SYDNEY--28 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HONG KONG OFFICE...
NASSAU, The Bahamas: Baha Mar, the $3.5 billion resort complex marking the
dramatic resurgence of a golden stretch of beachfront once called The Bahamian
Riviera, announced today it has opened an office in Hong Kong, a strategic move
intended to strengthen sales and marketing capabilities within Asia-Pacific.
http://www.bahamar.com/
http://bit.ly/ppUtSo
CREDIT INSURANCE...
AMSTERDAM: Atradius, one of the leading global credit insurers, has extended
its pan-Asian partnership with Tokio Marine Asia Pte Ltd (TM Asia), following a
period of sustained growth in the region, which now enables policies to be
issued locally in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines by TM Asia
affiliated insurance companies.
http://www.atradius.com/
http://bit.ly/nGJhWN
FORMALLY LICENSED...
BEIJING: Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("Perfect World"
or the "Company"), a leading online game developer and operator based in China,
announced that it has formally entered into licensing agreements with Level Up!
Interactive S.A. ("Level Up") in August for the operation of Forsaken World in
Brazil and the Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America.
http://bit.ly/rqFsK1
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: To support current and surging consumer demand for
high-speed and highly robust home networking, Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a
worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today announced the ITU-T
G.hn compliant transceiver chipset, which enables the complete unification of
the home wireline network for distributing more content to more screens in more
rooms in the home.
http://www.marvell.com/?c=1
http://bit.ly/oxujo8
BRAINSTORM DRILL...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Inaugural conference in Jakarta to discuss more
consistent and cost-efficient drill and blast strategies for the Asian region.
http://www.drillandblastasia.com/
http://bit.ly/nN2HYs
LIMITED EDITION WATCH...
PARIS: One year after signing professional basketball player Tony Parker as
global ambassador in the brand's flagship store on the Champs-Elysees, Tissot
launched the Tissot Racing-Touch Tony Parker Limited Edition 2011 at the
prestigious Par Coeur Gala in Paris.
http://bit.ly/qRZ1Z8
MOBILE BI OFFERING...
SAN FRANCISCO: Jaspersoft, maker of the world's most widely used business
intelligence (BI) software, today released Jaspersoft Business Intelligence
Suite 4.2 [ https://www.jaspersoft.com/jbi4-whats-new ] featuring mobile BI
capabilities designed to make applications easier to build for developers and
easier to use for executives and managers on the move.
http://www.jaspersoft.com/
http://www.jasperforge.org/
http://bit.ly/nU2Y22
SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS...
CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today announced its
results for the second fiscal quarter ended August 26, 2011.
http://investors.americangreetings.com/
http://corporate.americangreetings.com/
http://bit.ly/rmmfrS
POWER MODULE...
NEUBIBERG, Germany: Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today
announced that Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have selected
Infineon as supplier of power modules for their current hybrid car generations,
the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Kia Optima.
http://www.infineon.com/automotive
http://www.infineon.com/hev
http://www.infineon.com/hybridpack
http://bit.ly/oQGVy2
DNA ASTRONAUTS...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Have you ever wanted to go to space? Not a
multi-millionaire? No problem.
http://www.dnaastronaut.com/
http://bit.ly/oH2s5Y
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/q0dy6A
NEW VERSION...
NEW YORK and LONDON: SPEED software allows users to design electric machines
such as induction motors (polyphase/1-phase); brushless permanent-magnet motors
(square wave/sine wave); d.c. brush motors; switched reluctance motors; and
synchronous reluctance motors.
http://www.cd-adapco.com/news/2011/08-30_speed.html
http://bit.ly/qSjrVB
LICENSING PROGRAM...
NEW YORK: One-Blue today announced that Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's
largest technology company, has joined the One-Blue product licensing program
as a licensor.
http://www.one-blue.com/
http://bit.ly/r06Ijx
PLANOGRAM TECHNOLOGY...
NASHUA, N.H.: Northwoods Software today announced that it has delivered
Hillman Planogrammer Version 1.0 to The Hillman Group Inc.
http://www.goplanogram.com/
http://bit.ly/oW0qbV
BEST REPUTATION...
NEW YORK: Canada has earned the highest reputation ranking in Reputation
Institute's 2011 Country RepTrak(TM),
[ http://www.reputationinstitute.com/advisory-services/country-reptrak ] an
annual study measuring the public perceptions of 50 countries around the world.
http://www.reputationinstitute.com/
http://www.surveysampling.com/
http://www.toluna-group.com/
http://bit.ly/omDMTT
RANKS FIFTH...
AUCKLAND: New Zealand has one of the top five reputations in the world in
the eyes of the globe's leading nations[1] according to new research released
this week.
http://bit.ly/q7UYA7
SLEEP SMARTER...
SYDNEY: Sydney hotels and hostels are never busier than on New Year's Eve. A
quick look at hotel booking websites reveals most city hotel rooms are already
booked or cost a small fortune.
http://www.universitystays.com.au/
http://bit.ly/oL3BAq
ASIAN TASTES TRIUMPH...
SINGAPORE: Brits have turned their back on European gourmet classics and
American fast food according to a recent poll by travel search site Skyscanner
[ http://www.skyscanner.net ].
http://bit.ly/n5BpPb
BANANA POWER...
WELLINGTON: Two standout players in the USA's Rugby World Cup 2011 team say
bananas have given them a great performance lift.
http://bit.ly/pU4hFn
ADVANCED SOLAR INTERLAYER...
ST. LOUIS: Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) the world's leading producer of
polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers for laminated glass, today announced the
commercial availability of its new Saflex(R) S Series Interlayer for automotive
applications.
http://www.saflex.com/solar
http://www.solutia.com/
http://bit.ly/neRFSw
MEGA SHOW...
HONG KONG: MEGA SHOW Part 1 and MEGA SHOW Part 2 will again take place at
the HKCEC in Wanchai, Hong Kong's premier downtown venue from coming October
20-23 and 27-29 respectively.
http://www.mega-show.com/
http://bit.ly/qJq3u9
AUTOMATION STANDARD...
SAN RAMON, Calif.: The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies
creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and
consumer applications, today announced it has completed development and
ratified the ZigBee Building Automation(TM) standard.
http://www.zigbee.org/
http://bit.ly/mT5vN0
KEY APPOINTMENT...
WELLINGTON: The Van Diemens Land Company (VDL), Australias largest dairy
farming company, has appointed Michael Guerin as its new Chief Executive
Officer to run its large-scale dairy, beef and heifer operations based at
Circular Head in Northwest Tasmania.
http://bit.ly/qyN2SD
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN...
HONG KONG: Western Union, a leader in global payment services, will launch
global mass-media campaign in association with Indian film superstar Shahrukh
Khan's (Note 1) most anticipated movie Ra.One, which will be released during
the Diwali holiday, to honour the millions of Indians working overseas.
http://www.westernunion.com/
http://moia.gov.in/
http://bit.ly/qNlCWX
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