SYDNEY--29 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
NEW APPOINTMENTS...
SYDNEY: One new appointment and two extended appointments to
the board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand were announced by the
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Brett
Mason.
MINING CONTRACT...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces
that the government of Mozambique has approved the mining contract for the
exploitation of the Moatize coal project, located in the northwestern
province of Tete.
www.cvrd.com.br
KOMAG UPDATES...
SAN JOSE, California: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier of
thin-film media for disk drives,is updating its business outlook for the second
quarter of 2007.
www.komag.com
TOBACCO LAWS...
WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered an
important victory for public health that has global implications in upholding
the country's strong tobacco control laws, which include strong restrictions on
tobacco advertising and sponsorships and large, graphic health warnings on
cigarette packs.
INDIA OFFICE...
MUMBAI, BERLIN, MUNICH and ZURICH: H,T,P, Concept is proud to announce the
opening of a new office in Mumbai, India. H,T,P, Concept is one of the leading
independent qualitative research agencies in Europe and a specialist for
cross-cultural and international research.
www.inspirationformarketing.com
GUAVA TECHNOLOGIES...
HAYWARD, California: Guava Technologies, Inc. announced that it was
successfully audited to the requirements of ISO13485:2003 by BSI Management
Systems. With this certification, the company will redouble efforts on medical
devices for the international market, covering a variety of therapy areas,
beginning with HIV/AIDS.
www.guavatechnologies.com
TOWNSEND ANALYTICS...
CHICAGO Illinois, and LONDON: Townsend Analytics, a leading
provider of multi-broker, multi-asset, multi-currency, and multi-route
electronic trading solutions for the global capital markets, has added HSBC to
its global multi-broker network.
www.hsbcnet.com
www.townsendanalytics.com
www.taltrade.com
www.realtick.com
OPTOMETRY AWARDS...
BOSTON: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., announced that its ACUVUE
ADVANCE with HYDRACLEAR, ACUVUE ADVANCE for ASTIGMATISM, and ACUVUE OASYS with
HYDRACLEAR PLUS Brand Contact Lenses are the first contact lenses to receive
the World Council of Optometry's Global Seal of Acceptance for
Ultraviolet Absorbing Contact Lenses.
www.acuvue.com
AVIATION WEEK...
NEW YORK: Top airline and government officials, maintenance and safety
experts from all over Asia and around the globe will convene during AVIATION
WEEK's annual MRO Asia Conference & Exhibition, to be held October 17-18, 2007
at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Centre in Shanghai.
www.aviationweek.com
www.mcgraw-hill.com
www.aviationweek.com/awin
www.aviationweek.com/conferences
PETRONAS RESULTS...
KUALA LUMPUR: The PETRONAS Group delivered another record performance for
the financial year ended 31 March, 2007, amidst a more complex and increasingly
challenging global oil and gas industry environment.
www.petronas.com.my
VISA-FIFA RELATIONSHIP...
LONDON, SAN FRANCISCO and ZURICH: Visa International and FIFA (Federation
Internationale de Football Association) confirmed that Visa has become a FIFA
Partner with global rights to a broad range of FIFA activities, including the
2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the FIFA Women's World Cups.
www.corporate.visa.com
ANAGEMENT RIGHTS...
SYDNEY: Kusido Hospitality and Property Group Pty Ltd, which operates hotels
under the Leisure Inn Hotels and Suites and Park Regis brands, has announced
the purchase of Management Letting Rights of four hotel properties in
Queensland from the
Oaks Group.
HYDERABAD CHAPTER...
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad recently became the newest PRMIA
chapter in India, joining those already established in Bangalore and Mumbai.
PRMIA is a fast-growing, collaborative network of risk professionals from
around the globe, defining and implementing the best practices of risk
management.
www.prmia.org
www.prmia.org/Chapter_Pages/Hyderabad
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