SYDNEY--13 Jul--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
APPRENTICE ASIA...
SINGAPORE: Aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes will host the Asian edition of the
hit television series The Apprentice.
http://bit.ly/q9AZUd
QUARTERLY RESULTS...
MYSORE, India: Q1 Revenues Grew by 23% Year on Year; Sequentially Grew by
4.3%
http://www.infosys.com/
http://bit.ly/mWL77g
NEW GTLDS...
HONG KONG: Following the approval from ICANN for the implementation of the
new gTLD (Generic Top-Level Domain) program, DotAsia today announces its plans
to support new gTLDs from Asia, including its own IDN (Internationalized Domain
Name) TLDs and applications from other Asian new gTLD applicants.
http://www.idn.asia/
http://bit.ly/qoLJC4
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE...
SYDNEY: CPA Global, the world's leading intellectual property (IP)
management specialist and IP software solutions provider, announced today the
availability of Inprotech 7.0, offering law firms ultimate flexibility in
managing their clients' IP portfolios, as well as their own IP practice.
http://www.cpaglobal.com/
http://bit.ly/q7hEPv
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE...
SYDNEY, Australia: Australian biotech company Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd
today announced agreement with Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider
of diagnostic testing, information and services, to extend a strategic alliance
between the two companies related to Clinical Genomics' proprietary biomarkers
for colorectal cancer and precancerous colorectal cancer tumors.
http://www.clinicalgenomics.com/
http://bit.ly/rceoJ1
ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY...
SYDNEY: CPA Global, the world's leading intellectual property (IP)
management specialist and IP software solutions provider, announced today the
availability of Inprotech 7.0, offering law firms ultimate flexibility in
managing their clients' IP portfolios, as well as their own IP practice.
http://www.cpaglobal.com/
http://bit.ly/q2okFH
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/n6PqEc
NEW PRESIDENT...
MONTREAL: SAND Technology Inc. (OTCBB: SNDTF), provider of the world's most
advanced column store database, today announced that Chief Operating Officer,
Mike Pilcher has been appointed to the position of President, effective
immediately. He will be serving as both President and COO going forward.
http://www.sand.com/
http://bit.ly/p8YBXt
PORTFOLIO SERVICES...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.: Wilshire Private Markets, a business unit of Wilshire
Associates (Wilshire(R)), today announced it has dedicated additional resources
to serve clients in an advisory capacity, to continue to deliver customized
client-driven solutions.
http://www.wilshire.com/
http://bit.ly/p3Nhzr
FIRST TEST PYLON...
WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., (NYSE: SPR) the world's largest
independent supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and components, today
celebrated the rollout of the first test pylon for the Bombardier CSeries
aircraft.
http://www.spiritaero.com/
http://bit.ly/oFpBgB
AWARD WINNER...
SEATTLE: Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, has
been named recipient of the 2011 Microsoft Technical and High Performance
Computing Innovation Partner of the Year Award.
http://www.milliman.com/
http://bit.ly/nvmPBo
THOSE DENIED JUSTICE...
SYDNEY: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma opened the
Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM) in Sydney, Australia, on 12 July,
urging delegates to champion those who are denied justice.
http://bit.ly/qJKOO9
CLOUD COMPUTING...
LOS ANGELES: Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 (WPC),
senior leaders from Microsoft Corp. discussed how partners can benefit from the
transition to cloud computing by helping customers improve agility, focus on
business goals and reduce costs.
http://www.microsoft.com/news
http://bit.ly/mR4bzv
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT...
STEVENSVILLE, Md.: Vapotherm, a privately held manufacturer of respiratory
care devices for hospital and home use, announced today that it has signed a
new exclusive distribution agreement with Hippo Medical of Seoul, Korea.
http://www.hippomedical.co.kr/
http://www.vtherm.com/
http://bit.ly/qccqVJ
IMPROVING SALES...
LAS VEGAS: Many small or medium sized businesses forget about the most
important thing when it comes to the success of their enterprise, sales.
http://www.actioncoach.com/businessforum2011
http://bit.ly/rf1HW0
CHIEF ARCHITECT...
SAN FRANCISCO: Heroku, the leading open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and a
salesforce.com company (NYSE: CRM), has announced that Yukihiro Matsumoto,
creator of the free and open source Ruby programming language, will join Heroku
as Chief Architect of Ruby.
http://heroku.com/
http://bit.ly/p4BjKR
CLINICAL TRIALS...
TIRAT CARMEL, Israel: InSightec Ltd., the global leader in MR-guided focused
ultrasound technology and the only company to receive FDA approval for its
ExAblate(R) system for treating uterine fibroids, announced today that 23
patients with organ confined low risk prostate cancer have already been treated
with its ExAblate(R) system in clinical trials, showing promising initial
results.
http://www.insightec.com/
http://bit.ly/pWml4b
TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH...
SINGAPORE: Adder [http://www.adder.com ], the expert in connectivity
solutions, today unveils the latest generation of KVMA extender, which features
transparent USB at 300 metres from source over a single cable.
http://bit.ly/pXsKX7
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION...
WASHINGTON: Today, The Climate Reality Project (formerly the Alliance for
Climate Protection) announced a new global campaign to broadcast the reality of
the climate crisis and mobilize citizens to help solve it.
http://www.climaterealityproject.org/
http://bit.ly/nkhXtj
CHINESE ANIMATION...
LUOYANG, Henan, China: China's original 3D animated film "Peony" will be
released at the end of 2011. This film is made completely by the Chinese
people, and it represents the highest level achieved by China's 3D animated
films.
http://bit.ly/ps5iQ1
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP...
BEIJING: CNC and PPLive Corporation, a leading Chinese Internet TV portal,
and the global OTT TV platform provider, today announced a strategic
partnership.
http://www.xhstv.com/
http://bit.ly/oyrdTr
INDONESIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE...
SINGAPORE: In 1998, nobody ever thought that Indonesia would be in the
position. Fast forward 13 years, and Indonesia's Central Bank has seen over
US$5 billion of foreign direct investment has been pumped into the country over
two consecutive quarters, the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of
2011.
http://www.transportinfrastructureindonesia.com/
http://bit.ly/q8KBHu
UNORTHODOX IDEAS...
SEATTLE: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that twelve
grantees have advanced to the next level of Grand Challenges Explorations
(GCE), an initiative that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox
ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.
http://www.grandchallenges.org/
http://bit.ly/pz6M41
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