SYDNEY--11 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
NATIONAL SALES...
LONDON: More than 800 of the nations leading sales professionals gathered at
the Hilton hotel on Park Lane, London, on the 25th February to recognise and
reward Britains talented sales teams and individuals.
www.nationalsalesawards.com
PHOCUSWRIGHT SELECTS...
MIAMI: Ashwin Kamlani, CEO of AboutAnywhere.com, operator of the world's
only free online distribution network for the hotel industry, has been selected
to participate in PhoCusWright's prestigious Travel Innovation Summit in
Orlando, FL on November 17, 2009.
www.AboutAnywhere.com
WORLD'S FIRST...
LONDON: Telnic Tuesday announced that it had achieved a milestone in the
delivery of a new internet service, with tens of thousands of .tel domains
going 'live' today, creating the world's first global directory.
http://www.telnic.org/
FUTURE FIBRE...
NEW YORK: Future Fibre Technologies Pty. Ltd. (FFT), a global leader in the
development, manufacturing, and installation of fiber-optic intrusion detection
systems, announced the grant of two additional United States patents by the
U.S. Patent Office.
www.fft-usa.com
SWISSINFO SPECIAL...
BERN: swissinfo.ch is launching a multimedia networking platform for
Italian-speaking Swiss emigrants and their descendants.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/
ENERGENICS CLOSES...
SINGAPORE: Energenics, a Singapore-based supplier of alternative energy
solutions and technologies, has committed US$500,000 to lead Cerion Energy's
US$4,000,000 Series B investment round.
http://www.energenics.org
http://www.cerionenergy.com
NIGERIA MOBILE...
CAMBRIDGE: With more than 61 million subscribers, Nigeria has now surpassed
South Africa as the largest mobile telecom market in Africa, and continued
growth over the next five years is expected to trigger more intense competition
among a growing number of network operators, according to a new report from
Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications
Network.
www.lightreading.com
www.pyr.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$10 million on March 20, 2009 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
SCOTTSDALE: California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) Wednesday announced it
would deliver a technical paper on the thermal reliability performance of large
area WLCSP (wafer level chip scale package) arrays at the IMAPS 5th Annual
International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, March 10 - 12,
2009, at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort and Casino in Scottsdale, Arizona.
www.wlcspforum.org
VADIUM TECHNOLOGY...
TACOMA: Vadium Technology, Inc. the leading provider of easy to use,
unbreakable data encryption solutions Wednesday announced the appointment of
Mr. Jose Antonio Rios, to the Company's senior executive team as Chief
Executive Officer.
www.vadiumtech.com
ATYR PHARMA...
SAN DIEGO: aTyr Pharma, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused
on discovery and development of an entirely new class of natural protein
therapeutics (biologics) for multiple disease indications, Wednesday announced
that Dr. James Cai has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Clinical
Development at aTyr Pharma and President of Pangu BioPharma, a fully owned aTyr
Pharma subsidiary in Hong Kong.
www.atyrpharma.com
IEEE CELEBRATES...
PISCATAWAY: IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society,
Wednesday spotlighted seven technologies it believes will have world changing
implications on the way humans interact with machines, the world and each
other, in honor of its 125th anniversary.
www.ieee.org
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS...
SAN CARLOS: Nektar Therapeutics' (Nasdaq: NKTR) President and Chief
Executive Officer, Howard W. Robin, is scheduled to present at the upcoming
Cowen and Company 29th Annual Healthcare Conference in Boston at the Boston
Marriott Copley Plaza on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. Eastern time.
http://www.nektar.com
PMI CHINA...
BEIJING: Chen Yong Tao (Bob Chen) assumed the role of Managing Director for
PMI China, officially named Project Management Technology Co. Ltd. Project
Management Institute (PMI) is the leading global association for the project
management profession and the largest association dedicated to project
management in the world.
CLASSIC MENU...
HAINAN: Addintools Technology LTD is delighted to announce the release of
Classic Menu for MS Office 2007 v4.01a, a new update for the suite of tools
that enables users to introduce the interface of Microsoft Office 2003 into
Microsoft Office 2007.
http://www.addintools.com
SHUTTERSTOCK EXTENDS...
NEW YORK: Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock image
agency, announced Wednesday that as a benefit to stock video customers, it is
extending all Shutterstock Footage subscription terms from 30 days to a full
year at no additional cost.
www.Shutterstock.com
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