SYDNEY--11 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CONTINENTAL DEPLOYS...
SHANGHAI: CDP Group Ltd, the leading one-stop HR outsourcing services
provider in Greater China, Wednesday announced that Continental AG, the global
leading provider in automotive electronics, tires and rubber products, has
deployed CDP's award-winning HR outsourcing services to consolidate HR
management for BUs from different roots (Continental, Siemens, Motorola) to a
single centralized Continental Operation Platform in its growing Greater China
region.
TRANSPORT SECTOR...
COPENHAGEN: At a climate symposium in Copenhagen on 5 December, transport,
energy and climate experts from Asia, Europe and the US will explore what must
be done in order to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by
the year 2050.
http://www.stl-symposium.org
http://itps.sakura.ne.jp/stlsite/STL-TOP.html
GSX JOINS...
BERLIN: GSX Groupware Solutions Wednesday announced that it has joined the
Microsoft System Center Alliance and is releasing a new management pack, called
GSX Monitor Management Pack for SCOM, to facilitate the seamless integration of
its GSX Monitor solution for Domino, Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise servers
with Microsoft System Center Operation Manager 2007.
www.gsx.net .
TOP CHAMPAGNE...
NEW YORK: On Wednesday, the results from an international champagne blind
tasting were announced, to reveal a surprising winner amongst the usual
champagne classics.
http://armanddebrignac.com/media/history.html
http://www.armanddebrignac.com
WATANIYA MOBILE...
RAMALLAH: At a press conference Wednesday, the Management and Board of
Wataniya Mobile (WM), represented by Qatar Telecom Q.S.C. (The Qtel Group),
Wataniya Group, and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), announced the launch
of the commercial service of Wataniya Mobile across the West Bank.
http://www.wataniya.ps
http://www.qtel.com.qa
http://www.pif.ps
ENFINITY COLLABORATES...
HYDERABAD: Enfinity, a global renewable energy developer, and Titan Energy
Systems, a manufacturer of PV modules, Tuesday announced their collaboration on
developing, financing and constructing 1 GWp of PV installations on 3000 acres
of land in Andhra Pradesh in the coming 5 years.
ICE ANNOUNCES...
ATLANTA: IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., a leading operator of global
regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC)
markets, announced Wednesday the introduction of 40 new OTC cleared energy
contracts for North American natural gas, power, natural gas liquids and global
oil products.
www.theice.com
https://www.theice.com/terms.jhtml
QTRAX ANNOUNCES...
NEW YORK: Qtrax, the free and legal, ad-supported music download service,
announced that David Schulhof, co-Founder and co-CEO of Evergreen Copyrights,
has joined the company's advisory board.
www.qtrax.com
www.evergreencopyrights.com
VIRTUAL MARKET...
NEW YORK: While retailers are once again forecasting meager sales this
holiday season, there is one sector of the market expected to do well:
companies selling virtual goods. Cellufun, the world's largest mobile social
gaming community, had over 2.5 million transactions in the first three months
after introducing virtual goods into its mobile marketplace.
m.Cellufun.com
ARTNET AUCTIONS...
NEW YORK and BERLIN: From November 10-19 artnet Auctions is featuring Faces
& Figures, aspecial sale of 375 photographs by 185 renowned modern &
contemporary artists.
www.artnet.com/FacesandFigures
www.artnet.com
www.artnet.de
www.artnet.fr
SUBMARINE PROJECT...
CANBERRA: Lockheed Martin Australia of Canberra and Acacia Research, Ltd. of
Adelaide are teaming to pursue the combat system integrator role for the Royal
Australian Navy's Future Submarine project, SEA 1000.
http://www.acres.com.au
http://www.lockheedmartin.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 13
securities issues amounting to a total of US$790 million on Nov 20 and 21, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
RETAIL THEFT...
HONG KONG: The level of global retail theft reached US$114.8 billion in
2009, representing a significant increase of 5.9% over last year's total of
$104.5 billion, according to the third edition of the Global Retail Theft
Barometer.
http://www.retailresearch.org
http://www.checkpointsystems.com
NEW STUDY...
BRUSSELS: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, Tuesday announced the official publication of a new study
titled: "The Western European Recycled Containerboard Risk of Closure Study."
http://www.risi.com/containerboardrisk
INTEC ANNOUNCES...
LONDON: Intec, a global provider of business support systems (BSS)
solutions, Tuesday announced that APT (Asia Pacific Telecom Group), one of
Taiwan's leading operators of fixed and mobile networks, has deployed an
upgrade of Intecs market-leading Total Service Mediation and InterconnecT
billing and settlement solutions.
www.intecbilling.com
DRAEGER COMPLETES...
MELBOURNE: Draeger, a Germany-based company with 120 years of innovation in
ventilation, has just completed the Australian leg of the Draeger Respiratory
Care Speaker Tour on 9th November 2009 in Melbourne.
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