SYDNEY--4 Mar--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ONLINE BANKING...
SINGAPORE: comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital
world, today released the latest results from a study of Internet usage in
Southeast Asia. The report found that an increasing number of consumers across
the region turned to online banking throughout 2010.
http://bit.ly/ed1b8g
CONTAINER SALE...
DENVER: JOC Exchange announces today that members of both the carrier and
NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier) communities have completed
automated container slot sale transactions using their customized Private Label
Exchanges created using JOC Exchange's intelligent online technology.
http://www.jocexchange.com
www.ubm.com
www.ubmglobaltrade.com
http://bit.ly/dOXiNM
HISTORY REPEATING....
ADELAIDE: History is now being re-enacted on-line. In 1836 nine ships set
sail from England to establish a new colony on the southern shores of
Australia. This was to become the Province of South Australia. It was a
unique departure from the previous penal settlement model. For the first time
all of the passengers were free settlers looking to begin new lives in a far
away land.
www.boundforsouthaustralia.net.au
http://bit.ly/gVgWbP
FUEL TANKS...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.: TI Automotive - a global supplier of automotive fluid
storage, carrying and delivery technology - showcased its innovative new slosh
and pressurized plastic fuel tanks for hybrid-electric vehicles at the ITB
Automotive Energy Storage and Fuel Systems 2011 Conference today in Novi, Mich.
http://bit.ly/fIGlBW
LOAN REFINANCING...
SKILLMAN, N.J: ConvaTec Healthcare, a world-leading developer, manufacturer
and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital
care, today announced that, recognizing favorable conditions in the credit
markets, it is exploring the option to refinance all or a portion of its senior
secured term loans originally entered into on December 22, 2010.
http://www.convatec.com
http://bit.ly/dHN0Pq
PAPER INDUSTRY...
SHANGHAI: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, today announced expanded coverage of domestic Chinese prices
for pulp, recovered paper, graphic papers and packaging board. These new prices
are published in PPI Asia, a subscription service that delivers market news and
price reports on the Asian pulp and paper industry to executives, paper buyers,
industry suppliers and financial institutions around the world.
http://www.risi.com
http://bit.ly/dVBHOA
ENVIRO HOTEL...
SYDNEY: HotelsCombined.com, the world leader in hotel price comparison,
today announced the most innovative ways that hotels strive to achieve a
positive impact on the environment, culture and local economy.
http://www.HotelsCombined.com
http://bit.ly/g8vajG
PERFUME LAUNCH...
NEW YORK: Is it Uptown? No -- too quirky to be Uptown. So it must be
Downtown? No again -- though it has an unmistakable hipster vibe. Sandwiched
between the two, it's not Midtown, either.
http://bit.ly/hVWQCm
CONTAINER TRADE...
NEWARK, N.J: Trans-Pacific eastbound(1) and westbound(2) container trade is
forecast to grow at a healthy rate of 9.1 percent in 2011, versus 10.4 percent
in 2010, despite continuing economic challenges in the U.S. and global economy.
http://bit.ly/dQWLEa
BIZ SYSTEM...
COPENHAGEN: Milestone Systems has announced a major release: the Milestone
Integration Platform Software Development Kit version 1.0 (MIP SDK 1.0). It was
presented at the Milestone Integration Platform Symposium held March 2-4 in San
Antonio, Texas.
http://www.milestonesys.com
http://bit.ly/i0mdmD
PLAYA CEO...
FAIRFAX, Va: Playa Hotels & Resorts (the "Company") announced today that
Omar Palacios has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Palacios joins Playa following eleven years at Kerzner
International Limited, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer for One&Only Resorts, Kerzner's luxury hotel brand.
http://bit.ly/e7HCyw
CASINO NETWORK...
LAS VEGAS: International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), a global leader in
creating the major slot games that players love and the casino network systems
that improve the player experience, announced today that the Company's Global
Technology & Interoperability Center (GTIC) has achieved reaccreditation for
ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 through the American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation (A2LA).
http://bit.ly/igAMyu
COMPUTER AWARD...
HANNOVER, Germany, NOIDA, India, and LONDON: HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL),
one of the leading global IT services providers, today announced that its Vice
Chairman and CEO, Vineet Nayar, has been conferred with the prestigious 'Leader
in the Digital Age Award' (LIDA) at the CeBIT 2011 show in Hannover, Germany.
http://www.hcltech.com
http://bit.ly/f62jLT
CHEMISTRY TRADE...
PRINCETON, N.J: Informex, the leading meeting place for buyers and sellers
of high-value chemistry for a broad range of applications, today announced that
InformexUSA 2011 showed a 5% increase in attendance from 2010. The increase in
attendance was complimented by a 14% jump in onsite exhibitor booking numbers
for next year's event over the re-booking during the 2010 event.
http://www.informex.com
http://bit.ly/i5SdMO
DRUG APPROVAL...
MUMBAI: Glenmark Generics Inc., USA (GGI), the United States subsidiary of
Glenmark Generics Limited (GGL), announced they have been granted final
approval for their Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) from the United
States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for Levocetirizine
Dihydrochloride 5 mg tablets, the generic version of UCB Inc.'s Xyzal(R)
tablets.
http://bit.ly/dUxhEt
THAI TRADE...
BANGKOK: Since 1988, one particular trade show has been attracting a growing
number of people in an ever-widening ripple of popularity that has embraced
ASEAN, the far east and beyond. That magnetic trade event is
Made in Thailand
-- which is to be held for the 23rd time in Bangkok, Thailand next month.
http://bit.ly/fk2xwQ
ECONOMIC FORUM...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: The Organizing Committee of the St. Petersburg
International Economic Forum (SPIEF) met on February 22 to approve the key
themes and program architecture for SPIEF 2011.
http://bit.ly/fxCCcZ
FOOTY MATCH...
BRISBANE: More than 10,000 tickets have been sold in 24 hours to what is
fast becoming the people's rugby event of the year
Triple M's Classic Rugby for Christchurch" - a rugby international of Classic
Wallabies against Classic All Blacks to be staged at Ballymore in Brisbane next
Thursday March 10.
http://bit.ly/fbK9jp
DANCE AWARD...
OSAKA: A Malaysian youth has won a grand award in the "GATSBY Styling Dance
Contest," Asias biggest student dancing contest hosted by Mandom Corp.,
headquartered in Osaka City, to promote its leading GATSBY brand series of
products globally.
http://bit.ly/fCnTur
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