SYDNEY--10 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
LOGWIN ANNOUNCES...
HONG KONG: Logwin, one of the world's leading providers of global
transportation and freight forwarding services, Tuesday announced that a number
of significant milestones have been achieved in the Far East region since the
company rebranded from its former name of Birkart Globistics one year ago.
http://www.logwin-logistics.com
STANBROKE WINS...
MELBOURNE: An Australian privately owned cattle company which exports its
product to Asia, the Middle East and Europe, has won the most keenly contested
Export Award in the agribusiness sector. Stanbroke, privately owned by the
Menegazzo family and now considered the largest vertically integrated beef
business in the world, was awarded the 2009 NAB Agricultural Award for
Excellence (Export), at a gala event in Melbourne earlier this month.
MUSIC DISTRIBUTION...
MIAMI: SoBe Entertainment and The Orchard have signed an International Music
Distribution agreement. The agreement will allow The Orchard to digitally
distribute SoBe Recording Artist's music internationally: Brooke Hogan, Jah
Cure, Urban Mystic, Stack$ and newly signed Phyllisia.
www.sobeentertainment.com
www.brookehoganmusic.com
www.jahcure.com
AUSTRALIAN OFFICE...
SYDNEY: OpenSymmetry, a worldwide leader in outsourced incentive management
and reward technology solutions, Tuesday announced the opening of its new
Australian offices in Sydney, New South Wales and the appointment of Mark Wild
as Managing Director of OpenSymmetry Australia Pty Ltd.
SAVVIS APPOINTS...
SINGAPORE: Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced internet
infrastructure services for the enterprise, Tuesday announced the appointment
of Suan Soon Cheng as its new Managing Director of Asia Pacific, based out of
its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore.
www.savvis.net
PHARMA SHOWS...
MAARSSEN: Momentum is building for the early December staging in Mumbai of
the third CPhI India and second P-MEC India pharma ingredients, services and
technologies event. A combined total of over 600 exhibitors from over 80
countries are expected at the Bombay Exhibition Centre for the 2009 events,
being held on 1 - 3 December.
www.wherepharmameets.com
www.cphi-india.com
www.pmec-india.com
www.bioph-online.com
BEAUTIFULPEOPLE.COM LIVE!...
LONDON: www.BeautifulPeople.com, the elite dating site for beautiful people
only, went live across the globe on Monday, the 26th of October.
www.BeautifulPeople.com
NEW PARTNER...
LONDON: Fried Frank announced Tuesday that Mark Wesseldine will join the
firm's finance practice as a partner and will be based in London.
www.friedfrank.com
FREELANCER.COM SURPASSES...
SYDNEY: FreelancerTM, formerly known as GetAFreelancer, the world's top
freelance jobs micro-outsourcing marketplace, Monday announced that over
500,000 freelance jobs have been posted to date through the website.
http://www.getafreelancer.com
http://www.freelancer.com
AGILE ALLIANCE...
PORTLAND, Ore.: The Agile Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to
supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and
practices, Tuesday announced six new members to the Agile Alliance.
www.agilealliance.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of a
securities issue of US$250 million on Nov 19, 2009 at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
MOTORS LIQUIDATION...
DETROIT: Motors Liquidation Co. (MLC), formerly known as General Motors
Corp., announced Tuesday it intends to continue with the sale process of its
powertrain manufacturing and engineering facility in Strasbourg, France, which
operates as a subsidiary of MLC.
http://www.motorsliquidationdocket.com
LEGAL SERVICES...
AUCKLAND: Latitude South NZ Ltd Monday launched its new legal services
outsourcing offering, designed for UK in-house legal teams and law firms to
reduce the costs of substantive legal work by utilizing a team of New
Zealand-based former lawyers with UK and international experience.
http://www.latitude-south.com
DAVAL AWARDED...
LONDON: Following the provision of clinical and scientific data to the US
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), privately owned UK company Daval
International Limited has been informed that its innovative anti-inflammatory
agent AIMSPRO has been awarded an Orphan-Drug designation for the treatment of
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
http://www.davalinternational.com
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP...
SAN DIEGO: HUYA Bioscience International, a leader in globalizing China's
biopharmaceutical innovation, Monday announced a strategic partnership with the
School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China.
www.ouc.edu.cn/english
www.huyabio.com
INTELLIGENT PROJECTORS...
TOKYO: Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd., an NEC Corporation subsidiary, formally
released the "iP-01UE" and "iP-01BE" on November 2 as the latest models in the
"Intelligent Projector- iP" series of all-in-one projectors with a built-in
document camera.
http://www.avio.co.jp/english/
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