SYDNEY--27 Jun--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
YOUTH AMBASSADOR...
LOS ANGELES: What: Announcement of Australian Teen Actor Callan McAuliffe
(age 16) as the first Youth Ambassador to the USA teen Charity -The Wolf
Connection.
http://www.wolfconnection.org/
http://bit.ly/juknwH
DEVICE ESSENTIALS...
SINGAPORE: comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital
world, today announced the launch of Device Essentials(TM), a new service
reporting on digital traffic by device, which includes computers and other
devices, defined as mobile phones, tablets, music players, e-readers, gaming
devices, and other web-enabled devices.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/mLLi52
BENEFIT CONCERT...
LOS ANGELES: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Jason
Mraz, The Doobie Brothers, Tom Morello, John Hall, Kitaro, Jonathan Wilson,
Sweet Honey in the Rock, and special guests are coming together for a special
benefit event on Sunday, August 7, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View,
CA.
http://www.vpcp.com/
http://www.guacfund.org/
http://www.musiciansunited4safeenergy.com/
http://www.nukefree.org/
http://bit.ly/kwAaao
BUSINESS CLASS UPGRADE...
BEIJING: Air China has announced the Business class upgrade of 16 Airbus
A330-200, which will be revamped, upgrading the seats to a luxurious full
lie-flat 180-degree bed, and improving the entertainment system. This is part
of Air China's long term upgrade program, and Air China aims to improve the
quality of services for passengers.
http://www.airchina.com/
http://bit.ly/jRNi0Y
FIRST BIRTHDAY...
SINGAPORE: Pioneering online insurer DirectAsia.com is celebrating its first
birthday!
http://www.directasia.com/roadsafetyvideos
http://bit.ly/k2e90d
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/maQwIO
VEHICLE BATTERY SUMMIT...
WARRENDALE, Pa.: An explosion of recent research on Li-ion battery
development, along with the growing international commitment to the market
penetration of battery powered vehicles, has prompted development of the SAE
International 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit, November 14-15, 2011 in Shanghai.
http://www.sae.org/
http://bit.ly/iMjnJ3
OPTIONS GRANTED...
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada: On June 23, 2011, The Cash Store Australia
Holdings Inc. ("TCS Australia" or the "Company") (TSXV:AUC) granted an
aggregate of 300,000 options to directors, pursuant to TCS Australia's Employee
Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
http://bit.ly/lK5Ado
REPORT RELEASED...
TOWNSVILLE, Australia: Strategic Minerals posts technical report from its
exploration managers for Iron Glen Pty Ltd.
http://strategicminerals.co.uk/images/ts.pdf
http://www.strategicminerals.co.uk/
http://bit.ly/lOAQc0
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar advises that its New Zealand services
(including all international, domestic and trans Tasman) are cancelled all day
Saturday 25 June and Sunday 26 June 2011.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/mhvKxT
SERVICE UPDATE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 1400
AEST / 1600 NZ) on its New Zealand (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/letetS
SERVICES RECOMMENCE...
BRISBANE, Australia: BRISBANE 26 JUNE 2011: Virgin Australia Group of
Airlines international subsidiary, Pacific Blue, will recommence services
between Australia and New Zealand tomorrow, Monday 27 June 2011, following the
disruption from the volcanic ash plume from Chilean volcano, Cordon Caulle.
http://www.virginaustralia.com/
http://www.pacificblue.com.au/
http://bit.ly/l0syXK
SERVICES RESUME...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar is pleased to confirm that all New Zealand
domestic, international and trans Tasman services will return to normal
tomorrow (27 June 2011) with the exception of the following cancelled services,
as outlined below.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/lsJxiE
STRONG SUPPORT...
SYDNEY, Australia: A majority (55%) of Australians are in favor of allowing
the United States to base military forces in Australia.
http://www.lowyinstitute.org/
http://bit.ly/j0hYlY
STATEMENT RELEASED...
WASHINGTON: The World Peace Prize Awarding Council held a grand award
ceremony on June 14, 2011 in the Gold Room at the U.S. Capitol to express our
respect for the recipients of the 2010 World Peace Prize: H.H. Dorje Chang
Buddha III, prominent leader of Buddhism in the world; Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman,
former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
http://bit.ly/mFatiZ
SUPPORT EVENT...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in
the field of radiation oncology, today hosted a roundtable discussion on the
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), which is currently pending
Congressional ratification.
http://www.accuray.com/
http://bit.ly/m868z6
CHINESE OFFICES...
BEIJING and SAN RAMON, Calif.: The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of
organizations creating wireless solutions for use in energy management,
residential, commercial and consumer applications, today announced it has
opened two new offices in China to drive greater ZigBee adoption and address
ZigBee standards to meet China's specific needs for its rapidly expanding
infrastructure and growing markets.
http://www.zigbee.org/
http://bit.ly/lnOBVH
ANALOG DEVICES' AMPLIFIER...
NORWOOD, Mass.: Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a world leader in
high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications and RF ICs,
today introduced a differential RF/IF (radio frequency/intermediate frequency)
amplifier for driving high-speed 12-bit to 18-bit A/D converters.
http://www.analog.com/rf
http://bit.ly/iWrDVg
FORUM HELD...
TIANJIN, China: The APEC Low Carbon Model Town Forum was held in Tianjin on
21 and 22 June with the theme of "Green energy makes a better city - low carbon
development path of APEC towns".
http://bit.ly/k2zFl3
INDONESIAN LAUNCH...
BEIJING: Perfect World Co., Ltd. ("Perfect World" or the "Company"), a
leading online game developer and operator based in China, officially announced
that it will launch the 2.5D MMORPG "Battle of the Immortals" in Indonesia
through its partner PT. Prodigy Infinitech's subsidiary PT. Buana Online
Internasional ("PT. Buana") in June.
http://bit.ly/j2IjjP
SERVICES RESUME...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar is pleased to confirm that all Australian
domestic, New Zealand domestic, trans Tasman and international services are now
operating to normal schedule.
http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews
http://bit.ly/jrDvvd
RECORD PRODUCTION...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Australia's largest dairy farmer, 185-year-old
Tasmanian-based Van Diemens Land Company, which owns 23 farms in the Circular
Heads area including the historic Woolnorth properties, has surpassed the 5
million kilogram-milksolids(kgms) production mark for the first time.
http://bit.ly/jtrFnf
BEST PLACES...
SAN DIEGO: Encore Capital Group, Inc.(Nasdaq: ECPG), a leader in distressed
consumer debt buying and recovery, has been selected as one of "India's Best
Companies to Work For" by the Great Place to Work Institute, in partnership
with The Economic Times.
http://www.encorecapital.com/
http://bit.ly/mzugho
ENDNOTE X5...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Reuters today released a major upgrade to
Thomson Reuters EndNote(R) for Windows, the bibliographic management and
publishing solution used by millions of researchers, librarians and students
worldwide.
http://www.thomsonreuters.com/
http://bit.ly/jnh9yl
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