SYDNEY--22 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
DATA SOFTWARE...
LEICESTER: Two highly anticipated data analysis software
products will be launched in the United Kingdom 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/aes4LP
COMSCORE APPOINTMENT...
SYDNEY: comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital
world, today announced that audience research veteran Jonathan
Jephcott has joined comScore as a consultant for the
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Australia Digital Audience
Tender.
www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/doPQfl
MTV LINEUP...
LONDON: MTV today announced more A-List talent performances
are set for MTV EMA 2010, helping to make the show on 7th
November in Madrid the biggest and best EMA yet.
http://www.mtvema.com
http://bit.ly/dueIFt
DELHI DEVICE...
ZURICH: Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom,
control, and monitoring, announces that more than 1000 Barix
Audio over IP devices were used for contribution, distribution
and monitoring of live broadcast audio for the 2010
Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.
www.barix.com
http://bit.ly/cISLuw
KOREA COOKIE...
SEOUL: In autumn, it is easy to see Japanese travelers
visiting Korea. Most people can enjoy the autumn scenery all
over Korea. Especially, there is a place foreign travelers
'must visit'.
www.hodo1934.com
http://bit.ly/aIMM3M
FREE TAGGING...
HONG KONG: comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in
measuring the digital world, today announced that it will offer
free participation in Media Metrix 360 to online publishers in
Hong Kong and Taiwan.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/dkNdZS
RESEARCH SOFTWARE...
BOSTON: Two highly anticipated data analysis software
products will be launched in the USA 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/bS25mo
CLINICAL STUDY...
NEW YORK: Results of a new international phase 4 study of
patients with nosocomial pneumonia due to proven
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) demonstrated
that the antibiotic Zyvox(R) (linezolid) achieved a
statistically significantly higher clinical success rate
compared with vancomycin for the primary endpoint.
http://www.pfizer.com
http://bit.ly/bd8UL3
DATA SOFTWARE...
VANCOUVER: Two highly anticipated data analysis software
products will be launched in Canada 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/aU6o71
NEW UNIVERSITY...
HONG KONG: SCAD President Paula Wallace and the SCAD Board
of Trustees today joined the Honourable Donald Tsang, GBM,
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
and representatives from Hong Kong's government and creative
industries to commemorate the historic revitalisation of the
former North Kowloon Magistracy Building, now transformed into
Hong Kong's first degree-granting university focused
exclusively on art and design, SCAD Hong Kong.
http://www.scad.edu/hongkong
http://bit.ly/aDpLJR
FOOD EXPO...
HO CHI MINH: The first international Food ingredients
exhibition in Vietnam will take place on 1-2 December 2010 at
the New World Hotel Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City.
http://www.ubm.com
http://bit.ly/a4XeAA
TRAVEL PARTNERSHIP...
BELLEVUE, Wash. and TOKYO: Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE), the
world's largest online travel company, today announced it has
signed a global partnership agreement with APA Hotels &
Resorts, one of Japan's largest hotel chains operating more
than 70 properties throughout the country.
http://bit.ly/cSY5fM
PROJECT FINANCE...
WASHINGTON: The board of directors of the Export-Import Bank
of the United States (Ex-Im) today approved a $917 million
export finance guarantee to support U.S. exports from Bucyrus
International, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and other U.S.
vendors, to the Sasan Power, Ltd. coal-fired power plant in
Madhya Pradesh, India.
http://bit.ly/b75XqY
ONLINE GAME...
LAS VEGAS: Browser-based gaming innovator InstantAction(R),
an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced
that Instant Jam(TM), the world's first console-quality,
free-to-play online music-rhythm game that plays along with
users' music libraries, can now be embedded to play anywhere on
the Web via its 2Go embed technology.
http://www.instantaction.com
http://bit.ly/aN9Sbi
PRESS FREEDOM...
LONDON: The member groups of the Coordinating Committee of
Press Freedom Organizations express their deep concern over the
continued persecution in Indonesia of Erwin Arnada, who was the
editor of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine, which has
not been published since 2007, over charges that two courts had
ruled to be unfounded.
http://www.fipp.com
http://bit.ly/dyBwuR
SNOWBOARD EVENT...
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif:Oakley, Inc. today announced that the
company has partnered with legendary snowboard & skate champion
Shaun White to co-present the 2010 Air + Style event in
China.
http://bit.ly/bSW1va
GREEN AWARD...
LOS ANGELES: Green Car Journal announced today its five
finalists for the 2011 Green Car of the Year(R), including the
2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Ford Fiesta, 2011 Hyundai Sonata
Hybrid, 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and the 2011 Nissan LEAF. For
the sixth consecutive year, this increasingly important award
will be announced during a press conference at the LA Auto Show
Press Days on Nov. 18.
http://bit.ly/9Qhlgm
TECH SHOW...
SHENZHEN: China Hi-tech Fair (CHTF), since its inception in
1999, has become the largest hi-tech show in China and the most
influential state-level platform for international
technological and economic exchange.
http://bit.ly/b13f7W
GREENPEACE STATEMENT...
WASHINGTON: In light of Agence France-Presse's reporting
that provisions aboard Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior are running
low after being denied access to the Port of Jakarta last week,
Andrew Langer, spokesman for the Consumers Alliance for Global
Prosperity and president of the Institute for Liberty, released
the following statement, calling on Indonesia's government to
continue denying the warship entry until Greenpeace ceases and
desists all anti-Indonesian activities.
http://www.consumerprosperity.com
http://bit.ly/aGzGJC
IRELAND MILITARY...
SYDNEY: Address by Vice President Geoff B. Little, United
Nations Cenotaph Ceremony Sydney, Australia.
http://bit.ly/cKKuRb
INDUSTRIAL ACQUISITION...
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS: Verantis Corporation, a global provider
of turnkey environmental and
process solutions for industrial plants, announced today that
it acquired the
assets of Atlanta-based Andersen 2000, a provider of engineered
systems for
the thermal treatment of industrial and specialty waste
streams.
http://www.verantis.com
http://bit.ly/b9l3yo
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