SYDNEY--6 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
OPPORTUNITIES EXPOS...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: The October Opportunities expos, Working Ins
flagship events, will hit London (9-10 October) and Manchester (16-17 October)
with the goal of helping Brits start their new life in Australia or New Zealand.
www.expo-australia.com ,
www.expo-newzealand.com
http://bit.ly/aCmFwS
COLLABORATION CONTINUES...
PARIS: The Etam muse, designer of two lingerie collections a year and
Russian top model, Natalia Vodianova, is continuing her collaboration with the
French brand.
http://bit.ly/9xFWN2
GZP EXPANDS...
IRVINE, Calif.: Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals (GZP) Wednesday announced that
it has expanded its capabilities for strategic regulatory and product
development support of gene therapy and somatic cell therapies, including
treatment vaccines for cancer and other serious or life-threatening diseases.
http://www.groundzerous.com
http://bit.ly/bEkHwB
RARE EARTH...
TYLER, Texas: Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp., formerly Standard Silver
Corporation, announced Wednesday it has executed a 20 year lease with the Texas
General Land Office covering 860 acres at Round Top Mountain in Hudspeth
County, Texas.
http://www.TexasRareEarth.com
http://bit.ly/buzc8F
ISE AWARD...
ATLANTA: T.E.N., a technology and information security executive networking
and relationship-marketing firm, announced Wednesday that Craig Shumard, Chief
Information Security Officer for CIGNA Corporation is the winner of the
prestigious ISE Luminary Leadership Award 2010.
http://www.techexecnetworks.com
http://www.iseprograms.com
http://bit.ly/bILG14
SPB LAUNCHES...
SAN FRANCISCO, California: SPB Software, a leading mobile applications and
games developer, Wednesday announced the latest version of its best-selling
mobile user interface (UI), SPB Mobile Shell 5.0, for device manufacturers and
carriers.
http://www.spb.com
http://bit.ly/cgpTgL
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Wednesday announced and offering of new issue of
2-year Benchmark Notes due October 30, 2012.
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/cWGmAW
WORLD-CHECK LAUNCHES...
LONDON: World-Check Wednesday announced the launch of its Iran Economic
Interest (IEI) solution following a raft of new international legislation
including the U.S. Government's Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability
and Divestment Act (CISADA) of July 2010, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929
(UNSCR 1929), and new Iran sanctions laws passed by the European Union (EU),
Canada, Australia, Japan and many more.
http://www.world-check.com
http://bit.ly/crD9kM
TI AUTOMOTIVE...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.: TI Automotive, a leading automotive supplier of fluid
storage, carrying and delivery technology, has been named the fuel systems
supplier for up to three million Volkswagen Group vehicles, beginning in 2011.
http://bit.ly/abaziS
OPTUS SELECTS...
SAN JOSE, Calif. and SYDNEY: deCarta Wednesday announced that Optus, an
Australian leader in integrated communications and member of the SingTel Group,
has chosen deCarta's Traffic Manager technology to power the advanced traffic
functionality in the Optus TrafficView service.
http://www.decarta.com
http://www.optus.com.au
http://bit.ly/djxpyG
DELOITTE ASCENDS...
NEW YORK: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) Tuesday announced that its
member firms have risen to become the largest private professional services
organization in the world for the first time in the organization's history.
www.deloitte.com/2010annualreview
www.deloitte.com/about
http://bit.ly/aB7q9l
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of ten
securities issues on Oct 15, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/a9vbW7
LOGISTICS EXHIBITION...
BANGKOK, Thailand: More than 190 leading logistics providers worldwide have
confirmed to exhibit in 418 exhibition booths, covering every angle of the
logistics industry, including logistics products, machinery, equipment,
logistics services, software and information technology, education institutes
and Government State Enterprises, at the 7th International Logistics Fair 2010
(TILOG 2010), to be held on October 7-11, 2010 at Hall 101-102, BITEC Bangna,
Bangkok.
www.depthai.go.th
www.thaitradefair.com
www.logisticsfair.com
http://bit.ly/bPqSsg
ANTINUCLEAR EXHIBITION...
