SYDNEY--29 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
3 SELECTS...
READING: Acision, the world's leading messaging company, Tuesday announces
that, in addition to the recent contract wins with 3 in Australia and Austria,
it has also been awarded a contract for messaging services for 3's networks in
the UK and Ireland.
http://www.three.co.uk
CABLE&WIRELESS TEAMS...
TOKYO: Cable&Wireless and Regus, the world's largest provider of flexible
workplace solutions, Tuesday announced a joint initiative worth approximately
GBP 32 million over five years, which will see Polycom's market leading
Telepresence Video Conferencing suites established at Regus' premier global
business centres.
www.regus.com
MAKING ONLINE...
LONDON: Making Online Music Pay -- how the music business can monetise the
digital space -- will take place at London's Cafe de Paris on Thursday, June 4.
www.musicweek.com/momp
HURLEY AND BAR...
LOS ANGELES: Taking a cue from the number one women's wardrobe staple, the
little black dress, Hurley and Bar Refaeli introduce the Little Black Bikini, a
timeless essential for beaches everywhere.
www.hurley.com
www.b4bc.org
MOBILE BROADBAND...
POOLE: Mobile broadband services are more expensive to support than any
other wireless service and are endangering subscriber profitability for many
mobile network operators concludes a new study from WDSGlobal.
http://www.wdsglobal.com/mobile-broadband
AMERICAN GREETINGS...
CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today announced its
fourth quarter results for the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2009.
http://investors.americangreetings.com
AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST...
CAMBRIDGE: Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the
percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012, according to a new
report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading
Communications Network.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP
securities issues amounting to a total of US$9.888 million on May 8, 2009, at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$600 million on May 8, 2009, at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NORTH AMERICAN...
SINGAPORE: In spite of the current economic conditions, a US company that
provides automation services to manufacturers is following through on
long-developed plans to establish a Southeast Asia base here.
www.rovisys.com
PERSONALIZED TREATMENT...
DUBLIN: Emerging research presented Wednesday at a symposium during the
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) shows that optimizing
therapeutic nicotine products through new uses can significantly enhance
efficacy while offering more ways of quitting.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/en/
INDIA TOURIST...
MUMBAI: UBM India and the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI)
announces the most eagerly awaited event for the Indian travel trade industry,
India Travel Trade Expo, which will be held from 18th to 20th February 2010 at
the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
AUSSIES AMONG...
WILLEMSTAD: With two Queenslanders listed among the betting favourites to
land the dream job as caretaker on Hamilton Island, there is clearly strength
behind the argument that the best person to express the unique qualities of the
Barrier Reef is a native.
www.pinnaclesports.com
IVT RELEASES...
BEIJING: IVT, a major global supplier of Bluetooth software, announced it
has released the world's first Bluetooth V3.0+HS commercial stack for Intel's
Moblin and Google's Android platforms.
http://www.ivtcorporation.com
http://www.BlueSoleil.com
http://www.mHealthService.com
IMPORTANT DEADLINE...
NEW YORK: The federal court overseeing the Google Book Search Copyright
Settlement Wednesday extended the Opt-Out Deadline in the case from May 5, 2009
to September 4, 2009 (the "Extended Opt-Out Deadline").
http://www.bonizack.com
http://www.googlebooksettlement.com
http://www.debevoise.com
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