SYDNEY--18 May--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
GRAND OPENING...
HONG KONG and MACAU: At 4:51pm on May 15 Galaxy Maca (TM) officially opened
its doors, welcoming over 20,000 guests within its first 90 minutes to the
delight of over 3,000 VIP attendees.
http://www.galaxymacau.com/en
http://bit.ly/ivtWvA
BUSINESS JET...
GENEVA: Dassault Falcon today launched the Falcon 2000S, bringing a large
cabin aircraft to the super mid-sized business jet market.
http://falcon2000s.com/
http://bit.ly/ilbbHo
TAKING VICTORY...
MARSEILLE, France: Damien Iehl and his French Match Racing Team made the
perfect start to their World Match Racing Tour season after defeating Bertrand
Pace Aleph Sailing Team in an all French Final at Match Race France in
Marseille.
http://www.wmrt.com/
http://bit.ly/ini8LG
NEW DIRECTORS...
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth Metals" and
"Company") (TSX: DM) (TSX: DM.U) is pleased to announce the appointment of
General John F. Sattler (USMC Ret.) and Mr. Edward M. Smith, CEO, Ullico Inc.,
to the Duluth Metals Board of Directors effective May 12, 2011.
http://www.duluthmetals.com/
http://bit.ly/jEJZji
COLOUR ARTIST...
NEW YORK: Clinique, one of the world's leading cosmetics brands, names
makeup artist Jenna Menard as its first Global Colour Artist. A rising star in
the beauty industry, Menard brings a decade of expertise and a modern
perspective to Clinique.
http://www.clinique.com/
http://bit.ly/jRRzav
PLATINUM 2011...
LONDON: In line with global economic recovery in 2010, gross demand for
platinum increased by 16% to 245.1 tonnes, according to Johnson Matthey in
"PLATINUM 2011", released today.
http://bit.ly/lIrqzq
BIG TIME...
BRUSSELS: Step aside ballroom dancers, jungle survivors and cake decorators.
Building on the success of Bud United: Bud House, the ground breaking online
reality show during the 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM), Budweiser is now taking the
concept to the next level.
http://www.ab-inbev.com/
http://bit.ly/jl5h5M
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/iMFiQD
#1 VENDOR...
NEW YORK: IntraLinks (NYSE: IL), a leading provider of critical information
exchange solutions, today announced that it has been ranked the number one
vendor in the team collaboration software market* in 2010 by Gartner Inc.
http://www.intralinks.com/
http://bit.ly/m6Cd7B
4G AND ECONOMY...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.: Broader access to fast 4G wireless technologies promises
to give a boost to rural and developing parts of the world where landline
Internet is less developed, say experts from IEEE, the world's largest
technical professional association.
http://www.ieee.org/
http://bit.ly/izq40P
GLOBAL CONSULTING...
RENO, Nevada: The Alta Group and Invigors -- premier providers of equipment
leasing and asset finance advisory services -- today announce that they have
formed Invigors EMEA LLP as part of The Alta Group, a global consultancy.
http://www.invigors.com/
http://www.thealtagroup.com/
http://bit.ly/jXoXis
SEMINAR RECOGNITION...
ATLANTA, Georgia: Alcan Cable, a business unit of Rio Tinto, received
favorable recommendations for the use of its STABILOY(R) aluminum alloy cables
at the "Expert Seminar on Applications of STABILOY(R) 8000 Series Aluminum
Alloy Cables in Civil Buildings" hosted by the Building Electrical Professional
Committee of Sichuan Province Civil Engineering and Architectural Society on
March 27.
http://www.cable.alcan.com/
http://www.alcancable.cn/
OPERATIONS UPDATE...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB: FEEC) today announced that it
has filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31,
2011, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the
Company's website, at www.fareastenergy.com, under the tab "Investor Relations"
in the "SEC Filings" section.
http://bit.ly/jVVc7E
$1 MILLION AWARDS...
TEL AVIV, Israel: The Dan David Prize award ceremony took place yesterday at
Tel Aviv University, in the presence of Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the
State of Israel, Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy,
Prof. Joseph Klafter, President of Tel Aviv University and Chairman of the
Board Dan David Prize, Mr. Dan David, Founder of the Dan David Prize, the 2011
Dan David Prize laureates, foreign ambassadors, and prominent academic and
business figures from Israel and abroad.
http://www.dandavidprize.org/
http://bit.ly/jRVt3Y
CEREMONY BROADCAST...
AMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast: Satellite Broadcast Feed of the Investiture
Ceremony of His Excellency
Mr Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast, On May 21st, 2011.
http://www.communication.gouv.ci/
http://bit.ly/kvT4ga
MISS UNIVERSE COLLECTION...
LOS ANGELES: OPI Products Inc. announced a collaboration with the Miss
Universe Organization today.
http://www.missuniverse.com/
http://bit.ly/lVuZQF
BRAND PARTNERSHIP...
CANNES, France: Chivas Regal, the world's original luxury Scotch whisky and
Official Partner of the Festival de Cannes, has announced a new global brand
partnership with the charity FilmAid International.
http://bit.ly/moZbHL
SMART TECHNOLOGY...
BEIJING: On May 15th, Hisense Group held a press conference in Beijing on
the company's corporate strategy and announced that the company will pursue an
entirely new course of development as it moves to welcome the age of smart
technology.
http://bit.ly/ieuGeS
ERT TECHNOLOGY...
LOS ANGELES: Hanvon, a leading global eReader and touch technology
manufacturer, today unveiled the Hanvon ERT Touch Technology, a revolutionary
new method of enabling touch-based interfaces, at the Society for Information
Display (SID)'s 49th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition (Display
Week 2011).
http://bit.ly/j5dmfp
INTELLIJ IDEA...
PRAGUE: JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools
for software developers, have announced the public availability of IntelliJ
IDEA 10.5, a free update for its award-winning IDE for JVM-based and polyglot
development.
http://www.jetbrains.com/
http://bit.ly/jEi0ma
FLEXPOD FOR VMWARE...
SYDNEY: FireScope, Inc., the leader in aligning customers technology
performance to their business and customer experiences, today announced
availability of FireScope Unify for FlexPod, enabling converged management and
automation of the complete FlexPod for VMware stack from a single, dynamic
interface.
http://www.rtptech.com/
http://www.dincloud.com/
http://www.firescope.com/
http://bit.ly/jTbWS7
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT...
TOKYO: Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & CEO:
Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen; hereinafter
"Dentsu") announced on May 17 the launch of the "Finding Gifts with Sasha"
(http://sasha.nadya.jp) site as the third step of its collaborative project
with Nihon Unisys Ltd. (Tokyo: 8056; President & CEO: Katsuto Momii; Corporate
Headquarters: Tokyo; hereinafter "Nihon Unisys" and the MIT (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA) Media Lab (see Note) aimed at creating a
"context-reading communication computer" (http://omcs.jp).
http://nadya.jp/
http://poibot.jp/
http://www.media.mit.edu/
http://bit.ly/k6Tdm4
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