TOKYO: An antinuclear exhibition created by Buddhist association Soka Gakkai
International (SGI), "From a Culture of Violence to Culture of Peace:
Transforming the Human Spirit," was launched at the Rotunda of the Vienna
International Centre on October 4 in cooperation with the NGO Committee on
Peace, Vienna. It will be on display through October 15.
http://www.peoplesdecade.org
http://bit.ly/ccxwaz
BACARDI COMPLETES...
HAMILTON, Bermuda: Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits
company in the world, Tuesday announced the initial phase of its US$250 million
dollar investment in Scotch whisky production has been completed.
http://www.dewars.com
http://www.bacardilimited.com
http://bit.ly/aYSdAx
GLOBAL ALLIANCE...
PARIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Hubwoo, the world's leading provider of
Cloud Procurement solutions powered by SAP software and Bristlecone, one of the
industry's most experienced supply chain business advisors and solution
providers, Tuesday announced the launch of a strategic global alliance.
Together they deliver a complete Analyze-to-Pay solution powered by SAP(R)'s
procurement software deployed in an on-premise, cloud, or mixed model.
www.hubwoo.com
http://www.bcone.com
http://bit.ly/dhd9JT
DATA CENTER...
TOKYO: Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, and NTT
Communications (NTT Com) announced on October 5 an agreement to establish a
data center in Tokyo to support salesforce.coms cloud computing services.
http://www.salesforce.com/crm
www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/d4UZCs
CROSSCHECK INTRODUCES...
BOSTON and BERLIN: Crosscheck Networks, Inc. Tuesday introduced the next
generation of its flagship product, Forum Sentry v8.0, helping organizations
seamlessly migrate their enterprise SOA deployments to the cloud while
capitalizing on the cloud computing model for business and competitive
advantage.
http://www.crosschecknet.com
http://soasymposium.com
http://bit.ly/bkmVo1
MEDIATEK ANNOUNCES...
HSINCHU: MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless
communications and digital multimedia solutions, Tuesday announced a series of
digital TV SoC solutions with high resolution and performance, assisting its
customers to deliver the most competitive products for the new era of digital
home entertainment.
http://www.mediatek.com
http://bit.ly/b9oOhi
HANDHELD RELEASES...
LIDK adi?PING, Sweden: Handheld Group, the global supplier of rugged
computers, Tuesday introduced the Nautiz X3, Handheld's smallest and lightest
rugged handheld PDA yet.
http://www.handheldgroup.com
http://bit.ly/cDFoFP
ACISION SECURES...
READING, England: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, Tuesday announced
it has agreed a $100 million package of new funding to enable the company to
take full advantage of the opportunities created by the mobile data revolution.
The new investment was led by existing shareholders Access Industries, with
funding also provided by co-shareholders International Investment and
Underwriting (IIU) and Atlantic Bridge.
http://www.acision.com
http://www.iiu.ie/
http://www.abven.com
http://bit.ly/cgcOwU
KT LAUNCHES...
SAN FRANCISCO: KT, Korea's largest fixed-line operator and second largest
mobile carrier, has launched the country's first large-scale private cloud with
partner Cloudscaling.
http://cloudscaling.com
www.CatheyCommunications.com
http://bit.ly/doFu0n
ESCO EXPANDS...
PORTLAND, Ore.: ESCO Corporation (USA), a leading global provider of wear
parts and attachments for the mining and construction industry, continues to
expand its operations in Australia with the recent appointment of Mine & Quarry
Service Company Pty Ltd as distributor of ESCO products covering South
Australia and the Northern Territory.
www.escocorp.com
http://bit.ly/cReyKz
NEW UPS...
TOKYO: Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd., will put on sale "Fuji Mini UPS
EX100 Series," a new family of high-efficiency uninterruptible power systems
(UPS) with capacity of 1kVA to 3kVA, on October 5, 2010.
http://bit.ly/dDcD77
MOHAWK EARNINGS...
CALHOUN, Ga.: In conjunction with Mohawk Industries, Inc. 3rd Quarter 2010
earnings release on Thursday, November 4, 2010, you are invited to listen to
its conference call that will be broadcast live on Friday, November 5, 2010 at
11:00 am ET.
http://www.mohawkind.com
http://bit.ly/buzYbu
DRILLING PROGRAM...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation announced Tuesday that its second-half
2010 drilling program for the Shouyang Block commenced recently with three
wells, the 34D, 40V, and the 11D having been spudded in the past week.
http://bit.ly/cpshrk
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