SYDNEY--17 Nov--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
ONLINE CEREMONY...
SEOUL, South Korea: The official inaugural ceremony of the 35th Mayor of
Seoul, Park Won Soon, will be the first in Seoul's history to take place
exclusively online for 40 minutes from the mayoral office starting at 11 am on
Wednesday, November 16.
http://bit.ly/twf8NO
NEW PARTNERSHIP...
SYDNEY, Australia: Blackmores, Australia's most trusted natural health
brand, is proud to announce a new partnership with Australian swimming icon and
five-time Olympic champion, Ian Thorpe.
http://bit.ly/t8TATN
FREE ALBUM...
LEUVEN, Belgium: Named after the Christmas star, Stella Artois was first
crafted for Christmas as a gift to the people of Leuven.
http://www.stellaartois.com/originalalbum
http://bit.ly/vTyqkz
STRONG SUPPORT...
SYDNEY, Australia: Visiting US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime
Minister Julia Gillard are widely expected to announce a significant increase
in US military presence and activity in Australia.
http://www.lowyinstitute.org
http://bit.ly/sYdq1s
REVENUE SHARING SYSTEM...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: MindArk, developer and publisher of the largest real
money MMO, announced today that it will introduce a groundbreaking Citizenship
System to Planet Calypso.
http://www.entropiauniverse.com/
http://www.mindark.com/
http://bit.ly/ujukpD
LUNG ATTACK...
ZURICH: International treatment guidelines - from the Global Initiative for
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) - have advised that prevention of
exacerbations should be a cornerstone of COPD management, placing equal
emphasis on the management of future risk as it does on treatment of COPD
symptoms.
http://www.takeda.com/
http://www.takedarespiratorynewsroom.com/
http://www.goldcopd.org/wcd-home.html
http://www.who.int/respiratory/copd/burden/en/index.html/
http://bit.ly/u8RFrF
KEYNOTE SPEECH...
SHENZHEN, China: The 6-day China Hi-Tech Fair 2011 ("the Fair") will be held
in Shenzhen on Nov.16-21. The well-known American investor, Jim Rogers, will
participate in the Fair and deliver a keynote speech at the summit forum on the
capital market on November 17th, on the topic "Opportunities and Challenges in
the Capital Market of China and the World".
http://www.chtf.com/
http://bit.ly/uYgsSv
XPROTECT MOBILE...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP
video management software (VMS), has announced the launch of XProtect Mobile, a
new mobile application for XProtectVMS users.
http://www.milestonesys.com/
http://bit.ly/u6WYYw
AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS...
SYDNEY: FxPro Financial Services Ltd (FxPro), a leading global forex broker
today announced the launch of its Australian business - FxPro Australia Pty Ltd
(FxPro Australia).
http://www.fxpro.com.au/
http://www.fxpro.com/
http://bit.ly/u2KYV5
MASSIVE VOTING...
MUMBAI, India: As the 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Awards 2011
inches closer to the event date of 10th Dec 2011, the competition for
nominations selected in 25 important categories ( http://www.pharmasummit.in )
is getting more & more competitive.
http://www.pharmaleaders.co.in/
http://bit.ly/uGXXoZ
LICENSING PROGRAM...
NEW YORK: One-Blue today announced that Dell Inc. has joined the One-Blue
product licensing program as a licensor.
http://www.one-blue.com/
http://bit.ly/rNgnMp
WORLD-WIDE SEARCH ENGINE...
PADUA, Italy: Volunia is a new search engine developed by Massimo Marchiori,
one of the most popular personalities of the Web, author of several web
standards and TR100 award winning (top one hundred young innovators in the
world).
http://www.volunia.com/
http://bit.ly/se67Q8
COMMUNICATION AWARD...
DENVER: Virtela ( http://www.virtela.net ), the world's largest independent
managed network, security and cloud services company, today announced it has
been named a winner of the 2011 World Communication Awards (WCAs) for its
Cloud-based Application Acceleration Service, the industry's first virtual
managed application acceleration service.
http://www.worldcommsawards.com/
http://bit.ly/uj4fSQ
FIVE-STAR HOTELS...
MACAU: Forbes Travel Guide, formerly Mobil Travel Guide unveiled its 54th
annual listing of Five-Star hospitality establishments worldwide, and named
Wynn Macau and The Spa at Wynn Macau as part of this list.
http://www.startle.com/
http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/
http://www.wynnmacau.com/
http://bit.ly/ufK2u2
JAPAN DISTRIBUTOR...
BRANCHBURG, N.J.: Kinedyne Corporation has further expanded its global
distribution network by appointing a new partner, TDS Corporation, as its
exclusive distributor for the Japanese market.
http://www.tdscorp.co.jp/
http://www.kinedyne.com/
http://bit.ly/sXyC4t
WORLDWIDE LICENSING...
NEW YORK: Ziff Davis Enterprise ( http://www.ziffdavisenterprise.com ), the
leader in innovative products and services for engaging the IT buyer, announced
today that it is partnering with Red Kite International
( http://www.redkiteinternational.com ) to serve as its exclusive worldwide
licensing agent.
http://bit.ly/vzj5Xg
CONTRACT AWARDED...
AUSTIN, Texas: Molecular Imprints, Inc., the market and technology leader
for nanopatterning ( http://www.molecularimprints.com ) systems and solutions,
today announced it has been awarded a contract by a leading IC manufacturer to
build the industry's first 450mm ( http://www.molecularimprints.com ) capable
lithography system.
http://bit.ly/u9EM7c
SERVICE SECTOR...
SANTIAGO, Chile: When we speak of exports, we usually associate them with
products such as fruit and wine; however, technology, videogames or
engineering, for example, also go out into the world to provide effective
solutions and opportunities for development.
http://bit.ly/sIialI
SINGAPORE SERVICE HUB...
LONDON and SINGAPORE: Sabio [http://www.sabio.co.uk ], the specialist
contact centre and unified communications systems integrator, has strengthened
its presence in the key Asia Pacific region with the launch of a new services
hub in Singapore for its expanding international contact centre technology
design, delivery and support operations.
http://www.avaya.com/
http://www.verint.com/
http://bit.ly/uBTXQS
THIRD RESEARCH BRANCH...
NANJING, China: The German Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) has opened its
third international research branch in China, following Cape Town (South
Africa) and Haifa (Israel).
http://bit.ly/u2gysb
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