SYDNEY--2 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
VOCATIONAL TRAINING...
BONN: Vocational education and training from Germany and its possible impact
on sustainable urbanisation in China will be presented in Shenyang. In close
cooperation with the Ministry of Work of Liaoning and the Department of
Education of Shenyang, iMOVE and the German Association for Technical
Cooperation (GTZ) will organise a conference on vocational training, followed
by a matchmaking session on June 12th.
http://www.imove-germany.de/chinese
PHONE DIRECTORY...
TEL AVIV: On Tuesday http://www.picaphone.com launched one of the biggest
international projects on the Web - the world's first international phone book.
HONEYWELL INTRODUCES...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J.: Honeywell Electronic Materials Tuesday announced the
commercialization of new materials that improves the speed, durability,
functionality and energy efficiency of certain touch-screen displays.
http://www.honeywell.com/em
http://www.honeywell.com
HOLIDAY PARTY...
LOS ANGELES: Richard Wanderer, a member of the California Bar, has written
THE HOLIDAY PARTY, a fictional suspense novel about a family-owned publishing
company whose employees, used to a benevolent and caring management, suddenly
find their lives dramatically changed as a publicly-owned, profit-driven media
conglomerate takes over the magazine.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0595521894/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=
ECOFIN LAUNCHES...
LONDON: Ecofin Tuesday announced the launch of the Ecofin China Power &
Infrastructure Fund at the beginning of June 2009.
YOBI.TV ANNOUNCES...
LOS ANGELES: Since June 2008, aspiring singers, songwriters, filmmakers,
comedians, and photographers joined together in the YOBI.tv community, all in
the hopes of sharing their talent and winning the grand prize. On Thursday, May
28, 2009 the winners were contacted.
www.yobi.tv/yobipics
www.yobi.tv/yobilaugh
www.yobi.tv/yobising
www.yobi.tv/yobifilm
www.YOBI.tv
SUPERMICRO UNVEILS...
TAIPEI:Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in application-optimized, high
performance server solutions, is introducing the fastest 1U server on the
planet this week at Computex (booth N806, Nangang Upper Exhibition Hall).
www.supermicro.com
SUPERMICRO DISPLAYS...
TAIPEI: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in application-optimized,
high-performance server solutions, is putting its server technology leadership
on full display with a comprehensive range of innovative, high-efficiency
server, blade and workstation solutions at Computex 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan,
June 2-6 (Nangang Upper Exhibition Hall, booth N806).
www.supermicro.com
PUMA SUPPORTS...
HERZOGENAURACH: Sportlifestyle company PUMA supports the environmental movie
HOME, directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer and author of
Earth From Above
, and produced by Luc Besson. The movie will be released worldwide on 5 June
2009 - the World Environment Day - in cinemas, on DVD, and for free on
television and the Internet.
www.puma.com
www.ppr.com
http://www.home-2009.com
www.goodplanet.org
ALL BLACKS...
AUCKLAND: The All Blacks in conjunction with New Zealand's most loved
children's charity, KidsCan Stand Tall Charitable Trust will make a special
announcement to honour the 2009 squad on June 5 at The Heritage Hotel, Auckland.
SUPERMICRO OPTIMIZES...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in
application-optimized, high performance server solutions, Tuesday announced
that its full range of A+ Server, SuperBlade and workstation platforms have
been fully optimized to support the new Six-Core AMD Opteron processors
(code-named Istanbul).
www.supermicro.com
FOAMTEC INTRODUCES...
OCEANSIDE, Calif.: Foamtec International LLC Tuesday introduced PharmaMOP,
the cleanroom industry's lightest weight mop for cleaning and disinfecting
aseptic manufacturing areas.
www.aseptictraining.com
www.cleanroomcleaning.com
www.ccsbe.com
www.foamtecintlwcc.com
MERSANA PRESENTS...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Mersana Therapeutics has presented preliminary results of
a Phase 1 clinical trial for its lead development candidate, XMT-1001, in a
poster session at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando.
www.mersana.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of four
securities issues on June 11, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
EURAIL LAUNCHES...
