SYDNEY--7 Apr--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
DEAL ANNOUNCED...
LONDON and NEW YORK: Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced that it has concluded a software purchase agreement with Mitsui Knowledge Industry Company Limited (MKI) in Japan. Under this agreement, Broadridge has acquired all intellectual property rights in MKI's B-Fund solution.
http://bit.ly/gBV69v
PRESSURE GUIDE WIRE...
SAN DIEGO: Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ: VOLC) today announced it has received clearance to market the PrimeWire PRESTIGE(R) pressure guide wire in Japan.
http://www.volcanocorp.com/
http://bit.ly/dZoj7g
ECN SOLUTION...
LONDON: FxPro Financial Services Ltd (FxPro), a leading global broker in FX today announces the launch of FxPro xTrader - a unique and easy-to-use ECN solution.
http://www.fxpro.com/
http://bit.ly/hZhzyG
PHILIPPINES ENTRY...
DUBAI, UAE: Moevenpick Hotels & Resorts is further strengthening its Asian network by undertaking management of the Moevenpick Resort & Spa Cebu with immediate effect.
http://www.moevenpick-hotels.com/
http://bit.ly/hWJgQv
CONFLICT FREE...
MUNICH: H.C. Starck, one of the leading manufacturers of refractory metals and advanced ceramics, uses only tantalum raw materials from ethical, non-conflict sources.
http://www.hcstarck.com/press
http://bit.ly/hm1ABP
ART REPORT...
PARIS: During the past decade, two strong trends have emerged: firstly, as per the words of Thierry Ehrmann, the Ceo and founder of Artprice, the world leader in art market information, "we have seen a veritable revolution in the geopolitics of the global art market... Over the last 10 years, China jumped from ninth place to first place in 2010, becoming the world's largest auction marketplace for Fine Art and overtaking the United States and the UK, the grand masters of the market since the 1950s."
http://www.artprice.com/
http://bit.ly/fXvEKz
SINGAPORE OFFICE...
NEW YORK and SINGAPORE: GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global provider of online trading services, today announced that it has opened an office in Singapore to expand business development efforts in Asia for GAIN GTX, the company's institutional electronic communications network (ECN).
http://www.gaingtx.com/
http://www.gaincapital.com/
http://bit.ly/h1me0E
DIRECTOR APPOINTED...
CLEVELAND: Simbionix USA Corporation, the world's leading provider of medical education and simulation training products for medical professionals and the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Yael Friedman to Director of the newly established Regulatory Affairs Department.
http://www.simbionix.com/
http://bit.ly/gifmwH
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/g61aOy
LOGO DESIGN...
MIAMI: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Health Minister Alexandre Padilha invited artist Romero Britto to join them in launching the Rede Cegonha, or Stork Network, program in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, at the Palacio das Artes on Monday, March 28th.
http://www.britto.com/
http://bit.ly/fEzjsC
UP SOLUTIONS...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in server technology innovation and green computing, today announced a broad selection of uni-processor (UP) server building blocks optimized for the Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 product family (formerly codenamed Sandy
Bridge) and Intel C202/C204 Chipsets.
http://www.supermicro.com/
http://bit.ly/hyDXjE
80-CORE SUPERSERVERS...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in server technology innovation and green computing, today announced the industry's widest selection of server solutions supporting the new generation of 10-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-8800 / 4800 product families (Formerly codenamed Westmere-EX).
http://www.supermicro.com/
http://bit.ly/dGXAS2
TO ACQUIRE...
DUBLIN, Pa.: Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) and Quantum Global Technologies, LLC (QuantumClean(R)) today announced a definitive agreement for QuantumClean to acquire the assets of Applied Materials' Chamber Performances Services (CPS) semiconductor process kit precision cleaning, coating services and associated analytical testing services businesses for an undisclosed cash amount.
http://www.quantumclean.com/
http://www.appliedmaterials.com/
http://bit.ly/dWJ3a8
MARKET ANALYSIS...
WASHINGTON: Mercator XXI, LLC today announces the release of its 2011 Triangle of Opportunity (TOO) market analysis tool.
http://www.mercatorxxi.com/
http://bit.ly/fkQVOo
WEB OF KNOWLEDGE...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the new Web of Knowledge. This latest release of the world's leading source of scholarly research and citation data delivers better functionality and new features - creating the most intuitive research platform available.
http://www.thomsonreuters.com/
http://bit.ly/hTmW6F
CEMENT REVIEW...
LONDON: UK-based International Cement Review has just announced the publication of its latest Global Cement Report, a 400-page analysis and forecast for the worldwide cement industry, with coverage of over 160 countries in unmatched detail.
http://www.cemnet.com/publications/GlobalCementReport9
http://bit.ly/eiRtSQ
EURO DEPOSITS...
VALETTA, Malta: FXDD Europe, a leader in online Forex trading ( http://www.global.fxdd.com/ ), is now accepting customer deposits in Euros, In addition to deposits in US Dollars and Japanese Yen.
http://bit.ly/eFlBJO
CERTIFICATION LAB...
PORTLAND, Ore.: The WiMAX Forum(R) announced today that it has selected SIRIM QAS International to manage a WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory (WFDCL) in Malaysia.
http://www.wimaxforum.org/
http://bit.ly/hGgGak
UPGRADED SOLUTION...
OULU, Finland: As LTE technology evolves, network vendors need the most efficient methods to develop and test LTE products to meet their time to market objectives.
http://www.elektrobit.com/
http://bit.ly/hvZg1Y
SALE CLOSED...
SYDNEY and HONG KONG: IndiGo Airlines and Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC) have successfully closed the sale and lease back of a new Airbus A320 delivered on 30 March at the Airbus facility in Toulouse.
http://www.hongkongaviation.com/
http://bit.ly/fe5tW1
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