SYDNEY--26 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
UNIQLO INVITATION...
TOKYO - After winning the Cannes Lions Grand Prix in 2008, UNIQLO is to
produce an official T-shirt for the same Grand Prix in 2009. "We have decided
to invite people from all over the world to design a memorable T-shirt suitable
for distribution at the 2009 Cannes Lions event."
http://ut.uniqlo.com/utcannes/en/
AVEVA ANNOUNCEMENT...
KUALA LUMPUR - AVEVA (LSE:AVV), the leading supplier of engineering IT
systems for the plant and marine industries, announced that key Japanese
shipbuilders - Namura Shipbuilding, Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, Shin
Kurushima Dockyard, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering and Imabari
Shipbuilding Group - have signed contracts worth over USD2.5 million to extend
their use of AVEVA marine solutions. The contracts were made in the first half
of AVEVA's financial year ending 30 September 2008.
http://www.aveva.com
KIT DIGITAL...
DUBAI and MELBOURNE - KIT digital, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KITD), a
leading global provider of IPTV enablement technology and video-centric
interactive marketing solutions, announced today it has entered into a
distribution agreement with WebAlive Pty Ltd, owner of "WebCommunity," the
first 'plug-and-play' social networking platform for businesses
http://www.webalive.com.au/web_community
CONTOURGLOBAL SELECTION...
NEW YORK - Aconex, the world's largest provider of online collaboration
solutions to the construction and engineering industries, has secured a global
agreement with international power firm ContourGlobal. ContourGlobal will use
the Aconex system across thirty businesses operating on four continents.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$200 million on December 5, 2008 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CQG DEPLOYMENT...
DENVER - CQG, Inc. is pleased to announce a new network of hosted direct
market access gateways designed to reduce electronic trading latency for its
global customer base. The new infrastructure features exchange gateways in
Chicago, London, Singapore, and Sydney.
www.cqg.com/press
CRAWFORD NYSE ANALYSIS...
ATLANTA - Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB) celebrated 40 years as a
publicly traded company by ringing The Closing Bell(R) at the New York Stock
Exchange on November 21. A strategic overview of the Company was presented by
Crawford's global executive management team.
www.crawfordandcompany.com
SCIENCE THOMSON REUTERS...
SYDNEY - The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading
source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced
today that all eight universities in New Zealand have chosen to renew Web of
Science(R), the foremost multidisciplinary citation resource, for their
education and research needs.
EUROJET MILESTONES...
HALLBERGMOOS - EUROJET, the leading military engine consortium has achieved
two notable milestones for its EJ200 programme. The EJ200 engine achieved over
100,000 Engine Flying Hours in the Eurofighter Typhoon fleets of the Air Forces
of Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Austria at the
end of October. The multi-role combat aircraft was introduced into service of
the Air Forces in 2003 and is presently operated by 10 units across five
nations.
http://www.eurojet.eu
EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL...
LYON - "Entrepreneurs need to understand how to do business in global,
rather than just domestic markets if they are to fulfill their true potential,"
says Patrice Houdayer, Dean of the leading European business school, EMLYON.
"In fact this type of entrepreneurship may be the only viable way of escaping
the threat of global recession."
http://www.msc-entrepreneurship.com
PLATTS LAUNCH...
NEW YORK - Platts, a leading global provider of energy and commodities
information and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), this month
introduced new Chinese domestic grade assessments for fuel oil and liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) to complement the organization's existing coverage of
imported grades. For fuel oil, Platts now assesses domestic-grade 180
centistoke (CST) 2.5 per cent sulfur grade in South China's Huangpu market, in
addition to existing assessments for imported-grade 180 CST 3.5 per cent and
1.5 per cent sulfur.
http://www.platts.com
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