SYDNEY--26 Aug--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
PRICE WAR...
HO CHI MINH CITY: Attacked by Japanese brands in the "price war", Chinese
brands are enhancing their brands publicizing to win the edge in "performance
price ratio".
http://bit.ly/n4zbhx
MOTORIST WEBSITE...
SINGAPORE: A new handy website that brings motorists all the latest news on
cars, safe driving, car insurance and much more has been launched in Singapore.
http://car-insurance.sg/
http://bit.ly/o2mPgJ
ENTERPRISE SERVICES CLOUD...
NEW DELHI and DENVER: Aircel, a leading telecom player with Pan-Indian
operations with a subscriber base of over 55 million, today announced an
agreement with Virtela, the world's largest independent managed network,
security and cloud services company.
http://www.virtela.net/
http://www.aircel.com/
http://bit.ly/oLzvk1
CONTRACT RENEWED...
BANGALORE, India: Infosys BPO, a leading player in the outsourcing services
sector, today announced a five year renewal of its contract with Alcoa Global
Business Services (GBS).
http://www.infosysbpo.com/
http://www.infosys.com/
http://bit.ly/pSptw4
CHINA PRESENCE...
PHILADELPHIA: Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com),
a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, today announced plans
to continue to expand its footprint in China by building two new beverage can
plants and adding a second line to a previously announced facility currently
being constructed.
http://bit.ly/pRMSb9
KOREAN EXPANSION...
BETHLEHEM, Pa.: Apprise Software, developer of Apprise(R), the enterprise
resource planning [http://www.apprise.com ] (ERP) and supply chain management
[http://www.apprise.com ] (SCM) application for consumer goods manufacturers
and distributors, today announced it has opened a third office in the Asia
Pacific region in Seoul, Korea.
http://www.apprise.co.kr/
http://bit.ly/ojcMjc
EPHONE RELEASE...
TORONTO: Comwave, Canada's largest Voice over IP provider today announces
the release of ePhone.
http://www.comwave.net/
http://bit.ly/pWZBwa
LOAN AGREEMENT...
NEW YORK, LONDON, THE HAGUE and TUNIS, Tunisia: ContourGlobal announced
today that it has signed agreements for a loan facility of $91.25 million with
the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, Netherlands Development Finance
Company (FMO), the African Development Bank, and Belgian Investment Company for
Developing Countries NV/SA (BIO) to support completion of Phase I of the
company's KivuWatt project, an integrated methane gas extraction and production
facility and associated 25 MW power plant located on Lake Kivu in Kibuye,
Rwanda.
http://www.contourglobal.com/
http://www.emergingafricafund.com/
http://www.fmo.nl/
http://bit.ly/oP0NTS
EID-AL-FITR CELEBRATIONS...
NEW YORK: The Empire State Building will celebrate the holiday, Eid-al-Fitr,
by shining its world-famous tower lights green on August 30, 2011. In Islam,
the color green symbolizes a happy occasion and the importance of nature.
http://www.esbnyc.com/
http://bit.ly/pmku1n
RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT...
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada: The Cash Store Australia Holdings Inc. ("Cash
Store Australia") (TSXV:AUC) today announced results for the three and twelve
months ended June 30, 2011.
http://bit.ly/n5KF1H
WORLD RECORD...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Just within 3 years since the certification of
sustainable palm oil (CSPO) by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a
multi stakeholder initiative, the industry reaches a turning point by hitting
its first 1 million hectares of certified production area around the world.
http://bit.ly/quGURo
MACAU GROUP BUY...
MACAU: Enjoy tremendous savings in Macau starting from today. Groupon Hong
Kong and Macau.com are launching the highly anticipated first deal for
customers to purchase a pair of premium tickets to the world's largest and most
spectacular water based show -- 'The House of Dancing Water', along with a set
lunch or dinner and bottle of wine at two of City of Dreams' signature
restaurants.
http://groupon.hk/
http://macau.com/groupon
http://bit.ly/ouQskF
BUY AN APPLE...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Kiwis living in Australia are being encouraged to
get out and buy an apple, and if they cant find one, they should ask the
supermarket produce manager,
where are the New Zealand apples?
http://bit.ly/n2fdLp
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