SYDNEY--14 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PAGEMASTERS WINS...
SYDNEY: Pagemasters, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian Associated
Press (AAP), has been awarded a contract by the UKs biggest selling newspaper,
The Daily Telegraph and sister title The Sunday Telegraph, to provide
sub-editing for the newspapers weekend supplements.
2009 IS HEALTHY...
SINGAPORE: The credit crisis and the global economy meltdown has contributed
to a significant shift in the Healthcare industry in 2009. Healthcare in Asia
Pacific will not be affected as severely as the developed countries.
http://www.frost.com
AVG ANNOUNCES...
AMSTERDAM: AVG Technologies, a global anti-virus and Internet security
software provider with over 80 million users in 167 countries, today announced
the acquisition of Sana Security, a leading developer in identity theft
prevention software.
http://www.avg.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of xxx
securities issues amounting to a total of US$475 million on April 23, 2010,
April 15, 2011 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
AMERICAN GREETINGS...
CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today announced that
its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $75 million of
Class A common shares.
http://corporate.americangreetings.com
FIRST COME...
SINGAPORE: Telnic Limited, the registry operator for the new .tel top level
domain (TLD), today confirmed that Baidu Europe, the Groningen-based automation
and web design solutions organization, had secured the rights to the baidu.tel
domain name, having been the first to apply for the domain name in the
trademark protected Sunrise period.
http://www.telnic.org
JIM ROGERS...
DENVER: Jim Rogers and Beeland Interests, Inc. today announced the
appointment of CQG, the leading analytics and order routing platform for global
electronically traded futures markets, as the Official Global Calculation Agent
for the Rogers International Commodity Index(R) (RICI(R)), as of 6:00 p.m., New
York time, on Wednesday, January 14, effective for
the first settlement on Thursday, January 15. CQG will calculate and distribute
RICI(R) index values to end users directly over CQG terminals and via other
quote vendors.
www.cqg.com
AERCAP HOLDINGS...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap," "the Company", NYSE: AER) today
announced the completion of the following transactions during the fourth
quarter 2008: signed new lease agreements for 14 aircraft, delivered 12
aircraft and nine engines under lease agreement, purchased 11 aircraft and six
engines, sold three aircraft and five engines, disassembled two aircraft and
seven engines.
BIENES TURGON...
MONTERREY: Bienes Turgon, S.A., a Mexican holding company based in
Monterrey, Mexico with interests in the automotive industry through its
subsidiary Katcon, S.A., announces the acquisition of all of Delphi
Corporation's global exhaust system business.
www.katcon.com
WALKERS ANNOUNCES...
SINGAPORE: Walkers, the global offshore law firm of choice for investment
banks, international law firms, investment managers, and other financial
institutions, announces its further expansion into the Asian markets with the
opening of a new office in Singapore.
http://www.walkersglobal.com
BESSEMER VENTURE...
MUMBAI: Bessemer Venture Partners, a global investment group, today
announced the promotion of Vishal Gupta to Director of the Mumbai-based BVP
India investment team.
www.bvp.com
BESSEMER VENTURE...
MUMBAI and WELLESLEY HILLS: Bessemer Venture Partners, a global investment
group, today announced two promotions to Vice President: Stephen Kraus in the
Healthcare practice based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, and Subramanya
(Subu) S. V. in the Mumbai-based India practice.
www.bvp.com
SINGTEL SECURES...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced it
is the leading international Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN)
service provider in Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ).
www.singtel.com
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