SYDNEY--4 Aug--Medianet International-AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
NEW HOSTEL...
SINGAPORE: Foreign students of MDIS need not have to look far for
accommodation -- its new S$80 million student hostel has opened its doors
within the integrated campus in Stirling Road.
http://bit.ly/qGtikI
http://bit.ly/ng6FXt
.ASIA IDNS...
HONG KONG: Following the successful completion of Sunrise, DotAsia today
announces the opening of Landrush for Chinese, Japanese and Korean ".Asia"
Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) starting August 2, closing October 11,
2011.
http://idn.asia/
http://bit.ly/pVpTqy
FANNIE MAE REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amount indicated for the following securities issue on the redemption date
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/r5ewms
LA AUTO SHOW...
LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Auto Show announced today that it anticipates
more than 50 vehicles will debut at the 2011 Press Days, held Nov. 16 and 17.
http://bit.ly/oQnmZv
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE...
AMSTERDAM: Leading events organisers UBM Live [http://www.ubmlive.com ] and
UBM Canon [http://www.ubmcanon.com ], a division of UBM plc (LSE: UBM), today
announced a virtual conference event which will examine one of the key issues
facing the Pharma and BioPharma supply chain, counterfeit drugs.
http://www.trackandtraceevent.com/
http://ubm.com/
http://bit.ly/qbKt48
MATROX EXTIO...
MONTREAL: Matrox Graphics today announced that Italian multi-utility company
A2A Reti Elettriche Spa has selected Matrox Extio Series KVM extenders to
eliminate system heat, noise, and dirt issues by remotely driving 19 dual- and
quad-monitor workstations in their control room facility.
http://www.matrox.com/extio_kvm_extenders_a2a
http://bit.ly/pWGE1M
PAY-PER-CALL INTERNATIONAL APP...
HOLMDEL, N.J.: Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) is making good on its
promise to deliver low-cost, easy-to-use international calling on smartphones
around the world. Time to Call(TM) is the first downloadable app that allows
pay-per-call international dialing to more than 190 countries.
http://www.vonagemobile.com/
http://www.vonage.ca/
http://www.vonage.co.uk/
http://bit.ly/ot4b4Q
EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT...
GENEVA: Geneva, Switzerland - WISeKey announced an exclusive agreement with
Real Madrid C.F, the twentieth centurys best soccer club, for the exclusive
distribution of the clubs mobile content in China this coming season 2011/2012.
http://www.wiseid.com/
http://bit.ly/qA80bJ
DISTRIBUTOR RELATIONSHIP...
TOKYO: ABBYY(R), a leading provider of document recognition, document
capture, linguistic technologies and professional services, today announced a
new distributor agreement in Japan, bringing ABBYY(R)
FineReader(R)(http://abbyydownloads.com/finereader10jp/) to the Japanese
organization, AdD.
http://www.abbyy.com/
http://bit.ly/rlKHD1
EXHIBITION OVERVIEW...
TOKYO: At this year's CEATEC JAPAN, while overcoming difficulties such as
the earthquake and electricity issues, Japan's IT and electronic industries
will make an appeal to the world about Japan's potential as it aims for
reconstruction.
http://www.ceatec.com/
http://bit.ly/r32KaT
MOTOR SHOW COLLABORATION...
TOKYO: The CEATEC JAPAN Organizing Committee (Chairman: Kaoru Yano /
Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation) and the Japan Automobile Manufacturers
Association (Chairman: Toshiyuki Shiga / Representative Director and Chief
Operating Officer, Nissan Motor CO., LTD.) have agreed on a collaboration
between CEATEC JAPAN, which represents the IT & Electronics industry and the
Tokyo Motor Show, which represents the automobile industry.
http://bit.ly/nMAm6u
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL BOOKINGS...
BELLEVUE, Wash.: Expedia(R) Affiliate Network (EAN), a division within the
Expedia, Inc. group dedicated to private label partnerships, today announced an
agreement to power online hotel bookings for Globe-Trotter T&E, a Tokyo based
media company.
http://www.ean.com/
http://www.studyabroad.co.jp/
http://www.arukikata.co.jp/company
http://bit.ly/pNWqpl
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