SYDNEY--27 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FANNIE REPORTS...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Friday reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2008
results, and filed its annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
http://www.fanniemae.com
XIOCOM ACQUIRES...
ATLANTA: Xiocom Wireless, Inc., a global provider of integrated wireless
broadband solutions, announced Friday the acquisition of RoamAD, including its
brand, trademarks, intellectual property and patents.
MOBICLIP OFFERS...
PARIS: France 24 is the first television channel in the world which is
accessible live and on the 3G network on iPhone. The application "FRANCE 24
LIVE", which can be found on the Mobiclip distribution platform, is available
free of charge from App Store.
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae has priced its new issue of two-year Benchmark Notes
worth $15 billion.
http://www.fanniemae.com
TALENT ACQUISITION...
KUALA LUMPUR: Recent economic turbulence has prompted companies to
re-address the changing landscape for talent. To support clients facing the
challenges of the global economic downturn, Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry Company
(NYSE: KFY) has expanded it Strategic Talent Acquisition solutions across Asia
Pacific.
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, Maryland, USA.
www.americaspolocup.com
BRAZILIAN TELECOM...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Despite challenging economic conditions in 2009, expansion
in mobile data services and broadband Internet access will fuel the growth of
the Brazilian telecom market, helping it retain the position of the largest
telecom market in Latin America, according to the latest report from Pyramid
Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one
securities issue worth US$75 million on March 8, 2009 at a redemption price
equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CGAP REPORT...
WASHINGTON: Concerns that microcredit interest rates are unjustifiably high
don't find much support in the available data, according to a new research
report by CGAP, the global microfinance resource center.
www.cgap.org
INSTITUTE PRESENTS...
BARCELONA: Prous Institute for Biomedical Research Thursday presented its
strategies for drug discovery on its newly designed website.
http://www.prousresearch.com
BESSEMER EXPANDS...
LARCHMONT: Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital
practice in the United States, Thursday announced the closing of a $350 million
supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. With
the additional capital, BVP will target innovative, high-growth companies
around the world.
www.bvp.com
HEALTHCARE ICT...
KUALA LUMPUR: In recent years, the acquisition of computer technologies by
healthcare organizations has increased substantially, according to Frost &
Sullivan. It said the spending shows an upward tendency, placing the industry
as one of the major consumers of ICT products and services.
http://www.frost.com
LANDMARK REPORT...
LONDON: Over 40 per cent of colon and breast cancer cases in some countries
are preventable through healthy patterns of diet, physical activity and weight
maintenance, according to estimates in a report, published Thursday by World
Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
http://www.dietandcancerreport.org
COOPERATION AGREEMENT...
FUKUOKA: QSAI Analysis and Research Center Co. Thursday announced the
company and SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co. signed a business
cooperation agreement the same day to combine their mutually complementary
resources to conduct food analysis services in China.
http://www.nouyaku-bunseki.net/e/
TRANSPORT FORUM...
PARIS: The Secretary General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) Jack
Short Thursday announced the opening of registration for the 2009 International
Transport Forum with early registration discount Until 30 April. Headed
"Transport for a Global Economy - Challenges & Opportunities in the Downturn",
the Forum will be held from May 26 to 29 in Leipzig, Germany.
http://www.internationaltransportforum.org\
TANDBERG SELECTS...
OSLO: TANDBERG, a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition
video conferencing, and mobile video products and services, has selected a
Verizon Business Private IP solution for the company's worldwide corporate
communications network.
www.tandberg.com
www.verizonbusiness.com
NEW TREATMENT...
STOCKHOLM: Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, Elekta's new system for
stereotactic radiosurgery, has been used for the first time to treat patients
at the Jiro Suzuki Memorial Gamma House, Furukawa Seiryo Hospital, in Miyagi,
Japan.
http://www.elekta.com
RFID INDUSTRY...
SINGAPORE: Frost & Sullivan's Electronics & Security Practice in Asia
Pacific will host an analyst briefing via webinar on the Economic Slowdown -
Opportunities within the Asia Pacific RFID Industry on March 12th 2009, at
11:00 hrs (GMT+08:00hrs) Singapore time.
http://www.electronics.frost.com
YOMIURI ARTICLES...
TOKYO: Starting in February, The Yomiuri Shimbun, the largest newspaper
publisher in Japan, will offer a new online database service called "Yomidas
Rekishikan" (History Pavilion).
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/rekishikan/english/index.htm
MASAN CHOOSES...
HO CHI MINH CITY: Fortinet, the pioneer and leading provider of unified
threat management (UTM) solutions, Thursday announced that MASAN Group, a large
and well-diversified homegrown success story in Vietnam, has deployed
Fortinet's suite of security solutions across its WAN infrastructure supporting
the food manufacturing business.
http://www.masantrading.com.vn
http://www.fortinet.com
ABBOTT OPENS...
SINGAPORE: Abbott has opened its largest nutrition product manufacturing
facility in Singapore to meet increasing regional demand for its pediatric
nutrition products, including Similac.
www.abbott.com
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