SYDNEY--5 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
TALLEST BUILDING...
DUBAI: The world's tallest building was unveiled tonight to an estimated
crowd of over 400,000 and the world, in a crescendo of fireworks, lasers and
fountain displays.
BEER AWARDS...
MELBOURNE: The Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) has kicked off
its annual search for the world's best beers, with Asian brewers encouraged to
enter the second largest beer competition of its kind, joining the global
battle for beer supremacy.
www.beerawards.com
JUNK REMOVAL..
MELBOURNE: The junk removal service sweeping up from Brisbane to Sydney
arrives in Melbourne this month.
MEDICAL ACQUISITION...
GALWAY and CAMPBELL, Calif.: Creganna, a leading supplier of technologies
and services to medical device and lifesciences companies today announced that
it has acquired Avalon Medical Services Pte Ltd. which trades as Tactx Medical
Inc.
www.creganna.com, www.tactxmed.com
SCIENCE LAUREATES...
NEW DELHI: The Infosys Prize 2009 laureates were today felicitated and
awarded at a grand ceremony in New Delhi by the Honorable Vice President of
India Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Chief Guest of the program hosted by the
Infosys Science Foundation.
http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com
SOFTWARE CERTIFICATION...
CHENNAI: Polaris Software Lab Limited, a leading Financial Technology
Company, announced the achievement of SEI CMMI Version 1.2 Level 5
Certification, the highest level of quality and process maturity appraisal in
the industry for Software Services, Intellect Global Universal Banking
product spanning all micro verticals within BFSI across all business solution
centers.
http://www.polaris.co.in/
LEGAL PRACTICE...
LONDON: International legal practice Norton Rose Group today announced that
Deacons Australia has joined Norton Rose Group with effect from 1 January 2010.
http://www.nortonrose.com/asiapacific
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