SYDNEY--31 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GAMING PARTNERSHIP...
HAMBURG and LONDON: Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE) a pan-European
venture and growth equity investor and InnoGames, a leading developer and
publisher of free-to-play online games, today announced a strategic partnership.
http://bit.ly/ck3exR
SOFTWARE LAUNCH...
PRAGUE: JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing
development tools for developers, expands its line of language-specific IDEs
and announces the general availability of two new products for PHP and Web
development: PhpStorm 1.0 and WebStorm 1.0.
http://www.jetbrains.com
http://bit.ly/cYEeZs
PATENT RULING...
IRVINE, Calif: VIZIO, America's HDTV and Consumer Electronics Company, today
announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington,
D.C. issued a ruling yesterday holding that certain "work-around" VIZIO digital
television products do not infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,115,074 (the "'074
patent"), which is owned by Funai Electric Co., Ltd. and Funai Corporation.
www.VIZIO.com
http://bit.ly/9IEs8Q
ENERGY RATING...
NEW YORK: The ground-breaking energy efficiency work at the Empire State
Building has achieved a milestone on its journey for sustainability leadership
in the commercial real estate community by receiving an ENERGY STAR rating of
90 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
www.esbnyc.com
http://bit.ly/d6knHS
GENITAL MUTILATION..
NEW YORK: International human rights organization Equality Now
(http://www.equalitynow.org) welcomes the AAPs (American Academy of Pediatrics)
decision to withdraw its ill-conceived revised policy statement on female
genital mutilation (FGM) issued on April 26, 2010.
www.equalitynow.org
http://bit.ly/d7yKGH
SECURITIES SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (NYSE: FNM) April 2010 Monthly Summary is now
available at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir monthly.
http://bit.ly/bGfKSG
HOTEL RESEARCH…
NEW YORK: Brean Murray, Carret & Co. (http:/www.breanmurraycarret.com) (BMC)
yesterday launched research coverage of the China Economy Hotel Industry.
http://www.breanmurraycarret.com
http://bit.ly/cKvzqA
VIVID SYDNEY...
SYDNEY: Vivid Sydney, the largest light and music festival in the Southern
Hemisphere, starts tonight with new events and large scale urban lighting never
seen before in Sydney.
www.vividsydney.com
http://bit.ly/9HN6IB
GAL GETAWAY...
VANCOUVER: Kiwi Collection has provided a fabulous gal-pal getaway in New
York City for this month's Sex and the City 2 Sweepstakes.
http://www.kiwicollection.com
http://bit.ly/cuq7Kz
AERCAP APPOINTMENT...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap", NYSE: AER) today announced that
its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) held on May 27, 2010,
appointed Michael Gradon, Niall Greene, and Paul T. Dacier as new members of
its Board of Directors.
http://www.aercap.com
http://bit.ly/bsSQ3N
VALE ALIGNMENT
TORONTO: Vale Inco announced the natural next step in the company's
evolution today by changing its name to Vale - a milestone that aligns it more
fully with other Vale operations worldwide and reflects it position as part of
the world's second largest mining company.
http://bit.ly/av6i78
LAPTOP CHARITY...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SANTA CLARA, Calif.: One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a
global organization whose mission is to help provide every child in the world
access to a modern education, and Marvell, a worldwide leader in integrated
silicon solutions, have agreed to jointly develop a family of next-generation
OLPC XO tablet computers based on the Marvell(R) Moby reference design.
http://www.laptop.org
www.mobylize.org
http://www.marvell.com
http://bit.ly/9RbQKm
CHINA STOCKS...
HONG KONG: New Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing rules for mineral and
petroleum companies that come into force next week will provide an attractive
option for Canadian companies wanting to tap into Asian capital and especially
the Chinese unrelenting appetite for minerals.
www.minterellison.com
http://bit.ly/925Aqd
JAMSHEDPUR FACILITY...
MONTERREY, N.L. Mexico and JAMSHEDPUR, India: On May 27th, Metalsa S.A. de
C.V. inaugurated its new manufacturing facility in Jamshedpur, India. The
facility will produce customized class 5, 6, 7 & 8 side rails for medium and
heavy trucks.
http://www.metalsa.com.mx
http://www.proeza.com.mx
http://bit.ly/cHngIQ
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