SYDNEY--15 Jun--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
LIABILITY MANAGEMENT...
SAO PAULO: On June 10, 2011, Itau Unibanco S.A. ("Itau Unibanco"), a
subsidiary of Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ("Itau Unibanco Holding"), delivered
the irrevocable notice of redemption to the Bank of New York Mellon, the
Trustee, for the US$500 million aggregate principal amount 8.70% Perpetual
Non-cumulative Junior Subordinated Securities issued by Unibanco -- Uniao de
Bancos Brasileiros S.A. on July 29, 2005 (the "Perpetual Securities")
communicating that Itau Unibanco intends to redeem all of the outstanding
Perpetual Securities on July 29, 2011.
http://bit.ly/j8EdIx
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 1400
AEST) on its Australian and New Zealand services (Trans Tasman and domestic) as
a result of a volcanic ash cloud caused by Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in
Chile.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/mjfjid
RETAIL CONFERENCE...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Manthan Systems, leading provider of retail BI and
Analytics solutions, partners with PT Karlin Mastrindo to host an in-depth
discussion at Jakarta on June 16, 2011, on 'Supplier Collaboration' for leading
Indonesian retailers.
http://bit.ly/igjxPV
WINNERS ANNOUNCED...
WASHINGTON: First prize in the 2010 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest
goes to Mohammed Rakibul Hasan for "The Tannery Industry."
http://www.cgap.org/
http://bit.ly/lHiBPX
CREATIVE EXCELLENCE...
HONG KONG: Hotel ICON, an upscale Hong Kong hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui East,
announced its soft opening. Offering exceptional Asian hospitality, Hotel ICON
represents the combined efforts of Hong Kong's most creative talents.
http://bit.ly/jzBoLm
UFIDA TECH'DAY...
BEIJING: On May 28, 2011, UFIDA held a grand Tech'day meeting in Beijing.
Industry players including CMCC, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, China Broadband
Capital, etc., participated in the big event.
http://bit.ly/l3ngwh
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 2000
AEST) on its Australian and New Zealand services (Trans Tasman and domestic) as
a result of a volcanic ash cloud caused by Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in
Chile.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/iorVJW
RTD CORE...
FRANKFURT, Germany and NEW YORK: RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading
global trading solutions provider, announced today the worldwide launch of an
off-the-shelf matching system, RTD CORE.
http://www.rtsgroup.net/
http://bit.ly/llUs3R
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/itEI3O
EXPANDS INCENTIVES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) announced the expansion of
incentives to encourage sales of HomePath REO properties to owner occupants.
http://www.homepath.com/
http://bit.ly/iL8xdr
JULY RELEASE...
NEW YORK and BOSTON: Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of
financial services technology and subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced
that Eagle Version 11.0 (V11.0), a technical and functional upgrade of its
integrated suite of data management, investment accounting, and performance
measurement and attribution solutions, will be available in early July.
http://www.eagleinvsys.com/
http://bit.ly/m3EPjM
CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in cloud
infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced the
launch of the initial phase of Savvis Markets Infrastructure, which allows
financial services companies to customize IT and connectivity solutions to fit
their needs.
http://www.savvis.com/
http://bit.ly/jwzOnS
Q1 EARNINGS CALL...
SKILLMAN, N.J.: ConvaTec Healthcare today announced that it will report its
2011 first quarter earnings on Friday, June 17, 2011. David Johnson, CEO and
George Kegler, CFO will host an analyst and investor call at 10:00 AM EDT live
via telephone.
http://www.convateccorporate.com/
http://www.convatec.com/
http://bit.ly/ipttMS
2-YEAR BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board:
FNMA).
http://bit.ly/m0DxGD
FIVE MILLION...
KABUL, Afghanistan: Roshan, Afghanistan's leading telecommunications
provider, today announced that it is the first mobile operator in Afghanistan
to surpass five million active customers, up from 30,000 customers in 2003 when
the pioneering company launched its network.
http://www.roshan.af/
http://www.hillandknowlton.com/
http://bit.ly/jtFaVg
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT...
NAPERVILLE, Ill. and LONDON: Calamos Advisors LLC named Dan McNamara to the
position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development effective May 11,
2011. Mr. McNamara will be responsible for pursuing corporate development
opportunities around the globe.
http://www.calamos.com/
http://bit.ly/jnM7ed
TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER...
SINGAPORE: Four ASEAN equities exchanges (Bursa Malaysia, the Philippine
Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Thailand) have
selected SunGard to be the technology provider for the ASEAN trading link.
http://www.klse.com.my/
http://www.pse.com.ph/
http://www.sgx.com/
http://www.set.or.th/
http://www.sungard.com/
http://bit.ly/jonsv3
PEACE PRIZE...
WASHINGTON: The World Peace Prize Ceremony is being held in the Gold Room of
the Capitol of the United States today.
http://bit.ly/j9ux5v
EDGE OVERLAP FEATURE...
MONTREAL: Now available with Matrox Mura MPX Series display wall controller
boards, the Matrox PowerDesk Edge Overlap feature provides an easy,
cost-effective solution designed to drive seamless images over multi-projector
setups.
http://www.matrox.com/mura_mpx_boards
http://bit.ly/kzEnMl
NORTH AMERICAN PLANT...
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada: Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering (DSME) and the Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada, celebrated the grand
opening of DSME Trenton Ltd. (DSTN) today, June 14, 2011.
http://www.novascotiabusiness.com/
http://bit.ly/jeWx9O
SPEEDTAGS TECHNOLOGY...
LUND, Sweden: Scalado, a world-leading provider of high-performance imaging
technologies, applications and services for the mobile industry, has today
announced that leading Korean semiconductor memory manufacturer Hynix is to
adopt its SpeedTags(TM) Technology in order to deliver super-fast image capture
and unprecedented processing capabilities.
http://www.scalado.com/
http://bit.ly/j6qBxW
DENGUE DAY...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
launched the first ASEAN Dengue Day today in Indonesia, with related events
occurring throughout the ASEAN member states.
http://bit.ly/ig6Wji
VIRTUAL SHOW...
CHICAGO: UBM Everything Channel's CRN presented India's first virtual show
for the channel community on May 17-18, 2011.
http://crn.in/vcs/index.asp
http://www.ubmstudios.com/
http://www.everythingchannel.com/
http://www.ubm.com/
http://bit.ly/iFKZRP
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 1200
AEST / 1400 NZ) on its Australian and New Zealand services (Trans Tasman and
domestic) as a result of a volcanic ash cloud caused by Puyehue-Cordon Caulle
volcano in Chile.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/m61PhG
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