SYDNEY--22 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BRANDES MITSUI...
SAN DIEGO - Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. announces
that, on May 21, 2009, it submitted a letter to Mitsui Sumitomo
Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., an insurance company based in
Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, withdrawing the
proposal for the resolution submitted to the Company on April
20, 2009.
MOBILE BROADBAND...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Increased sales of netbooks over
the next three to five years will result in higher demand for
mobile broadband services, driven by the emerging trend of
bundling the low-end computers with mobile data services from
specific network operators, according to the latest report by
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
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING...
SHANGHAI - The Association of Certified Anti-Money
Laundering Specialists and Fudan University in Shanghai have
signed an agreement to jointly provide anti-money laundering
training throughout mainland China.
INDIA GLOBALIZATION...
BETHESDA, Maryland - As previously announced in a press
release dated May 7th, 2009, India Globalization Capital, a
company competing in the rapidly growing infrastructure
industry in India, announced that its first shipping hub is
ready to export iron ore from mines in India to customers
worldwide, and that it has initiated supply contracts with
Chinese Companies.
www.sec.gov
www.indiaglobalcap.com
SUPERMICRO STORAGE...
SAN JOSE, California - Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader
in application-optimized, high-performance server solutions,
today announced that its latest generation of enhanced,
high-capacity storage chassis with Gold Level certified
1200-watt redundant power supplies are shipping in volume.
www.supermicro.com
ALLIANCE ENGINEERING...
HOUSTON, Texas - AVEVA today announced that a major client,
Alliance Wood Group Engineering received FIATECH's 2008
Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation Award in the
category of Automated Design.
www.aveva.com
ALZHEIMERS TREATMENT...
INDIANAPOLIS - Eli Lilly and Company today announced it will
begin enrolling patients this month in two separate but
identical Phase III clinical trials of solanezumab, previously
referred to as LY2062430, an anti-amyloid beta monoclonal
antibody being investigated as a potential treatment to delay
the progression of mild to moderate Alzheimers disease.
www.clinicaltrials.gov
www.lilly.com
EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT...
LOS ANGELES - The reality of deflated retirement savings
accounts may be causing global executives to re-evaluate how
long they stay in the workforce.
www.kornferry.com
www.kornferryinstitute.com
GLOBAL PAYMENTS...
KUALA LUMPUR - Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, a joint
venture between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited and U.S.-based Global Payments Inc., has launched China
UnionPay card acceptance service to merchants in Malaysia.
www.globalpayments-asia.com
HOTEL DEALS...
SYDNEY - So you think you've found a "cheap" online hotel
deal. Then came the hitch of booking fees, taxes and other
sneaky fees. For some unexpected reason you now need to cancel
your reservation only to learn that your "special" hotel rate
was non-refundable. Sometimes "cheap" online hotel deals just
dont turn out that cheap after all.
www.HotelsCombined.com
FIRST DATA...
LONDON - First Data, a global leader in electronic commerce
and payment processing services, today announces significant
customer wins and contract renewals for FirstVision, its
full-service global issuing and consumer finance processing
solution.
www.firstdata.com
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