SYDNEY--19 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SOITEC GROUP...
SHANGHAI - The Soitec Group, the world's leading supplier of
silicon-on-insulator wafers and other engineered substrates for
the microelectronics industry, announced today a new
partnership with a distributor in China to strengthen its Far
East presence.
www.soitec.com
PIPES CONFERENCE...
BEVERLY HILLS, California - AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC, a
leading financial advisory and management consulting firm,
announced today that its Managing Director, Mr Amir
Heshmatpour, will be a featured speaker at the International
PIPEs Conference in Shanghai, China on March 23.
www.afhholdingandadvisory.com
www.ccgir.com
MYCOSAFE VIRUSURE...
VIENNA and SINGAPORE - Mycoplasma biosafety specialist
Mycosafe Diagnostics GmbH and virus and prion biosafety company
ViruSure GmbH both based in Vienna, Austria today announced at
BioMedical Asia 2009 that they are to establish a second site
in Singapore as part of a joint venture.
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL...
SINGAPORE - Alison Hill rejoined as senior client partner
for Korn/Ferry's Global Consumer Market based in Hong Kong
while Charles Yong rejoined Korn/Ferry in Singapore as senior
client partner for the Firm's Global Industrial Markets.
www.kornferryasia.com
.TEL LAUNCH...
LONDON - Telnic Limited (http://www.telnic.org), the
registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top
level domain, today reminded businesses and individuals that
there was just under a week left to pre-book 'must have' .tel
domain names on a first come, first served basis to be ready
for 24th March when prices drop substantially.
www.telnic.org
EURAIL PASS...
UTRECHT - The Eurail Group G.I.E. has reported a modest drop
in Eurail Pass passengers triggered by the global economic
downturn, but expects a full recovery in the coming years.
www.eurailgroup.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of FINP, FINS, MTN and MTNR securities issues on March
28 and 30, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of
the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
MERRILL LYNCH...
NEW YORK and LONDON - Investors are at their most optimistic
about the global economy since December 2005, according to the
Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for March.
www.bankofamerica.com
www.ml.com
UNIQLO PARKAS...
TOKYO - In conjunction with our Spring 2009 Parka Campaign,
UNIQLO is offering an amazing 1000 styles of colorful parkas
for customers to choose from.
www.uniqlo1000.com
LIGHT READING...
NEW YORK - Light Reading, the leading research-led media and
events company covering the worldwide communications market,
announced today that veteran journalist Catherine Haslam will
be Site Editor for Light Reading Asia, scheduled to launch in
April.
www.lightreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
IBSEN SCHOLARSHIPS...
SKIEN - The International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated
in 2007 by the Norwegian government. In total, scholarship
funds amount to 1,000,000 NOK in 2009, and will be awarded to
Ibsen-related projects worldwide.
www.ibsenawards.com
AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS...
KABUL and DUBAI - To address the challenges facing
Afghanistan today, more than 30 representatives of civil
society activists, experts, political leaders and government
representatives have participated in the "Afghanistan: Ensuring
Success" conference, held on 14 and 15 March 2009.
www.afghanistanfuture.com
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