SYDNEY--21 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
KOOKMIN BANK...
LONDON - Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest Bank, today
announced that it will rely on World-Check's risk intelligence
to enhance its due diligence and Know Your Customer compliance
processes.
www.kbstar.com
www.world-check.com
WORLD-CHECK...
LONDON - World-Check, the leading global provider of risk
intelligence, and eSum Technologies Inc, a leading e-business
solutions provider in South Korea, have announced a strategic
alliance that will offer a seamless solution for customer and
identity authentication screening against the World-Check risk
intelligence database.
www.esumtech.com
www.world-check.com
GLOBAL ENERGY...
BERLIN - Global Report Launch: Energy Revolution: Global
Sustainable Energy Outlook.
www.greenpeace.org/energierevolution
BEND RESEARCH...
BEND, Oregono - Bend Research Inc. announced today that it
will independently offer unique drug-delivery expertise and
technologies to outside firms in the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries.
www.bendresearch.com
HERMAN MILLER...
COLOGNE - Herman Miller, Inc., the global office furniture
manufacturer that has continuously set new standards for
seating comfort, ergonomics, and performance, introduces the
next groundbreaking innovation in work chairs: the Embody
chair, designed by internationally renowned designers Jeff
Weber and the late Bill Stumpf.
MANPOWER SOFTWARE...
LONDON - Manpower Software plc, the leading provider of
workforce optimisation and e-rostering solutions in the UK
healthcare market, is pleased to announce that Sunway Medical
Centre in Selangor, Malaysia has selected Manpower Software's
MAPS Healthroster solution for electronic rostering to all
clinical staff.
www.manpowersoftware.com
NERVIANO MEDICAL...
NERVIANO - Nerviano Medical Sciences, the largest
pharmaceutical R&D facility in Italy and one of the leading
oncology-focused, integrated discovery and development
companies in Europe, today announced a new multi-year agreement
with Genentech, Inc.
www.nervianoms.com
FUJITSU FRAUD..
NEW YORK - LinkCo, Inc., an information technology company,
is suing Fujitsu Ltd., a world leader in information
technology, and its former chairman and CEO, Naoyuki Akikusa.
http://LinkCoInc.com
WESTINGHOUSE APPOINTMENT...
PITTSBURGH - Westinghouse Electric Company announced today
that it has appointed Meena Mutyala to the newly created
position of Vice President and Business Leader, India
Strategy.
www.westinghousenuclear.com
THOMSON REUTERS...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Scientific business of Thomson
Reuters today announced that ISI Web of Knowledge and EndNote
Web are now available in Simplified Chinese.
http://thomsonreuters.com
http://isiwebofknowledge.com
CAS ALLIANCE...
ORLANDO, SYDNEY and KAISERSLAUTERN - CAS, the leading global
provider of demand side management solutions for the consumer
products industry, today announced the launch of the CAS Global
Alliance Program.
www.casrealresults.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae today announced that it will not
issue Benchmark Notes this month.
www.fanniemae.com
BRAND ASSET...
NEW YORK - Brand Asset Digital announces the public beta of
the world's first and only Search Engine Marketing platform for
P2P Search called P2Pwords. The platform, which is the first
pay-per-click for P2P Search, gives top advertisers the unique
ability to target and connect their branded content directly to
consumers via P2P Search.
www.brandassetdigital.com
CAS SERVICES...
ORLANDO, SYDNEY and KAISERSLAUTERN - CAS, the leading global
provider of demand side management solutions for the consumer
products industry, today announced the launch of CAS Global
Services.
www.casrealresults.com
MERRIAM-WEBSTER...
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - Representatives from
Merriam-Webster, America's leading English language reference
publisher, will be traveling to Seoul, Korea this month to
attend the 16th annual Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages International Conference. John M. Morse, the
company's President and Publisher, will deliver a presentation
entitled Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: A First
Look.
www.Merriam-Webster.com
ARCADIS ACONEX...
DENVER - Aconex, the world's largest provider of online
collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering
industries, has secured a contract with Arcadis, an
international project management, consulting and engineering
firm.
www.arcadis-us.com
www.aconex.com
EESTECH ARYAN...
SYDNEY - EESTECH, Inc. and Aryan Clean Coal Technologies, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Aryan Coal Beneficiations Pvt. Ltd
of India, have entered into an agreement to establish a joint
venture company to introduce three 10 mega watt HCGT power
plants to the underground coal mines of India over the next
five years.
CAS EXPANSION...
ORLANDO - CAS, the leading global provider of demand side
management solutions for the consumer products industry, today
announced the successful completion of several key initiatives
for the company, focused upon expansion and building momentum
globally.
www.casrealresults.com
NEOSTEM FUNDING...
NEW YORK - NeoStem, Inc., which is pioneering the
pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of
adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today that
they are to be the recipient of $800,000 in Federal funding
supported by Congressman Steve Rothman through the Department
of Defense FY09 Appropriations bill.
www.neostem.com
BANCO ITAU....
