SYDNEY--8 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PAUL APPOINTMENT...
NEW YORK and MUMBAI: Paul Capital, a leading global investment firm focused
on the private equity secondary market, today announced that it has retained
Anand Sunderji and Akshat Shukla as regional sourcing agents for India. Mr.
Sunderji and Mr. Shukla will be responsible for sourcing and evaluating
secondary private equity transactions in India.
TPI ASIA-PAC...
SYDNEY: TPI, an Information Services Group company (Nasdaq: III) and the
largest sourcing data and advisory firm in the world, today released data
showing a strong finish to 2010 for the Asia Pacific outsourcing market, with a
second-half surge that eclipsed the region's lackluster first half.
www.tpi.net
www.informationsg.com
http://bit.ly/h83gwn
ACISION APPOINTMENT...
SINGAPORE: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced the
appointment of Chris Jenkins to the position of Executive Vice President and
Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Chris will
play a lead role in driving business growth for the Asia Pacific including the
Japanese markets.
http://www.acision.com
http://bit.ly/helN9k
CONTOURGLOBAL AWARDED...
NEW YORK: ContourGlobal announced today that it has been awarded the Europe,
Middle East and Africa Power Portfolio Deal of the Year 2011 by Euromoney's
Project Finance Magazine for the $250mm financing completed in July 2010 by its
subsidiary, ContourGlobal Solutions.
http://www.opic.gov
http://bit.ly/h7jcHj
AUSTRIA EURAIL...
UTRECHT: If you were going to only visit one European country this year,
what would it be? In a continent teeming with diversity, new statistics show
that Austria, home of Mozart, Sigmund Freud and Maria Von Trapp, is gaining
popularity among Eurail riders as a one-stop destination for arts, culture, and
breathtaking beauty.
http://www.eurailgroup.com
http://bit.ly/hRu2PR
U.S. HOUSING....
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA), the leading source of
multifamily mortgage financing for workforce rental housing, today announced
that in 2010 the company, in conjunction with its lender and housing partners,
provided $16.9 billion in debt financing for the rental housing market, through
approximately 2,300 multifamily mortgage loans for 306,000 rental units across
the country.
http://bit.ly/f9RLmm
CONVATEC APPOINTMENTS...
SKILLMAN: ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative
medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced the
appointment of several executives to new positions within the company.
http://www.convatec.com
http://bit.ly/eVSAbO
INDIAN HOMOSEXUALITY...
HYDERABAD: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has praised
India's justice system for being the guardian of the nation's constitution.
Sharma applauded the landmark decision of the New Delhi High Court in July
2009, which decriminalised homosexual acts conducted in private by consenting
adults.
http://bit.ly/dKSIE1
SCHUCO LIANG...
BIELEFELD: Liang Wenchong, China's best professional golfer, will tee off as
a brand ambassador for Sch adi?co, the leading provider of future-oriented
building envelopes, as of immediately.
http://www.schueco.com
http://bit.ly/eyFuT9
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/gO9Qg9
SAVVIS AIRTEL...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud
infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, and Bharti airtel
Limited, a leading global telecommunications company, announced today the two
have joined forces to launch a major new strategic managed hosting and cloud
computing initiative in India.
http://www.savvis.net
http://www.airtel.in
http://bit.ly/fZGDVn
PATENT TEAM...
SYDNEY: Leading intellectual property specialists CPA Global and ICEBERG
Innovation Partners Limited (ICEBERG IP) have teamed up to create a powerful
new force in the patent monetisation market.
http://www.cpaglobal.com
http://www.iceberg-ip.com
LITEPOINT REVENUE...
SUNNYVALE: LitePoint Corporation, a leader in wireless test solutions, today
announced that it has achieved record annual revenues for fiscal year end 2010;
results more than double its revenues over 2009.
http://www.litepoint.com
http://bit.ly/dPnVWb
COFFEE COMPETITION...
MISSOULA: Spectacular overall results for the 2010 Cup of Excellence
auctions indicate strong international demand continues for competition-winning
coffees.
http://www.cupofexcellence.org
http://bit.ly/dMeTVf
CELLTRUST MALAYSIA...
SCOTTSDALE: CellTrust Corporation, the recognized worldwide leader in mobile
secure messaging and secure applications for mobile phones
(http://www.celltrust.com), announced today that Celcom, the largest 3G
operator in Malaysia (http://www.celcom.com.my), has deployed the
patents-pending, carrier grade CellTrust SecureSMS(TM) Consumer and CellTrust
SecureSMS(TM) Enterprise (SSMS) technology, to bring a secure messaging
solution to its wireless subscribers and enterprise customers.
http://www.celltrust.com
http://bit.ly/gDgHxP
TEMENOS LAUNCH...
GENEVA: Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the global provider of banking software, today
announced the availability of TEMENOS T24 (T24) on the Microsoft Windows Azure
platform, making T24 the first core banking system to go into production with
customers on Azure.
http://www.temenos.com
http://bit.ly/eiqdcg
DERMTECH DATA...
LA JOLLA: DermTech International, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to
bringing genomic medicine to dermatologists, today announced that the discovery
data on its new genomic assay for melanoma have been published in the British
Journal of Dermatology.
http://www.dermtech.com
http://bit.ly/ft12IM
OVERSI CUSTOMERS...
PETACH TIKVA: Oversi, the global leader in Internet Video and P2P caching
solutions, announced today that it has signed nine new customers in major
markets in Latin America.
http://www.oversi.com
http://bit.ly/gpt9N6
GERMANY NASSCOM...
BERLIN and MUMBAI: Germany Trade & Invest representatives will be at this
year's National Association of Software and Services in India (NASSCOM)
conference in Mumbai, India, from February 8-10, 2011.
http://bit.ly/ig2PXy
WILEY LAUNCH...
WELLINGTON: The Wiley Protocol(R) is a trademarked, patent protected
bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (HRT) delivery system consisting of
biomimetic estradiol and progesterone in a topical cream preparation dosed to
mimic the natural hormones produced by a woman's body when she was in her prime.
www.thewileyprotocol.com
www.idiomsoftware.com
http://bit.ly/fHz5m2
FACEBOOK FILM...
LONDON: It has been all over the news - 'The Social Network' cleans up at
the Golden Globes, winning 4 out of 6 of its nominations.
http://bit.ly/eTuecy
SECURITIES PRICING...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) today priced three
separate Multifamily Mega securities totaling $450 million under its Fannie Mae
Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS) program.
www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/dLRm1O
BREAKBULK CHINA...
NEWARK: Following a highly successful third Breakbulk Asia event in
Singapore Jan. 24-26, UBM Global Trade will inaugurate Breakbulk China in
Shanghai in early 2012, bringing the largest event in the heavy-lift, project
cargo and breakbulk maritime sector to the world's largest port city.
http://www.breakbulk.com
www.ubmglobaltrade.com
http://bit.ly/dZlPKQ
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/hLQbSz
FALCON INDIA...
BANGALORE: Dassault Falcon is presenting its Falcon fleet of large cabin,
long range business jets at Aero India 2011, starting on February 9th in
Bangalore.
http://bit.ly/hOHpX5
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