SYDNEY--9 Sep--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
POINTS SYSTEM...
LONDON: As the World Match Racing Tour heads into stage seven at the Argo
Group Gold Cup, the race to become ISAF Match Racing World Champion is as
competitive as ever.
http://bit.ly/odyszl
55% GROWTH...
SHANGHAI: GMAC-SAIC Automotive Finance Co., Ltd. (GMAC-SAIC), a joint
venture between Ally Financial Inc., Shanghai Automotive Group Finance Co.,
Ltd. and Shanghai General Motors Co. Ltd. (SGM), announced today that after
seven years of doing business in China, the company continues to see momentum
and growth potential in the Chinese market.
http://bit.ly/mQVa0H
ENROLLMENT COMPLETE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Concentric Medical, Inc., a global leader in acute
ischemic stroke intervention, today announced completion of enrollment of the
TREVO Study. The TREVO Study (Thrombectomy REvascularization of large Vessel
Occlusions in acute ischemic stroke) is the first evaluation of Stentriever(TM)
technology in a European, multicenter, prospective clinical trial.
http://www.concentric-medical.com/
http://bit.ly/oatjBU
ECOSYSTEM EXPANDED...
INDIANAPOLIS: CEDIA 2011 Booth # 1543 --THX Ltd. today announced that Analog
Devices, Sigma Designs, Silicon Image and Quantum Data, are providing
industry-leading silicon solutions and HDMI protocol testing platform support
that now make it easier for CE manufacturers to implement THX Media
Director(TM) ( http://www.thx.com/consumer/thx-technology/thx-media-director/
)into Blu-ray players, AV receivers, TVs and projectors.
http://www.analog.com/en/index.html
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/
http://www.siliconimage.com/
http://www.quantumdata.com/
http://www.thx.com/
http://bit.ly/nX14uk
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM...
INDIANAPOLIS: CEDIA 2011 Booth # 1543 --THX Ltd. today announced a new
Speaker Bar Certification program, with specific standards designed to enhance
home display audio with the power and performance of a movie and music sound
system within a convenient, integrated speaker and subwoofer combination.
http://www.thx.com/
http://bit.ly/r2azql
POWERFUL NEW BOOK...
NEW YORK: In An Unbroken Bond: The Untold Story of How the 658 Cantor
Fitzgerald Relief Fund Families Faced The Tragedy of 9/11 And Beyond, Lutnick
overcomes her own heartbreak amidst the shocking aftermath of September 11th
and discovers a new purpose.
http://www.cantorrelief.org/
http://www.anunbrokenbond.com/
http://bit.ly/qlDR48
CONSUMER INDICATORS...
WASHINGTON: Americans' pessimism about the economy, home prices, and
household finances are deepening, according to findings from Fannie Mae's
August National Housing Survey.
http://www.fanniemae.com/media/survey/monthly.jhtml
http://bit.ly/noEw1R
AUSTRALIAN EXPANSION...
SAN FRANCISCO: SpeedGauge, a leading provider of business intelligence and
location-based analytics for the trucking and insurance industry, announced its
expansion to Australia via a partnership with Procon Telematics, an affiliate
of Procon, Inc., a global leader in mobile resource management (MRM) solutions.
http://www.speedgauge.net/
http://bit.ly/prMy8Z
BLENDR DEBUT...
LOS ANGELES: The creators of Grindr [http://www.grindr.com ] today unveiled
the name of the highly anticipated "Project Amicus" app. Dubbed Blendr
[http://www.blendr.com ], the revolutionary geo-social network aims to
transform the way the world meets new people based on common interests.
http://bit.ly/qYEJjc
REMEMBERING "3/11"...
WASHINGTON: Regulatory, scientific and health experts agree: The "3/11"
Fukushima reactor disaster is still ongoing six month later ... and some major
lessons are in danger of going unheeded.
http://www.nuclearbailout.org/
http://bit.ly/oL3NAB
NEW WEBSITE...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.: SI Group announced the unveiling of a new website as a
component of its Global Brand launch across all geographies and market segments.
http://www.siigroup.com/
http://bit.ly/pG150p
AUSTRALIAN SUBSIDIARY...
CLEVELAND and MELBOURNE, Australia: NineSigma [http://www.ninesigma.com ],
Inc., the leading provider of innovation
[http://www.ninesigma.com/WhatWeDo/AboutOpenInnovation.aspx ] solutions and
strategy, today announced the opening of a subsidiary in Melbourne, Australia,
further expanding the firm's global presence.
http://bit.ly/qWG9Nb
CAMPAIGN UNVEILED...
NEW YORK: OneVoice Palestine's [http://www.onevoice.ps ] youth activists
unveiled their ambitious online and on the ground campaign on Thursday in
support of the fast-approaching Palestinian bid for statehood at the United
Nations.
http://bit.ly/po7bYI
THAI FACILITY...
RAYONG, Thailand: American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., (AAM) which
is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced the grand opening of its Rayong
Manufacturing Facility, located in the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial
Estate in the Rayong Province of Thailand.
http://www.aam.com/
http://bit.ly/nDBvn5
GATSBY CAMPAIGN...
OSAKA: Mandom Corp. has opened two English-language GATSBY sites, a global
website and a Facebook page, as a means of global communication with consumers
around the world. The two sites were launched in August 2011.
http://www.gatsbyglobal.com/
http://bit.ly/po7rSR
ONLY FROM IGT...
LAS VEGAS: With a complete suite of show-stopping games and systems,
International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) gives casino operators the power to
perform as it unveils its latest products at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) from
Oct. 4-6, 2011 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.
http://www.igt.com/
http://www.ringling.com/
http://www.puredepth.com/
http://bit.ly/rfbSNN
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