SYDNEY--3 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ARCHIVAL DATA...
SYDNEY: Thirteen universities in Australia and New Zealand have selected
Century of Social Sciences(TM), a superior and unique set of archival data
(backfiles)covering groundbreaking research in the social sciences back to
1900, from Thomson Reuters for their education and research needs.
http://www.thomsonreuters.com
BROADBAND STUDY...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Pyramid Research's Ozgur Aytar will present at FTTH
Council Europe's 7th Annual Conference February 24-25 in Lisbon, Portugal,
where she will announce the findings of a study commissioned by the FTTH
Council Europe on FTTH/B broadband access pricing strategies of service
providers worldwide.
www.pyr.com
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM...
NEW YORK: HBA Global Expo is seeking speaker proposals for its renowned
educational program taking place September 28-30, 2010 at the Jacob K. Javits
Convention Center in New York.
http://www.hbaexpo.com
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today announced that it will not utilize
its first (February 2nd) Benchmark Notes announcement date this month.
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts
indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated
below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
ASIAN OFFICE...
NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG: GAIN Capital Holdings Inc., a global
provider of online trading services, announced today the opening of its newest
office in Hong Kong, further extending its presence in the Asia-Pacific region
alongside offices in Tokyo and Seoul.
http://www.gaincapital.com
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT...
HAMBURG and MENLO PARK, Calif: PGP Corporation, a global leader in
enterprise data protection, and TC TrustCenter today announced that the
companies have signed a definitive agreement under which PGP Corporation will
acquire privately-held TC TrustCenter and its U.S. parent company,
ChosenSecurity.
http://www.pgp.com
FLOATING PLATFORM...
SEOUL: A floating platform made with steel-frame blocks to serve as the
buoyant foundation for the world's first artificial floating island will be
launched in the Hangang river, the landmark river that runs through Seoul from
east to west, flowing to the West Sea.
PORTFOLIO ADDITIONS...
NEUBIBERG: While leveraging its number one position in VoIP gateway silicon
products, Lantiq, a leading company in next-generation access and home
networking technologies, today announced major additions to its DECT/CAT-iq
portfolio.
http://www.lantiq.com
TELCO AGREEMENT...
DUBAI: Etisalat, the leading telecom service provider, today announced an
agreement with Pacific Controls, the leading global automation company, to
jointly work towards offering Machine to Machine (M2M) applications and support
to telco's clients.
http://www.pacificontrols.net
MUSIC RELIEF...
LOS ANGELES: Producer Quincy Jones and singer/songwriter Lionel Richie, the
producer and co-writer of the iconic 1985 philanthropic anthem We Are The
World, have confirmed that they have teamed with producer/musician Wyclef Jean
and Grammy-winning producer RedOne and producer/musical director Rickey Minor
in association with Randy Phillips, President & CEO, AEG Live to record a
contemporary version of the song to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief
efforts on Monday, February 1, 2010.
GRAND OPENING...
MACAU: Against the glowing light of Macau's historic Inner Harbour
District, the magic of Michael Jackson ("MJ") was revived by a passionate
troupe of fans, celebrities, music artistes and Asia's glitterati tonight.
MEDIA SYSTEM...
AMSTERDAM: Today at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam, Biamp(R)
Systems unveiled Vocia, its newest Networked Media System.
http://www.biamp.com/vocia.php
BIO-ENGINEERED STENT...
HONG KONG; OrbusNeich announced that clinical data presented at Asia
PCR/Singapore LIVE 2010 demonstrated the benefits of the Genous Bio-engineered
R stent in the treatment of two challenging patient subsets.
NEW DELHI: Pacnet, through its joint venture Pacific Internet India Pvt.
Ltd. (Pacnet India), has obtained National Long Distance (NLD) and
International Long Distance (ILD) licenses from the Department of
Telecommunications of India, providing businesses in India broader access to
Pacnet's suite of advanced telecommunications solutions.
http://www.pacnet.com
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