SYDNEY--25 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FISKER APPOINTS...
IRVINE, Calif.: Premium green automaker Fisker Automotive has appointed its
first group of North American retailers to market and service its luxury
plug-in hybrid vehicles, beginning with the US$87,900, 100mpg Karma sedan later
this year.
www.fiskerautomotive.com
SOLID START...
DARMSTADT: According to an international assessment carried out by D&B
Deutschland, the business information service, Formula 1 teams will be making a
solid financial start to the 2009 season.
http://www.dnbgermany.de
TELNIC ANNOUNCES...
SINGAPORE: Telnic Limited, the registry operator of the new .tel top level
domain, has announced the General Availability of domains for all businesses.
http://www.telnic.org
http://telnic.org/business-buy.html
http://www.bttradespace.com
OVERSI NAMED...
BERLIN: Red Herring Wednesday announced that Oversi was named a Finalist of
Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology
companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.
http://www.redherring.com
http://www.oversi.com
INFORMEX SURVEY...
PRINCETON, N.J.: In a survey conducted at the leading chemical exhibition in
the United States -- InformexUSA -- visitors affiliated with the pharmaceutical
outsourcing and specialty chemical industries said they remain on the look-out
for new chemical entities and innovative routes to chemical manufacturing that
may offer new market opportunities going forward.
www.informex.com
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
IGLOO LAUNCHES...
KITCHENER: IGLOO Software, a leading provider of on-demand community and
social software solutions is announcing their new framework for building
community solutions at the upcoming Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco.
www.igloosoftware.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of six
securities issues amounting to a total of US$480 million on April 3, 2009 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
LIVE EDGE...
LONDON: Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, high service
distributor and its companies (Farnell, Newark, Premier Electronics,
Farnell-Newark CPC, and MCM), will announce the winners for Live EDGE -
Electronic Design for the Global Environment - during a special Communications
Technology Conference, on Thursday, 2 April 2009 in the specially developed
Live EDGE EcoSphere, from 2:30 p.m. GMT in London, 9:30 a.m. in New York and
9:30 p.m. in Hong Kong.
http://www.premierfarnell.com
STRATIFY RECEIVES...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Stratify, Inc. a market leader in eDiscovery and
subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in
information protection and storage services, Tuesday announced receiving SAS-70
certification for its electronic discovery facilities and internal processes.
www.ironmountain.com
www.stratify.com
EKAHAU RELEASES...
RESTON: Ekahau Inc., a leader in Wi-Fi RTLS solutions and site survey tools,
Tuesday released Ekahau HeatMapper, a coverage mapping tool for 802.11 Wi-Fi
networks.
http://www.ekahau.com
PPI AWARDS...
BRUSSELS: RISI Tuesday announced the launch of a new awards program for the
global pulp and paper industry. The 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI)
Awards will honor leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments
of companies, mills and individuals within the pulp and paper industry.
www.metso.com
www.risiinfo.com
www.ppiawards.com
PACNET INCREASES...
NEW DEHLI: Pacnet Tuesday announced that it has increased its stake in its
India joint venture and will shortly file applications for International Long
Distance (ILD) and National Long Distance (NLD) licenses.
http://www.pacnet.com
FUEL ADDITIVE...
SINGAPORE: Energenics Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energenics
Holdings Pte Ltd, announced Tuesday that its Enercat fuel borne catalyst has
demonstrated fuel efficiency savings of 8-10% on a mixed fleet of diesel
vehicles in Italy.
PROSTATE CANCER...
AUCKLAND: The study behind controversial research findings from the US that
found a common blood test for prostate cancer has no benefit in reducing deaths
has been challenged by Australia's and New Zealand's peak body for urological
surgeons. Having carefully reviewed the study into Prostate Specific Antigen
(PSA) blood tests undertaken in the United States, the Urological Society of
Australia and New Zealand believes that there were design flaws in the US study
which invalidate the results.
TEDINDIA CONFERENCE...
NEW YORK: For the first time in its 25-year history, the TED Conference is
traveling to South Asia. Organizers of the TED Conference have announced that
TEDIndia will take place November 4-7, 2009, in Mysore, India.
http://www.ted.com/fellows
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