SYDNEY--4 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
M&C LAUNCHES...
HONG KONG: M&C on Monday said it is launching "The Most Talented Light",
the world's first all-in-one LED desk light with integrated charging ability
for most notebooks and mobile phones as well as all iPhone and iPod products.
www.tlight.cc
http://www.modernandclassic.com
EURAIL EXPANDS...
UTRECHT: Eurail Group G.I.E. on Monday said students and backpackers under
the age of 26 are encouraged to take advantage of a promotional campaign which
starts today. Europe's premier rail pass provider said it has extended the joint agreement
with ISIC (International Student Identity Card).
www.eurailtravel.com
FILE TRANSFER...
AMSTERDAM: WeTransfer, a team based in San Fransisco and Amsterdam,
announced that it has launched a new, 100% free file transfer service that
allows huge files (up to 2GB per transfer) to be sent over the web.
http://www.wetransfer.com
PSYCHIATRY CONGRESS...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists' Congress runs from May 2 until 6 May 2010 at SkyCity Convention
Centre in Auckland.
www.ranzcp.org
http://www.ranzcp2010.co.nz/program
ONLINE POKER...
DUBLIN: Full Tilt Poker, the world's leading online poker site, has signed
online poker phenomenon Annette Obrestad to its roster of professional players.
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com
http://www.annetteobrestad.no
FASHION TV...
VIENNA, Austria and FRANKFURT, Germany:
The global fashion and lifestyle channel Fashion TV, founded by Michel Adam
Lisowski, was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 30th April 2010 and now
offers an interesting opportunity for qualified investors.
www.ftv.com
CASCAL COMMENCES...
LONDON: Cascal N.V. Saturday commenced an action in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York claiming violations of
U.S. securities laws and breach of confidentiality agreements. The lawsuit
seeks injunctive relief and recovery of damages.
www.cascal.co.uk
CSI/UBM POSTPONE...
NEW YORK: A postponement and repurposing of CSI SX was announced Saturday by
CSI/UBM International Media - management of the CSI SX Event scheduled to take
place in San Francisco over the dates of May 26-27, 2010.
http://www.ubm.com
http://www.gocsi.com
OPENING CEREMONY...
SHANGHAI: As the World Expo officially kicked off, David Atkins Enterprises
(DAE) stunned the world with the largest outdoor multimedia display in history
at the Opening Ceremony, which took place Friday, April 30, 2010 at 20:10 CST.
http://www.daeglobal.com
KICTEAM EXPANDS...
AUBURN, Maine: KICTeam USA Saturday announced the opening of KICTeam
Singapore which will supply technical cleaning products to ASEAN countries,
including: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
www.kicteam.com
www.kicteam.eu
www.kicteamsingapore.com
www.cleaningcards.com .
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 22
securities issues at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest on May 10, 11 and 12.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FREELANCER.COM TRAFFIC...
SYDNEY, Australia: Web traffic to Freelancer.com, the world's number one
outsourcing marketplace, accelerated in April to an incredible 40 percent month
on month growth, blasting it into the top 500 websites worldwide, according to
Alexa.
http://www.freelancer.com
PARENTS WARNED...
PERTH, Australia: Parents are being warned that computers may be causing
physical problems for their children. The warning comes in a set of 12 new
evidence-based guidelines the first of their kind produced by an international
team of experts led by Professor Leon Straker of Curtin University of
Technology.
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g920118495
THAIFEX WORLD RESCHEDULED...
BANGKOK: In view of the recent closure of some major airports in Europe due
to Eyjafjallaj adi?kull volcanic eruptions in Iceland, potentially affecting
travel for exhibitors and visitors from Europe and around the world along with
the current situation in Bangkok, Thailand, a joint decision has been made by
the organizers to reschedule Thaifex-World of Food Asia 2010 to 30 June-4 July
2010.
www.thaitradefair.com
www.worldoffoodasia.com .
PET WEBSITE...
PERTH, Australia: America's number 1 pet radio network, featuring talk shows
hosted by the most well known pet experts, authors and personalities - Pet Life
Radio - millions of pet parents can create their own personal, affordable and
feature rich websites - Lifebooks.
www.livingyearspets.com
BROCADE ANNOUNCES...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Brocade Friday announced that its best-in-class 10
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) have been successfully
qualified and are available from EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM and NetApp.
http://www.brocade.com
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