SYDNEY--16 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HOTEL.INFO INDEX...
NUREMBERG - "Was your hotel room worth the price you paid?" This is the
question currently being investigated by http:/www.hotel.info, the free online
hotel reservation service for 210,000 hotels worldwide. http://www.hotel.info
is analysing the 600,000 hotel ratings of hotel.info booking customers from
around the world in terms of the price performance of 3 and 4 star hotels.
www.hotel.info
DAN DAVID...
TEL AVIV - The international Dan David Prize, which annually awards three
prizes of US$1 million each for outstanding achievement, announced the names of
its 2009 laureates today.
www.dandavidprize.org
ACHEMA 2009...
FRANKFURT - For the second time leading German chemical parks and sites will
jointly showcase their work at an ACHEMA exhibition. Under the theme "Make it
in Germany: Your Prime Chemical Location in Europe" they will be presenting
from May 11-15 at ACHEMA 2009 in Hall 9.2, Stand B35-E36.
INTEC GROWTH...
BARCELONA and LONDON - Intec, a global provider of business and operations
support systems today announced, at Mobile World Congress 2009, four separate
operator contracts and implementations demonstrating significant market growth
opportunities, across both emerging and mature markets in EMEA and APAC:
www.intecbilling.com
RISK MANAGEMENT...
OTTAWA, Ontario - The International Actuarial Association announced today a
global risk management framework to improve financial governance and help
prevent future financial crises.
www.actuaries.org/CTTEES_TFRISKCRISIS/Documents
IAA_Financial_Risk_Mana gement_EN.pdf.
VIZIO LAWSUIT...
IRVINE, California - VIZIO, Inc., Americas HDTV Company, announced today
that it has filed an antitrust and unfair competition lawsuit in the United
States District Court, Central District of California, against Funai
Electronics Co., Ltd., a Japanese distributor of digital televisions and
related components.
www.VIZIO.com
STANTUM PMATRIX...
BARCELONA - Stantum Technologies, a pioneer developer of multi-touch sensing
technology, is demonstrating at the Mobile World Congress next week a unique
new finger-pressure detection capability for its patented PMatrix, a resistive
multi-touch detection platform that lets users simultaneously move an
unlimited number of fingers, fingernails or utensils on a screen.
www.stantum.com
WINTER OLYMPICS...
VANCOUVER - The application process for the 2010 Winter Games Secretariat's
British Columbia International Media Centre at Robson Square Plaza has
officially opened as the one-year countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
begins.
www.2010internationalmediacentre.ca
TELECA TAT...
MALMO - Teleca, a world-leading supplier of software services to the mobile
industry and TAT, a Swedish user interface software technology company offering
attractive UI differentiation and user experiences on mobile devices, today
announced a cooperation whereby Teleca will become a partner of TAT for
integration and customization services worldwide.
TELMAR NETWORK...
PLANO - Telmar Network Technology has announced it has been awarded a
multi-vendor spare parts management contract by Telefonica O2 Germany, which is
part of Telefonica group.
www.telmarnt.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN and
FINS securities issues on February 23, 24, 25 and 26, 2009 at a redemption
price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SLOVAKIA TELECOMS...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Growth in Slovakia's telecommunications market
over the next five years will be driven by a more rapid uptake of mobile data,
fixed broadband Internet, and voice over IP services, while revenues from
mobile voice services will begin to decline, according to the latest report
from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading
Communications Network.
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.lightreading.com
www.pyr.com
RPM ACQUISITION...
MEDINA - RPM International Inc. today announced that its subsidiary,
Carboline Company, acquired a 49% interest in its Chinese licensee, Carboline
Dalian Paint Production Co., Ltd.
ASIA ALUMINUM...
HONG KONG - Asia Aluminum Holdings Limited and (ASX: Investments Company
Limited announce today that we intend to commence a tender offer and consent
solicitation for...
CELLTICK CAMPAIGN...
LONDON - Celltick, the pioneer of mobile idle screen marketing solutions, is
pleased to announce its appointment by media agency Initiative to promote Coca
Cola's ad campaigns in Thailand and to drive young adults in the 15-24 year old
age bracket to its promotional activities.
www.celltick.com
www.initiative.com
www.ais.co.th
ELCOTEQ CONGRESS...
HONG KONG - Elcoteq SE, a leading electronics manufacturing services company
in the communications technology field, will introduce its electronics
manufacturing programs and services at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009.
www.elcoteq.com
INTELLIGENT CONCRETE...
NEW YORK - Manhattan's latest skyscraper and tallest residential building is
using 280 million pounds of iCrete concrete mixes, reducing greenhouse gases,
material costs, excavation time and labor.
www.icrete.com
www.concretetoday.com/prev/feb09.php
STANTUM TECHNOLOGIES...
BARCELONA - Stantum Technologies, a pioneer developer of multi-touch sensing
technology, is introducing a new version of its SMK series of multi-touch demo,
evaluation and development kits, which enable vendors and OEMs to evaluate the
performance of Stantum's technology and develop their own multi-touch
applications.
www.stantum.com
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