SYDNEY--8 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
UROLOGY SYMPOSIUM...
DETROIT: The 2010 International Robotic Urology Symposium will take place
Jan. 15-17, 2010 at the Wynn Las Vegas.
http://henryford.com/IRUS
PRIVATE CLOUDS...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced Internet
infrastructure services for the enterprise, and Cisco Tuesday announced an
expanded relationship focused on the development of private clouds for the
enterprise.
www.savvis.net
http://www.cisco.com
MICROFINANCE CONCERNS...
MANILA: The threat of poor entrepreneurs taking on too much loan debt is a
growing reality, and a genuine threat to the rapidly expanding microfinance
sector. At Oikocredit's annual staff and board meetings, regional managers who
operate in almost 70 different countries, raised concerns over the rate of
over-indebtedness in some countries.
http://www.oikocredit.org
U.S.-CHINESE COOPERATION...
COPENHAGEN: Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy, the
third-largest electric power holding company in the U.S., and Wang Yusuo,
chairman of ENN Group, one of the largest private energy companies in China,
Tuesday said in a joint statement that cooperation between government and
business leaders from China and the U.S., the world's two largest industrial
nations, is a key to the success of the United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Copenhagen.
http://www.enn.cn/en/index/index.html
http://www.duke-energy.com/
WORLD CUP...
CAPE TOWN: Two of the world's most passionate footballing nations, Spain and
Brazil, are favourites to go head to head in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final,
according to the Castrol Predictor, a new tool launched Tuesday by 2010 FIFA
World Cup sponsor Castrol.
http://www.castrolfootball.com
TEST TOOL...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: K-micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics America), a leader in
advanced ASICs, and Anritsu Monday announced the development of the first test
tool and methodology to analyze 10Gbps Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON)
chips.
www.us.anritsu.com
http://www.k-micro.us
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of six
securities issues on Dec 17 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the
principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CARBON CAPTURE...
CANBERRA: The Global CCS Institute Monday announced a new program of support
to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and storage projects worldwide.
www.globalccsinstitute.com
TANDBERG LAUNCHES...
BANGKOK: "Telepresence" frequently conjures images of a select group of
business-suited executives brought together around a table through high-quality
visual communications. TANDBERG Monday introduced the TANDBERG T3 Custom
Edition, a customizable telepresence solution that shatters that image,
bringing that same in-person experience to engineers, fashion designers, and
educators who want to collaborate naturally with suppliers, buyers and students
in a flexible workspace.
http://www.tandberg.com
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