SYDNEY--25 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FOR SALE...
WELLINGTON: A parcel of prime commercial land tagged for development as New Zealand's Northland Cultural Trade Centre has just gone on the market.
http://www.realestatenorthland.co.nz/
http://bit.ly/hinVTm
TEMPORARY HOUSING...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: A joint venture of FRAMECAD and NZ Transportable Units has been awarded a major tender issued by the New Zealand Department of Building and Housing.
http://framecad.com/about-us
http://bit.ly/eiJUTd
WIN BIG!
GRENOBLE, France: FileMaker fans will be excited to hear that WinSoft International has launched a two-tiered contest in which developers will be able to show off their software solutions.
http://www.winsoft-international.com/
http://bit.ly/fCg8xQ
COOL VENDOR...
LONDON: Telnic Limited (http://telnic.tel), the Registry Operator for the .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that it had been named as one of six vendors in the Gartner Cool Vendor in Context-Aware Computing 2011 Report released this month.
http://gartner.com/
http://bit.ly/egM5mB
HUNGER STRIKE...
BALI, Indonesia: Indonesian Prominent Spiritualist Anand Krishna is lying weak on a hospital bed in East Jakarta. He was treated for his heart condition after having a heart attack before attending the trial (16/3).
http://www.anandkrishna.org/
http://www.aumkar.org/
http://bit.ly/dLZ7GI
TOP TEN...
SYDNEY, Australia: Appliances Online recognised for online performance in 2010 'Shopping and Classifieds Appliances and Electronics' category at the latest Experian Hitwise Awards.
http://www.experianplc.com/
http://bit.ly/ih7gvK
FOREX BUSINESS..
NEW YORK and LONDON: GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global provider of online trading services, has reached an agreement with Deutsche Bank AG to acquire dbFX, Deutsche Bank's retail foreign exchange trading business.
http://www.gaincapital.com/
http://bit.ly/gce9P5
REAL ESTATE CONSOLIDATION...
MONTREAL, Canada: As part of its 2009 strategic plan to strengthen its foundations for the future, the Caisse de d aac?p aci?t et placement du Qu aac?bec today announced the consolidation of its real estate subsidiaries under one banner, Ivanhoe Cambridge Group.
http://www.lacaisse.com/
http://bit.ly/f3Fa3a
CAR RENTALS...
WOODBURY, N.Y.: The US car rental industry has several competing companies that offer different rates and services to prospecting renters.
http://www.readydrive.com/news/
http://bit.ly/hFSo4I
Q1 RESULTS...
WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will release its first quarter 2011 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Thursday, May 5.
http://www.spiritaero.com/
http://bit.ly/ia2PTT
STANDARD SETTERS...
BEIJING: In an agreement that promises to further advance and harmonize standards for drug quality, leaders of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission (ChP) today exchanged appointments to serve as Special Councilors on International Affairs to each other's organization.
http://www.usp.org/
http://bit.ly/eqlvlg
EASL CONGRESS...
PARIS: On the occasion of the 46th Congress of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, the VCTE(TM) (Vibration Controlled Transient Elastography) from Echosens stood out as a leading technique in the field.
http://bit.ly/fZs5jh
GREEN PROGRAMS...
LAS VEGAS: International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), a global leader in creating the major games that players love and the systems that improve the player experience, celebrates Earth Day today by continuing its long-held commitment to implementing green practices at its facilities and by its employees worldwide.
http://www.igt.com/
http://bit.ly/f8ld16
TRIFIA 2011...
KYOTO, Japan: On April 23, 2011, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and ROHM Co., Ltd., (Kyoto, Japan) will hold the 2011 Tsinghua-Rohm International Forum of Industries and Academia (TRIFIA 2011) at Tsinghua-Rohm Electronic Engineering Hall at Tsinghua University.
http://bit.ly/hNLN7G
ENGINEERING HALL...
KYOTO, Japan: ROHM Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese semiconductor manufacturer and Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) have announced the completion of the Tsinghua-Rohm Electronic Engineering Hall, which was constructed with donations from ROHM.
http://bit.ly/gIxlwP
FULL-TIME OPERATION...
SEOUL, South Korea: Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI) announced that it will start the full-operation and the related official data distribution service of GOCI(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager), one of the three main payloads in COMS(Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite)
also known as 'Chollian', which was launched in June 27 last year, beginning April 20 after its 9-month-long test operation.
http://kosc.kordi.re.kr/
http://www.nsic.go.kr/
http://bit.ly/fyEKRF
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/hGvwiR
BEAUTY WEEK...
NEW YORK: HBA Global Expo (http://www.hbaexpo.com) is the leading product development event for the cosmetics, fragrance, personal care, skin care, and wellness industries.
http://www.spaandresortexpo.com/
http://bit.ly/elAS81
NEW PRESIDENT...
MEMPHIS, Tenn.: International Paper (NYSE: IP) today announced Cecilia Ho has been named President, IP Asia, effective May 1.
http://bit.ly/hJLU6X
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