SYDNEY--2 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
MARINE ENGINEERING…
SEOUL: AVEVA Group plc (LSE: AVV) today announced that it is collaborating with
19 universities, colleges and industrial high schools in Korea, that are
offering courses related to marine engineering and design, throughout 2010.
http://www.aveva.com/ednotes
HOTEL PRICES…
LONDON: The average price of a hotel room was 14% lower in 2009 than in 2008,
according to the Hotels.com(R) Hotel Price Index(TM) (HPI(R)).
http://www.hotels.com
ENERGY CONSULTANCY…
BRISTOL: As the world's largest independent renewable energy consultancy, with
local experts on the ground across all continents and almost three decades of
expertise across the project lifecycle, Garrad Hassan is unrivalled in its
ability to provide strategic and policy support to a broad range of clients.
http://www.garradhassan.com/reports/offshoremarket/
COKING COAL…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn: On Feb. 26 Energy Publishing Co. broke new ground in the
coal-marketing industry when it began publishing three price indexes for coking
coal.
http://www.coalportal.com
INDONESIAN APPROVAL…
CALGARY: Ecosse Energy Corp. (CNSX: ECS), a company focused on oil and gas
exploration and production in Indonesia, today announced its subsidiary,
Endeavour Energy (Bengkulu) Pty Ltd, has received approval from BPMIGAS (the
Indonesian Government Oil & Gas Regulatory Department) for its 2010 exploration
and drilling work program for its Bengkulu PSC in South Sumatra Indonesia.
www.sedar.com
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS…
HOUSTON: DIGITAL PLANT Conference 2010 -- Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the
leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the
infrastructure that sustains our world, today demonstrated to PDS users a path
to broad interoperability for reuse and choice, to a comprehensive portfolio
encompassing all infrastructure disciplines for all plant projects, and to
sustained return on existing equity in PDS, all while minimizing project and
business risk.
www.bentley.com
SPIT WEEK…
NEW YORK: UBM TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the largest
research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace, is
celebrating Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT) Week, five days of
focused content that covers many of topics and technologies identified in Light
Reading's SPIT Manifesto published in February
( http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=187395 &).
AWARD CEREMONY…
TASHKENT: Tashkent's Centre of National Art on February 23 hosted a
ceremony to award the winners of the "Social Support of Family
Entrepreneurship" competition, organized by the Women's Council Public
Association and the National Association of Microfinance Organisations and
Credit Unions (NAMOCU).
CONCEPT CAR…
GENEVA: Today Michael Macht, the President and Chief Executive Officer of
Porsche, presented the Porsche 918 Spyder concept car at its world debut in
Geneva.
NEW PARTNER…
NEW YORK: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that
Shannon Lowry Nagle has joined the Firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practice
as a partner, resident in the New York office.
http://www.friedfrank.com
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP…
SAN FRANCISCO: EE Times Group (http://eetimesgroup.com), a UBM company
(http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) and the daily source of essential business
and technical information for the electronics (http://www.eetimes.com)
industry's decision makers, today announced that it is partnering with the
technology group of Reed Business Information to launch of the Embedded Live
Exhibition and Conference.
http://www.eetimesgroup.com
WIRELESS GATEWAYS…
BALLSTON LAKE, N.Y.: Sixnet, a global market leader of machine-to-machine (M2M)
networking solutions for industrial and wireless markets, today announced its
new family of M2M wireless gateways and routers for primary and backup
connectivity within retail and financial applications.
http://www.sixnet.com
AUTOMATION SOLUTION…
SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE: ThoughtWorks Studios,
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com) a global leader in Agile ALM and training, today
announced the latest version of its Agile test automation solutions, Twist(R)
2.0.
www.thoughtworks-studios.com
CHARITY RIDE…
MIAMI: The Cruise Shipping Miami Charity Motorcycle Ride to benefit Seafarer's
House at Port Everglades is scheduled for Sunday, March 14, the day before
the 26th annual cruise industry exhibition and conference opens in Miami
Beach.
http://www.seafarershouse.org
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:
AIRPORT CONTRACT…
HYDERABAD, India: Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a contract by
the Airports Authority of India to automate air traffic control services at the
Chennai International Airport.
AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP…
JERSEY CITY, N.J.: IPC Systems, a leading provider of indispensable trading
communications solutions to the world's leading financial services firms and
global enterprises, today announced that it has expanded its global network
coverage through a partnership with Internet Solutions (IS), a division of
Dimension Data, based in South Africa.
http://www.ipc.com
PURCHASE AGREEMENT…
ALLEGAN, Mich.: Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) today announced that it
has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Orion Laboratories Pty,
Ltd. for approximately $48 million in cash.
http://www.perrigo.com
RESEARCH AWARD…
SAN DIEGO: The Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong government
has awarded Pangu BioPharma, the Hong Kong subsidiary of aTyr Pharma, a second
grant to fund research it is performing in collaboration with the Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
WIRELESS LAN…
FUKUOKA: Kyushu University and PicoCELA Inc., both based in Fukuoka City,
Fukuoka Prefecture, have successfully developed and put into use technology to
build a wide-area wireless LAN at a drastically reduced cost.
http://open4g.jp/Top
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT…
MUNICH/NEUBIBERG and BONN: Lantiq, a leading company in next-generation access
and home networking technologies, and T-Venture today announced the closing of
a strategic investment.
http://www.Lantiq.com
BEIJING OFFICE…
WASHINGTON and BEIJING: Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a leading international law
firm, today announced the opening of an office in Beijing, China.
http://www.steptoe.com
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