SYDNEY--2 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
POOL INC. OFFERS...
TOKYO - POOL Inc., which provides cross-media marketing services, has
released the "Funky Effects" iPhone application that contains recordings of
special effects and comments that dramatically spice up scenes in everyday
life, while letting users add their own special effects and messages. With one
press of the iPhone to play back the sound effect that fits the scene, it is
aimed to liven up the atmosphere with an exciting sound or turn it down with a
depressing sound by using this new type of entertaining communication tool.
http://www.pool-side.jp/iphone/
THAILAND - SPA...
BANGKOK - What many spa clients have thought for years, a jury of industry
insiders and journalists has proclaimed in the 2009 AsiaSpa Awards: Thailand is
indeed Asia's spa capital.
www.asiaspa.com
SKILLED SPOUSES...
THE HAGUE - Global Survey Sharpens Focus on Partner Employment Needs. A lack
of spouse employment opportunities adversely affects global mobility of highly
skilled international staff.
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/permitsfoundation37563
GRAPHIN ANNOUNCES...
TOKYO - Graphin Co., Ltd., a rapidly emerging leader for evaluation suites
for image sensors, has announced that the GPLAB-CLSYS, the company's GPirates
series of evaluation systems for images from CMOS image sensors (CIS), is now
fully compliant with the four-lane MIPI CSI-2 standard.
http://www.g-in.co.jp/english/index.html
AVAYA SELECTS...
DALLAS, Tx.- Viewlocity Technologies announced today that Avaya, a global
leader in enterprise communications systems, has selected Viewlocity
Technologies' CarbonView solution to efficiently measure and manage carbon
emissions for the company's global operations. CarbonView, a leading carbon
management and accounting solution, will vastly improve data collection and
analysis for Greenhouse Gas Protocol scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for Avaya as
well as manage energy efficiency and carbon abatement projects.
www.avaya.com
US AND CLIMATE CHANGE...
SYDNEY - Of five countries, the United States is seen by the Chinese public
as posing the greatest threat to China's security. But the Chinese population
worries more about climate change and food and water security than traditional
military threats, the Lowy Institute China Poll released today has
found.
www.lowyinstitute.org
CORDIANT CAPITAL...
MONTREAL - Cordiant Capital Inc. ("Cordiant"), a leading manager of emerging
market private sector investments, announced today that it has signed an
agreement to manage the newly created Infrastructure Crisis Facility Debt Pool
("ICF Debt Pool") launched at the annual meeting of the World Bank
Group in October. Cordiant was chosen following a competitive selection process
involving financial institutions from around the world.
SIGMA SYSTEMS...
TORONTO - Sigma Systems (http://www.sigma-systems.com/), an industry leader
in Advanced IP Service Fulfillment solutions, announced today it has expanded
its sales efforts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by naming Simon Wai Chan
Lee the Senior Sales Director for APAC operations and opening a sales
office in Tokyo, Japan.
20% OF FACEBOOK...
BRISBANE - With over 300 million active users, Facebook is undoubtedly the
most powerful entity in social media today. It's no secret that such immense
user numbers also generate immense dollars in advertising revenue, which is
something the site would surely love to protect. http://usocial.net
facebook_marketing.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$101.165 million on Dec 11, 2009 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
STORAGE SUPERMICRO...
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in
application-optimized, high-performance server and storage solutions, today
launched the world's first line of double-sided storage chassis, which enable
extra high-density storage. With Platinum Level (94%+ efficiency) redundant
power supply support, Supermicro's new 847 series server chassis feature 36
hot-swap 3.5" hard drive trays with 24 in the front and 12 in the rear. For
JBOD configurations, the chassis can support 21 HDDs in the rear for a total of
45 hot-swap 3.5" HDDs.
www.Supermicro.com
HONEST BEAUTY...
NEW YORK - Emerging brands will be a key feature of the HBA Global Expo
Honest Beauty blog. Every month. Mary Palmieri, the editor of Honest Beauty,
will select an up-and-coming beauty product that has unique attributes and
efficacy as well as a compelling background story.
www.hbaexpo.com.
JOB SEEKING...
MELBOURNE - The number of employees applying for jobs in other organisations
has jumped dramatically during the past six months. One in six employees say
they have recently applied to leave their current employment. One in five say
they are actively looking around --- an increase of 36% since June. And more
than half say they are considering moving. The increase in
job seeking activity is just one highlight of Leadership Management
Australasias latest Leadership, Employment and Direction Survey (L.E.A.D.).
http://www.lma.biz/media
LMA-LEAD-Survey-Results-Dec-09.pdf
BUILDING BLOCKS...
GUANGZHOU - With the rough and tumble of 2009 coming to an end, the strong
performance of the latest edition of the Canton Fair, has been seen as a sign
of good things to come across media outlets.
http://www.cantonfair.org.cn
THIESS QUADREM'S...
AMSTERDAM - On 13 October 2009, Thiess officially "went live" becoming a
part of the Quadrem Global eMarketplace. By joining Quadrem, Thiess becomes a
viable member of a global community of more than 60 established buying
companies like BHP Billiton, Anglo American and Rio Tinto and will be able to
utilise the Quadrem Global eMarketplace to transact efficiently with more than
65,000 suppliers via one common electronic platform.
(www.thiess.com)
GREEK ROAD SHOW...
ATHENS - The Invest in Greece Agency, in collaboration with the Greek
Embassy in Australia, is organizing Investment Forums in Australia from
December 3rd until December 9th, to present investment opportunities in Greece
in the sectors of Financial Services, Tourism, Renewable Energy and Information
Technology.
http://www.investingreece.gov.gr
RTS AND FORTIS...
SINGAPORE - RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions
provider, and Fortis Clearing announced today that they are the first trading
solutions provider and clearing firm respectively to receive certification to
offer clients access to the new equity trading system of the Singapore
Exchange Ltd. (SGX).
www.merchantbanking.fortisbank.nl
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