SYDNEY--17 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HUMAN CAPITAL...
SINGAPORE: International risk managers see human capital
risk as being the most significant threat facing their global
business operations, according to a new survey conducted by the
Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by the ACE Group of
Companies.
www.acelimited.com
READER TECHNOLOGY...
WESTMINSTER, Colorado: SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider
of embedded RFID reader technology, continues to expand its
footprint in Asia with the addition of three new customers and
two new distributors in the region.
www.skyetek.com
COTY PRESTIGE...
PARIS: Coty Prestige, a division of Coty Inc., announced
that it has signed an agreement with actor Ewan McGregor to be
the face of Davidoff's newest male fragrance, set to come out
in early 2008.
www.coty.com
KELLY SERVICES...
SINGAPORE: Dhirendra Shantilal, Vice President and Managing
Director (Asia) of Kelly Services, was recently promoted to
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific.
www.kellyservices.com
TEXAS AMERICAN...
AUSTIN, Texas: Texas American Resources-Asia Ltd (TARA), an
affiliate of Texas American Resources Company, Austin, Texas,
has announced that effective June 1, 2007, the Chinese Ministry
of Commerce has approved TARA's conversion of Block 28/20 from
a Geophysical Services Agreement to a Production Sharing
Contract.
www.texasarc.com
ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION...
GENEVA: Studies in the U.S. indicate that the world's
electrical consumption is set to rise to 30 billion
kilowatt-hours (kWh) by 2030 from 15.4 billion kWh in 2006.
Governments and utilities need to plan to supply large amounts
of electrical energy efficiently, inexpensively and with
minimal impact on the environment.
www.iec.ch
BRUNSWICK AGREEMENT...
LAKE FOREST, Illinois: Brunswick Corporation announced that
it has reached a definitive agreement to sell Brunswick New
Technologies' fleet management business unit to Navman Wireless
Holdings L.P.
www.brunswick.com
CELLEBRUM STANDARDIZES...
WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts: Envox Worldwide, a leading
global provider of voice solutions, has announced that
Cellebrum, an MCorpGlobal Group company and Asia's leading
value-added services provider, has standardized on Envox CT
ADE, one of the most widely used interactive voice response
development tools in the industry.
www.envox.com
www.envox.com/software/envox-ct-ade.asp
RESEARCH REPORT...
JAKARTA: In a research report on CNPC (Hong Kong) dated May
28, 2007 prepared by analysts in their Beijing office, Goldman
Sachs maintained their BUY rating on CNPC (Hong Kong) and
commented on the Bengara II partnership with Continental
Energy.
www.continentalenergy.com
NEW WEBSITE...
RICHMOND, Virginia: Filtrona Fibertec, manufacturer of
custom fluid handling components and a division of Filtrona
plc, has launched a new website at www.filtronafibertec.com
HUDSON HIGHLAND...
NEW YORK: Hudson Highland Group, Inc. expects to report
EBITDA in the middle of its guidance range of US$12.5-13.5
million, excluding an additional US$1.5 million charge for its
2006 restructuring program, for the second quarter of 2007.
www.hhgroup.com
KINGDOM HOTEL...
DUBAI: Kingdom Hotel Investments, the leading international
hotel and resort Investment Company chaired by HRH Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal, is pleased to announce the acquisition of
the Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor in Siem Reap and the Raffles
Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh for a total consideration of
approximately US$35 million.
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