SYDNEY--10 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GPS SERVICE...
NEW YORK: LocatioNet Systems Ltd., the developer and provider of the amAze
GPS worldwide mapping and navigation service, released today a new version 5.2
of amAze GPS that includes location sharing with Facebook friends.
http://www.amazegps.com
SINGAPORE OFFICE...
NEW YORK: R/GA, the agency for the digital age(TM), is pleased to announce
the opening of R/GA Singapore. The office will serve as R/GA's Asia-Pacific hub
and its formation was prompted by the agency's winning MasterCard's global
business in 2009.
http://www.rga.com
ACQUISITION PROPOSAL...
ST. LOUIS: Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) has submitted a definitive proposal to
acquire a controlling interest in Macarthur Coal Limited (ASX: MCC).
ARBITRATION DECISION...
BEIJING: On April 11, 2010, after a nearly two-year trial, the ten arbitration
cases with Beijing Un-Assegai Technical & Trade Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred
to as "Assegai"), a leading distributor of clinical diagnostic products in
China, as claimant and U.S. Abbott Laboratories (Abbott U.S.; NYSE: ABT) as
respondent have been decided by the China International Economic and Trade
Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), which has recently rendered the arbitral
awards thereof.
NUMBER PORTABILITY...
DELFT, Netherlands and NAIROBI, Kenya: Within a couple of months 30 million
mobile users in Kenya are able to keep their mobile phone number when changing
providers. The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)) has chosen the Dutch
company PortingXS to provide number portability to the East-African country.
AUCTION SIMULCAST...
BRISBANE, Australia: On May 27, 2010, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and
TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct a live
simulcast of its Narita, Japan auction at the Company's permanent auction site
in Brisbane, Australia.
www.rbauction.com
MONTHLY SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (NYSE: FNM) March 2010 Monthly Summary is now
available at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly .
MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT...
SAO PAULO: During his recent visit to Brazil for the
launch of his second fragrance Patrick Dempsey 2, exclusive for Avon, American
actor Patrick Dempsey made room in his busy schedule to join Avon Brazil
President Luis Felipe Miranda to announce the donation of a digital Mammography
Unit to the Gynecology Department of the Federal University of Sao Paulo
(UNIFESP).
http://www.avoncompany.com
TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY...
OAKLAND, Calif: iParadigms, creators of Turnitin(R) and iThenticate(R) and
the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, has licensed
Language Weaver's automated translation technology thus enabling Turnitin to
identify potentially plagiarized content that has been translated from English
into other languages.
http://www.turnitin.com
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts
indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated
below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
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