SYDNEY--1 Apr--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
DAMAGE STATUS...
TOKYO: Due to the impact of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake that
occurred on March 11, 2011, some of NTT Group's services, including fixed-line
and mobile communication services, remain unavailable, particularly in the
Tohoku region.
http://www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html
http://bit.ly/ecLvZ3
GREEN PROTECTIONISM...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: As the European Union considers trade measures to limit
paper imports from China, the motives behind this effort are now clear - a
global campaign against forest industries in Asia - cloaked with Green rhetoric
to save the forests - to shore up uncompetitive pulp and paper producers in
Europe and the U.S.
http://www.worldgrowth.org/
http://bit.ly/eTJRv5
EXPANDING CAPACITY...
MALACCA, Malaysia: Infineon Technologies invests 160 million US dollar this
year to expand its production capacity, research & development and to upgrade
its manufacturing facilities in Malacca, Malaysia.
http://www.infineon.com/
http://bit.ly/gSoI3T
TECHNOLOGY BASE...
SUZHOU, China and TEL AVIV, Israel: Infinity Group, the leader in cross
border China RMB and dollar private equity funds and a pioneer in RMB funds,
announced today that its IP Bank has acquired the rights to the advanced
technology of both Pulsar and Ghost.
http://www.infinity-equity.com/
http://bit.ly/dPRczm
INTERPRETATION SERVICE...
TOKYO: Acima Corporation has established a Hotline/Interpretation service
(http://acimacorporation.com/hotline.html) to all non-Japanese speaking
disaster victims of the recent earthquake and the subsequent devastating
tsunamis.
http://www.acimacorporation.com/
http://bit.ly/endoS6
.TEL NAMES...
LONDON: Telnic Limited (http://telnic.tel), the Registry Operator for the
.tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that the launch date for the
upcoming release of short (two-character) and numeric-only .tel names would be
1st June 2011.
http://telnic.org/short-numeric-only.html
http://bit.ly/fiuEBb
MEDICAL APP...
CHIBA, Japan: Despite the recent catastrophe in Japan, there are still those
who are looking to make a difference. One of those individuals is Dr. Hayasaka,
who has launched the first medical iPhone application
(http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/akira-hayasaka/id421223664?mt=8) in Japan.
http://akirahayasaka.com/
http://bit.ly/gZDHoS
NEW RECOMMENDATION...
SAN DIEGO: Accumetrics, Inc., developer of the VerifyNow(R) System, the
first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care system for measuring platelet
reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced today that a new
recommendation for platelet reactivity testing has been incorporated into the
updated 2011 ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Management of UA/NSTEMI Patients.
http://www.accumetrics.com/
http://bit.ly/h0mlTd
PRODUCT LINE-UP...
COPENHAGEN: Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video
management software (VMS), is expanding its product line-up yet again, this
time with a pre-loaded and easy-to-configure solution called XProtect(R)
Essential NVR.
http://www.milestonesys.com/
http://bit.ly/ehCbym
STOCK BUY-BACK...
AUSTIN, Texas: FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation (AMEX: FPP) announced today
that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to continue the
repurchase of shares of its Common Stock at a cost not to exceed $250,000.
http://www.fppcorp.com/
http://bit.ly/gJVJ4e
2010 REVENUES...
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands: Quintiq, a global leader of advanced
planning and scheduling solutions, reports record revenue of EUR34 million for
2010, a 40% increase over the previous year and remains confident in its
continued growth in 2011.
http://www.quintiq.com/
http://bit.ly/dGMBUT
ALLIANCE PROGRAM...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud
infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced details
about its cloud-focused global Savvis Alliances Program for channel partners.
http://www.savvis.com/
http://bit.ly/fcib97
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE...
CSI, the leading educational membership organization for information
security professionals, presents its annual online security conference - CSI
Filter.
http://www.csifilter.com/
http://bit.ly/e2EDLj
MANUFACTURING SURVEY...
BOSTON: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, today announced a collaboration with the Pellet Fuels
Institute (PFI), whose mission is to promote energy independence through the
efficient use of clean, renewable, densified biomass fuel.
http://www.risi.com/
http://www.pelletheat.org/
http://bit.ly/feVuPf
EXPANDER UNITS...
MONTREAL: New software release provides multi-display desktop
configurations, utilities, and enhanced Windows(R) operating systems support on
second generation Extio KVM extenders
http://www.matrox.com/extio_kvm_extenders
http://bit.ly/g3Xok4
PEOPLE & PETS...
UTRECHT, Netherlands: Recent studies show that pet owners are less likely to
take long trips than those with no animals to care for.
http://www.eurail.com/
http://bit.ly/evZOIn
MARKET AUTHORIZATION...
BELLEVILLE: Bioniche Animal Health, a Division of Bioniche Life Sciences
Inc. (TSX: BNC) (ASX: BNC) - a research-based, technology-driven Canadian
biopharmaceutical company - today announced that authorization has been granted
to market the Company's Folltropin-V livestock embryo transfer technology in
China.
http://www.bioniche.com/
http://bit.ly/fvUXMT
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH...
PITTSBURGH: Fiduciary360 (fi360), the premier organization for fiduciary
education, investment analytics, support services and industry insights for
financial professionals today announced the launch of fi360 Pacific, which will
become the exclusive distributor of fi360's Accredited Investment Fiduciary
Designation Training and Toolkit for Advisors software for the Pacific region.
http://www.fi360.com/
http://bit.ly/ijtdnv
WIND & WAVES...
MELBOURNE: Oceanic wind speeds and wave heights have increased significantly
over the last quarter of a century according to a major new study undertaken by
Australian researchers.
http://bit.ly/hQx97g
ACROSS THE GLOBE...
MELBOURNE: Recently, unusual sea levels, strong winds and big waves
threatened many roads in the central town of Bac Lieu. This abnormal phenomenon
may be related to research findings from Swinburne University of Technology.
http://bit.ly/i1mbIL
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