SYDNEY--7 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
COMSCORE RELEASES...
SINGAPORE: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world,
Wednesday released its latest report on social networking activity in the
Asia-Pacific region (excluding China) based on data from its World Metrix
service.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
W RETREAT...
KOH SAMUI: W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry
innovator, has announced that W Retreat-Koh Samui, the first W Retreat in
Southeast Asia, will open in summer 2010.
http://www.whotels.com/kohsamui
MUSIC FESTIVAL...
AUCKLAND: The promoters of We Love Sounds Wednesday announced that
Australia's largest winter music festival will be coming to Auckland, New
Zealand for the first time ever on Friday 4th June (Queen's Birthday Long
Weekend) at The Trusts Stadium Arena.
www.welovesounds.co.nz
CLEAN ENERGY...
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON: The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation (OPIC) Wednesday approved up to $250 million to support
ContourGlobal Solutions' energy-efficiency project which will enable a major
Coca-Cola bottler to significantly reduce its carbon dioxide emissions while
also reducing energy consumption and costs.
http://www.opic.gov
KONFTEL LAUNCHING...
UMEA, Sweden: Konftel, Europe's leading and world's fastest growing
manufacturer of conference phones is now launching the Konftel 250.
http://www.konftel.com
UL NAMED...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.: Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety
testing and certification, was recently named the exclusive Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project, a groundbreaking study of
electric vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure.
www.theevproject.com
http://www.ecotality.com
http://www.ul.com/electricvehicle
PV MODULES...
LUXEMBOURG and DONGYING, China: CNPV Solar Power SA, a leading integrated
manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots,
wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules that designs, manufactures and
supplies highly efficient and cost effective crystalline solar photovoltaic
modules, Wednesday announced that its polycrystalline PV modules were ranked
among the top two in China and top six in global PV modules based on
performance and defects comparison rating in a test conducted by Oko-Test
consumer magazine in Germany together with the testing laboratory of another
journal called Photon.
http://www.cnpv-power.com
http://www.oekotest.de
AIRLINE CAPACITY...
WASHINGTON: Global airline capacity and frequency will grow in all regions
of the world except North America in April 2010, which sees declining capacity
and frequency within the region, when compared to the same month last year,
reports OAG, the global leader in aviation intelligence, in its monthly report
on trends in the supply of airline seats and flights.
www.ubmaviation.com
www.oagaviation.com
AWARD WINNER...
OAKVILLE: Canada India Foundation Tuesday announced that the winner of the
2010 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award is the legendary entrepreneur and
philanthropist Mr. Ratan N. Tata.
www.canadaindia.org
AWARD RECIPIENTS...
ENOLA, Pa: The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) Wednesday
announced the recipients of the 2010 Visionary Voice Award.
www.nsvrc.org
WIPRO SIGNS...
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro
Limited, Tuesday announced that the company has signed a partnership agreement
with Philips to offer Blu-ray middleware and solution development services
around Philips' developed Blu-ray technology.
http://www.wipro.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three
securities issues on April 16, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ACCUMETRICS ANNOUNCES...
SAN DIEGO: Accumetrics, Inc., a privately-held developer and marketer of the
VerifyNow System, the first rapid and easy to use point-of-care system for
measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, Tuesday
announced that it has completed the enrollment phase of its landmark clinical
trial, GRAVITAS (Gauging Responsiveness with A VerifyNow Assay Impact on
Thrombosis And Safety).
www.accumetrics.com
AACSB ACCREDITATION...
TAMPA, Fla.: AACSB International Tuesday announced that National Taiwan
University has earned accreditation for its College of Management.
www.aacsb.edu
REGAL BELOIT...
BELOIT, Wis.: Regal Beloit Corporation Tuesday announced that the Company
has acquired CMG Engineering Group Pty. Ltd. (CMG) headquartered in Melbourne,
Australia.
SAVVIS SIGNS...
TOKYO: Savvis, Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT
solutions for enterprises, Tuesday announced that Savvis has signed a contract
to provide managed services for 70 of All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. corporate
Web sites.
www.savvis.jp
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