SYDNEY--9 May--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
PRIVATE LABEL...
LONDON: Lonrho's Oceanfresh has announced that after a lengthy product
testing and development program Oceanfresh has been chosen to supply 16 of the
19 items that Pick n Pay will be launching under their private label brand.
http://bit.ly/jGV884
FDA CLEARANCE...
HAYWARD, Calif.: Solta Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM), the pioneer in
fractional resurfacing and non-invasive skin tightening and a global market
leader in aesthetic skin treatments today announced it has received FDA 510(k)
clearance of its new Clear + Brilliant laser aesthetic treatment, which will
officially launch at the World Congress of Dermatology in Seoul, Korea on May
25, 2011.
http://www.solta.com/
http://bit.ly/l9SOf7
RELIVING APP...
LONDON: Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer goods companies, has
created the first mobile app to capture the real-time social elements of
Facebook, Twitter and mobile phone activity to produce a record of
unforgettable nights out.
http://www.lynxeffect.com/
http://www.razorfish.com/
http://animoto.com/
http://bit.ly/kSgFEh
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE...
BEIJING: Air China recently launched an express customs clearance service in
Sydney and Melbourne which will allow Air China's VIP passengers to pass
quickly and easily through customs.
http://www.airchina.com/
http://bit.ly/iqpF1Z
STROKE CRISIS...
KUALA LUMPUR: According to a new report, How Can We Avoid a Stroke Crisis in
the Asia-Pacific Region?, urgent coordinated action is needed to avoid millions
of preventable strokes, which leave many patients who have atrial fibrillation
(AF) both mentally and physically disabled, or dead, every year.
http://bit.ly/mAP34G
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/kEwzxH
Q1 RESULTS...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) today reported its
first-quarter 2011 results and filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
http://www.fanniemae.com/
http://bit.ly/kDgmP5
DISTRIBUTION DEAL...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and NEW YORK: Lenco Media Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Lenco Mobile Inc. (LNCM),and Qtrax, Inc.(A Division of Brilliant
Technologies Corporation; BLLN), announced today that they have concluded a
distribution and advertising agreement that will allow users of Lenco Media's
RadioLoyalty(TM) platform, to have easy access to free and legal song downloads
from Qtrax.
http://www.qtrax.com/
http://bit.ly/kvKG6K
SUMMIT SPEAKER...
SINGAPORE: Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry Company (NYSE: KFY) specializing in
talent acquisition solutions, has announced that Fonterra, a major New Zealand
dairy exporter and Futurestep RPO client, will present a case study at this
year's Buyers Only Forum at the HRO Summit APAC.
http://www.fonterra.com/
http://www.futurestep.com/
http://www.hrosummits.com/hrosummitapac/
http://bit.ly/kuXmCU
WHD.ASIA 2011...
COLOGNE, Germany: WorldHostingDays, or WHD in short, is the world's largest
hosting event taking place annually in Germany.
http://www.worldhostingdays.com/
http://bit.ly/m1conS
MOST VALUABLE BRAND...
NEW YORK: Registering a staggering 84 percent increase in value over the
past year, Apple has emerged as the most valuable brand in the world, ending
the four-year reign of Google at the top of the table in the sixth annual
BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study.
http://www.millwardbrown.com/brandz
http://www.brandz.com/mobile
http://bit.ly/mHx6Hz
LOGISTICS FACILITY...
BERLIN and MUNICH: Online retailer Amazon recently announced the
construction of a new 110,000 m2 logistics facility in southern Germany, one of
two major distribution centers to open in the country this year.
http://bit.ly/iwc1OS
APPLIED ARTS...
LONDON: The Royal College of Art has announced that its new applied arts
building due to open in autumn 2014, is to be named 'The Sir Po-Shing and Lady
Helen Woo Applied Art Department' in honour of the couple's long association
with the RCA.
http://www.rca.ac.uk/
http://bit.ly/iKgrtC
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