SYDNEY--28 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
RESCUE PLAN...
SYDNEY: QVT Fund LP and Quintessence Fund L.P. (together, "QVT"), announced
their support for the rescue plan proposed by the directors of TZ Limited ("TZ"
or the "company").
VEHICLE SALES...
TOKYO: Vehicle sales in Japan are forecasted to grow 4 percent in 2010 as
government stimulus programs continue to prop up demand, according to
automotive forecasting firm CSM Worldwide.
CHINA MOU...
NANJING: Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in product safety
testing and certification services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with State Grid Electric Power Research Institute of China (SGEPRI) to
advance research and development in China's renewable energy and power
distribution industries.
http://www.ul.com/newsroom
VIETNAM SUBSIDIARY...
HANOI: Cenergy Power, a leading commercial solar developer in California, today
announced the legal formation of a Vietnam-based subsidiary focusing on
utility-scale solar power development and project-level human capital build-up
in Southeast Asia.
www.cenergypower.com
CANCER CAMPAIGN...
GENEVA: 'Cancer can be prevented too' is the theme of a new campaign being
launched today in the lead up to World Cancer Day on 4th February, by the
International Union Against Cancer (UICC).
http://www.worldcancercampaign.org
QUALCOMM RESULTS...
SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and
innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today
announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 ended December 27, 2009.
www.qualcomm.com
SOCCER CHAMPIONS...
SEOUL: Six "Little Champions" from Korea have recently marched onto the iconic
Old Trafford football pitch for the UEFA Champions League fifth Group Stage
match between Manchester United FC and Besiktas JK in Manchester.
http://www.scfirstbank.com/littlechampions
POWER AGREEMENT...
MADRID: Spanish T-Solar Group, a leader in the South of Europe in the
photovoltaic electric power generation market - in terms of installed capacity
- has just sealed an agreement with French Global Ecopower to jointly develop
120 MWp in France over the next three years.
http://www.tsolar.eu
VIDEO SERVICES...
NEW DELHI: Dialogic Corporation ("Dialogic"), a global provider of world-class
products and technologies for multimedia and signal processing, today announced
that Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), one of India's largest mobile
telecommunications operators, has selected Spice Digital and Bay Talkitec's 3G
mobile video VAS (Value Added Services) solutions to provide enhanced video
services to their 3G subscribers.
http://www.dialogic.com
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amount indicated
for the following securities issue on the redemption date indicated below at a
redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus
accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
MONORAIL CAR...
MUMBAI: Scomi Group, a leading provider of urban transit systems across the
globe focusing on the emerging markets of India, China, Gulf States and Brazil,
announced the successful trial run of India's first monorail car for the Mumbai
Monorail project.
VIDEO INTERVIEW...
NEW YORK: TechWeb's Light Reading, the leading research-led media company
serving the global communications marketplace, today announced that the second
segment of its broadband video interview with Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen
is online, right here: http://www.lightreading.com/video.asp?doc_id=187126
www.lightreading.com
FOOD NEWS...
AMSTERDAM: New food ingredients, food science & food business news
on IngredientsNetwork.com.
http://www.ingredientsnetwork.com/
PHARMACEUTICAL INCUBATOR...
CHANGZHOU: On January 16, a foundation laying ceremony for the Changzhou
Bio-pharmaceutical Incubator -- an innovative technological medium with
international standards, with Changzhou Fangyuan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. as
the principal developer -- was held in the Changzhou National High-Tech
District, Jiangsu province.
http://www.czxx.org.cn
HONOURING ARTS...
DUBAI: Dubai is honouring all regional and international patrons of
the arts, who have made financial contributions towards strengthening Dubai's
art scene, with the first ever recognition of its sort in the Arab world.
http://www.dubaiculture.ae/paa
T-SHIRT DESIGN...
CHAM: Creativity pays off: Rapidshare AG today launched the second T-shirt
design contest in which the new design for the coveted Limited Edition
Rapidshare T-shirt is being sought.
http://www.rapidshare.com/tshirt2010.html
ISM METHODOLOGY...
EXTON, PA.: Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to
providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains
our world, today announced the launch of its Integrated Structural Modeling
(ISM) methodology for creators and consumers of structural project information.
http://www.bentley.com
SYNDICATED FACILITY...
SINGAPORE: Fourteen international banks lent overwhelming support to the
maiden Asian syndicated facility for Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd.
NEW APPOINTMENT...
READING: Acision, the world's leading messaging company, is pleased to announce
the appointment of Stefano Cantarelli as CTO.
http://www.acision.com
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