SYDNEY--7 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
WAIKIKI BEACHFRONT...
HONOLULU: From the Trump family to yours, the next generation of luxury
hospitality on the Waikiki beachfront will welcome travelers of all generations
when it opens in November.
www.trumpwaikikihotel.com
http://www.trumpcollection.travelscream.com
Q2 RESULTS...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Friday reported its second-quarter 2009 results and
filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CHINA PHARMA...
MAARSSEN: Numbers were impressive at June's CPhI China, with ICSE China and
P-MEC China - which together form Asia's biggest annual networking opportunity
for the pharma ingredients, services and production equipment communities.
Staged by UBM at Shanghai's New International Expo Centre on 23 - 25 June, the
combined events hosted 1,651 exhibitors from 17 countries and welcomed nearly
23,700 visits.
www.wherepharmameets.com
PHARMA EVENTS...
MAARSSEN: Against the background of continuing strong market growth, Sao
Paulo will host the second CPhI South America and P-MEC South America pharma
ingredients and production technology events on Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 August.
www.cphi-sa.com
www.pmec-sa.com
www.wherepharmameets.com
www.cphi.com
www.icsexpo.com
www.bioph-online.com
www.p-mec.com
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE...
TORONTO: Varicent Software, an innovative and industry leading provider of
Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) and Sales Performance Management (SPM)
Friday announced impressive performance for the second quarter of 2009.
www.varicent.com
FESTIVAL NIGHT...
MUNICH: Through public screening/broadcast at the Bayreuth Festplatz and
the live, realtime webstream on the internet, the Siemens Festival Night 2009
introduces Richard Wagner's universe to audiences of all ages and interests,
all over the world. An on-demand version of "Tristan und Isolde" will be
available for users from August 10 to 23 as well.
http://www.siemens.com/festivalnight
ASPIRE'S DREAM...
HO CHI MINH CITY: Over the past three weeks, Vietnam has played host to
ASPIRE's Football Dreams program - the largest football talent search of its
kind in the world. Experts from ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence teamed
with some of the sports' top coaches as they assessed over 20,000 would-be
footballers.
http://www.aspire.qa
CPM SOLUTIONS...
HONG KONG: Clarity Systems and Tectura Hong Kong, the regional subsidiary
of Tectura Corporation (which provides business consulting services worldwide),
have partnered to bring advanced CPM solutions to regional firms that need to
manage their corporate performance using a single, unified application that
integrates budgeting, planning, consolidations, analytics and other CPM
activities.
www.tectura.com
www.claritysystems.com
ALLOT ANNOUNCES...
BOSTON, Mass.: Allot Communications Ltd., a leader in IP service
optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection
(DPI), Thursday announced a framework agreement with a global tier-1 mobile
operator group.
REAL-TIME FANTASY...
BEIJING: Perfect World Co., Ltd., a leading online game developer and
operator based in China, Thursday announced the introduction of its first 2D
real-time fantasy MMORPG, "Dragon Excalibur."
http://www.pwrd.com
DIGI INTRODUCES...
MINNETONKA, Minn.: Digi International Thursday introduced two new
AnywhereUSB products, the AnywhereUSB TS and AnywhereUSB/2.
http://www.digi.com/products/usb/anywhereusb.jsp
http://www.digi.com
CHARLIE ROSE...
NEW YORK: Starting in September, Charlie Rose, the acclaimed nightly
in-depth conversation will reach audiences across the globe via Bloomberg's
multimedia platforms.
http://www.bloomberg.com
BREAST CANCER...
SYDNEY: Rising public awareness of breast cancer and available treatments
have increased revenues in the breast cancer therapeutics market in Australia.
As the most common cancer diagnosed in Australia's female population, the total
number of breast cancer patients in the country was 164,814 in 2008 and this
figure is estimated to reach 304,511 patients by 2013.
http://www.frost.com
GLOBAL BROADBANDPAY...
HONG KONG: Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, a joint venture between
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) and U.S.-based
Global Payments Inc., has introduced Global BroadbandPay, an Internet Protocol
(IP)-based point-of-sale solution that provides merchants with fast, secure and
reliable card acceptance services across the Asia-Pacific region.
http://www.globalpayments-asia.com
NIXDORF ACQUIRES...
SINGAPORE: Wincor Nixdorf, a leading provider of hardware, software and
services technology to banks and retailers, has acquired Siemens Inc.'s
Information Technology Products & Services (ITPS) Division. The Manila-based
company will now be named as Wincor Nixdorf Philippines Inc. and will operate
as a full-fledged legal entity under the umbrella of the Wincor Nixdorf Group.
http://www.wincor-nixdorf.com
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