SYDNEY--25 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EEPAK CHANDNANI...
REDWOOD CITY and MUMBAI: Obopay, a leading mobile banking and payment
provider, today announced the appointment of Deepak Chandnani as president of
Obopay, Inc. The appointment is effective immediately and is a newly created
position for Obopay.
www.obopay.com
RAYSPAN PATENT...
RAYSPAN Corporation, the world's leading innovator of metamaterial air
interface solutions, announced today that it has been granted a second
fundamental patent entitled "ANTENNAS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS BASED ON
METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES."
www.rayspan.com
ASIA-PACIFIC ARBITRATION...
SYDNEY - Australia's leading commercial arbitration body, the Australian
Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and the world's oldest
intergovernmental institution for international dispute resolution, the
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) have signed an agreement to promote the
utilisation and education of arbitration in the Asia-Pacific.
www.pca-cpa.org
www.acica.org.au
ONLINE GAMES...
SHENZHEN - According to Northeast News Online, EVOC Hi-tech Holdings Group,
the market leader of Chinese industrial PC industry, recently officially
announced its entry into online game business, and joined the bid for Mainland
China operating rights to Dragon Ball Online, a multiplayer online role-playing
game developed by a Korean company, NTL-inc.
www.nen.com.cn
www.sina.com
http://evoc.com/events/Dragon_Ball_Online.html
PNG OMBUDSMAN...
CANBERRA - The Pacific Ombudsman Alliance today responded to proposed
amendments to the Constitution of Papua New Guinea with an expression of
concern about the potential diminution of the role, powers or jurisdiction of
any ombudsman's office.
NETIK APPOINTMENT...
NEW YORK - Netik LLC, a Symphony Technology Group company, and a global
leading provider of financial data management and reporting services and
products, announced today its expansion in the Asia Pacific region with the
appointment of Ishan Manaktala as its managing director and head of Asia. He
will sit on Netik's executive management team reporting to Rob Flatley, CEO and
President of Netik LLC.
www.netik.com
www.symphonytg.com
SORENSON SPARK...
SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI - Sorenson Media and VeriSilicon today announced that
VeriSilicon has licensed the Sorenson Spark Software Developers Kit to enhance
the company's online video design platform. VeriSilicon, a major global
integrated circuit design foundry, will include the Sorenson Spark decoder in
its libraries and core chipset for use in mobile devices.
MEG WHITMAN...
IRVINE, California - Jack Hu announces his endorsement of Meg Whitman for
Governor of California. Jack Hu is the Managing Director of London
International Group, a consulting firm specializing in political and corporate
communications, international affairs, technology and entertainment. Jack Hu
currently serves as Chairman of the United States Senate Joint Advisory
Committee (USSJAC), a federal political committee that seeks to promote a
conservative pro-business agenda and mobilizes nationwide election support for
Republican candidates.
www.senateadvisory.us
www.londoninternationalgroup.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues on June 3, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SIMBIONIX PRODUCTS...
CLEVELAND - Simbionix USA Corporation, the world's leading provider of
medical education and simulation training products for medical professionals
and the healthcare industry, is launching two new hands-on training systems-
the Lap Nepherctomy simulation module and the VirtaMed TURPSim. Both solutions
will be revealed for the first time at the AUA annual meeting in San Francisco
next week.
www.simbionix.com
www.virtamed.com
CPP, INC...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - CPP, Inc., exclusive publisher of the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R) (MBTI(R)) instrument, announced today it has
acquired Hemisphere Consulting, which will continue to operate in Singapore as
CPP Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CPP. The acquisition
will enhance CPP's position of leadership in the Asia Pacific region by expanding
the company's presence in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
www.cpp.com
www.hc.com.sg
BIRCH BRANCH...
LITTLETON, Colorado - Birch Branch, Inc. was informed it was mentioned in an
unauthorized press release we believe was issued on or about May 19, 2010, by
USA Wall Street Capital United Investment Group, LTD. Such press release
contains a number of misstatements and inaccuracies, which have been
identified by Shun Cheng Holdings HongKong Limited, a Hong Kong company,
regarding each of Birch Branch, Shun Cheng Holdings, Henan Shuncheng Group Coal
Coke Co., Ltd., and the Share Exchange Agreement Birch Branch signed on May 14,
2010, with Shun Cheng Holdings and certain other parties.
NEUSOFT MEDICAL...
SHENYANG, China - Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Neusoft Corporation, which is a leading IT solutions & services
provider in China, announced today that it received "2010 Frost & Sullivan New
Product Innovation Award" from Frost & Sullivan, a world-renowned consulting
and research corporation, for its remarkable contribution to sustaining
innovation for new product development in the medical imaging industry.
www.neusoft.com/en
http://medical.neusoft.com/en .
"THE PRODIGIES"...
HYDERABAD, India - DQE, the animation, gaming, live action entertainment
production and distribution company, is pleased to announce the starting of a
production of 3D Stereoscopic feature film "The Prodigies". with Onyx Films and
Fidelite Films, France.
KOREAN FOODS...
SEOUL - Konest, a provider of Korean travel information to Japanese
tourists, will hold 2010 South Africa World Cup event at Jangchung Gymnasium on
June 19. This cheering event for the upcoming World Cup match between Japan and
the Netherlands on June 19 is expected to promote unity among the Japanese
soccer fans and be an event for Korea-Japan exchanges.
www.konest.com
www.hodo1934.com/jp
INTERNET NAMESPACE...
TOKYO - UrbanBrain Inc., a registry back-end service provider, announced
today that it plans to offer individual Internet users, hobbyists, and business
owners the opportunity to extend their reach out into the world by securing a
URL under .SITE, an easily identifiable Internet extension.
http://dotsite.org/
http://urbanbrain.jp/en/
www.worlddomaincup.com
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