SYDNEY--21 Feb--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ONLINE RETAIL...
SHANGHAI: It was today revealed that what people and companies say about
products online is the number one influence on one third of all retail sales in
Shanghai - US$ 34 billion.
http://bit.ly/dHdZSr
FOOD CERTIFICATION...
HALIFAX: Clearwater is pleased to announce the recent certification of two
of its processing facilities under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard
for food safety.
www.clearwater.ca
http://bit.ly/go2njf
MEDIA STAKE...
SINGAPORE: Asia-Pacific's leading media intelligence company, Media Monitors
, today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Brandtology , a global
leader in online and social media intelligence. The acquisition further
strengthens Media Monitors' ability to provide the highest quality and most
comprehensive suite of media intelligence services across our region and beyond.
http://www.mediamonitorsgroup.com
http://www.brandtology.com
http://bit.ly/fN0cxY
ENERGY SUMMIT..
WATERLOO, ON, Canada: Flash forward 20 years... What if our best efforts to
lower carbon emissions, wean off fossil fuels, and plan for a soaring
population weren't enough? Would we ask ourselves why we didn't take action
sooner, transforming the ideas from our greatest innovators into the
technologies needed to prepare for a more secure and sustainable future?
http://www.wgsi.org
http://bit.ly/hRAsBK
CONTAINER SLOTS...
DENVER: JOC Exchange , the creators of the recently launched intelligent
online technologies designed to automate the buying and selling of available
spot market container slots, announces today it has signed its first two
companies: The Containership Company (TCC) and JMC Global LLC , a
logistics/NVOCC company.
http://www.jocexchange.com
http://www.containership-company.com
http://bit.ly/eDPIzp
INDIA'S MAN...
NEW DELHI: We are pleased to announce that S. Sundareshan, Secretary of
Petroleum of India, has been selected as The Oil & Gas Year, India 2010 Man of
the Year.
http://www.theoilandgasyear.com
http://bit.ly/hiXxta
EVENTS APP...
TOKYO: Infoteria Corporation announced on Feb. 17 its latest version of
"SnapCal," an iPhone and iPod touch calendar app that lets users create, edit
and share events through personal cloud service Twitter, Google Calendar and
Evernote.
http://www.snapcal.net
http://bit.ly/ijwBAG
HIP REPLACEMENT...
SALT LAKE CITY: Amedica/US Spine, a spine and reconstructive implant and
instrument manufacturer focused on unique silicon nitride (SiN) technologies,
implanted its first silicon nitride total hip implant this week in the
international marketplace.
http://www.amedicacorp.com
http://bit.ly/fAZ1nG
CEO APPOINTMENT...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas: Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced the
appointment of Anthony P. Hankins, President of the Company's Polyurethanes
division, to the new role of Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific.
www.huntsman.com
http://bit.ly/eUS7WK
ENERGY RESULTS...
SOMERVILLE, Mass: Second Wind's presence in the growing Australian and New
Zealand wind energy markets more than doubled in 2010 as developers bought more
Triton Sonic Wind Profilers and used the company's SkyServe satellite wind data
service to view and analyze wind information.
http://www.secondwind.com
http://bit.ly/gsaHls
ILLEGAL DRUGS...
ROCKVILLE: In an open and transparent move against purveyors of substandard
and counterfeit medicines, the Cambodian Ministry of Health (MoH) has launched
a broad public education program-including television spots, radio public
service announcements and brochures-that identifies specific poor-quality
medicines and their manufacturers/distributors.
http://www.usp.org
http://bit.ly/gttLE9
LAW SCHOOL...
NOIDA, India: IIT Kharagpur, the first of the world-renowned IITs (Indian
Institute of Technology) and one of the most coveted higher education
Institutes in India, has decided to accept LSAT scores for international
students (and LSAT-India scores for candidates from India) for admissions to
its 3 year LL. B. Program in Intellectual Property Laws.
http://bit.ly/idj4eL
http://www.LSAC.org
ENERGY COMPETITION...
RUEIL-MALMAISON, France: Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy
management, announced today the launch of Go Green in the City, a new type of
creative case competition involving students of eight countries across the
world.
http://www.gogreeninthecity.com
http://www.schneider-electric.com/company
SOCIAL NETWORKING...
SYDNEY: comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital
world, today released The State of the Internet in Australia, which looks at
the latest trends in digital consumer behavior in the market.
http://www.comscore.com
http://bit.ly/huVN7y
POWER EXPO...
EUCLID, Ohio: With the majority of PV manufacturing already taking place in
China and the bright future shaping-up for thin film PV production in Asia,
local presence and a global reach became critical in efficiently addressing the
rapidly increasing demand for sputtering targets and ceramic powders.
http://bit.ly/hdQXSX
TRIAL RESULTS...
CHADDS FORD, PA. and BELLEVILLE, ON: Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) and
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX and ASX: BNC) today announced plans for
peer-reviewed presentation of interim efficacy and safety results from the
first Phase III trial of the intravesical formulation of Mycobacterial cell
wall-DNA complex (MCC), known as Urocidin(TM) or EN3348.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov.
www.Bioniche.com
www.endo.com
http://bit.ly/eF8mUv
EXECUTIVE SECURITY...
HONG KONG: A study based on a survey of more than 10,000 information
security professionals worldwide finds that a growing number of technologies
being widely adopted by businesses are challenging information security
executives and their staffs, potentially endangering the security of government
agencies, corporations and consumers worldwide over the next several years.
http://www.isc2.org
http://bit.ly/f9juVO
DRUG STANDARDS...
ROCKVILLE, Md., and HYDERABAD, India: Establishing new quality standards for
medicines-and the technical challenges and opportunities that remain-were among
the highlights of the 10th Science and Standards Symposium (SSS) that opened
today in Hyderabad. The symposium was co-hosted by the U.S. Pharmacopeial
Convention (USP) and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC).
http://www.usp.org.
http://bit.ly/gHmnpC
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