SYDNEY--19 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EQT ACQUISITION...
HONG KONG: EQT Greater China acquires Classic Fine Foods Group, a leading
multinational importer and distributor of fine foods to high-end hotels and
restaurants.
www.eqt.se
http://bit.ly/iehc9O
CHEMICAL JV...
INDIANAPOLIS: Vertellus Specialties ("Vertellus" or "the Company") and Vapi
Products Industries Pvt. Ltd. have formed a joint venture in India that will
manufacture and distribute specialty chemicals globally.
http://www.vertellus.com
http://bit.ly/eIatEj
DENTSU PARTNERSHIP...
TOKYO: Dentsu Inc. (XTKS: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & CEO:
Tatsuyoshi Takashima; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen) will
again partner with the International Advertising Association (IAA
see Note; Chairman & World President: Alan Rutherford; Headquarters: New York)
in the 3rd IAA-Dentsu Global Student Poster Competition.
www.dentsu.com
www.iaaglobal.org
CONVERGEX LIVE...
SYDNEY AND NEW YORK: ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, today
announced that Australian-based Caledonia (Private) Investments is now live on
its award-winning order management system, the Eze OMS(TM).
http://www.convergex.com
http://bit.ly/i8EhEk
MASISON SITE...
MADISON: Women's web-based fashion retailer Shopbop.com
( http://www.shopbop.com/?extid=SN_release_Jan11 ), the leading women's online
fashion boutique worldwide, has announced that it will launch several new and
innovative site features designed to facilitate shopping for their global
customer base.
www.shopbop.com
http://bit.ly/hQa6LC
INOVA RESULTS...
HOUSTON: INOVA Geophysical Equipment Limited announced today that during the
fourth quarter of 2010, it received $15 million in equipment purchases from BGP
Inc., a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, marking the third
consecutive quarter of increased purchases from BGP after the inception of
INOVA.
http://www.inovageo.com
http://www.bgp.com.cn/
http://bit.ly/gP9cDa
WEALTH-X PUBLICATION...
SINGAPORE: Wealth-X, the world's leading wealth intelligence firm, today
announced the publication of its latest Intelligence Briefing, which describes
the number of ultra high net worth individuals by wealth in Mainland China.
http://www.wealth-x.net
http://bit.ly/fCwnAz
GEM SURVEY...
WASHINGTON: GEM says millions of entrepreneurs expect to create new jobs.
http://bit.ly/gZIcQw
U.S. CONSUMERS...
WASHINGTON: Thanks to strengthening in consumer spending and growing policy
clarity at the end of 2010, the economy is finally poised to accelerate and
sustain above-par, less volatile growth, according to the January 2011 Economic
Outlook released today by Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) Economics &
Mortgage Market Analysis Group.
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/hfwDMh
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: 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/hfwDMh
TEAMQUESTION WHITEPAPER...
LAKE CLARE: A TeamQuest whitepaper provides three workload management
techniques and dispels the myth that reactive, virtualization performance
management technologies help you attain the best performance.
http://bit.ly/eLvS12
SAVVIS RESULTS...
ST LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud
infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that it
plans to release its fourth quarter 2010 financial results before the market
opens on Tuesday, Feb. 8.
http://www.savvis.net
http://bit.ly/gW58qU
EQUILAND TRANSACTIONS...
NEW YORK; EquiLend announced today that their clients have utilized the
EquiLend platform to execute equity trade transactions which were centrally
cleared via the OCC (Options Clearing Corporation).
www.equilend.com
http://bit.ly/epq10v
ALERIS CHINA...
BEACHWOOD: Aleris International, Inc. today broke ground for the
construction of a state-of-the-art aluminum rolling mill in China's Zhenjiang
City, Jiangsu Province that will produce semi-finished rolled aluminum products
in a joint venture with Zhenjiang Dingsheng Aluminum Industries Joint-Stock
Co., Ltd.
http://www.aleris.com
http://bit.ly/fFgk24
UBM INDIA...
AMSTERDAM: Leading events organiser UBM Live ( http://www.ubmlive.com ) today
announced the largest ever attendance for its Indian tradeshows, CPhI India for
pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, and co-located events, P-MEC for
equipment and machinery; ICSE for contract services and packaging; and BioPh
for the biopharma sector.
http://www.ubmlive.com
http://bit.ly/gRg1WP
VERTEX DEAL...
NEW YORK: The Valence Group today announced that it has successfully advised
the Vertex Chemical Corporation on its definitive agreement to sell
substantially all the assets of Vertex Chemical Corporation and its affiliates
to Hawkins, Inc.
http://www.valencegroup.com
http://bit.ly/hNgd53
TALARIAX JOINS...
SINGAPORE: TalariaX Pte Ltd., a Singapore incorporated company delivering
innovative wireless applications, announced that it has joined the RSA Secured
Partner Program and certified interoperability between sendQuick and RSA(R)
Authentication Manager from RSA, the Security Division of EMC.
www.rsa.com/rsasecured
http://www.talariax.com/
http://bit.ly/ervT6v
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