SYDNEY--17 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
LEARN MANDARIN...
HONG KONG - Knowledge Factories Limited today announced the
first public release of Mandarin FastTrack 1.0 that works with
the iPhone.
www.KnowledgeFactories.com
BOUYGUES BATIMENT...
SINGAPORE - PT Grand Uway Development, developers of Grand
Quarter Batam, signed a strategic partnership agreement with
Bouygues Batiment International as Turn-key Contractor.
www.grandquarter.com
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES...
NORTHBROOK, Illinois - Underwriters Laboratories announced
today it has been recognized by the American National Standards
Institute and the Standards Council of Canada as an Accredited
Elevator/Escalator Certification Organization.
www.UL.com/newsroom
TRANSTEL INTERMEDIA...
CALI - Transtel Intermedia S.A. today announced that it has
extended the expiration of its private offer to exchange, for
each $100,000 of principal amount of its outstanding 12% Senior
Notes due 2016, one of its units, each New Unit consisting of
$100,000 principal amount of its unissued Senior Secured
Amortizing Step-up Notes due 2016 and 100 warrants to purchase
shares of its common stock, and solicitation of consents to
delist the Existing Notes from the Euro MTF, the alternative
market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and make certain
amendments to the indenture governing the Existing Notes, the
security documents related to the Existing Notes, certain other
documentation related to the Existing Notes and the warrant
agreement governing the Company's warrants issued on May 17,
2006.
KENYA MOBILE...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Mobile penetration in Kenya's
telecom market will grow by 95 percent over the next five
years, a market growth that will reflect intense competition
among network operators and lead to a rapid uptake of mobile
data services, according to a new report from Pyramid Research,
the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications
Network.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
SINN FEIN...
WASHINGTON - Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams spoke in
Washington, DC today regarding his plans to host two
conferences in the U.S. in June designed to engage Irish
Americans in the pursuit of an independent, united Ireland
under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
MILPITAS, California - California Micro Devices today
announced the availability of the LuxGuard family of turnkey
solutions for ESD protection and thermal management for high
power, ultra high brightness LED lighting applications.
www.cmd.com
www.calmicro.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$300
million on March 26, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
LIGHT READING...
NEW YORK - Light Reading, the leading online publication for
the telecom industry, has re-launched www.lightreading.com with
improved multimedia navigation and social-networking features
aimed at giving its audience a stronger voice on the world's
most popular communications industry Website.
www.lightreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
VARIAN MEDICAL...
BEIJING - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. will showcase the
full spectrum of the company's cancer treatment and X-ray
imaging products, including some made available for the first
time in China, at the upcoming China Med 21st International
Medical and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing from March 19-21.
www.varian.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 for multiple disease
indications, announced today that it will participate at the
ChinaBio Investor Forum in Hong Kong on 19 March 2009.
www.atyrpharma.com
PLATTS CRUDE...
HOUSTON - Platts, a leading global energy information
provider, today confirmed it will launch a major new crude oil
price assessment to capture the representative value of crude
oil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the main hub for refining,
production, importing and handling of crude oil in the United
States.
www.Platts.com
EAST ENERGY...
HOUSTON - Far East Energy Corporation announced the
formation of a strategic alliance with Arrow Energy
International Pte Ltd., the Singapore-based international arm
of Arrow Energy Ltd., a large Australian coalbed methane
producer.
www.sec.gov
SPOTLESS TRINTECH...
SYDNEY and DALLAS - Trintech Group Plc, a leading global
provider of integrated financial governance, transaction risk
management, and compliance software solutions, today announced
that Spotless has selected Trintech's ReconNET and AssureNET GL
solutions to improve reconciliation and exception management
processes and drive increased operational efficiency.
www.trintech.com
SMART CARDS...
SINGAPORE - Frost & Sullivan's Smart Cards Practice in Asia
Pacific will host an analyst briefing via webinar on the Asia
Pacific Smart Cards Outlook 2009 - Surviving the Economic
Turmoil on Thursday, March 26th 2009, at 11:00 hrs Singapore
time.
www.frost.com
REGUS THAILAND...
SYDNEY - Regus has extended its groundbreaking businessworld
membership programme to Diners Club Thailand members so they
can drop in to a smart, productive workplace wherever or
whenever they need to get business done.
www.regus.co.th/businessworld
www.regus.com
CHARMING SHOPPES...
BENSALEM, Pennsylvania - Charming Shoppes, Inc. today
announced the appointment of Visa Vei as President
Asia, overseeing the Company's multi-country sourcing operations, the
promotion of Stephen Yeung, Vice President Sourcing - Asia, to
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Asia, and the
promotion of Carrie Klein, Senior Vice President, to SVP and
General Merchandise Manager of Sportswear and Intimate Apparel
of Lane Bryant.
www.charmingshoppes.com
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