SYDNEY--24 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FARE SEARCH CALENDAR...
BEIJING: On April 28, 2011, Air China Ltd. (Air China) launched the fare
search calendar feature on four of its international websites - the US,
Australia, Japan and Malaysia.
http://bit.ly/muEUjT
PLAYING LIVE...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.: In celebration of Paramount Pictures' TRANSFORMERS: DARK
OF THE MOON, Linkin Park will perform a special outdoor concert at Vasilyevsky
Spusk of the Red Square in Moscow - with the Kremlin and St. Basil's Basilica
as the backdrop - on June 23rd at 9PM.
http://www.energyfm.ru/
http://www.linkinpark.com/
http://bit.ly/j9IdoV
GTX DIRECT...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.: GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global
provider of online trading services, announced today the launch of GTX Direct,
the new prime brokerage service offering for its electronic communications
network (ECN) for institutional and high net worth investors.
http://www.gaingtx.com/
http://www.gaincapital.com/
http://bit.ly/iWmqlm
NEW PRESIDENT...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.: Wilshire Analytics, a business unit of Wilshire
Associates Incorporated (Wilshire(R)), today announced the appointment of
proven investment management and analytics professional Mark Hansen as
president of Wilshire Analytics, starting June 1.
http://www.wilshire.com/
http://bit.ly/mDMbgb
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/lSDzJf
VISIBILITY TOOL...
MIDLAND PARK, N.J.: IES, Ltd., one of the fastest growing transportation
software companies in the world, has rolled out a new tool engineered for
document management and on-demand accessibility.
http://www.iesltd.com/
http://bit.ly/mAeGAa
ACQUISITION MADE...
MUNICH: Up to now, Rohde & Schwarz has focused on providing solutions for
monitoring, locating and analyzing radiocommunications signals.
http://bit.ly/jvxZ1z
JOHNNIE WALKER HOUSE...
SHANGHAI: JOHNNIE WALKER(R), the world's best-selling brand of Scotch
whisky, opened The JOHNNIE WALKER HOUSE(TM) in Shanghai's Sinan Mansions on May
19, 2011.
http://bit.ly/iCcENN
NEW PRODUCTS...
NEW YORK: FXDD, a leader in online Forex trading, today announced three new
product offerings to its line of advanced solutions for institutional traders.
http://www.fxdd.com/
http://bit.ly/kuW3Ws
MUSIC RECOMMENDATION TECHNOLOGY...
SINGAPORE: Music Matters Conferences -- Gracenote(R) today announced the new
version of its Discover(TM) music recommendation technology, featuring the
ability to create personalized Music Channels as well as the use of Mood and
Tempo sonic attributes and music descriptors like Genre, Origin, Era and Artist
Type to deliver smarter music recommendations across music catalogs.
http://www.gracenote.com/
http://bit.ly/lWtNFh
COVER ART DATABASE...
SINGAPORE: Music Matters Conferences-Gracenote(R) today announced it is now
offering licensed Cover Art, Genre and Artist Images for the Asia Pacific
region as part the world's largest database of licensed imagery.
http://www.gracenote.com/
http://bit.ly/mJieJy
NEW OFFICE...
BEIJING: eFront, the leading software provider of financial solutions, is
pleased to announce the opening of its Beijing office.
http://www.efront.com/
http://bit.ly/jf0cOK
REMANUFACTURING FACILITY...
JURONG TOWNSHIP, Singapore: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today the
official opening of a new remanufacturing facility in Singapore.
http://www.caterpillar.com/
http://bit.ly/iGr6pI
ENERGY SOLUTIONS...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada: Imagine you could travel forward in time 20
years... Did we equip future generations with the knowledge they'll desperately
need to prepare for a soaring population, draining fossil fuels and the
environmental effects of our current high-carbon energy choices?
http://www.equinoxsummit.org/
http://wgsi.org/
http://bit.ly/iPdobM
GREATEST GIFT...
BANGKOK: Veteran actor and humanitarian John Abraham reflects on his work
with Habitat for Humanity in a blog post available on the international
homebuilding organization's website.
http://www.habitat.org/blog/listing.aspx
http://bit.ly/jgabFn
MY FAIR WEDDING...
NEW YORK: What do swamps, cowboys and pirates have in common? They are just
three of the outlandish wedding themes explored in the all-new season of WE
tv's My Fair Wedding with David Tutera, which debuts at 1PM, June 1 in Korea,
Hong Kong and Singapore.
http://bit.ly/mUPOxX
GENGHIS KHAN CONNECTION...
SINGAPORE: DHL, the world's leading logistics company, celebrates five years
of operations in fast-growing Mongolia with the launch of a new rail service --
the Genghis Khan Connection, a scheduled tri-weekly cross border rail solution
available during the high season from April to October linking Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia by rail to Tianjin, China and out to the rest of the world.
http://press.ap.dhl.com/
http://bit.ly/lRtmDx
LETTER OF INTENT...
FRANKFURT, Germany and PUNE, India: RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a
leading global trading solutions provider headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany,
today announced that it has signed a letter of intent and entered into
exclusive negotiations to acquire First Futures Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
(FFS), a high-end technology solutions provider in Pune, India.
http://www.rtsgroup.net/
http://www.firstfuturessoftware.com/
http://bit.ly/koCnC4
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