SYDNEY--21 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AUSTRALIAN LEAD...
SYDNEY, Australia: Callan McAuliffe (15) has been cast in a lead role in the
DreamWorks feature - I AM NUMBER 4. The Steven Spielberg/Michael Bay Produced
feature with DJ Caruso Directing. McAuliffe plays 'Sam' the best friend of
Number 4 played by Alex Pettyfer. Filming in Pittsburgh from next week through
until August.
IP ACQUISITION...
BARCELONA, Spain: Today, Grifols SA announced that it has reached an
agreement with the Swedish company Pharmalink AB to acquire various forms of
intellectual property (IP) associated with the treatment of post-polio syndrome
(PPS).
www.grifols.com, www.pharmalink.se
STANDARDS ADOPTION...
NANCHANG, China: Service Strategies Corporation, a leading provider of
service improvement programs, and its Chinese partner SEE-CMM, today announced
that the internationally recognized Service Capability & Performance (SCP)
Standards are to be adopted by Chinese cities to ensure service quality for
Call Centers.
www.servicestrategies.com, www.seecmm.com
LEAD ROLE...
SYDNEY, Australia: Callan McAuliffe (15) has been cast in a lead role in the
DreamWorks feature - I AM NUMBER 4. The Steven Spielberg/Michael Bay Produced
feature with DJ Caruso Directing. McAuliffe plays 'Sam' the best friend of
Number 4 played by Alex Pettyfer. Filming in Pittsburgh from next week through
until August.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD...
SAO PAULO: Banco Cruzeiro do Sul (Bovespa: CZRS4) has just won the Agencia
Estado Business 2010 Achievement Award, occupying 10th place in the ranking of
the 10 best publicly traded companies in Brazil.
POPULAR ITEMS...
SHELTON, Conn.: Around the world, books, clothes and music are popular items
to buy on the Web, according to a new global online shopping study conducted by
Survey Sampling International (SSI) among 20 - 39 year olds in the US, Brazil,
China, Japan and the Netherlands.
www.surveysampling.com
PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCED...
PERTH, Australia: Coreworx Inc., a leading provider of project information
and cost control software used globally to manage major capital project
execution risk, today announced its recent partnership with Empired Ltd (ASX:
EPD) a leading provider of business technology solutions in the Corporate and
Government sector with services delivered across Australia, South East Asia and
beyond.
www.empired.com, www.coreworx.com
CEO CAREERS...
SYDNEY, Australia: New research conducted by CEO succession planning experts
TalentInvest has identified 8 key characteristics that cause even the most
talented company executives to derail in their careers.
www.talentinvest.com.au
ONLINE MUSIC...
DUBLIN: According to a recent English survey, Hitlantis, which last autumn
launched a new era in online music services, is the world's most generous band
site. Hitlantis gives its bands as much as 90 per cent of the revenue from
music sold, which is quite in a category of its own compared to other
players in the business.
Hitlantis.com
CHINA CONFERENCE...
SHANGHAI: The booming car market in China is setting new kinds of production
challenges, and they are not simply related to volume. Discerning Chinese
buyers are insisting on a boost to the build-quality of the vehicles they buy
in a highly competitive marketplace. The right blend of man and machine in the
Chinese context is the overall theme of the first AMS China
conference, to be held in Shanghai from 2-4 June.
http://china.amsconferences.com
AUDIT ENGAGEMENTS...
NEW YORK and BEIJING: Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP (B&P) today announced the
addition of new audit engagements in key China market sectors including
advertising, consumer goods and industrials, further strengthening the firm's
footprint throughout China. In addition, the firm also successfully completed
four audits for Chinese companies that are now U.S.-listed public companies.
http://www.bpaccountants.com
IMPORTERS PARTNERSHIP...
BLANQUEFORT: Established in Asia for over ten years, with a subsidiary in
China as well and a partnership with the Chinese market leader Changyu, the
French No. 1 is consolidating its network through partnership with ten
importers who supply more than 1500 distributors in China. With 13 million
bottles exported to China in 2009, Castel has confirmed the success of
its development and expansion in Asia, a venture begun in 1999.
http://www.groupe-castel.com/
ONLINE RACING...
BEDFORD, Mass.: Australian auto racing is now available to motorsports fans,
online racing drivers and racing games enthusiasts world-wide as iRacing.com,
the home of NASCAR-sanctioned online racing and IZOD IndyCar online racing,
unveils the Ford Falcon FG01 and Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit as
iRacing.com continues its global expansion from the company's North American
roots.
http://www.iRacing.com .
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