUP clients with their 2.2
billion credit and debit cards will be able to withdraw at over 30,000 Itau
ATMs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
http://bit.ly/8XWJoF
EMPLOYMENT SURVEY...
STOCKHOLM: Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The
World's Most Attractive Employers 2010", based on close to 130,000 career
seekers, with a business or engineering background.
http://www.universumglobal.com/Top50
http://bit.ly/8X8SKh
REAL FACEBOOK...
LONDON: A British entrepreneur who five years ago netted $1m with his
Million Dollar Homepage website - in which advertisers bought pixels on a web
page a dollar at a time - is back with a $3m idea that he describes as a 'real'
face book.
http://www.onemillionpeople.com
http://bit.ly/9eMOiV
HAVOK WREAKED
TOKYO: Havok, the Emmy award winning technology company, is delighted to
announce that PlatinumGames has used their products Havok Physics and Havok
Animation to power Sega's highly anticipated new title VANQUISH(TM).
http://www.havok.com
http://bit.ly/aPPH1y
OFFICE EXPANSION...
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS: Tourico Holidays(R) announced today that it is
significantly expanding its global presence, forming subsidiary companies in 20
countries and renaming its Hong Kong operation to match the branding of its
other international offices.
http://bit.ly/atKoH1
LENDER IPO...
WASHINGTON: The initial public offering (IPO) of Indian microfinance lender
SKS marks a critical transition for microfinance, say the authors of a new CGAP
paper, "Indian Microfinance Goes Public: The SKS Initial Public Offering,"
because it proves that accessing capital markets is a viable proposition for
microfinance institutions.
www.cgap.org
http://bit.ly/cQsips
CHINA CAT...
WUJIANG: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today is announcing plans to expand
its manufacturing presence in China to further position the company to meet
growing customer demand in China.
http://www.cat.com
http://bit.ly/ad0P5C
WOMEN MEDIA...
TORONTO: Women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented
in news media coverage, according to Global
Media Monitoring Project research
in 108 countries coordinated by the World Association for Christian
Communication, despite significant change since the project began 15 years ago.
http://bit.ly/cC83UL
OKI EXPANSION...
TOKYO: OKI Engineering, an OKI Group company offering reliability
assessments and technical solutions in the field of environmental protection
announced that today it has expanded its range of thermal characteristics
analysis services for semiconductor devices. A service that measures the
thermal resistance and heat capacity of power devices and optical devices will
be available from today.
http://bit.ly/c6HX5h
SOLAR CONTRACT...
MUMBAI: Aries Waaree Solar Pvt Ltd. (AWSPL), operating in the field of
engineering, construction and supervision of Renewable Energy Power Plants in
India has bagged order for engineering services to set up 40 MW Solar PV Power
Plant for Adani Group Gujarat India.
http://www.waaree.com
http://bit.ly/czTPFe
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