SYDNEY--17 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
IDENTITY MARKET...
FAIRFAX, Va. and NEW DELHI: MaxID, a leading provider of mobile identity
solutions and I.D. Solutions, a leading provider of identity and security
solutions in India are pleased to announce that they have teamed up to address
the potentially explosive market for identity hardware and software driven by
the efforts of the Unique Identification Authority of India, known as the UIDAI.
http://www.maxidcorp.com/
http://www.maxid.in/
http://www.idsolutionsindia.com/
http://bit.ly/gWv9eU
IPAD CONTENT...
PARIS: DirectStreams has developed a revolutionary solution to create and
manage Corporate Marketing and Communication content on iPad.
http://www.direct-streams.com/
http://www.sofitel.com/
http://bit.ly/fSxgWi
WRITING TABLET...
KENT, Ohio: Just a few short years ago, several companies introduced
portable electronic products with reflective displays hoping to establish a
market for dedicated paperless reading devices.
http://www.myboogieboard.com/
http://www.kentdisplays.com/
http://bit.ly/f7Zz31
SEARCH DOG TEAMS...
LOS ANGELES: The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF), a nonprofit,
nongovernmental organization dedicated to recruiting rescued dogs and
partnering them with firefighters to find people buried alive in the wreckage
of disasters, deployed Canine Disaster Search Teams to Japan last week to
assist with the rescue efforts in response to the powerful 8.9 earthquake that
struck the island nation on March 11th.
http://www.searchdogfoundation.org/
http://bit.ly/fg4XpN
OBSCURA DIGITAL...
SAN FRANCISCO: Experiential technology leader Obscura Digital is about to
unveil one of its most creative innovations to date, when it will fuse live
experiential technology with a masterpiece of modernist architecture.
http://www.obscuradigital.com/press
http://bit.ly/hdlJa0
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/eabc7D
AFTERLOADER SUPPLIED...
BEIJING: Cancer patients in China will gain access to Varian's
state-of-the-art cancer care with the announcement that a leading cancer center
is acquiring a GammaMed(R) brachytherapy afterloader from Varian Medical
Systems (NYSE: VAR).
http://www.varian.com/
http://bit.ly/hexwml
PLACEMENT CLOSED...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FEEC) announced
today that it has closed its registered direct offering in which it sold
34,880,599 shares of common stock at $0.5025 per share for anticipated
aggregate gross proceeds of $17,527,500.
http://bit.ly/fKLuv5
JAPAN DELEGATION...
NOIDA: HCL Technologies is deeply saddened by the natural calamity and loss
of lives in Japan and offers its heartfelt prayers and support to this
resilient nation.
http://www.hcltech.com/
http://www.hcl.com/
http://bit.ly/hwXWEs
EARTHQUAKE RELIEF...
OAK BROOK, Ill.: Born in Kesennuma, Japan and now a development director at
Oak Brook-based Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), Norio Tanabe
solicits donations from the Japanese for disaster relief around the world. Now
the tables have turned.
http://www.lcif.org/
http://bit.ly/ezzdbg
NEW MD...
AMSTERDAM: Leading b2b media company UBM Live today announced the
appointment of Nik Rudge as Managing Director of UBMi BV, the Dutch based
business which includes the market leading Food and Pharma Ingredients events
portfolios, with full responsibility for the ongoing development of the two
most prominent businesses in the UBM Live portfolio.
http://www.ubmlive.com/
http://www.ubm.com/
http://bit.ly/gKhsBt
FUNDS RAISED...
WASHINGTON: Japanese Americans and Japanese from across the U.S. have come
quickly mobilized to send aid across the Pacific to Japan.
http://www.usjapancouncil.org/
http://bit.ly/eoyDYH
FREE CALLS...
HENDERSON: To help customers locate friends and relatives affected by the
catastrophe in Japan, telna is offering free calls from the US to landlines in
Japan until March 31st, 2011.
http://www.telna.com/
http://bit.ly/fvLKNH
BLUEGLASS AUSTRALIA...
TAMPA, Fla.: BlueGlass Interactive, Inc., a leading integrated Internet
marketing company, announced today it is has opened an Australian sister
company, BlueGlass Australia in partnership with Ireckon Pty. Ltd.
http://bit.ly/fnbXdU
CREATIVE SERVICES...
AUCKLAND: VMG, Australasia's leading provider of outsourced imaging and
advertising design services, has today joined Xero in recognising the breadth
of the effects being worn by Canterbury-based businesses.
http://www.velocitymadegood.co.nz/
http://bit.ly/hCWmov
SUPPLY CHAIN...
SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm is deeply saddened by the devastating earthquake and
tsunami that struck Japan last week. Our thoughts are with the people of Japan
as they cope with the loss and destruction caused by this natural disaster.
http://bit.ly/fAMGuo
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