SYDNEY--21 Oct--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
RTS GBOT...
SINGAPORE: RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions
provider, announced today that the firm is providing clients with market access
to the newly launched Global Board Of Trade Ltd. (GBOT), the first
international multi-asset class exchange in Mauritius.
www.rtsgroup.net
www.gbot.mu
http://bit.ly/cpqZmc
ESCO APPOINTMENT...
BRISBANE: ESCO Corporation announced today that Steve Lennard has joined the
organization as Director of Sales, Engineered Products Group, for Australia.
www.escocorp.com
http://bit.ly/cZYJFZ
QSR LAUNCH...
MELBOURNE: Two highly anticipated data analysis software products will be
launched in South East Asia today, giving users the unrivalled ability to
analyze video, audio, pictures, surveys and documents side-by-side. Developed
by QSR International, NVivo 9 and NVivo Server 9 are designed to harness the
data explosion facing researchers, businesses and governments worldwide.
www.qsrinternational.com
http://bit.ly/9xGVG9
CHINA AUTOMOTIVE...
BEIJING: China Economic Monitoring Center of China National Bureau of
Statistics and Sinotrust International Information & Consulting (Beijing)
jointly released the "2010 Q3 China Automotive Industry Climate Index."
http://www.sinotrust.cn
http://bit.ly/aJ0tQ4
RENTAL PROGRAM...
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS: Tourico Holidays(R) announced today that it is
introducing a new vacation home rental program unlike any other in the travel
industry. Offering a wide range of properties that includes more than 10,000
vacation properties in the U.S. and Central America and more than 40,000 in
Europe, this new service will feature real-time inventory and automatic
confirmation of reservations, so the process will be similar to that of booking
a hotel room.
http://www.TouricoHolidays.com
http://www.travelholdings.com
http://bit.ly/dBrBHZ
KANGAROO GRAIN...
ADELAIDE: After only a year in business, Kangaroo Island Pure Grain was
today recognised as the Business SA Emerging Exporter for 2010, with markets
established for their non-genetically modified high oil canola and other grains
in China, Japan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Thailand and Korea.
http://bit.ly/bAP9AV
ALBEMARLE UPDATE...
BATON ROUGE: Albemarle (http://www.albemarle.com) (NYSE: ALB), announced
today it has completed the R&D laboratory facilities and begun construction on
its Yeosu, South Korea manufacturing facility.
www.albemarle.com
http://bit.ly/b8OoJj
MIYOWA FACEBOOK...
SAN FRANCISCO: Miyowa, the world leader in aggregating social networks and
instant messaging on mobile, is launching Facebook Chat.
http://bit.ly/9TSUCu
CHP-USP...
ROCKVILLE: Supporting greater access to quality medicines for people around
the world, the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission (ChP) and the United States
Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) will host the 4th ChP-USP Joint Science &
Standards Symposium in Hangzhou, China, on October 21-22.
http://www.usp.org
http://bit.ly/9aUhie
BREAKBULK CONFERENCE...
HOUSTON: Breakbulk Americas Transportation Conference & Exhibition attracted
3,800 Attendees - Evidence of a Recovering Breakbulk and Project Cargo Industry.
www.breakbulk.com
http://bit.ly/bUgf7V
INGREDIENTS INDONESIA...
JAKARTA: The Indonesian edition of Food Ingredients Asia, held in Jakarta
last month, has earned glowing reviews from both visitors and exhibitors. In
fact the show was heading for success months before it opened, with exhibition
space fully booked and a waiting list already in place.
http://www.ubm.com
http://bit.ly/crBU19
INCOMM AUSTRALIA...
ATLANTA and MELBOURNE; InComm, an industry leading marketer, distributor and
technology innovator of stored-value gift and prepaid products, continues its
global expansion by opening its doors in Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.incomm.com/
http://bit.ly/bBfpn6
SPR RESULTS...
WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will release its
third quarter 2010 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Tuesday, Nov.
2.
http://www.spiritaero.com
http://bit.ly/9Q9CvN
QUARK ANNOUNCEMENT...
FREMONT: Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company engaged in
the discovery and development of RNAi-based therapeutics, today announced it
has dosed the first patient with recent onset of non-arteritic anterior
ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in its ongoing Phase I study of QPI-1007, the
Company's proprietary synthetic siRNA drug candidate for ocular neuroprotection
http://www.quarkpharma.com
http://bit.ly/cIrYZg
U.S. JOBS...
WASHINGTON: Sluggish job creation and modest consumer spending continue to
spur slow economic growth according to the October 2010 Economic Outlook
released today by Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) Economics & Mortgage
Market Analysis Group.
http://bit.ly/9ytrL4
LA WINNER...
LOS ANGELES: Winner of the 7th Annual LA Auto Show Design Challenge to be
announced Nov. 18
http://bit.ly/chaluY
ROSES ESPN...
IRVINE and PASADENA: VIZIO, the Tournament of Roses and ESPN announced today
that a four-year agreement has been reached establishing VIZIO as the
presenting sponsor of the Rose Bowl Game through 2014, as well as the title
sponsor of the 2014 BCS National Championship Game.
www.VIZIO.com
www.tournamentofroses.com
http://bit.ly/dkIyus
POKER INDUCTION...
DUBLIN: Eight-time WSOP Bracelet Winner to be Inducted Next Month
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com
http://bit.ly/bGk1Vz
TOKYO HOOTERS...
ATLANTA: The first Hooters location in the "land of the rising sun" will
open on October 25th. The Hooters of Tokyo, Japan marks the 30th international
country and 470th Hooters location where guests can enjoy Hooters nearly-world
famous wings.
http://www.Hooters.com
http://bit.ly/9q7QkL
VARICENT RANK...
TORONTO: The leading innovator in incentive compensation (ICM) and sales
performance management (SPM) solutions, Varicent Software Incorporated today
announced that it ranked number 1 in the software category and number 6 overall
on Technology Fast 500(TM), Deloitte's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing
technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology
companies in North America.
http://www.varicent.com
http://bit.ly/dgtGoq
MOBILE BANKING...
BANGALORE, LONDON and LAS VEGAS: Infosys launches Finacle Mobile Banking 2.0.
www.infosys.com
http://bit.ly/aphkja
HCL RESULTS...
SINGAPORE and NOIDA: HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a leading global IT
services provider, today announced results for the quarter ended Sept 2010.
www.hcltech.com
http://bit.ly/bUHGRd
GLOBAL INTERNS...
ZURICH: EF is looking for "Global Interns" - who can choose their own work
place anywhere in the World.
http://www.ef.com
http://bit.ly/bspXeF
RESEARCH PACT...
SHANGHAI: Collaborative research agreement with East China Normal University
a significant breakthrough for New Zealand internet search technology supplier.
www.pingar.com
http://www.ecnu.edu.cn/english/
http://bit.ly/96dThk
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