SYDNEY--25 Feb--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ABHISIT'S BRITISH...
BANGKOK: This week the Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva publicly acknowledged for the first time that he holds dual Thai and British citizenship.
http://www.thaiaccountability.org
http://bit.ly/e6sflZ
WINE AUCTION...
IRVINE: Spectrum Wine Auctions, one of the new leading players in fine and rare wine auctions, will hold its largest live auction to date on March 12 and March 13, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. HKT (March 11 and March 12, 2011, 6:00 p.m. PST) at The Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, located at 20 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
http://www.spectrumwine.com
http://bit.ly/hGMx6S
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2010 results and filed its annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/gGgEM4
JETBRAINS WEBSTORM
PRAGUE: JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools for software developers, have announced the general availability of WebStorm 2.0, an intelligent code-centric Web IDE.
http://www.jetbrains.com/
http://bit.ly/dQPQ58
CPI STUDY...
BEIJING: A study by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) found that through 2009, China was on track to meet the 20% energy intensity reduction target in the 11th Five Year Plan, reversing the trend of increasing energy intensity from 2002 to 2005.
http://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org
http://bit.ly/gIxi7P
JOURNALISTS MISSING...
LONDON: Family of missing UK journalist release charity single: hundreds go missing each year with little support from their governments; charities need help to put pressure on government and police.
http://www.helpfindmichaeldixon.com
http://bit.ly/hoqwa8
GAIN FOREX...
NEW YORK, LONDON and SYDNEY: GAIN Capital's FOREX.com releases its January 2011 trade execution scorecard; adds new execution rate metric.
http://www.gaincapital.com
http://www.forex.com
http://bit.ly/hoqwa8
MILLIKIN PATENT...
SHANGHAI: Milliken & Company announces developments in a patent infringement lawsuit involving Zhejiang 8Telecom Co., Ltd./ Hangzhou Lefa Network Technologies Co., Ltd.
http://bit.ly/i4lCJs
Z MILESTONES...
BURLINGTON:Z Corporation, maker of breakthrough 3D printing, rapid prototyping and 3D scanning technologies, today announced it has reached several milestones reflecting the value Z Corporation solutions offers to its customers.
http://www.zcorp.com
http://bit.ly/f0w0dr
SECURITY PROGRAM...
NEW YORK: The comprehensive findings of a year-long survey of security program managers from enterprising companies are now available from the Computer Security Institute (CSI).
http://www.gocsi.com
http://www.ubm.com
http://bit.ly/fqpKHK
V-TRACK TECHNOLOGY...
TAIPEI: Invitation to presentation of v-track technology - experience the optical mouse revolution.
http://www.a4tech.com
http://bit.ly/ig8pd6
LOCKHEED AUSTRALIA...
CANBERRA: Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is expanding its base of potential suppliers for the MH-60R helicopter in Australia, issuing a request for information from potential suppliers of critical pieces of aircraft
hardware.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ms2
http://bit.ly/h1VJFV
STUTTERING HELP...
MEMPHIS: Jane Fraser, President, The Stuttering Foundation (http://www.stutteringhelp.org) is available for immediate telephone interview regarding The King's Speech and its overwhelmingly positive impact on the stuttering community.
http://www.stutteringhelp.org
http://bit.ly/hiUEX0
WIRECARD UNIONPAY...
MUNICH and GRASBRUNN: Wirecard Bank AG and China UnionPay Co., LTD, Shanghai (hereinafter referred to as UNIONPAY) have signed a license agreement for online merchant acquiring services.
http://www.unionpay.com
http://www.wirecard.com
http://www.wirecardbank.com
http://www.mywirecard.com
http://bit.ly/gbMvoh
ZOPIA LEADS...
HONG KONG: Figures have been released by Business Today India, naming Zorpia (http://in.zorpia.com ) as the growth leader in the Indian market, gaining 261% year on year 2009-10 (354K to 1,277K unique visits) more than doubling its previous market share and still going strong.
http://in.zorpia.com
http://sxsw.com/
http://bit.ly/gNrZcX
MOTIONPORTRAIT CONFERENCE...
TOKYO: MotionPortrait, Inc. and Silicon Studio Corporation, both headquartered in Tokyo, cordially invite media representatives to their joint exhibit at the Game Developers Conference 2011, to be held from February 28 to March 4, 2011, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the USA.
http://www.motionportrait.com
http://www.siliconstudio.co.jp
http://bit.ly/eSrx92
MARVELL PARTNER...
BEIJING: Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today announced that ASUS has chosen Marvell as a strategic partner to launch a new series of TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) smartphones in China.
www.marvell.com
http://bit.ly/hdnfs5
TYCO PACT...
SCHAFFHAUSEN: Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Oceania Capital Partners Limited (ASX: OCP) to acquire OCP's Signature Security Group for AU$171 million.
www.tyco.com
http://www.adt.com/global
www.signaturesecurity.com.au
http://bit.ly/gBCEq5
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