SYDNEY--5 Nov--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR...
WASHINGTON: The Consumers Alliance for Global Prosperity (CAGP)
(http://consumerprosperity.com) launched today a new report
(http://consumerprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/CAGP_Greenpeace_Final_Opt.pdf)
that documents the myths and distortions propagated by Greenpeace.
http://bit.ly/9IHrWF
MEMBER FIRM...
HONG KONG: Grant Thornton has announced the appointment of a new member firm
in Hong Kong.
http://www.gti.org
http://bit.ly/bMLOya
FINAL STAGE...
LYON, France: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group
(EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced today that its dengue vaccine is in
final stage of clinical development.
http://www.denguewatch.org
http://www.sanofi-aventis.com
http://www.sanofipasteur.us
http://www.sanofipasteur.com
http://bit.ly/cviccw
ETHANOL BLEND...
FREDERICIA, Denmark: As Statoil rolls out a 5% ethanol blend at 100 selected
petrol stations across Denmark, Inbicon reported today that it has already
begun supplying Statoil with second-generation bioethanol made from wheat straw.
http://www.inbicon.com
http://bit.ly/aSd1aM
NO AFFILIATION...
LAS VEGAS: MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) wants to clarify for
investors, customers and vendors, particularly those overseas, that it is not
affiliated with MGM Studios.
www.mgmresorts.com
http://bit.ly/cXsPHP
IP SERVICE...
TOKYO: NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced on November 4 that it will
become Japan's first telecom carrier to offer multinational customers a
voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) service for internal dialing between global
offices, including Japan, beginning December 1.
www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/bIvKuK
NEW FRAGRANCE...
PARIS: The top model, style icon and fashion designer Kate Moss has visited
the Coty factory in Granollers, near Barcelona to see her new fragrance,
Vintage Muse, coming off the production line.
http://bit.ly/9IPB5b
VINTAGE MUSE...
PARIS: The top model, style icon and fashion designer Kate Moss has visited
the Coty factory in Granollers, near Barcelona to see her new fragrance,
Vintage Muse, coming off the production line.
http://bit.ly/ayBwYI
80 YEARS...
TOKYO: The Soka Gakkai Buddhist association celebrated its 80th anniversary
with a commemorative meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on November 3 attended by about
5,000 people, including 250 members of Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
representing 65 countries and territories.
www.sgi.org
www.daisakuikeda.org
http://bit.ly/bqchx7
AWARD WINNER...
BEIJING: Omnicom Group's (NYSE: OMC) BBDO, DDB and TBWA have clinched the
Chinese advertising industry's top awards for outstanding work in China,
garnering the highest honors at the various award shows during the China
International Advertising Festival in Nanchang.
http://www.omnicomgroup.com
http://bit.ly/9faI5Z
NEW FACILITY...
TIANJIN, China: Alstom today inaugurated its new hydropower manufacturing
facility at Tianjin in China.
http://www.alstom.com
http://bit.ly/c75ZQH
SMART GRID...
SHANGHAI: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has developed a new
technology, now piloted with Shanghai Power, to help energy companies manage
power outages more effectively while improving productivity.
http://www.shanghaipower.com/news/en_more_gsjj.php
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet
http://bit.ly/9lZNde
NOTES ISSUE...
WASHINGTON: The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board:
FNMA).
http://bit.ly/dBS8t9
NEW PACK...
LONDON: BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey has unveiled new premium packaging for its
10, 16 and 21 Year Old Single Malts.
http://bit.ly/bxmRiF
Q3 EARNINGS...
CALHOUN, Ga.: Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) today announced 2010 third
quarter net earnings of $51 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of
$0.74 which included unusual items that were offsetting.
http://bit.ly/cL8XG1
AWARD WINNERS...
LYON, France: Four international personalities have been awarded the 2010
Entrepreneurs for the World Awards during the 3rd edition of the World
Entrepreneurship Forum (Lyon, France, 3 - 6 November).
http://www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com
http://bit.ly/aSvWRd
SUPPLY DEAL...
SHENZHEN, China: Remy Electric Motors, LLC, has been named the new electric
motor supplier to ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP).
www.remyinc.com
www.zapworld.com
http://bit.ly/9Pne1a
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP...
POMPEY, France and STRAZ POD RASKEM, Czech Republic: Novasep, a leading
supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, and Mega, a
technology leader in electrodialysis, today announce a strategic technology
partnership in the field of whey treatment.
http://bit.ly/a7BlF9
Q1 RESULTS...
EDMONTON: The Cash Store Australia Holdings Inc. ("Cash Store Australia")
(TSXV:AUC) today announced results for the three months ended September 30,
2010.
http://bit.ly/ddBW8Q
FUTURE EXPANSION...
BONN and ESCHBORN, Germany: There is not a single operator in the world who
will be able to afford the future expansion of a network which will come even
close to keeping up with the global growth in demand for capacities and
bandwidths.
http://www.detecon.com
http://bit.ly/bNrsL2
BUSINESS SUMMIT...
BERKELEY, Calif.: President Barack Obama will join a top tier of American
and Indian business and government leaders as they gather in Mumbai, India on
Saturday, November 6 for the U.S.-India Business & Entrepreneurship Summit.
http://www.usibc.com/usibc/default
http://www.neurofocus.com
http://bit.ly/d1Dzlh
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