SYDNEY--26 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
POLO CUP...
WASHINGTON: The Land Rover America's Polo Cup, the world's largest and most
prestigious polo experience, has officially announced a portion of its schedule
of festivities for the 2009 competition, which will be held May 8 & 9 at the
Capitol Polo Club in Poolesville, MD.
www.americaspolocup.com
NEW DIVISION...
JERSEY CITY, N.J.: Hudson Holding Corporation, parent of Hudson Securities
Inc., a registered broker-dealer that meets the liquidity needs of brokers,
dealers, institutions, and asset managers, Thursday announced the formation of
a new investment banking and research unit that will offer a full range of
corporate finance and capital market services as the Westminster Securities
division of Hudson Securities Inc.
SYLLABUS CHANGE...
NEW YORK and LONDON: The Global Association of Risk Professionals, (GARP)
Thursday announced important changes to the syllabus of its Financial Risk
Manager (FRM) certification program, a designation widely recognized as the
worldwide standard for risk professionals.
www.garp.org
www.garp.com/frmexam
DKMS POLSKA...
WARSAW: Coty Inc., a leader in the global beauty industry and the world's
largest fragrance company, and DKMS, the world's largest non-profit bone marrow
donor center, Thursday announced the opening of DKMS Polska, the expansion of
the Coty-DKMS: Linked Against Leukemia global initiative.
www.coty.com
www.dkms.de
www.dkmsamericas.org
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Thursday announced it will offer new 2-year Benchmark
Notes which will mature on March 23, 2011. The notes will be priced on Feb 26,
2009 and settlement date is Feb 27, 2009.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CMD INTRODUCES...
MILPITAS, Calif.: California Micro Devices Wednesday introduced the latest
ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection devices in the XtremeESD family, the
CM1235 and CM1236.
http://www.cmd.com
www.XtremeESD.com
RAK FTZ...
RAS AL KHAIMAH: Established in 2000, Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK
FTZ) has quickly proven itself to be one of the fastest growing and most
cost-effective free trade zones globally, making true its goals to achieve
global brand recognition as a premium investment agency.
http://www.rakftz.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one
securities issue worth US$38.697 million on March 9, 2009 at a redemption price
equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
AERCAP RESULTS...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. Thursday announced the results of its
operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.
http://www.aercap.com
UNIVERSITY'S STRATEGY...
EDINBURGH: Scottish-based Edinburgh Napier University Wednesday announced
key milestones in its strategy which include plans to attract more Indian
students with the appointment of an India-based director and the opening of a
new office in the country.
DATA CENTRE...
LONDON: Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of
communications, Wednesday announced it plans for London 2, a Tier-3 data
centre, that will provide a state-of-the-art environment for supporting mission
critical infrastructures, with advanced cooling, power, redundancy, and
sustainability features to ensure that Tata Communications client's critical
systems and applications are readily available while optimizing energy
efficiency. The 21,400 square foot London 2 data centre will be ready for
service during the second quarter of 2009.
http://www.tatacommunications.com/enterprise/datacenter
FC2 BLOG...
LAS VEGAS: After the success of launching multi-language versions of FC2
Blog, FC2 has continued to expand functions within the blog service.
DIGI RELEASES...
MINNETONKA: Digi International Wednesday introduced the Digi Passport
I-KVM, a pocket-sized, cost effective tool that allows IT personnel to easily
manage remote servers and remote network equipment.
http://www.digi.com/i-kvm
http://www.digi.com
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