SYDNEY--16 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
VIVANTE SELECTED...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Vivante Corporation Monday announced that C2
Microsystems, Inc., a leader in silicon and software solutions for presenting
rich media content delivered over the internet, has selected Vivante GPU IP
technology to bring feature-rich GUI and on-screen display capabilities to
their high performance SoC media processors.
www.c2micro.com
www.vivantecorp.com
VIZIO RESPONDS...
IRVINE, Calif.: VIZIO, Inc., America's HDTV and Consumer Electronics
Company, on Saturday responded on the limited exclusion order by the ITC that
they hold to their belief that because of recent rulings by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), that their appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit will reverse the underlying decision. Per the Commission's
determination, VIZIO has the right to continue importing and shipping products
during a Presidential review period and will continue to pursue all legal
remedies.
www.VIZIO.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 40
securities issues on April 20-23, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ONLINE GAME...
BEIJING: Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd., one of the
leading integrated online game service providers in China, on Friday hosted a
press conference "Battle of the Immortals - Testimony of Miracles," to announce
the spokesperson for the online game "Battle of the Immortals" at the Beijing
Broadcasting Studio on April 9.
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS...
TAIPEI: Besides ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and system lupus erythmatosus
(SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common rheumatic diseases
in Taiwan, with an incidence of 0.35 percent every year, said Frost & Sullivan
Research Analyst Sushma Rajan.
http://www.frost.com
COTY APPOINTS...
NEW YORK: Coty Inc., a leader in the global beauty industry and the world's
largest fragrance company, announced Friday the appointment of Renato Semerari
as president of the company's Coty Beauty division.
www.coty.com
GSMA CONGRATULATES...
HANOI: The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile
communications industry, on Friday congratulated the Vietnamese government on
opening the door to a mobile broadband future. The efficient licencing process
that concluded last week will see the launch of advanced mobile broadband
services in the next quarter, addressing pent-up demand for broadband and
catalysing economic growth in Vietnam, it said in a statement.
www.gsmworld.com
RISK MANAGEMENT...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.: On April 14-17, 2009, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.'s
(UL) Primary Designated Engineer (PDE) Steve McRoberts and GMA Certification
Department Manager Jola Wroblewska will present International Electrotechnical
Committee for Conformity Testing to Standards for Electrical Equipment (IECEE)
CB Test Laboratories and National Certification Bodies (NCBs) with IEC
60601-1:2005 3rd Edition training to promote common application of the
guidelines prepared by the IECEE Risk Management Task Force (RMTF).
http://www.ul.com/newsroom
ROBOTICS SOFTWARE...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Energid Technologies Friday announced it has licensed its
Actin 2.0 robotics toolkit to Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India.
www.energid.com
www.jadavpur.edu
RISI ANNOUNCES...
SHANGHAI: RISI Friday announced that several high-level speakers have been
added to the conference program of the 10th Asian Pulp and Paper Outlook
Conference. The event will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai,
China, on June 8-10, 2009.
www.risiinfo.com
www.risiinfo.com/asiaconf
Q1 TRANSACTIONS...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. Friday announced announced the completion of
five transactions during the first quarter 2009.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three
securities issues amounting to a total of US$76.531 million on April 20, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
TELECOM SECTOR...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: South Africa's telecom market is in the midst of a
dramatic change, as incumbent fixed-network operator Telkom SA faces increasing
competition not only from mobile voice and data services but also from
competitive fiber network buildouts, 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://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
NEWS CENTRE...
MCLEAN, Va.: The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has launched a
new online News Center to provide journalists, business school professionals,
and the general public with a multi-platform array of resources and information
about graduate management education.
www.gmac.com
www.mba.com
EXCELLENCE AWARD...
NEW YORK: On March 20th, Solar and Environmental Technologies Corp. (Solar -
ETC) received the First Place Award for "Excellence in the Field of
Environmental Technology Development" at the CleanEquity Monaco 2009 Emerging
Technology Conference held in Monaco.
www.solar-etc.com
SMART CARD...
SINGAPORE: New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Asia Pacific Contactless
Smart Card Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $769.4 million in
2008 and estimates this to reach $1356.0 million in 2014.
http://www.frost.com
NEW ANALYSIS...
SINGAPORE: New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Southeast Asian Power and
Distribution Transformers Markets, finds that market earned revenues of over
$6.02 billion in 2007 and estimates this to reach $15.08 billion in 2014.
http://www.frost.com
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