SYDNEY--27 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
INNOVATIVE CITIES...
MELBOURNE: Innovation Analysts 2thinknow released today a 4 year global
study of what makes cities innovative, in an in-depth report.
http://www.innovation-cities.com
RISK PROFESSIONALS...
NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG: The Global Association of Risk Professionals
(GARP) hosts its 6th annual gathering of elite thought leaders and innovators
in the practice of risk management, the Asia Pacific Convention, at the Four
Seasons Hong Kong on October 29-30, 2009.
(http://www.garp.com/events/apc2009/)
SPOKESPERSON AGREEMENT...
LOS ANGELES: Burner Balm, a division of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. (PSH),
today announced a spokesperson agreement with Andre Ethier, right fielder for
the NL West Division Champions, Los Angeles Dodgers.
www.burnerbalm.com
ELITE DATING...
HONG KONG: BeautifulPeople.com, the elite dating site for beautiful people
only, launches in Hong Kong on Monday the 26th of October.
www.BeautifulPeople.com
PRESS AGREEMENT...
NEW YORK: PRPR has signed an exclusive press agreement with Australian
Professional Tennis Player, Mark Philippoussis.
www.paularosadopr.com
KEYNOTE SPEAKER...
NEW DELHI: RISI today announced that Gautam Thapar, Chairman & CEO of
Avantha Group, will head up the program as the keynote speaker at RISI's
inaugural Indian Seminar.
http://www.risi.com/events/Indian-Seminar/program.html
PROSPERITY RANKING...
LONDON: Australia ranks high in freedom and democracy but lags other world
leaders in health, domestic security and entrepreneurship.
http://www.prosperity.com
PROSPERITY INDEX...
LONDON: The third edition of the Legatum Prosperity Index, published today,
ranks 104 countries (covering 90% of the world's population), based on a
definition of prosperity that combines economic growth together with measures
of happiness and quality of life.
http://www.prosperity.com
MEDIA ACQUISITION...
TAMPA: Significantly expanding its position in the global mobile messaging
space, Syniverse Technologies (NYSE: SVR) announced today that it completed its
acquisition of VeriSign, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: VRSN) Messaging and Mobile Media
Services for approximately $175 million in cash, subject to working capital
adjustments.
http://www.syniverse.com
GLOBAL STUDY...
MELBOURNE: Innovation Analysts 2thinknow released today a 4 year global
study of which cities were winning the global innovation race and why, in an
in-depth report. The centre-piece was a 162 indicator framework to build
innovation cities globally.
http://www.innovation-cities.com
GREEN CARS...
LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Auto Show will host a unique opportunity for
journalists to drive some of the most advanced green cars on Dec. 3 from 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
http://www.greencar.com
CONTACT CORRECTION...
STOCKHOLM: In the news release, "Nanoradio Supplies "Always on WiFi"(TM) for
Sharp" issued on 26 Oct 2009 09:00 GMT, by Nanoradio AB over PR Newswire, we
are advised by a representative of the company that the contact number for Tord
Wingren should be +46-705-90-05-67 instead of +46-705-5900567 as originally
issued inadvertently.
http://sharp-world.com/index.html
BANKING PROCESSES...
CHENNAI: Polaris Software, a leading Financial Technology company, announced
that Axis Bank has centralized its banking processes in Trade Finance, Cards
and Check truncation using Intellect Business Process Studio (BPS).
http://www.polaris.co.in
CONCERT WORKS...
HONG KONG: This November, Hong Kong's much anticipated answer to these great
traditions, Swire Symphony under the Stars, will once again transform the lush
expanse of the Happy Valley Racecourse Recreation Ground into a dense patchwork
of music loving picnickers, providing its denizens with the chance to hear an
exciting repertoire of favourite concert works as performed by the Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Perry So and violinist Mengla Huang.
suts.hkpo.com
NEWSWIRE ALLIANCE...
LONDON: A strategic alliance with the African Press Organisation (APO)
announced today greatly enhances PR Newswire's reach to media and other key
influencers in Africa.
http://www.prnewswire.com
ELECTRONIC SUPPLIER...
STOCKHOLM: Nanoradio today announced to supply for Sharp, one of the world's
leading electronic manufacturers, WiFi chipset NRX700/2 for WLAN modules to the
wireless mobile industry in Japan and Asia.
http://sharp-world.com/index.html
DEPOSIT EXPANSION...
TORONTO: Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth") (TSX: DM) (TSX:DM.U) today
announces a 101 million tonne expansion in Indicated Resources of the Nokomis
Deposit.
www.duluthmetals.com
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