SYDNEY--25 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HINDU FESTIVAL...
MELBOURNE: As Indians across the world prepare for the annual Diwali
Festival, or festival of lights, Melbourne's Swinburne University of
Technology's Punjabi Club is inviting people of all backgrounds to help them
celebrate tonight with "the best of Bollywood."
http://bit.ly/uiy6rG
BEST POISED...
TAIPEI: The worldwide cloud-computing market is expected to be worth more
than US$400 billion by 2012, with Taiwanese ICT firms best poised to benefit
from the boom.
http://www.quantatw.com/
http://www.wistron.com/
http://www.inventec.com/
http://www.itri.org.tw/
http://www.brandingtaiwan.org/
http://www.taiwantrade.com.tw/
http://bit.ly/vlOEYm
CREATIVE INDUSTRY EXPO...
TOKYO: MotionPortrait, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, announced on October 24
that it will participate in Creative Industry Expo 2011, to be held at Shanghai
Mart in the City of Shanghai from October 26, in collaboration with Leovation
Ltd., headquartered in Hong Kong.
http://www.motionportrait.com/e/
http://bit.ly/rIBFnR
DECRYING ABSURDITY...
SUVA, Fiji: Fijian Attorney-General and Minister of Tourism Aiyaz
Sayed-Khaiyum released the following statement today.
http://bit.ly/vWmTHg
CLINICAL TRIAL...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast Limited (ASX:
MSB) today announced that it has received regulatory clearance from the
Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) to commence the first Phase 2 trial
of its proprietary allogeneic (off-the-shelf) adult stem cell therapy for
patients with proliferation of leaky blood vessels in the eyes neovascular
("wet") Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
http://www.mesoblast.com/
http://bit.ly/u4HW0d
SYDNEY CARNIVAL...
SYDNEY, Australia: Following the conclusion of the Spring Racing Carnival
the racing spotlight firmly turns to Sydney as anticipation builds in the lead
up to the 2012 Sydney Carnival featuring the AAMI Golden Slipper to be held on
the first Saturday in April.
http://www.thesydneycarnival.com.au/
http://bit.ly/vvlvrB
CERTIFICATION AWARDED...
PRINCETON, N.J.: Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD) today announced that its early
development facility located in Shanghai, China, has received Good Laboratory
Practice (GLP) certification from the Belgian GLP Monitoring Authority, a
member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
http://www.covance.com/
http://bit.ly/vmd4XH
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/tBc2us
EXCLUSIVE PARFUMS...
MCLEAN, V.A.: Today, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts and Salvatore
Ferragamo Parfums announce the launch of Tuscan Soul Guest Amenities, an
exclusive line of in-room Eau de Toilette, bath and amenity products to be
available at the hotel brand's landmark destinations by January 2012.
http://www.waldorfastoria.com/
http://www.hiltonworldwide.com/
http://bit.ly/sD3ERr
FINALISTS REVEALED...
LOS ANGELES:Green Car Journal announced its five finalists for the 2012
Green Car of the Year(R) award today. For the seventh consecutive year, the
Green Car of the Year(R) honors environmental leadership in the automotive
field, with the winner being announced during a press conference at the Los
Angeles Auto Show Press Days [ http://www.laautoshow.com/Press.html ] on Nov. 17.
http://www.greencar.com/
http://www.gcjusa.com/
http://bit.ly/uaG9OF
CANCER AWARENESS DAY...
NEW YORK: Go around the globe for the second Worldwide NET Cancer Awareness
Day (WNCAD) on November 10, 2011.
http://www.netcancerday.org/
http://bit.ly/sSR77I
ASIAN CSR AWARD...
MANILA, Philippines: At the 10th Asian Forum on Corporate Responsibility in
the Philippines, the global health care company Abbott and its philanthropic
foundation the Abbott Fund were honored with an Asian CSR Award for Educational
Improvement for advancing science education in the region.
http://www.abbott.com/
http://www.abbottfund.org/
http://bit.ly/ttPUFj
FIRST SHIPMENT...
