SYDNEY--7 Jun--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
AEROSPACE EXHIBITION...
TOKYO: Tokyo Big Sight Inc. (Head office: Koto-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Kenichi
Shimada) announced on June 6 it will organize "AEROSPACE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION
TOKYO 2011" (ASET2011) with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as a co-organizer
from October 26 to 28 at Tokyo Big Sight.
http://www.tokyoaerospace.com/en
http://bit.ly/mQVHiZ
MANUFACTURING DEALS...
LONDON: HaloIPT, the global leader in Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems
for wirelessly charging electric vehicles, today announces two new strategic
relationships that will start volume production of IPT charging technology.
http://bit.ly/k70qvi
ANCHOR INVESTOR...
GENEVA: As one of the anchor investors, Mercuria Energy Group is pleased to
participate in the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Post-2012 Carbon
Facility that has now become operational.
http://www.mercuria.com/
http://bit.ly/lzzooP
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP...
LOS ANGELES: The Korn/Ferry Institute's Confidence in Leadership Index
reveals significant momentum in the direction of corporate leadership globally
in Q1 2011, reaching an all-time high since the survey was first conducted in
2009.
http://www.kornferryinstitute.com/
http://www.kornferry.com/
http://bit.ly/lJtvZW
ALL CLEAR...
BRUSSELS: A test sample of 50 fragranced products, chosen at random from a
selection of 450 marketed products from ten different countries, found that all
fragrance formulations were compliant with the IFRA Code of Practice.
http://www.ifraorg.org/
http://www.eurofins.com/
http://www.rifm.org/
http://bit.ly/lzHocm
ANDROID APP...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.: GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global
provider of online trading services, announced today the launch of an enhanced
Android mobile trading app for its retail division, FOREX.com.
http://www.gaincapital.com/
http://bit.ly/iAEyDS
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/k28XSi
SAFETY STUDIES...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Clinical data from four Phase 3 studies of ingenol
mebutate gel, an investigational treatment for actinic keratosis, were
presented publicly for the first time at the 22nd World Congress of Dermatology
in Seoul.
http://www.leo-pharma.com/
http://bit.ly/jUVjLv
GLOBAL DRUG ABUSE...
WASHINGTON: At the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association's (DATIA)
Annual Conference at the Doral Resort and Spa, DATIA Chairman, Dr. David M.
Martin, in his opening address predicted that a new wave of drug abuse would be
hitting America.
http://bit.ly/kkiVI3
GROWTH TREND...
DANBURY, Conn.: Continuing on a rapid growth strategy, Odyssey Logistics &
Technology Corp. (OL&T), a leading global logistics and transportation service
provider, today announced that top line revenues in 2011 grew 93 percent
through May when compared with the same period a year ago.
http://www.odysseylogistics.com
http://bit.ly/lmh4EF
MISSING TIME...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Nearly one in five people with diabetes are regularly
unable to attend a full day at work due to disruption caused by episodes of
dangerously low blood sugar, known as a hypoglycaemic event.
http://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/
http://bit.ly/m4KRW8
LICENSE AGREEMENT...
FLORENCE, Italy: Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A., holding company of the
Ferragamo Group, one of the world's leading players in the luxury sector, has
signed a licensing agreement with Marchon Group, a global leader in the eyewear
industry.
http://bit.ly/lMKeWH
DELINQUENT MORTGAGES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) today issued new standards
for mortgage servicers regarding the management of delinquent loans, default
prevention and foreclosure time frames under the Federal Housing Finance
Agency's Servicing Alignment Initiative.
http://bit.ly/mOnS2o
INDIAN OFFICE...
LOMBARD, Ill.: The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
announces the opening of its latest branch office in Mumbai, India, effective
today.
http://bit.ly/jT9KPv
SHOPPING HELPS...
NEW YORK and AMSTERDAM: Representative research of the 16 highest-ranked
countries in terms of GDP was conducted by Letsheal.org and verified by Prof.
Dirk Salomons (Columbia University, NY).
http://www.letsheal.org/
http://bit.ly/lsVv2l
GREEN JOB GROWTH...
BERLIN and MUNICH, Germany: Germany's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry now
employs more workers than steel production in the USA.
http://bit.ly/jBlDVn
KOREAN FACILITY...
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.: Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that its new
electronic materials facility in Banwol, Korea has completed start-up and is
successfully on-line.
http://www.airproducts.com/
http://bit.ly/l52BWQ
REMOTE SERVER MANAGEMENT...
SOMERSET, N.J.: Raritan today introduced a new and more cost-effective
version of the Dominion(R) KX2-101 -- a one-port, KVM-over-IP remote management
device that delivers secure, unblocked access to servers from anywhere in the
world.
http://www.raritan.com/
http://bit.ly/ksRxmB
KOREA BRANCH OFFICE...
HELSINKI: Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, mobile
devices, services and software, with a special focus on providing inspiring
user experiences, has established a branch office in Seoul, South Korea.
http://www.ixonos.com/
http://bit.ly/meTMHC
AWARD WINNER...
SINGAPORE: DHL, the world's leading logistics company, today announced its
second consecutive win by its Supply Chain division as 'Aerospace Logistics
Company of the Year' at the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Aerospace &
Defense Awards.
http://press.ap.dhl.com/
http://bit.ly/iI1ZaI
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS...
LUCERNE, Switzerland: EF Education First, the world leader in international
education, today unveiled the first comprehensive index ranking the proficiency
of English among a broad population in 44 countries and territories around the
world where English is not the native language.
http://www.ef.com/epi/
http://bit.ly/lneYpV
FIRST FOREX FIRM...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands: Gallant Capital Markets (Gallant) announced
today that the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVIFSC)
approved its application for an investment business license.
https://www.gcmfx.com/index.php
http://bit.ly/jedkwo
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