UTRECHT: Students and young backpackers can now get more bang for their buck
on rail travel through Europe. The Eurail Group GIE, the organization which
issues Eurail Passes, is teaming up with the International Student Identity
Card Association (ISIC) to promote jointly developed offers to young people
around the globe.
http://www.eurail.com
http://www.flightcentre.com
http://www.raileurope.com
http://www.raileurope.fr
http://www.statravel.com
MEDIATEK CHIP...
HSINCHU: MediaTek, a worldwide leader in wireless and consumer electronics
SoCs, Monday announced a new WiMAX Forum Wave2 chip, MT7118 for USB dongles,
handsets, and other embedded devices.
http://www.mediatek.com
RESORT OPENS...
MACAU: City of Dreams becomes a reality on Monday. A press conference was
held to mark the official launch of City of Dreams, an integrated entertainment
resort set to become the "must experience" destination in Macau, developed by
Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, an entertainment company listed on the
NASDAQ Global Select Market.
http://www.cityofdreamsmacau.com
BANK HIRES...
NEW YORK: Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch Research Monday announced
the hire of Ethan Harris as head of North America Economics and David Bianco as
head of U.S. Equity Strategy.
www.bankofamerica.com
AIMSPRO AWARDED...
LONDON: Privately owned UK biotech company Daval International Limited has
been informed by Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that its
innovative anti-inflammatory agent AIMSPRO has been awarded Orphan Status for
the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
http://www.davalinternational.com
CMD ANNOUNCES...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: California Micro Devices Monday announced that Sharp
Electronics Corporation has selected its CM1234 low capacitance electrostatic
discharge (ESD) solution to protect multiple HDMI(TM) video ports in eleven new
Sharp Aquos series liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs.
http://www.cmd.com
MELANOMA STUDY...
BASEL: Roche Monday announced results from a Phase I study with PLX4032
(R7204) a new, highly selective and promising treatment for patients with
advanced melanoma whose cancer harbours the BRAF mutation (known as
mutation-positive).
http://www.roche.com
http://www.plexxikon.com
LANDMARK DEAL...
SINGAPORE: In a landmark deal covering multiple Asian markets, Merchant
Solutions and Chinese bankcard association China UnionPay (CUP) have announced
an alliance that enables thousands of merchants outside China to accept CUP
debit and credit cards.
www.chinaunionpay.com
www.merchant-solutions.biz
www.firstdata.com
www.standardchartered.com
MEDIATEK INTRODUCES...
HSINCHU: MediaTek, a worldwide leader in wireless and consumer electronics
SoCs, Monday announced three second generation IEEE 802.16e WiMAX chips.
http://www.mediatek.com
ART FORM...
LONDON: Colin Colorful and New Imaginism Monday announced the addition of
Mr. Anthony Fawcett, art critic and visionary to their line up of evangelists
overseeing the launch of their exciting new art form, to the art community in
October 2009.
www.NewImaginism.com/invitee/06/uk
TRIPLE REWARDS...
BEIJING: From June 1 to July 31, 2009, you will earn 30% extra bonus mileage
on all Asiana scheduled flights between China and Korea.
http://www.phoenixmiles.com
PLATTS LAUNCHES...
SINGAPORE: Platts, a leading global energy and metals information provider
and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, launched a series of new oil price
benchmarks for the Indian oil markets on June 1.
http://www.platts.com
www.mcgraw-hill.com
PILING CONFERENCE...
HONG KONG: IQPC's Piling & Deep Foundations Asia conference and exhibition
will be held on 13-16 July 2009 in Hong Kong. Piling & Deep Foundations Asia
will bring over 80 geotechnical and structural engineers together to debate the
latest foundation solutions implemented in East Asia and across the world.
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