KINSTON, N.C.: Spirit AeroSystems Inc., [NYSE: SPR] the world's largest
independent supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and components, has
shipped the first production composite center fuselage panels for the Airbus
A350 XWB program out of its Kinston, N.C., facility.
http://www.spiritaero.com/
http://bit.ly/tmNYEI
STATEMENT MADE...
WASHINGTON: "Today's announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency
(FHFA) of enhancements to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) is a
welcome development.
http://bit.ly/uRdLfB
LICENSE APPROVED...
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: Colt Resources Inc. ("Colt" or the "Company")
(TSXV: GTP) (FRA: P01) (OTCQX: COLTF) is extremely pleased to announce that it
has received formal notification from the Direccao-Geral de Energia e Geologia
(DGEG), a division of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and Innovation, that
the Colt-AIOC Joint Venture application and contract for an Experimental Mining
License on its 47 Km(2) Boa F aac? gold project (see press release August 10,
2010) has been approved by order of the Secretary of State for Energy and
Mining of the Government of Portugal.
http://www.sedar.com/
http://bit.ly/suiukX
LICENSE IN-HOUSE...
AMSTERDAM: The Tommy Hilfiger Group, which is wholly owned by PVH Corp.
[NYSE: PVH], announced today that it has entered into an agreement to bring its
European tailored apparel business in-house, effective as of the Spring 2013
season.
http://www.tommy.com/
http://bit.ly/ugOqr8
FIRB APPROVAL...
HONG KONG: Minmetals Resources Limited (HKSE: 1208) ("MMR" or "the Company")
announced today that it has received formal notification from the Treasurer of
the Commonwealth of Australia under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act
1975 (Commonwealth of Australia) that the Treasurer does not object to MMR's
offer to acquire all of the common shares (on a fully diluted basis) of Anvil
Mining Limited (TSX:AVM) (ASX: AVM) ("Anvil") ("FIRB Approval").
http://bit.ly/rzlub1
FIVE 9S OF UPTIME...
SAN FRANCISCO: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global
wholesale datacenter provider, has achieved "five 9s" of uptime in its Turn-Key
Datacenters(R) for the fourth consecutive year with 99.999% availability during
2010. These uptime metrics are based on a comprehensive evaluation of the
Company's facilities worldwide using standard industry methodology.
http://www.digitalrealty.com/
http://bit.ly/sLYMNe
WORD WORKOUT...
HONG KONG: Forget endless drills, boring lessons, and out-of-touch books -
English language learning has been turned on its head with EF MyWords, a new
mobile 5-minute word workout.
http://www.ef.com/
http://www.englishtown.com/
http://bit.ly/tqv25I
http://bit.ly/soPBl1
http://bit.ly/uDMNKX
http://bit.ly/skLgbq
NEW VERSION...
ELKRIDGE, Md.: ANCILE Solutions, Inc. [ http://www.ancile.com ], a global
company that develops learning and performance software products, today
announced the latest release of ANCILE uPerform
[ http://www.ancile.com/products/ancile-uperform ](TM).
http://bit.ly/tnqKem
INTERNET DATA CENTER...
HERNDON, Va. and LOS ANGELES: China Telecom Americas (CTA), the wholly-owned
North American-based subsidiary of China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (NYSE: CHA)
announced the grand opening of a new full-service Data Center in Los Angeles.
http://www.ctamericas.com/
http://bit.ly/svmCOx
AWARD WINNER...
SEATTLE: Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, has
been named recipient of the 2011 Microsoft Technical and High Performance
Computing Innovation Partner of the Year Award.
http://bit.ly/vDgMEs
ONEVOICE DELEGATION...
JERUSALEM: A group of influential business leaders from the United States
and the United Kingdom, led by OneVoice Founder Daniel Lubetzky and actor Jason
Alexander, met with members of the Knesset's Two-State Solution Caucus in
Jerusalem on Monday.
http://www.onevoice.org.il/
http://www.onevoicemovement.org/
http://bit.ly/vvpkTi
LOST ALUMNI...
MELBOURNE: Young professionals Victor Gan and Alexander Tho have appealed to
the thousands of their fellow Swinburne University of Technology graduates to
join them in founding a Swinburne Alumni Chapter for the first time in Sarawak.
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/alumni
http://bit.ly/sXZGTJ
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