SYDNEY--26 Jul--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
OCEANFRESH SUPPLY...
LONDON: Lonrho's seafood division, Oceanfresh, is pleased to announce that
its pure Hake Fillets will be sold in 500 Walmart stores in the U.S. beginning
in October 2011.
http://bit.ly/q41MIQ
WHO GUIDANCE...
MELBOURNE, Australia: A new policy recommendation released on 20 July by the
World Health Organization (WHO) warns against the use of serological (blood)
tests to diagnose active tuberculosis (TB).
http://www.cellestis.com/
http://www.tackletb.com/
http://bit.ly/pVjLGA
NSAI REPORT...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB: FEEC) announced today the
results of an independent engineering report prepared by Netherland, Sewell &
Associates, Inc. ("NSAI") updating estimates for the total coalbed methane
Original Gas-in-Place ("OGIP") in Far East Energy's Shouyang Block situated in
Shanxi Province, China.
http://www.fareastenergy.com/
http://www.netherlandsewell.com/
http://bit.ly/ran3Va
NEW CEO...
HONG KONG: Wing Tai Properties Limited (the "Group" or "Wing Tai
Properties", SEHK stock code: 369) is pleased to announce today the appointment
of Mr. Marc Hediger as the new Chief Executive Officer of Lanson Place
Hospitality Management Limited ("Lanson Place"), effective 1 August 2011.
http://bit.ly/oSwqep
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/qZ9Wi4
NFL LINES...
LAS VEGAS: Cantor Gaming announced today that it has released lines on every
NFL game for the upcoming 17 week season. Cantor Gaming is the only sports
betting company to have released lines for all 257 NFL season games.
http://bit.ly/qYCjFQ
LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES...
HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida: Zumba Fitness, LLC, the largest dance-fitness
company in the world, announced today it has increased pursuit of legal and
legislative initiatives to combat unauthorized brand use, counterfeiting and
pirating.
http://www.zumba.com/
http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/
http://www.zumbafitness.co.uk/
http://bit.ly/pvffld
1.5 MILLION RECORDS...
JERUSALEM: Project HEART announced today that its searchable database of
Holocaust era property records now contains 1.5 million records, making the
database the largest, publically available single-source database of lost
Jewish property assets from the Holocaust era.
http://www.heartwebsite.org/
http://bit.ly/nLNHxC
POWER OF PHILANTHROPY...
INDIANAPOLIS: For the first time, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY)
employees worldwide can donate to more than 800 grassroots projects across the
globe and have their donations matched by the Eli Lilly and Company
Foundation-doubling the value and impact of each employee's charitable
contribution.
http://www.connectingheartsabroad.com/
http://www.globalgiving.org/
http://www.lilly.com/
http://bit.ly/rlh5Ca
AWARD FINALISTS...
DURBAN, South Africa: Today PUMA.Creative and Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation
announced the five finalists for the first annual PUMA.Creative Impact Award.
http://www.britdoc.org/impactaward
http://puma.digitalnewsagency.com/
http://bit.ly/nfBS58
NEW VICE CHAIRMAN...
NEW YORK: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) announced today that
Yoichiro Ogawa has been elected to the position of Vice Chairman of the Board,
DTTL. Ogawa succeeds Amadou Raimi.
http://www.deloitte.com/about
http://bit.ly/osKMjo
REGIONAL CEO...
NEW YORK: Joe Celia, Chairman and CEO of G2 Worldwide, a global marketing
services agency network that is part of WPP (Nasdaq: WPPGY), today announced
the appointment of Martin Patmore as Regional CEO of G2 Asia Pacific.
http://www.g2.com/
http://bit.ly/qJm3c8
SYDNEY ENTRY...
SINGAPORE: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider
of data centre solutions, announced today that it has entered the Australian
data centre market with the acquisition of a 3.48 hectare development site in
Sydney, Australia for a purchase price of approximately $10.7 million.
http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/
http://bit.ly/n653qW
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP...
SYDNEY: GlassHouse Technologies, a global data centre consulting and
services firm, has today announced that it has entered into a strategic
partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a leading provider of global
telecommunication services.
http://www.cw.com/
http://www.glasshouse.com/resources/blog
http://bit.ly/qU9Gz7
FACES: 1969-75...
LONDON: One of the finest rock groups to emerge from Britain, the Faces
[http://www.genesis-publications.com/faces ] blended some of the era's most
talented musicians to create a swaggering, booze-fuelled, funk-filled,
blues-rock that was sublime on record and incomparable live.
http://bit.ly/raFsq0
CYBER SECURITY...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: (ISC)2(R) ("ISC-squared"), the world's largest
not-for-profit information security professional body and administrators of the
CISSP(R), today recognizes four distinguished information security workforce
initiatives led by the most outstanding honorees at its fifth annual
Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) Program Gala
Dinner and Ceremony on the evening of July 26 at the Shangri-la hotel in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
http://www.isc2.org/
http://bit.ly/papeCi
JAPAN TOURISM...
LONDON: Travellers worldwide are showing support for the Japanese tourism
industry, following the earthquake in March. New figures from a recent
Hotels.com survey show more than 60% of global respondents are open to visiting
the country.
http://bit.ly/nr6KoL
VIRTUAL PRIVATE LINE...
TOKYO: NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on July 26 the
worldwide launch of its Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) service, called
Global Virtual Link.
http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/rr9zNx
MOU SIGNED...
ROCKVILLE, Md. and BEIJING: Aeras and the China National Biotech Group
(CNBG) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the
organizations to pursue opportunities to jointly develop tuberculosis (TB)
vaccines in China and potentially other parts of the world.
http://www.aeras.org/
http://www.cnbg.com.cn/
http://bit.ly/p7728O
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