SYDNEY--13 May--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
NEW VP...
Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Alcan Cable, a business unit of Rio Tinto,
announces the appointment of Alex Tham to the position of Vice President and
Managing Director of Alcan (Tianjin) Alloy Products Company effective June 3,
2011.
http://www.cable.alcan.com/
http://www.alcancable.cn/
http://bit.ly/lrwBn0
BEIJING-BASED DREAMS...
PARIS: Publicis Groupe announced today that it has acquired Dreams
Communication, a Chinese agency specialized in healthcare communications,
regrouping Beijing Dreams Advertising and Beijing Dreams Zhiyang Communication.
http://www.publicishealthcare.com/
http://www.publicisgroupe.com/
http://bit.ly/mQ9G9i
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES...
SEOUL, South Korea: Skin appearance has always been a concern for both women
and men all around the world, with skin color and tone being particularly
important in Asia.
http://bit.ly/iK7I9p
ONLINE OFFERINGS...
MALLORCA, Spain: Today at The European Association of Directory Providers
(EADP) Conference, Telnic Limited, the registry operator for the .tel top level
domain (TLD), announced that Marktplatz Mittelstand GmbH & Co. KG, the online
marketplace for SMEs and self-employed professionals, will be the first German
online directory publisher to begin providing .tel domains to customers as part
of its subscription packages.
http://telnic.tel/
http://www.marktplatz-mittelstand.de/
http://key-systems.tel/
http://bit.ly/kBO7oq
INDONESIAN, VIETNAM SITES...
LONDON: Hotels.com, the world's leading online accommodation provider, has
today announced the launch of two new sites in Indonesia and Vietnam, bringing
the total number worldwide to 77 including 15 in the Asia/Pacific region.
http://bit.ly/lANh7R
GLOBAL GROWTH...
STUTTGART, Germany: Carl Zeiss has presented its half-yearly financial
statements. In the first half of fiscal year 2010/11 the company generated
revenues totaling EUR 2.143 billion (previous year: EUR 1.379 billion), an
increase of 19 percent.
http://www.zeiss.de/press
http://bit.ly/l0zUSP
LEGAL VICTORY...
HONG KONG, BEIJING and SINGAPORE: Russell Brown, Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and Managing Partner of
LehmanBrown, a leading China-focused accounting, taxation and business advisory
firm, won a significant legal case against Edward Lehman, Managing Director and
founding partner of Lehman, Lee & Xu, a mainland Chinese law firm, who was
found guilty of contempt of Court by the Hong Kong High Court.
http://www.lehmanbrown.com/
http://bit.ly/m1jarv
YOSHIKI RADIO...
NEW YORK: Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that Yoshiki,
Japanese icon and leader of Japan's multi-million-selling, superstar rock band
X Japan, will host his first-ever radio show, Yoshiki Radio, on SiriusXM's The
Boneyard, channel 38.
http://www.siriusxm.com/
http://bit.ly/mSHj2f
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board:
FNMA).
http://bit.ly/k80D50
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER...
LONDON: Matias Palm-Jensen, digital heavyweight and founder of Swedish
digital agency Farfar, has joined McCann Erickson as the first Chief Innovation
Officer for Europe, effective immediately.
http://www.mccannworldgroup.com/
http://bit.ly/kYZdmv
COURT RULING...
JENA, Germany: Occlutech GmbH, a leading European developer of minimally
invasive implants for the treatment of structural heart disease, today
announced that it has received a favourable court ruling from the German
Supreme Court, (BGH), in Karlsruhe, Gerrmany in patent litigation initiated by
AGA Medical Inc., now part of St. Jude Medical Inc.
http://bit.ly/lvOVSY
TAPPED TO LEAD...
SAN FRANCISCO: The University of California, San Francisco has appointed (
http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/05/9868/ucsf-taps-sepulveda-lead-global-health-efforts)
Jaime Sepulveda, MD, MPH, DrSc, a world-renowned public health leader, as
executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences.
http://www.ucsf.edu/
http://bit.ly/m1ia2h
PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCED...
SAN DIEGO: Naviscan, Inc., the leader in 3D Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI),
has entered into a distribution agreement with Chindex Medical Limited to
market and service Naviscan's high-resolution organ-specific PET scanner in the
People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong and Macau.
http://www.naviscan.com/
http://www.chindex.com/cml/index.html
http://bit.ly/l3MVRL
ACQUISITION COMPLETE...
SANTA ANA, Calif.: CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of
information, analytics and business services, announced today the completion of
its previously announced acquisition of RP Data Limited (ASX: RPX) "RP Data"
effective May 13, 2011, in Australia. CoreLogic, which had previously held a
40-percent equity interest in RP Data, acquired all of the outstanding shares
of the company.
http://www.corelogic.com/
http://bit.ly/iqF0Yu
KE$HA BLOWS...
ZURICH: When EF, the world's largest private education company, asked their
students on Facebook to name their favorite pop artist, global superstar Ke$ha
was chosen as their favorite.
http://www.ef.com/summersong
http://bit.ly/j35hbQ
RAISES INTEREST...
MEDINA, Ohio: RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) announced today that it has
agreed to increase its minority ownership interest in Kemrock Industries and
Exports Ltd., a fully integrated fiberglass reinforced plastic composites
manufacturer with more than $200 million in annual sales located in Vadodara,
Gujarat State, India, from approximately 14.9% to 15.1%.
http://www.rpminc.com
http://www.kemrock.com
http://bit.ly/mPjlUT
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