SYDNEY--18 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AUTO SUMMIT...
PUNE - Key executives from India's carmakers are meeting in Pune in two
weeks time to address some of the hard practical issues which constrain the
growth of the country's automotive production capacity.
http://india.amsconferences.com
www.automotivelogisticsindia.com
www.ultimamedia.com
SAVI UNWIREDPLANET...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - Building on its successful ISO 18000-7 licensing
program, Lockheed Martin's Savi today announced the launch of UnwiredPlanet,
its next-generation patent licensing program with reduced pricing and a broader
portfolio of wireless sensor networking patents.
http://bit.ly/3vl3dK
http://bit.ly/2tzNoz
www.dash7.org
www.savi.com
BLANKET DELIVERY...
ORCHARD PARK, New York - National Air Cargo and its sister company National
Airlines today announced both companies completed the first phase of "Operation
Blanket Delivery", a collection and donation program started in early October
2009 to benefit orphaned children in Afghanistan's capital city
Kabul.
www.nationalaircargo.com
EF Education First to be Official Language Training Provider for 2014 World
Cup in Brazil
SAO PAULO - Soccer is considered the world's most beautiful game. And EF
Education First, the world leader in international education, will make sure
that to the ears of soccer fans headed to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup,
English will be the world's most beautiful language.
www.ef.com
JUPITER STUDY...
ORLANDO, Florida - JUPITER, which used CRESTOR 20 mg, is the first statin
study to demonstrate a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular events in women
without established cardiovascular disease.
www.astrazeneca.com.
GIGLE NETWORKS...
REDWOOD CITY, California, BARCELONA and EDINBURGH - Gigle Networks, the
leading developer of intelligent multi-PHY switching devices for both wired and
wireless entertainment-grade home networking, today announced that it
has named Andreas Melder as vice president of business development.
http://giglenetworks.com
GIGLE SEMICONDUCTOR...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., BARCELONA and EDINBURGH - Gigle Semiconductor, the
leading developer of intelligent multi-PHY switching devices for both wired and
wireless entertainment grade home networking, today announces that it has
changed its name to Gigle Networks.
http://giglenetworks.com
WIMAX GROWTH...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - The business segment in Africa and the Middle
East should be the main focus of WiMax operators as fixed WiMax's contribution
to fixed business broadband subscriptions is expected to more than quadruple by
2014, according to a new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm
of the Light Reading Communications Network.
www.pyr.com
www.lightreading.com
http://techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
GENIVI ALLIANCE...
TOKYO - The GENIVI Alliance, an industry association driving the development
and adoption of an open In-Vehicle Infotainment reference platform, today
announced continued expansion of its membership with the addition of five
Japan-based companies --
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Alpine Electronics, Mitsubishi
Electric, Pioneer Corporation and Rohm CO, Ltd.
www.genivi.org
HABITAT HUMANITY...
CHIANG MAI - Indian superstar John Abraham joined Habitat for Humanity's
annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Chiang Mai this week.
www.habitat.org
ENERGY EFFICIENCY...
BERLIN - The next round of the "Energy Efficiency Award" starts: Up to 7
February 2010, companies in industry and trade that have achieved exemplary
improvements in energy efficiency can enter the contest. The award, with prize
money totalling 30,000 euros, is offered by the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH
(dena) - the German Energy Agency - in collaboration with Deutsche Messe and DZ
BANK AG and forms part of the Initiative EnergieEffizienz.
www.industrie-energieeffizienz.de
www.dena.de
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN and
MTNR securities issues on November 27, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS...
SAN JOSE, California - NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline
Webinar:
www.nxp.com
http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration
distrib.cgi?s=1446&d=2958
http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration
distrib.cgi?s=1446&d=2958
RIPE NCC...
AMSTERDAM - The RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the
Middle East and parts of Central Asia today launches How to Act Now, a resource
to help business and government representatives plan and execute IPv6
deployment.
DESTINATION THERAPY...
PLEASANTON, California - Thoratec Corporation, a world leader in
device-based mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and
restore failing hearts, said that data released today from the Destination
Therapy pivotal trial for the HeartMate II left ventricular assist system
demonstrate that the device achieved statistically superior results over the HeartMate XVE,
including survival at two years while remaining free from disabling stroke or
the need for reoperation to replace or repair the pump.
www.thoratec.com
www.itcmed.com
SUCCESSION PLANNING...
LOS ANGELES - The most recent Executive Quiz results released today by the
Korn/Ferry Institute indicate the majority of companies are not prepared for
succession in the C-suite.
www.kornferry.com
www.kornferryinstitute.com
HABITAT HUMANITY...
CHIANG MAI - Action film star Jet Li, through his One Foundation, and
Habitat for Humanity have signed an agreement to work together in China's
earthquake-torn Sichuan province in 2010 and in China's Yunnan, Guizhou and
Guangxi provinces in 2011.
www.habitat.org
ACONEX REFURBISHMENT...
LONDON - Aconex, the world's largest provider of project collaboration
solutions to the construction industry, has been selected by home furnishing
retailer IKEA to provide its service to the company's flagship store
refurbishment in Wembley, London.
www.aconex.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.
www.retailresearch.org
www.checkpointsystems.com
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS...
MONACO - On the 20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child, November 20, 2009, one organization is prepared to support children by
helping them to easily understand and access their natural privileges.
CyberDodo.org, a multi-platform, interactive, digital space for children,
championed by an animated Dodo, inspires, daily, young people and their adult
guardians to protect the rights of children.
CyberDodo.org
http://en.cyberdodo.com/files/cyberdodo-press-release/
MASTERCARD MONEYSEND...
PURCHASE, New York - MasterCard Worldwide today announced that starting in
2010, MasterCard customer financial institutions will have the capability to
offer MasterCard cardholders money transfers from any MasterCard or Maestro
card to any other MasterCard or Maestro card.
www.mastercard.com
FOOD INGREDIENTS...
FRANKFURT - Fi Europe 2009, the world's leading food ingredients event,
opened its doors to industry professionals from around the world in Frankfurt
today.
www.ifi-online.com
www.ingredientsnetwork.com
TAYLOR SWIFT...
CLEVELAND - American Greetings today announced it's bringing one of
entertainment's most gifted writers and storytellers to the greeting card
aisle! Taylor Swift has partnered with American Greetings Corp. and secured yet
another outlet for her creativity -- writing greeting cards.
www.twitter.com/amgreetings
www.corporate.americangreetings.com
ASIAN ENERGY...
SINGAPORE - Petrochina Co. Ltd. again took ninth place worldwide and
maintained its leadership position among Asian companies in the 2009 Platts Top
250 Global Energy Company rankings announced here last evening. This year, 55
Asian companies from ten countries made it onto Platts' global roster, up from
50 five years ago, but down from 59 last year.
www.platts.com/top250/
www.platts.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA...
BEIJING - More than two-thirds of 132 public affairs professionals with
responsibility for China believe that opinions expressed in the social media
have more influence over contemporary public policy than other media.
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