SYDNEY--16 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
RADOSTAR WEBSITE
LENGNAU, Switzerland - The iconic Swiss watchmaker Rado, a
key media partner at Salone del Mobile 2009, made full use of
the event in Milan to officially launch its exciting new
initiative, www.radostar.com .
www.radostar.com
ACCEL INDIA...
BANGALORE - Accel Partners, a leading venture capital firm,
today announced an investment in enStage, Inc., a Cupertino,
California based provider of innovative payment solutions.
enStage specializes in serving the payment industry in emerging
markets such as India and has been a leading provider of
authentication and payment solutions in prepaid, online, and
mobile payments.
www.enstage.com
www.accel.com
DB SCHENKER...
NEW YORK - The International Forest Products Transport
Association (IFPTA) and RISI announced today that senior level
executives from several industry-leading companies will join
the distinguished list of speakers confirmed for the upcoming
PPI Transport Symposium 18. The event will be held in
Liverpool, England, from 6-9 October 2009.
www.transportsymposium.com/conferenceinfo.html
www.ifpta.org
www.risiinfo.com
HDI CERTIFICATION...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - HDI, the world's largest
membership association for help desk and technical support
professionals and the premier certification body for the
industry, has selected QAI, to deliver two HDI certification
courses in Bangalore, India. While Indian-based HDI customers
utilize online and on-site training, this is the first time HDI
courses will be delivered publicly within India.
www.thinkhdi.com
www.qaiglobal.com
www.think-services.com
MOBILE TRADESHOW...
NEW YORK - Light Reading, the leading online publication for
the telecom industry, and Heavy Reading, its prestigious market
research division, produced their first virtual tradeshow on
June 11, The Mobile 2012 Virtual Tradeshow, covering the future
of mobile services.
www.lightreading.com
www.heavyreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
CHINESE MANUFACTURERS...
SHANGHAI - To help Chinese manufacturers address worldwide
concerns about the quality of medicines and food ingredients,
the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention is holding a seminar on
methods to demonstrate the quality of ingredients and finished
products. Held in conjunction with the CPhI China Show on June
23, 2009, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, USP's
seminar will focus on specific programs to help earn buyers'
confidence in product quality.
www.usp.org
PHOTO AUCTIONS...
NEW YORK and BERLIN - From June 15-25 artnet Auctions will
feature Icons: 20th-21st Century Photographic Portraits, a
special sale of 200 original fine art photographs of legendary
figures including The Beatles, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe,
President Barack Obama and Elvis Presley.
www.artnetonlineauctions.com/ICONS
CPHI WORLDWIDE...
MAARSSEN - CPhI Worldwide returns to Paris for 2010 when,
with ICSE, PMEC and BioPh, the world's leading pharma services
industry event will be staged at Paris-Nord Villepinte on
Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 October.
www.cphi.com
www.p-mec.com
www.bioph-online.com
www.icsexpo.com
www.ubm.com
ELI LILLY...
INDIANAPOLIS - an initiative, called the Lilly Phenotypic
Drug Discovery Initiative, or PD2, uses Lilly-developed
disease-state assays and a secure web portal to evaluate the
therapeutic potential of compounds synthesized in university
and biotechnology laboratories.
www.lilly.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$125
million on June 25, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
HEALTH INGREDIENTS...
SAO PAULO - The leaders in the health ingredients industry
have arrived in Brazil today for the Health ingredients South
America Summit. Over the next two days, industry players will
take full advantage of this opportunity to network, promote
their products and services and most importantly, explore the
opportunities in this dynamic emerging market.
www.ingredientsnetwork.com
NEOSTEM CHINA...
NEW YORK - NeoStem, Inc., which is pioneering the
pre-disease collection, processing and long-term storage of
adult stem cells for future medical need, announced today it
has signed an exclusive 10-year agreement with Enhance
BioMedical Holdings Limited, a Shanghai corporation, to develop
a Stem Cell Collection and Treatment Network using NeoStem's
proprietary adult stem cell technologies in Shanghai, Taiwan as
well as the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian,
Anhui and Jiangxi.
www.neostem.com
MOBILE INTERNET...
CHICAGO - Novarra, the Internet Mobility Company, announces
its Mobile Internet Experience Update, the first in an ongoing
series. This benchmark report is a broad overview of how
consumers access and use the internet via mobile phones with
Novarra's Vision browser and mobile internet platform.
www.novarra.com
PERIMETER INSTITUTE...
WATERLOO - For 10 exciting days this October, Canada's
Perimeter Institute's 10th anniversary science celebration
"Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future" will take a global
audience from the strange subatomic world to the outer
frontiers of the universe.
www.tvo.org
www.q2cfestival.com
PACNET VIETNAM...
SINGAPORE - Pacnet today announced the launch of its first
PoP in Vietnam, enhancing network connectivity into the
region's top destination for foreign investment.
www.pacnet.com
www.fpt.net
www.fpt.vn
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