SYDNEY--18 Nov--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
RISK ENVIRONMENT...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Mining companies in Indonesia are facing an increasingly
complex operating environment, as risks including natural catastrophe,
pollution and underinsurance create obstacles to growth, according to Marsh,
the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor.
http://www.marsh.com/
http://www.mmc.com/
http://www.guycarp.com/
http://www.mercer.com/
http://www.oliverwyman.com/ow/index.html
http://bit.ly/uEHPfb
ECOMMERCE OFFERINGS...
SHANGHAI: RS Components ( http://www.rs-components.com/ )(RS), the trading
brand of Electrocomponents plc ( http://www.electrocomponents.com/ )(LSE:ECM),
the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance
products, is poised to leverage the growing eCommerce market in China with the
launch of storefronts in Alibaba and Taobao.
http://www.rsprc.com/
http://www.alibaba.com/
http://www.taobao.com/
http://bit.ly/sPgaRa
PACKAGING FACILITY...
SHANGHAI: RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc
(LSE:ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and
maintenance products, has announced today the opening of its first production
packaging facility for electronic components in Shanghai, China.
http://www.rs-components.com/
http://www.electrocomponents.com/
http://www.rs-components.com/
http://bit.ly/u6LBtf
GLOBAL NETWORK SERVICES...
TOKYO: NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on November 17
that its global telecommunications-carrier partners attending the Arcstar
Carrier Forum 2011 in Kobe, Japan from November 15 to 16 committed to enhancing
their delivery and operation of NTT Com's Arcstar (TM) global network services.
http://www.dorma.com/en/company/index.html
http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/s6dyOe
EXTENSION AGREEMENT...
HOUSTON: Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB:FEEC) announced today the
signing of a Modification Agreement extending the exploration period of its
Shouyang Block Production Sharing Contract.
http://bit.ly/vfp33a
WASTE WATER RE-USE...
MADRID: Isolux Corsan is researching the development of a new technology to
achieve sustainable purification of waste waters for re-utilisation at a
quality fit for human consumption.
http://www.isoluxcorsan.com/
http://bit.ly/tc3HaE
MICROSOFT SURFACE...
REDMOND, Wash.: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. announced
today that the next generation of Microsoft Surface is now available for
pre-order through Samsung resellers in 23 countries worldwide including the
United States, via the Samsung Electronics website at
http://www.samsunglfd.com/solution/sur40.do .
http://www.msdn.com/windows/surface
http://www.surface.com/
http://www.samsung.com/
http://bit.ly/shYC5Q
GENIVI ALLIANCE...
WALTHAM, Mass.: Black Duck Software, the leader in open source software
knowledge, adoption and governance, today announced it has joined the GENIVI
Alliance as an Associate Member.
http://www.blackducksoftware.com/
http://www.genivi.org/
http://bit.ly/s1SGu8
GREEN CAR...
LOS ANGELES: Green Car Journal announced the Honda Civic Natural Gas as the
highly-anticipated 2012 Green Car of the Year(R) winner at a press conference
Thursday morning during the Los Angeles Auto Show's press days.
http://bit.ly/rATgWy
TUNA STOCKS...
WASHINGTON: Three new participants will join the International Seafood
Sustainability Foundation - a coalition of tuna processors, leading scientists
and WWF, the world's leading conservation organization - to improve the
sustainability efforts of tuna stocks around the world.
http://iss-foundation.org/
http://bit.ly/w0HGTx
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST...
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass.: Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn") Assignee for
the Benefit of Creditors of Epix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Epix") announced today
that AMG 369 discriminates against S1P3 receptor by 296-fold and that the S1P1
lead compounds, including AMG 369, will be offered December 8, 2011 in a sealed
bid sale.
http://bit.ly/ugwv9t
SOY INNOVATION CONFERENCE...
NEW DELHI: The debut of Soy Innovation India, a conference designed to
provide entrepreneurs and industry leaders with the tools to produce, process
and utilize soybean markets in domestic and global markets, will be held at the
Hyatt Regency in New Delhi from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1.
http://www.soy-innovation.com/
http://bit.ly/tTPfAk
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE...
AMSTERDAM: The reality of the impact of the global pineapple industry on the
environment and local people was tackled at a three day symposium in Davao City
in Mindanao, the Philippines.
http://www.fairfood.org/
http://www.postcodeloterij.nl/
http://bit.ly/vjYFd8
ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM...
FREIBURG and PFORZHEIM, Germany and BEIJING: From December 7-9, 2011, for
the first time, the international solar industry is assembling at Beijing's
China National Convention Center for Intersolar China, where the event makes
its inauguration to the upcoming solar market in Eastern Asia.
http://www.intersolarchina.com/
http://bit.ly/s9brsg
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