SYDNEY--19 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...
VANCOUVER: Petro Horizon is pleased to announce that it has retained
Mercator Geological Services Limited to expedite the completion of a 43-101
report on the Brazil Lake Lithium and Rare Metals Property. Upon receipt of the
43-101 report expected within the next 45 days, the company will announce its
2010 work program immediately thereafter.
http://petrohorizonenergy.ca/
CAMPARI GALLERY...
MILAN: Today Campari inaugurates its Gallery, a dynamic, multimedia and
interactive place that traces the life of the brand through modern and
contemporary art from 1860 to the present day, in its 150th anniversary year.
Campari has collected pieces belonging to many different artists, such as
Cappiello, Munari, and Depero, to whom Campari dedicated a temporary exhibit.
http://www.camparigroup.com/en/
FOOD SECURITY...
ZURICH: Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture (HFFA) released a
declaration on "Water and World Food Security" on the 2010 World Water Day.
HFFA also calls for a global summit on water and world food security. It also
proposes to create an international A25 group which, much like the G20,
develops implements and coordinates international efforts to alleviate
hunger around the globe.
http://www.humboldtforum.org
CHINESE LEARNING...
NEW YORK: McGraw-Hill's acclaimed suite of Access-branded digital learning
platforms - including AccessMedicine, AccessScience, and AccessEngineering -
will be offered for the first time to Chinese students, educators, and
researchers as a result of a new distribution initiative announced by
McGraw-Hill Professional today in New York. Using the platform of the Chinese
Education and Research Network (CERNET), McGraw-Hill will offer world-renowned
education platforms to Chinese universities.
http://www.mhprofessional.com/
TEXT VERIFICATION...
MONACO: PIM (Product Information Management) will become the EMA-answer to
long-standing, troublesome questions about product information and consistency.
To get the answer right and ready as quickly as possible, a reliable text
comparator like TVT (Text Verification Tool) from Schlafender Hase will play a
crucial role.
OPERATOR SURVEY...
COLORADO SPRINGS: The International Customer Management Institute (ICMI),
now in its 25th year, today launched its 2010 Call Center Workforce Management
Practices (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZVRKSPP) survey in an email
solicitation to call centers and vendors around the world, and online at http://www.icmi.com/wfmresearch.
http://www.icmi.com
http://www.pipkins.com
NETWORK EXPANSION...
JERSEY CITY: IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of indispensable trading
communications solutions to the world's top financial services firms and global
enterprises, has announced that it now has 4,000 on-net market participants
connected to its global financial community. This marks a
significant growth in the company's Network Services community from 1,000
on-net sites in 2007, and reflects the financial services sector's growing
requirement for secure, low-latency dedicated connectivity services.
http://www.ipc.com/
CALLING CARDS...
STOCKHOLM: Overseas Filipinos said they were cheated out of $500 on average
by fraudulent calling cards, and many said they had been ripped off for up to
$3,500 or more, according to Rebtel's survey of more than 1,000 customers who
regularly use Rebtel to call the Philippines.
http://www.rebtel.com
COURT VERDICT...
LONDON, NEW YORK, HONG KONG and SINGAPORE: Tullett Prebon plc v BGC Brokers
LP and BGC Brokers GP Limited ("BGC"). The Court found that it should only be
necessary to extend the injunction against BGC, Mr Lynn and Mr Verrier until 2
April 2010 because the Judgment exposed BGC's unlawful conduct. Mr Justice Jack
found that, "The Court must assume that the exposure of BGC's conduct as set
out in the judgment will curb unlawful recruitment in the future."
http://www.tullettprebon.com
WAGNER PERFORMANCES...
BERLIN: With Richard Wagner's opera Der fliegende Holl adi adi?nder, the
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) and Marek Janowski begin their series
featuring concert performances of the ten most important of Wagner's operas on
November 13, 2010. Under the direction of Marek Janowski, the RSB will perform
the operatic works Parsifal (April 8, 2011) and Die Meistersinger von N adi
adi?rnberg (June 3, 2011) with the Rundfunkchor Berlin during the 2010/11
season.
http://www.rsb-online.de
PRODUCT AWARD...
SYDNEY, SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR: Bausch + Lomb ReNu MultiPlus(R)
multi-purpose solution has been named "Best Eye Care Product of the Year -
Asia" for its revolutionary bottle design at this year's A.S. Watson Global
Suppliers Awards. Held in Hong Kong on 4 March 2010, the awards recognize
international brands for outstanding performance in bringing innovation,
differentiation and excitement to the consumer experience.
http://www.bausch.com
EARTHQUAKE SAFEGUARD...
MUMBAI: As part of its long-term commitment to corporate responsibility in
India, Swiss Re has partnered with an international non-profit organisation,
GeoHazards International (GHI), and a New Delhi-based non-profit organisation,
GeoHazards Society (GHS), to launch a multi-year campaign to improve hospital
earthquake safety in India.
http://www.swissre.com
http://www.geohaz.org/
http://www.geohaz.in
WEB SUPPORT...
BANGALORE: Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leader in powering
video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced today
that iYogi, the world's-fastest growing provider of comprehensive
direct-to-consumer and small business remote tech support
(http://www.iyogi.net/tech-support.html), is leveraging Akamai's Dynamic Site
Accelerator solution to power iYogi's Global Delivery Platform and help improve
the speed, performance and uptime of iYogi's online operations and
customer interactions.
http://www.iyogi.net
http://www.akamai.com
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