SYDNEY--12 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PRESIDENTIAL DONATION...
DENVER: President Obama announced today that he will donate US$125,000 of his
US$1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize monies to the American Indian College Fund
(the Fund).
http://www.collegefund.org
EXCELLENCE AWARD...
LOS ANGELES: CoreObjects is proud to announce the achievement of the Project
Management Institutes (PMI) "Excellence Award" for their role in helping launch
a product that enhances the quality of life for patients suffering from
diabetes.
VIDEO WINNERS...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the four winners of its online video
contest, "Change Your Climate, Change Our World."
http://connect.state.gov/
HOSPITALITY PACKAGES...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: With the demand for Rugby World Cup 2011 Corporate
Hospitality packages reaching record levels, the Tournament Organisers are
urging fans to be vigilant of unofficial sources of ticket and hospitality
packages.
www.rth2011.com
TANKER SUPPLIER...
WICHITA, Kan: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) has been named to
the Boeing (NYSE: BA) NewGen Tanker Supplier Team. Boeing, Spirit's largest
customer, is bidding on the KC-X program, the U.S. Air Force's next line of
tanker aircraft.
http://www.spiritaero.com
ORGANIC COSMETICS...
BRUSSELS: NaTrue is gearing up for the future with a new design and a fresh
approach aimed at connecting with all true friends of Natural and Organic
Cosmetics.
http://www.NaTrue.org
UTILITIES SURVEY...
HOUSTON: Only 8 percent of utilities around the world have completed their
smart grid technology implementations while 37 percent have projects underway
and more than half haven't yet started, according to a new Microsoft Corp.
survey.
http://microsoft.com/utilities
TRIAL MILESTONE...
BRISBANE, Australia: Australian drug development company CBio Limited (ASX:
CBZ) today announced the achievement of a clinical trial milestone under its
option agreement with global pharmaceutical leader Novo Nordisk A/S.
www.cbio.com.au
CARD CONTAMINANTS...
AUBURN, Maine: Dirt, oils and other contaminants are introduced into a card
reader every time a credit card is inserted. For the read contacts to properly
access the smart chip, it is critical that these contaminants are regularly
removed to help avoid card reader errors.
http://www.kicteam.com
AUTOMOWER COLOURS...
STOCKHOLM: Today Husqvarna, the global leader in robotic mowing, unveils
Automower(R) Colour Collection, robotic lawnmowers in four exclusive metallic
colours - white, brown, blue and orange.
http://www.husqvarna.com/press ,
TREASURY SYSTEM...
BANGALORE, LONDON and NEW YORK: Infosys Technologies Ltd. today announced the
launch of Finacle Treasury-in-a-Box(TM), a rapid implementation framework for
an integrated front, middle and back office treasury system.
http://www.infosys.com/finacle
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT...
MUNICH/NEUBIBERG: Lantiq, a leading company in next-generation access and home
networking technologies, today announced that industry veteran Michael Thompson
has joined the company as Senior Vice President and head of the worldwide sales
organization at Lantiq.
http://www.lantiq.com
MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIP...
WASHINGTON and LONDON: CGAP, an independent microfinance center based at the
World Bank, today announced a new partnership with the UK Department for
International Development (DFID) to expand ongoing global efforts to use
information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phones, to
increase access to basic financial services for the poor.
http://www.cgap.org
AVON GRANT...
WASHINGTON: The Avon Foundation for Women ( http://www.avonfoundation.org )
presented a $500,000 grant to the U.S. Department of State Secretary's Fund for
Global Women's Leadership to accelerate the global movement to end violence
against women.
http://www.avoncompany.com
SME SERVICES...
FRANKFURT: Commerzbank is expanding its range of services for small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at its branch in Beijing.
INDONESIAN PARTNER...
JAKARTA: TANDBERG, (OSLO: TAA.OL) the leading global provider of telepresence,
high-definition (HD) video conferencing and mobile video solutions, today
introduced an exciting new partner program in Indonesia that will build an
enhanced, long-term collaboration platform for TANDBERG and its partner
community.
http://www.tandberg.com
VIETNAM PARTNER...
HANOI: TANDBERG, (OSLO: TAA.OL) the leading global provider of telepresence,
high-definition (HD) video conferencing and mobile video solutions, today
introduced an exciting new partner program in Vietnam that will build an
enhanced, long-term collaboration platform for TANDBERG and its partner
community.
http://www.tandberg.com
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