SYDNEY--29 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FRIENDSTER SHOP...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Friendster, Inc., a top global
web site based on traffic, today announced the launch of
virtual gifts and the Friendster Gift Shop, which is the first
in a series of forthcoming products utilizing the new
Friendster Wallet, enabling over 115 million Friendster users
to buy and send gifts to one another.
www.friendster.com
GUIDEMESINGAPORE.COM REPORT...
SINGAPORE - GuideMeSingapore.com released a report today
that compares the tax policies of six countries: UK, USA,
India, Australia, Russia, and Singapore. Using the tax rates
for the year 2009, the report performs a comparative analysis
of the tax impact on a new firm incorporated in each of these
countries.
www.guidemesingapore.com
SINGAPORE EVENTS...
SINGAPORE - Singapore based Success Resources International
has acquired Capital Intelligence Ltd, a publicly listed
company trading on the Australian Securities Exchange.
www.citrus-pr.com
www.srpl.net/fullmedia_richardbio.php?n=&e=&ref=
BIOPOWER SYSTEMS...
SYDNEY - Australia's ocean energy company, BioPower Systems,
today announced that it had signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Spanish Global Project Development
Company Elecnor SA.
www.biopowersystems.com
VIZIO PATENT...
IRVINE, California - VIZIO announced that Sony Corporation
has become a licensee under VIZIO's patent portfolio. VIZIO, a
leader in the American LCD HDTV market, owns a substantial
worldwide patent portfolio directed to digital television
technology.
www.VIZIO.com.
ICC EVALUATION ...
NORTHBROOK, Illinois - ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. and
Underwriters Laboratories have established a Dual PMG Listing
Program for plumbing, mechanical, and fuel gas products.
www.ul.com/regulators/codelink
www.icc-es.org/pmg
QTRAX MUSIC...
NEW YORK - Qtrax today announced its rollout schedule for
its free and legal music download service in the Asia Pacific
region.
www.qtrax.com
THE ADDRESS...
DUBAI - The Address Dubai Marina has opened its doors in one
of the city's most vibrant lifestyle districts, Dubai Marina.
This five-star premium hotel is the latest addition to the
portfolio of The Address Hotels + Resorts and is designed to be
a modern business destination with access to countless leisure
and entertainment opportunities.
CHINA CONFERENCE...
NEW YORK - Brean Murray, Carret & Co. will hold its 2009
China Growth Conference on Thursday, November 19 & Friday,
November 20, 2009 in New York City at The Millennium Broadway
Hotel. The two-day conference format consists of 25-minute
presentation slots followed by 10-minutes of open floor Q&A
sessions with institutional clients.
www.breanmurraycarret.com
www.meetmax.com/sched/event_4423/~public
conference_home.html?event_id=4423
RECOMBINANT PROTEIN...
BAD HOMBURG, Germany and LACHEN, Switzerland - Octapharma
Group and Fresenius Kabi have signed a License, Development and
Supply Agreement regarding the use of Fresenius Kabi's
HESylation Technology to develop a HESylated recombinant
protein.
www.HESylation.com
www.octapharma.com
www.fresenius-kabi.com
MISSILE DEFENCE..
KAUAI, Hawaii - Riki Ellison, President and Founder of the
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, praised the Japanese crew
for their successful intercept test off of the coast of Hawaii
on Tuesday evening. Ellison who was in Hawaii for the test had
these remarks and observations:
www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org
Telnic Announces Backup and Restore for .tel Domains
LONDON - Telnic Limited, the Registry Operator for the
communications-focused .tel top level domain, today announced
owners can now backup and restore their .tel domains using new
functionality built in to the web control panel.
http://telnic.tel
www.telnic.org
VARIAN MEDICAL...
SALT LAKE CITY - CMEF Booth #H31/F11 -- Varian Medical
Systems, Inc., X-Ray Products, a premier supplier of X-ray
tubes and flat panel digital X-ray image detectors will exhibit
a wide selection of flat panel X-ray image detectors for
digital radiography at the China International Medical
Equipment Fair meeting in Chengdu, China, October 28-31,
2009.
www.varian.com
OTIS ELEVATORS...
