SYDNEY--21 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY...
BATAM: PT Grand Uway Development held a groundbreaking ceremony on August
20, 2009 to mark the commencement of the construction of Grand Quarter, an
integrated business and recreation area, in Batam.
http://www.grandquarter.com
LAXAI CEO...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.: LAXAI, a Leading Contract Research Organization
based in the US and India providing integrated services across the drug
discovery and development spectrum, Friday announced that it has appointed
Naren Mallakunta as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.
www.laxai.com
CDMA CERTIFICATION...
SAN DIEGO: The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has
accredited the CCF (CDMA Certification Forum) to ISO/IEC Guide 65, an
internationally recognized performance standard for third-party certification
bodies.
www.globalccf.org
DIGITAL MARKETING...
LONDON: The UK digital marketing industry needs to be more clear in how it
markets itself if it is to make the most of the growing appetite for UK
business investment in online and digital marketing, according to independent
research* commissioned ahead of this year's ad:tech London.
http://www.ad-techlondon.co.uk
http://www.dmgworldmedia.com
http://www.imediaconnection.com
http://www.ad-tech.com
HDFC IMPLEMENTS...
CHENNAI: Polaris Software, a leading Financial Technology company, Thursday
announced that HDFC Bank has implemented Polaris's Enterprise Business Rule
Engine for its Retail Asset Lending Business comprising auto and personal loans.
http://www.hdfcbank.com
http://www.polaris.co.in
DSGLOBAL LAUNCHES...
POOLE: WDSGlobal has launched ServiceMine Email, a powerful email discovery
service that allows consumers to quickly and conveniently mobilize an existing
email account on their mobile phone.
http://www.wdsglobal.com
CABLE&WIRELESS SIGNS...
SINGAPORE: Cable&Wireless Worldwide Thursday announced it has signed a
Network Connectivity Agreement with Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) that
enables Cable&Wireless' financial services customers to get access to SGX's
securities and derivatives market data.
http://www.cw.com
MCCI APPLAUDS...
ITHACA, N.Y.: MCCI Corporation applauds the decision of the USB Implementers
Forum to approve Network Control Model (NCM) technology as an open standard.
http://www.mcci.com
FINANCIAL REPORTING...
MUMBAI: According to a newly released survey by Resources Global
Professionals India, only 27 per cent of blue chip foreign and Indian
multi-national corporations say they are prepared for the conversion to the new
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from the current Indian
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
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