SYDNEY--21 Jun--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
WORLD'S FIRST...
TOKYO: Yamaha Corporation (Head office at 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Naka-ku,
Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan; President: Mitsuru Umemura ) announced on June
20 that it would begin mass production and shipments of its new Audio and Voice
Hub CODEC IC (1) for Smartphones and Tablet PCs in October 2011.
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/lsi/codec/
http://bit.ly/kbBbcv
VOICE HUB CODEC...
TOKYO: Yamaha Corporation (Head office at 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Naka-ku,
Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan; President: Mitsuru Umemura ) announced on June
20 that it would begin mass production and shipments of its new Audio and Voice
Hub CODEC IC (1) for Smartphones and Tablet PCs in October 2011.
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/lsi/codec/
http://bit.ly/mLQoPC
MODERNIZATION PROJECT...
NEW YORK and FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), and Empire State Building Company, LLC, owner
of the Empire State Building, the world's most famous office building, today
announced the awarding of a major contract to Otis to fully refurbish and
modernize the building's 68 elevators.
http://www.esbsustainability.com/
http://www.esbnyc.com/
http://bit.ly/isi15r
CAMOUFLAGED ANTENNAS...
SINGAPORE: Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited ("Comba" or "the Group",
Hong Kong stock code: 2342), a leading wireless enhancement solutions provider
launched its portfolio of camouflaged antennas for the Asia Pacific market at
the CommunicAsia2011 event held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore between 21st to
24th June 2011.
http://www.comba-telecom.com/
http://bit.ly/ktJmLz
CHARTER ROTATIONS...
BEIJING: Air China's Beijing-Seoul flights CA137/8 will land at Gimpo
Airport instead of Incheon Airport starting July 1, which means that the
carrier will operate into and out of two airports in Seoul.
http://www.airchina.com/
http://bit.ly/jCy4EQ
LATE STAGE DISCOVERY...
BENGALURU, India: Jubilant Biosys Ltd., Bengaluru based subsidiary of
Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., and Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP), of Chadds
Ford, Pa, U.S.A., announced today that they have achieved a late stage
discovery milestone in their joint program focused on cancer.
http://www.jubilantbiosys.com/
http://www.endo.com/
http://bit.ly/ldYVba
PORTFOLIO ADDITIONS...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong-based New World Hospitality hotel management company
has signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire Rosewood Hotels & Resorts,
L.L.C., a privately held ultra-luxury hotel management company based in Dallas,
Texas, USA, from current owners Rosewood Corp. and Maritz, Wolff & Co.
http://www.newworldhospitality.com/
http://www.rosewoodhotels.com/
http://bit.ly/kNCU8p
ELECTRICITY CONTRACT...
MADRID: Isolux Corsan wins its first large electricity generation contract
in Asia, for the construction of an open-cycle electrical power plant with 180
MW installed capacity in Khulna, the third biggest industrial city in
Bangladesh, 150 km from the capital, Dacca.
http://bit.ly/lG20QZ
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/mTDjSn
GROWTH STALLING...
WASHINGTON: Prospects for accelerating growth have grown dimmer recently due
to downward revisions of first-quarter economic activity and slowdowns across a
broad set of indicators during May, according to the June 2011 Economic Outlook
released today by Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) Economics & Mortgage
Market Analysis Group.
http://www.fanniemae.com/
http://bit.ly/kue7xi
FDA CLEARANCE...
UPPSALA, Sweden: Newly-available tests provide deepest clinical insight into
peanut allergy, as well as allergies to cat dander, dust mite, Bermuda grass,
ragweed, and fungi enabling a significant improvement in the clinical
management of patients with suspected allergies.
http://www.phadia.com/
http://bit.ly/jCNbGb
INDIAN OFFICES...
BANGALORE, India: ERP Logic, Inc. today announced it is expanding its reach
in the India market by opening new offices in Bangalore and Salem.
http://bit.ly/ih95rK
DUS REMIC...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) priced its second
Multifamily DUS REMIC in 2011 totaling $594 million under its Fannie Mae
Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS(TM)) program on Friday, June
17, 2011.
http://www.fanniemae.com/
http://bit.ly/iwVaM5
JAPANESE OPERATION...
AUSTIN, Texas and TOKYO: Extending its reach into the key high-growth Asia
Pacific region, IMS Research today announces the establishment of its research
and sales operation in Tokyo, Japan.
http://www.imsresearch.com
http://imsresearch.com/
http://bit.ly/mtngJs
BOOK PUBLISHER...
SEOUL: Shanghai-based investor Puji Capital, through its Puji Media
affiliate, closed an investment round of RMB 100 million into one of China's
leading book publishing and distribution company, Fonghong Media Co. Ltd.
http://bit.ly/mHiV5U
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 1000
AEST) on its Australian domestic and Trans Tasman services as a result of a
volcanic ash cloud caused by Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/m0kmdU
4G SOLUTIONS...
SINGAPORE: Tektronix Communications, a leading worldwide provider of
communications test and Network Intelligence solutions, today announced its
presence at CommunicAsia in Singapore, June 21-24 at BN4-01.
http://www.tektronixcommunications.com/
http://www.arantech.com/
http://bit.ly/iOX5jH
TOOLS DEPLOYED...
SINGAPORE: CommunicAsia -- Arantech, a provider of Customer Experience
Management (CEM) systems to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide,
announced today that StarHub has implemented the Arantech touchpoint(TM)
product suite and openplatform ProAction solution.
http://www.arantech.com/
http://bit.ly/imFMsR
CONTRIBUTION OPTION...
SINGAPORE: Telairity will demonstrate a key encoding capability for
high-bitrate streaming: a 4:2:2 contribution option to its industry-leading
H.264/AVC and AVS encoders at the 16th annual Broadcast Asia 2011 exhibition
and conference, starting today (6/21) at Suntec Singapore.
http://www.telairity.com/
http://bit.ly/lyanIt
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