FARMINGTON, Connecticut Otis Elevator Company was awarded a
contract to supply and install 334 energy-efficient Gen2
elevators for the Longtan City Industry Zone in Chengdu, China.
Otis, a unit of United Technologies Corp., is the largest
elevator supplier for the 32-million-square-foot development.
SAVVIS RESULTS...
ST. LOUIS - Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced
internet infrastructure services for enterprises, today
reported its third quarter 2009 financial results, with revenue
of US$213.2 million, compared to US$218.4 million in the third
quarter of 2008.
www.savvis.net
REINERTSEN CONTRACT...
PORSGRUNN - TCM DA has Awarded Reinertsen AS a Contract for
Fabrication and Installation of Pipe Trenches, Support Systems,
Process Module, etc.
LASER SOFT...
CHENNAI - Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd, a leading software
product company for the Banking and Financial Services sector
in India & emerging countries and a group company of Polaris
Software Lab Ltd, was awarded NDTV Business Leadership Awards
2009 under the 'Inclusion and Diversity' category.
www.polaris.co.in
RATCHAPHRUEK FESTIVAL...
CHIANG MAI - More than 200,000 visitors are expected to
attend a grand festival designed to celebrate and honour His
Majesty the King, now the worlds longest reigning monarch, who
will be celebrating his 82nd birthday on 5 December, 2009.
www.tatnews.org
KIDNEY DISEASE...
DUBLIN - Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical
company, today announced it has received approval through the
European Mutual Recognition Procedure for an extension to the
current indication for FOSRENOL, paving the way to make the
non-calcium, non-resin phosphate binder available throughout
the EU to control hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease
patients who are not on dialysis with a serum phosphorus level
greather than or equal to 1.78mmol/L (5.5mg/dL).
www.shire.com
CLOUD COMPUTING...
BEIJING - Joyent, Inc., the leading vendor of
Enterprise-Class Cloud Computing, today announced the expansion
of its Cloud Computing business to China.
www.joyent.com.cn
www.joyent.com
GEORGE SOROS...
BUDAPEST - George Soros on Monday delivered the first of a
series of lectures that reflects the culmination of a lifetime
of thinking on finance, politics, and open society.
www.ft.com/soroslectures
V AUSTRALIA...
BRISBANE - From lions and leopards to koalas and kangaroos!
Richard Branson's new Australian airline is gearing up for
March launch with special sale fares for South African
travellers.
www.vaustralia.com
www.vaustralia.com.au
www.virginblue.com.au
www.flypacificblue.com
TOMMY HILFIGER...
AMSTERDAM - Tommy Hilfiger Group today announces that for
the six month period to 30 September 2009 total global sales
increased by 3.5% to EUR772 million.
www.tommy.com
REBTEL PAKISTAN...
STOCKHOLM - Pakistanis living in 50 countries around the
world can now call friends and family in Pakistan free of
charge using any phone -- landline or mobile -- with the
introduction of Rebtel service in Pakistan.
www.rebtel.com
GCC INSURERS...
DUBAI - In a major step forward for salvage remarketing in
the GCC, a number of major insurers and corporate clients have
selected Manheim Arabia to remarket their insurance salvage
vehicles. Following an exhaustive review of salvage remarketing
across the region, Manheim Arabia has invested locally to
expand its specialised automotive operations and better meet
the needs of the industry.
www.manheimarabia.com
AIR CHINA...
BEIJING - In step with the speedy recovery of the Chinese
aviation industry over the past six months, Air China has
announced that it will be expanding a number of its domestic
and international flight routes.
GRUPO HEMAS...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Grupo Hemas, a rapidly expanding
Mexico-based logistics and security firm, has contracted with
Savi Networks for its real-time intelligence service that
automatically monitors the location, security and condition of
shipments transported throughout the supply chain.
www.grupohemas.com
www.hemaspheria.com
www.savinetworks.com
www.twitter.com/savigroup
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