SAO PAULO - On October 18, 2008, BANCO ITAU HOLDING
FINANCEIRA S.A., through its subsidiary Banco Itau S.A., and
MARISA S.A., have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding"
describing the framework of an operational agreement for a term
of 10 years, the purpose being to create a new Itau/Marisa
credit card, as well as making it possible to offer, distribute
and sell ITAU's products and services to MARISA's customers on
an exclusive basis.
www.itau.com
BLACKLIGHT POWER...
CRANBURY - BlackLight Power Inc. today announced the
successful independent replication and validation of its 1,000
watt and 50,000 watt reactors based on its proprietary new
clean energy technology.
www.blacklightpower.com
SIR IVAN...
NEW YORK - Rock singer and peace activist, SIR IVAN, is
breathing new life into the musical and social legacy of the
1960s with his new album, I AM PEACEMAN, a collection of
classic 60s folk/rock hits rejuvenated and reinvented with 21st
century cutting-edge style.
www.sirivanmusic.com
KOREAN BIBLE...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's
foremost Audio Bible ministry, has recently released the South
Korean Audio Drama New Testament. The dramatized format
includes background music, sound effects and multiple
characters.
www.FaithComesByHearing.com
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
TAIPEI - INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- California Micro Devices
announced that it will be showcasing its latest serial
interface display controller architecture at the Intel
Developer Forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 20 and 21, 2008,
as a Member of the Mobile Internet Device Community.
www.cmd.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$25
million on October 30, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ECONOMIC STIMULUS...
ABU DHABI - His Royal Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed
Al-Nahyan, Dhabian Holdings PLC and The World Trade Centers
Association and the World Trade Centers Management Company have
announced today a joint $3.2billion initial capital proposal
that has been sent to world leaders and will be known as 'The
Triangle of Peace', which is described as 'a global peace
initiative'.
UTC FIRE...
HORSHAM, Pennsylvania - Astea International Inc., the leader
in service lifecycle management and mobility solutions
announced that UTC Fire & Security, a global provider of fire
safety and security solutions, has recently completed the first
phase of an international deployment of Astea's FieldCentrix
solution -- including the FX Service Center, FX Mobile and FX
e-Service applications.
www.astea.com
www.utcfireandsecurity.com
ATMEL TRANSMITTER...
DETROIT - Convergence Show -- Atmel Corporation announced
today the availability of the new AVR-microcontroller-based RF
transmitter family ATA577x for Remote Keyless Entry
applications.
www.atmel.com
ATMEL DRIVER...
DETROIT - Convergence Show -- Atmel Corporation announced
today the availability of the highly integrated driver ICs
ATA6833 and ATA6834 for brushless DC motor applications such as
fuel pumps, turbo chargers, or exhaust gas recirculation --
applications which are continuously operated and therefore
require maximum reliability.
www.atmel.com
ENERGY COMPANIES...
SINGAPORE - Major oil companies have maintained their
stronghold as the world's most financially effective energy
businesses, according to the 2008 Platts Top 250 Global Energy
Company rankings announced here Monday evening.
www.platts.com
www.mcgraw-hill.com
RAPTOR PHARMACEUTICALS...
NOVATO, California - Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp., today
announced the initiation of patient dosing in a Phase 2a
clinical trial, in collaboration with the University of
California, San Diego, to evaluate cysteamine bitartrate in
adolescents diagnosed with Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.
www.raptorpharma.com
TRAVELPORT MILESTONE...
LANGLEY - Travelport GDS today announced the company has
achieved a key milestone in the consolidation of its global
data centre operations, successfully migrating its Galileo,
Apollo and airline host reservations systems from Denver to
Atlanta resulting in a significant upgrade in equipment and
operating environment.
www.travelport.com
2LARGE2EMAIL...
BRISBANE - 2Large2Email -- http://www.2large2email.com --
has announced the beta availability of its flagship product, a
web application that allows files up to 2GB to be sent across
the Internet rather than by traditional email.
www.2large2email.com
OLYMPIC MEDALS...
MELBOURNE - They were the toast of the 1956 Australian
Olympics after unexpectedly winning gold in the 2000m Tandem
cycling event. After 50 years of enduring mateship they are
offering their gold medals, and selected Olympic and sporting
memorabilia, for sale in what is believed to be a world
first.
www.leski.com.au
PEROT SYSTEMS...
BANGALORE, NOIDA, and PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems
Corporation today announced the appointment of Anurag Jain as
Managing Director for the company's Asia-Pacific region.
www.perotsystems.com
PERICOM SLIMLINE...
TAIPEI - INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation, a worldwide preferred supplier of products for
timing, signal conditioning and connectivity, today announced
the addition of a new SlimLine bridge to its existing family of
SlimLine PCI Express packet switch and bridge products.
www.pericom.com
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