SYDNEY--14 Sep--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
HOTEL PRICES...
LONDON: Hotel prices have experienced pronounced volatility as a result of
political turmoil and natural disasters in the first half of 2011, according to
the latest Hotels.com(R) Hotel Price Index(TM) (HPI(R)).
http://press.hotels.com/en-gb/
http://bit.ly/qAe7H4
LEGAL SUIT...
SINGAPORE: Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), one of
Singapore's top private education providers and oldest not-for-profit
professional institute, has filed a legal suit in the High Court of Singapore
(Writ of Summons: S158/2011/B) against Edith Cowan University (ECU), Mr. Kerry
Owen Cox, Vice Chancellor and President of ECU and Mr. Gensheng Shen, Dean of
ECU International.
http://bit.ly/n7FBm2
PROSPECTIVE RESOURCES...
SYDNEY, Australia: An independent report has increased Nido Petroleum
Limiteds ("Nido", ASX: NDO) prospective resources in the Company's NW Palawan
Basin, Philippines exploration portfolio.
http://www.nido.com.au/
http://bit.ly/o2w8Rs
MAKKALA DHAMA INITIATIVE...
TROY, Mich.: Inteva Products employees in India are volunteering their time
and energy to support children in need residing at the Makkala Dhama, a home
for children operated as an initiative of the Sparsha Trust, a non-profit
organization that helps children and youth in communities and villages in and
around Bangalore, India.
http://www.intevaproducts.com/
http://bit.ly/oep2TC
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES...
INDIANAPOLIS: Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today a $30
million commitment over five years to fight the rising burden of
non-communicable diseases in developing nations.
http://www.lilly.com/
http://bit.ly/ocQb7Y
AUDI A2 CONCEPT...
INGOLSTADT, Germany: With the electric-only powertrain of the A2 concept,
Audi is offering another peek into the future of electric mobility at the 64th
International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt.
http://bit.ly/pPRygZ
SMS SERVICES...
READING, England: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, has today
announced the launch of its Collect SMS and Prepaid SMS Reply services.
http://www.acision.com/
http://bit.ly/ortW3q
FANNIE MAE 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/pYhAoN
EB5 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.: The Charlotte Harbor Regional Center (CHRC) and its
first EB5 development project Charlotte Harbor Marina continues to gain
recognition locally as well as from foreign investors.
http://www.eb5guys.com/
http://bit.ly/o58uCX
CCR INDUSTRY...
SAN DIEGO: Prize Capital, LLC today released a comprehensive Carbon Capture
and Recycling (CCR) Industry Overview report detailing an emerging industry
whose technologies are using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock in the
production of valuable products such as fuel, building materials, animal feed,
specialty chemicals, and plastics, among others.
http://www.prizecapital.net/
http://bit.ly/qYQ5yo
2012 PRODUCT LINE...
COLUMBIA, Md.: Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is pleased to announce the
availability of the 2012 version of its award-winning Vectorworks(R) line of
design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark,
Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks(R).
http://www.vectorworks2012.net/
http://www.vectorworks.net/
http://bit.ly/rmEuqf
SIX WORLD PREMIERES...
FRANKFURT, Germany: How the car is driving into the future following its
125th birthday is demonstrated today by Mercedes-Benz at the 2011 Frankfurt
International Motor Show.
http://www.media.daimler.com/
http://bit.ly/qmrHp1
STEVIE(R) AWARDS...
LAS VEGAS: ActionCOACH has been voted the favorite Business Services
organization by the more than 35,000 people worldwide who voted in the first
People's Choice Stevie(R) Awards for Favorite Companies.
http://bit.ly/r5t2uU
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT...
NEW YORK: The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union
Des Ecrivaines et des Ecrivains Quebecois (UNEQ), and eight individual authors
have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court against
HathiTrust, the University of Michigan, the University of California, the
University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, and Cornell University.
http://bit.ly/ovuifO
DUS REMICS...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) priced its fourth and
fifth Multifamily DUS REMICs in 2011 with a combined total of $954 million,
under its Fannie Mae Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS(TM))
program on Friday, September 9, 2011.
http://www.fanniemae.com/
http://bit.ly/pYxkVi
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT...
BEIJING: United Way Worldwide and China Charity Federation today officially
signed a partnership agreement, welcoming future collaboration that will
improve lives and strengthen communities.
http://www.unitedway.org/worldwide
http://www.chinacharity.cn/
http://bit.ly/ppQaEl
ENGINEERED LUXURY...
VIENNA, Austria: If someone offered you the possibility of a giant LED TV -
the first of its kind for outdoor usage - you know you'd be tempted.
http://www.cseed.tv/
http://bit.ly/nkrwjE
http://bit.ly/ouBDIL
GLOBAL GROWTH COMPANIES...
DALIAN, China: WISeKey has been named one of the top Global Growth Companies
at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions.
http://www.wisekey.com/
http://bit.ly/ohk2hk
DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTER...
ROSH-HA'AYIN, Israel: Kornit Digital [ http://www.kornit-digital.com ], the
world leader of industrial and commercial digital printing for the textile
industry, today announced the introduction of the Kornit Allegro printer for
roll fabric at ITMA 2011, the world's largest textile machinery exhibition to
be held in Barcelona, Spain, from September 22 to 29, 2011.
http://bit.ly/qUCDXC
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