SYDNEY--12 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PEROT ACQUIRES...
PLANO, Texas and BEIJING: Perot Systems Corporation Monday announced that it
will acquire BearingPoint Management Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd., a leading
management and technology consulting company with offices in Shanghai and
Beijing.
http://www.perotsystems.com
http://www.sec.gov
ARKMICRO LICENSES...
SHANGHAI: Vivante Corporation Monday announced that Arkmicro Technologies,
Inc. has licensed Vivante GPU IP for its newest mobile navigation and
entertainment system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
MERIAL EXPANDS...
NANCHANG, China: Merial, the Animal Health division of the sanofi-aventis
Group, announced Monday that Merial Animal Health Co. (China) held a
ground-breaking ceremony for an expansion project at its plant located in the
Nanchang Hi-tech Development Zone, China.
www.merial.com
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT...
DIJON: Through its ecological urban policy, the city of Dijon, France, aims
to create the best conditions for regional development while promoting social
cohesion in harmony with the environment.
WISEKEY LAUNCHES...
GENEVA: On Monday, at ITU Telecom World 2009, WISeKey introduced a new suite
of identity authentication programs centered around the new eKey+, a
biometrically encrypted USB key worthy of James Bonds for the global
telecommunications market.
MEDICAL STUDENTS...
AUCKLAND: Te Pou, the National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information
and Workforce Development and The University of Auckland are joining forces to
encourage medical students into a profession in psychiatry.
www.ranzcp.org
www.tepou.co.nz
GPCA LAUNCHES...
DUBAI: Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the regional
umbrella organization of petrochemical and chemical producers in the region,
has launched an initiative to challenge what it described as protectionist
measures in the garb of anti-dumping procedures launched by China, India and
the European Union (EU) against exports from countries in the region.
http://www.gpca.org.ae
ELECTRIC CLOUD...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Electric Cloud, the leading provider of software
production management (SPM) solutions, Monday announced the release of
ElectricCommander 3.2 in China, which is available through Emdoor.
www.electric-cloud.com
RANKING LIST...
BEIJING: The "Ranking Report on Chinese Real Estate Companies for Q3 2009 in
Terms of Sales," was released Saturday by CRIC (China) Information Technology
Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of E-House (China) Holdings, in
cooperation with China Real Estate Appraisal and Shanghai E-house R&D Institute.
COURT UPHOLDS...
MELBOURNE, Australia: Smith & Nephew Inc.'s Advanced Wound Management
division Saturday announced that the Federal Court of Australia has ruled in
its favour and set aside KCI Medical Australia's (KCIMA) interlocutory
injunction restraining Smith & Nephew from commercialising in Australia foam
dressing kits for use in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).
www.smith-nephew.com
TELECOM JOURNALIST...
NEW YORK: TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network, the leading
research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace,
Saturday announced that Carol Wilson, one of the highest-profile journalists in
the telecom business, will be joining Light Reading as Chief Editor, Events.
http://www.lightreading.com
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
PAY-TV REVENUE...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: By 2014, 84 percent of all pay-TV net additions will come
from emerging markets. However a successful pay-TV VoD service in these markets
will depend on a variety of factors, according to a new report by Pyramid
Research, the telecom research arm of Light Reading Communications Network.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
JAPAN BIDS...
TOKYO: The Japan 2018/2022 Bid Committee, seeking to host the FIFA World Cup
in 2018/2022, kicked off their activities on Oct. 8, announcing their bid
intentions in a press conference at the JFA House in Tokyo.
http://www.dream2018-2022.jp
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of six
securities issues amounting to a total of US$235 million on Oct 19-22, 2009 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
WISEKEY INTENDS...
GENEVA: After recent remarks by the CEO on the poor security of most
telecommunication infrastructures on a cybersecurity panel at ITU Telecom World
2009 caused a widely reported stir, WISeKey SA Friday announced its intention
to begin work with Datang Telecom, among other telecom giants, on widely
deploying the next generation subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards with
secure identity encryption services.
http://www.presseportal.ch/go2/wisekey2
FOOT PAIN...
MELBOURNE: An Australian study, that found nearly one in five people suffer
from foot pain, has identified a disproportionate number of men, 20-34 years,
and young people suffering from untreated foot pain.
TARGETEX ANNOUNCES...
BUDAPEST: TargetEx llc, Budapest announced Friday that the Research
Directorate General of the Commission of the European Communities approved the
transfer of the coordinator responsibilities of the European Cancer Research
Consortium (CancerGrid) to TargetEx.
http://www.cancergrid.eu
http://www.targetex.com
INFOSYS RESULTS...
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies on Friday announced results of the second
quarter ended 30 Sept 2009, posting revenues of $ 1,154 million.
http://www.infosys.com
KYODO NEWS...
TOKYO: "Kyodo News" is now available for iPhone and iPod touch. Daily
Japanese news is available not only in the Japanese language but also in
English for the international market. The Japanese and English versions are
both priced at US$2.99 for a 3-month subscription in iTunes App Store of Apple
Inc.
http://kijizo.jp
http://www.est.co.jp
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/
http://www.est.co.jp/english/index.shtml
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