SYDNEY--4 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SYSTEM CHIP...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Scintera Networks, Inc., a leading provider of
semiconductors for wireless communications, today announced the general
availability of its SC1887: Adaptive RF Power Amplifier Linearizer (RFPAL)
system-on-chip (SoC).
http://www.scintera.com
SINGAPORE ACQUISITION...
SINGAPORE: Webvisions, a leading provider of web-hosting services in Asia
Pacific, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Skydio Pte Ltd, a
Singapore based Internet Service Provider offering data center, managed
servers, managed messaging and hosting services.
http://webvisions.com
KEYNOTE SPEECH...
LONDON: The global CEO of HSBC Amanah will deliver a keynote speech at
Euromoney Seminar's Islamic Finance Summit in London on 23rd February 2010 at
The Landmark.
http://www.euromoneyseminars.com/IF10
PASSWORD SAFES...
ZURICH: The world's leading data safe with built-in inheritance,
DataInherit, announced today the launch of two new high security password
safes.
http://www.datainherit.com
DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY...
LONDON: Argentium International Limited, the company behind the Argentium
premium silver brand, today announced its new distribution strategy.
http://www.argentiumsilver.com
MOBILE TV...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Telegent Systems, the company that makes television
mobile, today introduced its third generation analog mobile TV receiver, the
TLG1121.
http://www.telegent.com
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:
INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in outsourced
internet infrastructure services for enterprises, today reported its fourth
quarter 2009 financial results, with revenue of US$219.8 million, compared to
US$222.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2008.
NATIONALITY MARKETING...
BRISBANE: Advertising that a toy is made in China can be as successful as
saying a watch is "Swiss Made", if the marketing is done right, a Queensland
University of Technology researcher says.
PHOTO EXHIBITION...
TOKYO: Ricoh Co., Ltd. has announced the start of the Ikuo Tatsumi Photo
Exhibition: "Run! Shoot! In the World's Marathons" from February 3, 2010.
http://ringcube.jp
BANKING INCLUSION...
WASHINGTON: More than 170 million poor people worldwide receive regular
payments from their governments, but the potential to use these payments to
increase financial inclusion is largely untapped, according to "Banking the
Poor via G2P Payments," a new report by CGAP, a microfinance group based at the
World Bank, and the U.K.'s Department for International Development (DFID).
http://technology.cgap.org
TRAMPOLINE SAFETY...
AUCKLAND: In breaking news, Kiwi designed "Springfree Trampoline" has been
recognized with the 2010 USA Product of the Year Award.
www.springfreee.com
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