SYDNEY--16 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
MOBILE PAYMENTS...
HONG KONG: Microsoft Corp. and M-Com Wednesday announced a solution
offering that provides banks and payment processors with industry-leading
mobile payments functionality - creating more opportunities for banks to offer
mobile payments services to their customers and maximize their revenue
opportunities.
http://www.microsoft.com/financialservices
http://www.mcom.co.nz
DRIVER SEARCH...
SONOMA, Calif.: Allan McNish and the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School join
to announce the 2010 Future Driver Search. Allan McNish will lead the judging
panel for the global driver search for young racing talent.
www.jimrussellusa.com
RISI APPOINTS...
BOSTON: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, Wednesday announced from its 24th annual North American
Forest Products Conference in San Diego, the addition of two industry leaders
to its economic analysis ranks.
www.risi.com
AFP WELCOMES...
BETHESDA, Md.: The Association for Financial Professionals Wednesday said it
is pleased to welcome and congratulate the first group of Certified Treasury
Professionals (CTPs) from the People's Republic of China.
http://www.afponline.org/pub/cert/value.html
http://www.afponline.org/pub/cert/faq.html
PYRAMID LAUNCHES...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light
Reading Communications Network, Wednesday announced the launch of Pyramid
DataTracker, a unique Web-based data retrieval tool that enables its clients to
identify, sort, retrieve, and analyze data by a wide range of criteria,
unlocking even more value from Pyramid's up-to-the-minute data and forecasting
services.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
WEF MEETING...
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Dr. Gulnara
Karimova, and Fund Forum representatives took part in the World Economic Forum
'New Champions' Annual Meeting 2009 in Dalian, China.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT...
SAN DIEGO: Astute Networks, Inc., a leading provider of bladed storage
solutions optimized for the most demanding applications on the edge of the
network, and LHS Incorporated, an embedded computing solutions distributor,
Wednesday announced that the two companies have entered into a product
distribution agreement.
www.astutenetworks.com
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae on Wednesday announced the reopening of 5-year US$1
billion Benchmark Notes Auction, which will mature on Sept 16, 1014.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FURTHER EVIDENCE...
ISTANBUL: Further evidence of the superior antidepressant efficacy of
Valdoxan/Thymanax (agomelatine) over conventional selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)
antidepressants was presented Tuesday at the Servier satellite symposium on the
occasion of the 22nd European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
Congress, with educational financial support provided by Servier.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of five
securities issues amounting to a total of US$161.722 million on Sept 25, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SPRICE.COM POWERS...
SINGAPORE: Sprice.com, one of the world's leading real-time travel search
engines, Tuesday announced a partnership with WIKIO, the news aggregator and
search engine, to power its hotel shopping
(http://www.wikio.com/hotel/home-page-600.html)section.
http://www.sprice.com
http://www.sprice.com/flights
http://www.sprice.com/hotel-reviews
http://www.sprice.com/travel-deals
COPD THERAPY...
VIENNA: A new post-hoc analysis of data from the Understanding Potential
Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium (UPLIFT) trial presented Tuesday
at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress demonstrated that
tiotropium (SPIRIVA) administered to younger patients (less than or equal to)
50 years old) with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) results in
statistically significant reductions in the rate of lung function decline [as
measured by forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1))] and improvements
in health-related quality of life [as measured by St George's Respiratory
Questionnaire (SGRQ)].
ARMORGROUP STATEMENT...
LONDON: ArmorGroup Iraq (AGI) Tuesday said in a statement: "Immediately
following the incident that took place in Iraq on 9th August 2009, in which two
valued colleagues, Paul McGuigan and Darren Hoare, were shot and killed and
another, Arkhan Mahdi, seriously injured, we instigated two separate internal
investigations - this was is in addition to the ongoing investigation by the
Iraqi authorities. Our internal investigations have now been completed and a
number of actions have resulted."
HBA EXPO...
NEW YORK: HBA Global Expo will be held on Sept 15-17, 2009 at Jacob K.
Javits Convention, 11th Avenue between 34th & 39th Street in New York.
www.hbaexpo.com
HUYA ANNOUNCES...
SAN DIEGO: HUYA Bioscience International, the leader in global
pharmaceutical co-development with China, Tuesday announced a strategic
partnership agreement with Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health,
Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIBH).
www.huyabio.com
OUTSPARK APPOINTS...
SAN FRANCISCO: Outspark, the premier North American publisher for
free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, Tuesday announced the
appointment of Niranjan Nagar as Chief of Game Operations.
http://www.outspark.com
FRAGRANCE PARTNERSHIP...
NEW YORK: Coty Inc., a leader in the global beauty industry, Tuesday
announced the signing of international icon and multifaceted artist Beyonce.
www.coty.com
ONLINE DEGREE...
LOS ANGELES: Through http://usdegreeonline.wlac.edu, West Los Angeles
College, located in Los Angeles, California, offers students around the world
an opportunity to earn an American degree online without ever leaving home.
http://usdegreeonline.wlac.edu
NETDRAGON DEBUTS...
HONG KONG: NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading online game developer and
innovator in China, Tuesday formally announced the launch of "Demon Rising", a
new Chinese expansion pack for its flagship Eudemons Online game.
COMSCORE RELEASES...
RESTON, Va.: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world Tuesday
released a study focusing on Google's relative dominance in the two emerging
Internet markets of India and Brazil.
www.comscore.com/companyinfo
FINAL JUDGMENT...
TORONTO, Ontario: On August 11, 2009, in the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, the Honorable Leonard Davis
issued a Final Judgment in i4i v. Microsoft Corporation. The Final Judgment
included an award in excess of US$290 million in favor of i4i and a Permanent
Injunction against Defendant Microsoft selling its flagship Word product in the
USA unless it removes custom XML which infringes i4i's U.S. Patent No.
5,787,449.
www.i4ilp.com
AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,
translated news releases for worldwide clients.
Visit www.asianetnews.net or asianetnews.asia for full-text versions.