SYDNEY--12 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EMAIL SECURITY...
AUCKLAND: Cloud-based email security company SMX Limited has signed a global
agreement with Symantec.
http://smxemail.com/aboutsmx.html
http://bit.ly/prfrQj
PLANT EXPANSION...
TOKYO: Polyplastics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, has decided to expand its
production capacity of polyoxymethylene at
Polyplastics Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd., Kuantan, Malaysia, from 90,000 metric
tons/year to 123,000 metric tons/year.
http://www.polyplastics.com/
http://bit.ly/qLKtB0
TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS...
STARNBERG, Germany: Internet pioneer Stephen Crocker will present the
keynote speech at the "newdomains.org - The Munich Conference on new TLDs" on
September 26th, 2011 in Munich.
http://www.newdomains.org/
http://bit.ly/oUjau2
EMAIL SECURITY...
AUCKLAND: Cloud-based email security company SMX Limited has signed a global
agreement with Symantec.
http://smxemail.com/aboutsmx.html
http://bit.ly/pt7un5
ARRIVAL LOUNGES...
BEIJING: First/Business Class passengers or PhoenixMiles Platinum and Gold
members flying from Vancouver, European cities and Australia to Beijing on
flights operated by Air China qualify for access to our around-the-clock
arrival lounges at T3 of Beijing, and can stay there for a good rest for up to
3 hours.
http://www.airchina.com/
http://bit.ly/pmNNpM
S$2 MILLION GRANT...
SINGAPORE: Overseas Union Enterprise Limited (OUE) announced a landmark
partnership with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to provide SIT
hospitality students with scholarships worth a total of S$2 million.
http://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/
http://www.oue.com.sg/
http://bit.ly/p95B9Z
NEW BOARD MEMBER...
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.: Gravity Collection, Inc. is pleased to announce
Dickson Lee has agreed to join their Board of Directors effective July 1, 2011.
Mr. Lee comes to us with over 15 years of major motion picture studio
experience.
http://bit.ly/qrcyUt
PROPOSAL SUBMITTED...
ST. LOUIS: Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) and ArcelorMittal SA (NYSE: MT) today
confirmed that they have jointly submitted an indicative proposal to the board
of directors of Macarthur Coal Ltd. (ASX: MCC) to acquire all of the shares of
the company.
http://bit.ly/qiagPQ
BANKING FRAUD SOLUTION...
NEW YORK: NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) company and the
largest and broadest provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance
software platform for the financial services industry, announced today that its
Remote Banking Fraud solution is successfully enabling Malaysias CIMB Bank to
reduce fraud losses.
http://www.actimize.com/
http://www.nice.com/
http://bit.ly/pAAGF7
FIRST TO UPGRADE...
LUDHIANA, India: Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMC) Ludhiana is the
site of the first Elekta Compact(TM) linear accelerator
[ http://www.elekta.com/compact ] in the world to be field-upgraded to an
MLCi2-equipped Elekta Compact, completing the transformation in less than a
week.
http://www.elekta.com/
http://bit.ly/qlcGMN
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/rh9klh
SO2 REMOVAL...
MONTREAL: Shell (NYSE: RDSA) announced today that its Cansolv Technologies
Inc. subsidiary (Cansolv) has signed an agreement with Beijing Guodian Longyuan
Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. (GDLY) to license a CANSOLV SO2 Scrubbing
System for a new 1.2 GW coal-fired power plant to be built by China Guodian
Corporation at Duyun in Guizhou province, P.R.C.
http://www.cansolv.com/
http://bit.ly/nLxhgG
BETTING ON MICROSOFT...
LOS ANGELES: Kicking off Microsoft Corp.'s annual Worldwide Partner
Conference (WPC), a four-day event that celebrates the accomplishments of the
company's 640,000 global partners, CEO Steve Ballmer today thanked partners for
helping make Windows 7 the fastest-selling operating system in history and
indicated that with future versions in development, partners can be confident
in their bets on Windows for phones, PCs, servers and the cloud.
http://www.microsoft.com/
http://bit.ly/qilZqJ
NEW INDUSTRY LEADERS...
SINGAPORE: Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider
of talent management solutions, continues to strengthen its Asia Pacific
business with the appointments of two new Regional Market Leaders in Singapore.
http://www.kornferryasia.com/
http://www.kornferryinstitute.com/
http://bit.ly/mQeFXF
BUSINESS-CRITICAL APPLICATION...
SINGAPORE: Savvis, Inc. [ http://www.savvis.sg ] (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global
leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today
announced that Spotless Group Limited [ http://www.spotless.com ], an
international services company that focuses on facility and retailer services,
will be hosting its most business-critical application on the Savvis cloud
platform.
http://bit.ly/qH0T8l
ESD CERTIFIED...
ATLANTA: World Micro, Inc., a global supplier of electronic components,
announced today that the company's newly opened distribution hub in Penang,
Malaysia, has been awarded its ANSI/ESD-S20.20 ESD certification for having in
place appropriate procedures and controls to deal with electrostatic discharge.
http://www.worldmicro.com/
http://bit.ly/qIbkKd
POWERE2E PARTNERSHIP...
CHICAGO and SHANGHAI: TradingPartners(TM) today announced its partnership
with Shanghai-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) retail solution provider,
PowerE2E.
http://www.tradingpartners.com/
http://www.powere2e.com/
http://bit.ly/ncwcgq
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