SYDNEY--2 Aug--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
REAL ESTATE SYMPOSIUM...
BRISBANE, Australia: Corporate real estate (CRE) leaders will discuss the
opportunities and challenges facing Australia's commercial property sector at a
one day CoreNet Global Symposium scheduled to take place on August 30, 2011 at
the Sebel Citygate Hotel, King George Square, Brisbane.
http://www.corenetglobal.org/
http://bit.ly/ot2mHX
TAIWAN-BASED DISTRIBUTOR...
PHOENIX, Ariz.: Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it has acquired
J.C. Tally Trading Co., Ltd (J.C. Tally) and its affiliate Shanghai FR
International Trading, an interconnect, passive and electromechanical
components (IP&E) distributor in Asia with operations in Taiwan and mainland
China.
http://www.avnet.com/
http://www.ir.avnet.com/
http://bit.ly/pnaWCg
TAIWANESE SEMICONDUCTOR DISTRIBUTOR...
PHOENIX, Ariz.: Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it has acquired
Prospect Technology Corp. (Prospect Technology), an electronic components
distributor with operations in Taiwan.
http://www.avnet.com/
http://www.ir.avnet.com/
http://bit.ly/nznecJ
PREMIUM WINTER TIRE...
TAIPEI, Taiwan: Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. so far sold out more than six
million tires in Japan and continues to grow and gain Japan market share.
http://www.nankang.com.tw/
http://bit.ly/qrfH4Z
SAFETY CABINET UPDATES...
PLYMOUTH, Minn.: NuAire is universally recognized as the leader in providing
laboratory professionals with reliable products for the most demanding
environments.
http://www.nuaire.com/animal
http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/
http://www.nuaire.com/
http://bit.ly/rbNOxi
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS...
SAN FRANCISCO: SignalDemand(R) today announced that Teys Brothers,
Australia's leading beef processor and exporter, has selected the SignalDemand
solution to provide the company with predictive analytics.
http://www.signaldemand.com/
http://bit.ly/rnJWnY
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/n0A6MY
MERCURY TREATY...
SILVER SPRING, Md.: CoMeD - On Friday, July 22, 2011, the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) distributed a revised text for its comprehensive
global treaty on mercury.
http://www.unep.org/
http://mercury-freedrugs.org/
http://bit.ly/nqBtzi
PUBLIC OPENING...
TORONTO: EdgeWalk at the CN Tower, Toronto's most extreme attraction, is
opening to the public today.
http://www.edgewalkcntower.ca/
http://www.cntower.ca/
http://www.clc.ca/
http://www.seetorontonow.com/
http://bit.ly/nt0DRn
REGIONAL SHARK SANCTUARY...
WASHINGTON: An area covering over two million square miles of the western
Pacific Ocean, two-thirds of the land area of the United States, is slated to
become the world's largest shark sanctuary and the first one ever created
through a regional agreement among governments.
http://www.pewenvironment.org/Sharks
http://bit.ly/qsQOTX
LOW-COST SOLAR POWER...
BOSTON: While Chinese and Taiwanese solar-cell manufacturers have made
considerable progress driving down photovoltaic manufacturing costs,
commercializing next-generation cell technologies to achieve cost-effective
conversion efficiency differentiation is a critical priority for market
participants, says PHOTON Consulting's (http://www.photonconsulting.com/ ) new
global solar-supply-chain cost study, The True Cost of Solar Power: The
Pressure's On (http://www.photonconsulting.com/thepressureson/ ).
http://bit.ly/pfjDNm
CHINA FACILITY...
PEORIA, Ill.: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that it plans to
open a new manufacturing facility in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
Construction and modifications to pre-existing buildings will commence in 2011,
with production scheduled for mid-2012.
http://www.caterpillar.com/
http://bit.ly/nc8BEM
PSA TESTING STATEMENT...
SYDNEY: The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand welcomes a
position statement by pathologists, which backs its own recommendation that men
seeking to assess their risk of prostate cancer should be tested from age of 40
years.
http://bit.ly/np8J7l
WILL NOT PROCEED...
BELLEVILLE, ON: Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC) (ASX: BNC), a
research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today
announced that it will not proceed with the proposed acquisition comprising the
business and assets of Plasvacc Holdings Limited (Plasvacc) as previously
announced on July 4, 2011.
http://www.bioniche.com/
http://bit.ly/nDwRwz
ONE YEAR...
SINGAPORE: RS Components(RS) the world's leading high service distributor of
electronics and maintenance products and the trading brand of Electrocomponents
plc (LSE:ECM), has celebrated the first anniversary of its online DesignSpark
electronics design community and resource centre, and its free DesignSpark PCB
design software tool.
http://www.designspark.com/
http://www.rs-components.com/
http://www.electrocomponents.com/
http://bit.ly/oWPu0w
BACKBONE BANDWIDTH...
TOKYO: NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on August 2 that
it has expanded the data-transmission capacity of its Global IP Network between
Japan and the United States to an industry-leading 500 gigabits per second
(Gbps).
http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/ntOMaz
DAY FOR MATHS...
AUCKLAND: Primary and secondary school students from all over New Zealand
will join hundreds of thousands of students from more than 40 countries to
participate in the 34th annual Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) on
Thursday 4 August.
http://www.amt.edu.au/
http://bit.ly/r97TTK
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