SYDNEY--9 Nov--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
MERITUS CAMPAIGN...
SINGAPORE: Meritus Hotels & Resorts, Singapore's pioneering luxury
hospitality brand, marks its foray into international markets with the
commencement of a global brand campaign to complement its exciting expansion
pipeline slated to take shape from 2011.
http://www.meritushotels.com
http://bit.ly/b9UblR
OBAMA URGED...
FAIRFAX: As President Obama continues his 10-day Asian tour this week,
Frontiers of Freedom President George Landrith issued the following statement
today, imploring the president to rethink the "assistance" he intends to offer
Indonesia in the form of aid money from the U.S. Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC).
http://bit.ly/cfzQmv
AGRICULTURE AFFECTED...
PARIS: According to momagri(c), a think tank advocating a new vision for
global agriculture, the international community is not fully taking into
account the impact of monetary and currency imbalances on agricultural
activities.
http://bit.ly/bKxEsE
MIG33 FUNDING...
SINGAPORE: mig33, the world's largest mobile-first community, today
announced it has received $8.9 million in Series C funding.
http://www.mig33.com
http://bit.ly/9yn1qN
RELPOWER MOU...
MUMBAI: On Saturday, November 6th, 2010 Chairman Fred P. Hochberg of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with Anil Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Power, Ltd.
http://bit.ly/cssg0B
SANOFI-GENZYME
PARIS: Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that it
has sent a letter to Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ) requesting that Genzyme
clarify its position on a number of potential board actions raised in Genzyme's
Schedule 14D-9.
http://www.sanofi-aventis.com
http://bit.ly/a948a2
ENNVIROMISSION APPOINTMENT...
NEW YORK: EnviroMission Limited has appointed Arup to take Solar Tower power
station development forward in the USA!
www.arup.com
http://www.enviromission.com.au/EVM/content/home.html
www.arup.com
http://bit.ly/9sSEs0
XIAMETER ANALYSIS...
MIDLAND: While many companies are effective at developing supply chain
strategy to boost efficiencies in their processes, many fail in the execution
of that strategy, according to Michael R. Levely, global process and operations
manager for the XIAMETER(R) brand from Dow Corning.
http://www.xiameter.com
www.dowcorning.com
http://bit.ly/b5GUHr
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates
indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/cct4dE
ARUP APPOINTED...
NEW YORK: EnviroMission Limited has appointed Arup to take Solar Tower power
station development forward in the USA!
http://www.enviromission.com.au/EVM/content/home.html
www.arup.com
http://bit.ly/cZNMND
INFINITY JV...
JERUSALEM: Infinity Announces Joint Venture Established by Portfolio Company
Power Paper and Tianjin Masterwork Machinery Co. Ltd.
http://www.infinity-equity.com
http://bit.ly/d2iwtb
HARRIS ACQUISITION...
ABERDEEN, U.K. and MELBOURNE, Fla: Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) an
international communications and information technology company, has entered
into a definitive agreement to acquire the Global Connectivity Services (GCS)
business from Schlumberger Information Solutions, an operating unit of
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB).
http://www.harris.com
http://bit.ly/cbVX0o
TAIPEI ICT...
TAIPEI: Taipei rolls out red carpet for 2010 ASOCIO ICT Summit.
http://www.cisanet.org.tw/En/Background
http://www.asocio.org
http://bit.ly/dlkfvU
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