SYDNEY--25 Oct--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
HORIMASA EXHIBIT...
TOKYO: Horimasa Corporation, a general machinery trader will exhibit Absolute Chemical Free LED Vegetable Cultivation System at Eco Expo Asia 2011 which will be held in Hong Kong October 26 to 29, 2011.
http://www.ecoexpoasia.com/
http://www.horimasa-ic.com.hk/
http://bit.ly/qdMQ0J
LAST CHANCE...
MUMBAI, India: Technology for Marketing & Advertising (TFM&A India 2011), the event is to be hosted in India on 4th & 5th November 2011 at Nehru Centre in Mumbai.
http://tfmaindia.com/speaker-profiles
http://bit.ly/pBJnE3
UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP...
DUBAI, UAE: DHL Express, the world's leading international express services provider, has marked its most ambitious advertising campaign to date with the launch of a unique partnership with one of Dubai's most famous landmarks.
http://www.dhl.com/express
http://bit.ly/pjE8Y9
TOP TEN ISSUES...
MUMBAI, India: Identifying the top priorities and challenges facing India's corporate real estate (CRE) leaders was the main focus of discussions at CoreNet Global's latest Discovery Forum held recently in Mumbai.
http://www.corenetglobal.org/
http://bit.ly/pcxZm5
RADIOACTIVITY-METER...
CONSTANCE, Germany: Smartphones with Android operating system can now be used to measure the ambient radioactive radiation. SpitConsult's app "Radioactivity-Meter" uses the noise induced by the radioactive radiation in the smartphone's camera chip, to detect and quantify the radioactivity.
http://www.sos-app.info/
https://market.android.com/
http://www.spitconsult.de/
http://bit.ly/q4RgsY
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/mXbEkY
MOBILE PAYMENT APP...
SYDNEY, Australia: This coming Tuesday, Oct 25th at 10:00 (AEDT), the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will be unveiling a world-first mobile app that marks a significant change to the way their customers can pay.
http://www.commbank.com.au/announcement
http://bit.ly/pRH9iL
TITAN AWARD...
ALPHARETTA, Ga.: Rolta, an Oracle Platinum Partner, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2011 Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) North America Titan Award in the Data Center Efficiency category for its work for Aspen Marketing Services.
http://www.rolta.com/
http://bit.ly/mVRxpC
APAC VP...
T. PAUL, Minn.: H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) announced today that Joan A. Schuller will join the company as vice president, Asia Pacific, on Nov. 28, 2011. Schuller, of Blue Bell, Pa., comes to H.B. Fuller from Dow Advanced Materials.
http://www.hbfuller.com/
http://bit.ly/orJnID
NEW GENERAL MANAGER...
BEIJING and PRINCETON, N.J.: China Assist, a licensed provider of Assist America, Inc., is pleased to welcome Yu Yang as General Manager, effective October 20.
http://www.chinaassist.com/
http://www.assistamerica.com/
http://bit.ly/r8wo97
WORLD POLIO DAY...
SEATTLE: On this year's World Polio Day (October 24, 2011), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a global community of partners are calling for increased commitment and greater accountability from political leaders to end polio, and for supporters around the world to lend their voices to the fight.
http://www.theendofpolio.com/
http://bit.ly/oi6w1K
STEPPING DOWN...
DUBAI, UAE: His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Al Maktoum announces today that he has stepped down as Chairman of Al Nasr Sports Club.
http://bit.ly/qK1Fg9
COUNTDOWN BEGINS...
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK: UNFPA [http://www.unfpa.org/public], the United Nations Population Fund, will release a world anthem today entitled United.
http://www.7billionactions.org/
http://playingforchange.com/
http://www.mdgfund.org/
http://bit.ly/o5SVmd
NEW VP...
SINGAPORE: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a global provider of data centre solutions, announced today that Adil Attlassy has been appointed Vice President, Technology and will be based in the Company's Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore.
http://www.digitalrealty.com/
http://bit.ly/ptDWcd
ASPECTS OF NEUTRINOS...
NEW YORK: In September 2011 a neutrino beam from a CERN lab in Geneva, Switzerland to the 454 miles remote INFN Gran Sasso lab in Italy seemed to travel 0.0025 percent faster through the Earth than the speed of light in a vacuum.
http://www.frystacki.de/
http://bit.ly/nRmr7V
SERIES B FINANCING...
BEIJING: Although the global capital market has been churned by frequent volatility, Moment Systems, Chinese largest third-party digital marketing measurement company has just finished Series B financing US$20 million, which is led by global top venture capital Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), alongside China Broadband Capital (CBC), Redpoint Ventures and WPP Digital.
http://bit.ly/nHNwV6
TECH FAIR...
HENGDU: As one of the most essential components of the 12th Western China International Fair (WCIF), the EU-China Business and Technology Cooperation Fair VI is scheduled on 18-22 October in Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone, Sichuan Province, southwestern China, which raises an essential theme of "Communication & Cooperation, Innovation and Development", focusing on the ongoing investment in traditional industries and the new cooperation in technology innovation and transfer and referencing spheres of bio-pharmaceuticals, new energy & environment, ICT industry and so on.
http://bit.ly/q5Xuff
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