SYDNEY--6 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
TELEFILM CANADA...
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada: Telefilm Canada Thursday announced the screening
of The Child Prodigy, a film written and directed by Luc Dionne and produced by
Denise Robert and Daniel Louis, to be held on May 9 during Expo 2010 in
Shanghai.
www.telefilm.gc.ca
ICRON APPOINTS...
BURNABY, Canada: Icron Technologies, leading providers of ExtremeUSB USB
extension solutions, Thursday announced the appointment of Bay Technologies as
Icron's official sales agent in Japan, and the launch of its Japanese language
website http://www.icron.jp to support its growing base of global customers.
http://www.icron.com
IDIOM RELEASES...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: IDIOM Ltd Thursday announced the release of version
4.0 of its enterprise class IDIOM Decision Manager decision automation tool.
www.idiomsoftware.com
CASCAL CONFIRMS...
LONDON: Cascal N.V. Thursday confirmed that Sembcorp has received service of
process in connection with the action the Company filed on April 30, 2010 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.
http://www.cascal.co.uk
COMPULSIVE DISORDER...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: A recent study has found that global warming has
impacted the nature of symptoms experienced by obsessive compulsive disorder
patients. This was among the many highlights of the program on Thursday morning
at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' Congress at
SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland.
www.ranzcp.org
O-I ANNOUNCES...
PERRYSBURG, Ohio: Owens-Illinois, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of
glass packaging, Thursday announced an aggressive plan to significantly reduce
energy consumption and carbon emissions across its worldwide operations during
the next decade.
http://www.o-i.com
NEW STANDARDS...
ROCKVILLE, Md.: New standards that will help ensure the quality of eleven
botanical ingredients used in dietary supplements in the United States and
corresponding to traditional medicines in India are being proposed by the U.S.
Pharmacopeial Convention (USP).
http://www.usp.org
ORTHOACCEL ANNOUNCES...
HOUSTON: OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. Thursday announced that it has
entered into a partnership with AB Orthodontics, an Australian orthodontic
supplies company, to introduce the AcceleDent System to the Australian market.
www.acceledent.com
FLYDUBAI EXPANDS...
DUBAI, UAE: flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, is continuing the
rapid expansion of its network with the announcement of flights to Karachi,
Pakistan's largest city and financial capital.
http://www.flydubai.com
UK ELECTION...
LONDON: The British electorate needs to be decisive on 6th May, since it is
imperative that government signals positive intent to the markets by taking
immediate and resolute action over excessive public spending and a spiralling
national debt, Dr Tim Morgan, Global Head of research of Tullett Prebon, said
in a statement on Wednesday.
DIGITAL SIGNAGE...
BEIJING: UGA Digital and YungTay Elevator, Co. launched Archer Digital
Signage Services at the World Elevator & Escalator Expo'2010, marking the
world's first pre-market elevator installation of cloud-based signage systems.
http://www.ugadigital.com
http://www.archersignage.com
ABBOTT OPENS...
SINGAPORE: Abbott, the global health care company, Wednesday announced the
opening of the Abbott Asia-Pacific Nutrition Research & Development Center at
Singapore's Biopolis Research Park.
http://abbottnutrition.com
http://www.abbott.com
ABRAAJ BECOMES...
DUBAI, UAE: Abraaj Capital, which invests in the growing Middle East, North
Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region, has become one of the 50-biggest private
equity groups in the world, according to a ranking by London-based Private
Equity International (PEI), the leading magazine for the private equity
industry.
http://www.pei300.com
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