SYDNEY--14 Mar--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
MOST ADMIRED...
SHANGHAI: For the second year in a row, Grainger (NYSE: GWW) has been named
the "most admired" company among diversified wholesalers in FORTUNE magazine's
annual listing of the World's Most Admired Companies.
http://www.grainger.com.cn/
http://bit.ly/fBeri1
SO CHIC...
BEIJING: China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC) has been
co-organized by China National Garment Association, China World Trade Center
Co., Ltd, and Sub-council of Textile Industry of CCPIT annually in Beijing,
China since 1993.
http://bit.ly/gBxP3p
DIRECT PLACEMENT...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FEEC) announced
today that it has entered into a placement agency agreement with Religare
Capital Markets, Inc., pursuant to which Religare is acting as placement agent
on a reasonable best efforts basis to sell shares of its common stock at a
price of $0.5025 per share in a registered direct offering.
http://bit.ly/hHtJmj
THE CALL...
BEIJING: The Research Center for the French-speaking world at the Chinese
People's Institute of Foreign Affairs recently hosted a one-day conference in
Beijing to focus on the geopolitical issues regarding global food security.
http://bit.ly/i8zmqH
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/hkbBoc
AWARDS WINNER...
SLOUGH, England: Logicalis (http://www.uk.logicalis.com/) announced today
that it is the recipient of two Cisco Partner Summit global awards for
Enterprise Partner of the Year (Brazil), and Architectural Excellence Partner
of the Year (UK), awarded in recognition of its cloud services.
http://www.uk.logicalis.com/
http://bit.ly/eGn6kd
FEE WAIVER...
NEW YORK: PR Newswire has waived fees for all news releases relating to aid
in rescue and recovery efforts for the severe earthquake and tsunami that
struck Japan on Friday.
http://www.prnewswire.com/
http://bit.ly/evIb1k
TSUNAMI RESPONSE...
LOS ANGELES: International Medical Corps is responding to the situation in
Japan and tsunami-warning areas, following an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that
struck Japan's coast, triggering a tsunami that devastated northern parts of
the country and put a tsunami warning in effect for much of the Pacific.
http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/
http://bit.ly/epWK8l
RESPONSE PREP...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.: Soles4Souls Inc., the shoe charity, announced it is
assessing the international damage from the earthquake in Japan only hours
after the 8.9 magnitude quake set off more than 50 tsunami warnings from the
Japanese islands to the west coast of the US.
http://www.giveshoes.org/
http://bit.ly/fn8v0J
JAPAN ASSISTANCE...
REDLANDS, Calif.: In response to the devastating Japan earthquake and
tsunami, Esri is providing assistance to a myriad of organizations involved in
the disaster response.
http://www.esri.com/
http://bit.ly/fEmxJv
FREE CALLS!...
HOLMDEL, N.J.: Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of
low-cost communications services connecting individuals through broadband
devices worldwide, today announced that it will be waiving per-minute calling
charges beginning 8:30 p.m. ET March 11, 2011 until 8:30 p.m. ET March 18, 2011
for customers calling from their Vonage home phones to Japan in the wake of the
devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country today.
http://www.vonage.com/
http://www.vonage.ca/
http://www.vonage.co.uk/
http://bit.ly/dU2hnv
WORLD VISION RELIEF...
TOKYO: World Vision today is preparing staff members in Japan to travel to
areas affected by yesterday's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
http://www.worldvision.org/
http://bit.ly/hU0sUj
FUNDING PLEDGE...
OAK BROOK, Ill.: Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Lions are
providing over US$1.25 million, or 100 million Japanese Yen, for immediate
relief in devastated Japan.
http://www.lcif.org/
http://bit.ly/gB1zBV
TIANJIN REACTION...
TIANJIN, China: On the afternoon of March 11th, Japan was struck by an 8.8
magnitude earthquake.
http://bit.ly/fP0maH
BOOZE BUS...
BUSHMILLS VILLAGE, Ireland: Colum Egan, Master Distiller at the Old
Bushmills Distillery is set to launch a global competition - 'Make it 2
Bushmills' - that will see him take the world-famous distillery on tour.
http://www.drinkiq.com/
http://bit.ly/eX9Bhq
FREE TRANSLATION...
TEL AVIV, Israel: By offering professional translation services One Hour
Translation (http://www.OneHourTranslation.com) aims to overcome the language
barrier between the people of Japan and the international agencies extending
aid to Japan.
https://www.onehourtranslation.com/japan-aid
http://bit.ly/f6n9vs
DISPUTES REFEREE...
SYDNEY, Australia: The Australian government has appointed the Australian
Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) as the sole default
appointing authority to resolve commercial disputes under the new International
Arbitration Act.
http://www.disputescentre.com.au/
http://bit.ly/f1KyBh
WHARF DEVELOPMENT...
LONDON: Pan Peninsula, in London's financial heart, Canary Wharf, was last
year the fastest-selling development for Knight Frank in Asia.
http://www.knightfrank.com/
http://bit.ly/fybi06
INCREASED SUPPORT...
NEW DELHI: Grameen Foundation today announced it is increasing efforts to
improve human capital management strategies at socially-focused microfinance
institutions (MFIs) in India.
http://bit.ly/dG3OI5
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