SYDNEY--18 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HIP-HOP COMMUNITY...
ATLANTA: Tupac Amaru Shakur Centre for the Arts Project
Managers, Tre' Maxie and Vern Cambridge, will embark on a
week-long journey to Japan, from July 19-27, in order to foster
relationships with the hip-hop and performing arts community in
Tokyo.
www.tasf.org
www.2paclegacy.com
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES...
SAN FRANCISCO: Innovative semiconductor technologies and
applications are being developed and tested in Germany. This
was the topic at Invest in Germany's executive luncheon "Made
in Germany - the Growing Success Story for Next-Generation
solar and Semiconductor Companies" completed during the second
day of Semicon West 2007 at Moscone Centre in San Francisco.
www.invest-in-germany.com
GERMANY REFORMS...
BERLIN: The German government has agreed to a reform of
company taxation that includes a strong reduction in the
corporate income tax. The reform goes into effect on January
1st, 2008. It plans a reduction of the real total tax burden
(corporate income tax plus trade tax) for incorporated
companies from an average of 38.7 per cent to an average of
29.8 per cent.
AUSTRALIA NETWORK...
SYDNEY: The Managing Director of the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Mark Scott, has announced the appointment of Bruce
Dover as the new Chief Executive of Australia Network,
Australia's international television service to Asia, the
Pacific and the Indian sub-continent.
www.australianetwork.com
CONTRACT SIGNED...
BEIJING: Beijing Perfect World Co,. Ltd, has signed
contracts with four overseas agents in Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand, Japan and the three domestic regions of Taiwan, Hong
Kong, and Macao to export its comedy online game, Legend of
Martial Arts.
DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP...
TOKYO and TEL AVIV: Sumitomo Densetsu, a leading integrator
of Information and Communications Technologies, and Extricom,
the designer and manufacturer of the Interference-Free Wireless
LAN System, have announced a distribution partnership.
www.extricom.com
www.sem.co.jp
MCGRAW-HILL PRESENTS...
NEW YORK: McGraw-Hill Construction, the premier provider of
construction information and intelligence in North America and
part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, announced it will present
"Green Building and Energy Conservation: The Talk, Practice and
Performance International Conference," September 13-14, 2007,
in Hangzhou, China, in collaboration with the esteemed Zhejiang
University.
www.construction.com
www.mcgraw-hill.com
www.construction.com/event/GreenBuilding/
COLLEXIS APPOINTS...
COLUMBIA, South Carolina: Collexis Holdings, Inc., a leading
developer of knowledge discovery software, has announced the
appointment of four former CEOs to its board of directors.
www.collexis.com
REALEYES3D INTRODUCES...
PARIS: Realeyes3D, a leading provider of mobile imaging
applications for camera phone users, has announced the launch
of Magic Wanda - the first camera phone messaging application
that allows users to create and share their own unique animated
photo messages directly on the handset in Adobe Flash Lite
format - without requiring a server.
www.realeyes3d.com/MagicWanda
PANACEA PHARMACEUTICALS...
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland: Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has
announced that LC Detect(sm), the Company's serum-based lung
cancer diagnostic test, is now available from Panacea
Laboratories.
www.PanaceaPharma.com
www.panacea-labs.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$125
million on July 27, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
MARVELL NAMES...
SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
announced it has named Michael Rashkin chief financial officer
effective immediately.
www.marvell.com
ATMEL ANNOUNCES...
HEILBRONN, Germany: Atmel Corporation has announced the
availability of its new ATA6836 low-cost half-bridge driver
IC.
www.atmel.com
www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=4194
SAFC UNVEILS...
SAN FRANCISCO: The SAFC Hitech business segment within SAFC,
a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has announced details of
its new five-year chemical roadmap for Metalorganic Chemical
Vapor Deposition and Atomic Layer Deposition processes on
silicon semiconductor substrates.
www.sigma-aldrich.com
www.safchitech.com
NICE PERFORM...
RA'ANANA: NICE Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of
advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight
from Interactions to drive performance, has announced that
Australia's Child Support Agency has selected NICE Perform
Adaptive Interaction Analytics and will implement it in 14
sites with 3,300 agents.
www.csa.gov.au
www.nice.com
STARVIEW TECHNOLOGY...
SAN FRANCISCO: Starview Technology, Inc., the leading
provider of Real-Time Process Intelligence solutions for the
semiconductor and electronics industries, has announced the
immediate availability of its Process Intelligence Platform and
solutions, Version 3.2.
www.starviewtechnology.com
GRAND PRIX...
ABU DHABI: As the current F1 season steps up a gear so too
has construction on the new Yas Island Circuit, Abu Dhabi,
which will host the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from 2009.
www.abudhabigp.com
CHINA EXCITEMENT...
SHANGHAI: Ford is launching the China Excitement Challenge -
a multi-layered public service and information campaign with a
mission to help millions of Chinese visualize their own brand
of excitement and then go out and get it.
www.excite.com.cn
www.excitechina.com.cn
TELEVISION SERIES...
STOCKHOLM and BEIJING: Swedish television company Bringiton
has developed a television series with China Entertainment
Television, one of the leading broadcasters in the nation, to
enable Western brands to impact millions of consumers in an
entertaining and distinctly Chinese way.
www.bringiton.se
www.cetv.com
FELLOWSHIP AWARDS...
BANGALORE: Microsoft Research India has announced its Ph.D.
Fellowship Program awards for 2007. The Ph.D. Fellowship
Program aims to encourage students to take up doctoral
education in computer science and help the growth of the
research community in India.
www.microsoft.com/presspass
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