SYDNEY--8 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HAIER INNOVATIONS...
QINGDAO: Haier, the world's largest white goods brand, is presenting its
latest innovations in U-Home and greener home appliances, peeking in the future
of households from July 8-11 at SINOCES in Qingdao, China.
http://bit.ly/b46bif
MOL PARTNERSHIP...
KUALA LUMPUR: MOL Global today announced a strategic partnership with
Facebook that will make it significantly easier and more convenient for
millions of people across Asia to purchase virtual goods in online games and
applications on Facebook.
http://bit.ly/cVVHBT
PFIZER EXPANSION...
SINGAPORE: Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced a $100 million (U.S.)
investment into the expansion of its Singapore Nutrition Plant, helping it
continue to set the standard for the manufacture of high-quality, safe and
environmentally sustainable nutritional products for infants and children.
http://bit.ly/cpm9M9
www.pfizer.com
AVENET SITE...
HONG KONG: Avnet Express, part of the Avnet Electronics Marketing operating
group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has launched a comprehensive e-commerce
website in Asia. The site http://www.avnetexpress.com/asia represents the first
distributor website in Asia to offer a China payment capability.
http://www.avnet.com
http://bit.ly/cWzLAp
CONVERGEX SYSTEM...
NEW YORK and SYDNEY: ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, today
announced that Paradice Investment Management is now live on its award-winning
order management system (OMS), the Eze OMS(TM).
www.convergex.com
http://bit.ly/bVdfxH
KORN/FERRY APPOINTMENT:
HONG KONG: Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider
of talent management solutions, today announced the addition of Daniel Cheng to
the Firm as Senior Client Partner and Regional Market Leader, Global Technology
in Asia Pacific.
www.kornferryasia.com
http://bit.ly/bq0tH0
FNMA TRADING...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) announced today that its
common stock will commence trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker
symbol "FNMA" on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/dAAqzt
RISI LIST...
BOSTON: RISI, the leading information provider for the forest products
industry, has revealed its Power List for 2010.
http://www.risi.com
http://bit.ly/ciwm8u
CVI CONTRACT...
NEW ALBANY: Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGI) today announced
that it has been selected by XCMG, a leading Chinese construction machinery
manufacturer, as one of two key seat suppliers for the XCMG family of products.
http://bit.ly/9cRKZ9
CSI EVENT...
NEW YORK: CSI Computer Security Institute has officially announced new
multi-dimensional event to be branded CSI VX and packaged as a three part
series to commence September 28, 2010 with the launch of a Virtual Event.
http://bit.ly/aBIxXH
http://www.ubm.com
SECURITIES ISSUE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Announces Offering of New Issue 3-Year Benchmark
Notes(R) due August 20, 2013
www.fanniemaecom
http://bit.ly/9azG4Z
TELNIC DOMAIN....
LONDON: Telnic Limited (http://telnic.tel), the Registry Operator for the
award-winning, communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today
announced that all .tel names now support the hCard microformat, OpenID and
Open Authentication (OAuth).
http://telnic.tel
http://bit.ly/bLDYHm
HEALTH AWARDS...
WASHINGTON: The inaugural International Health Promotion Awards Symposium
(http://www.aihpa.org), which recognizes and promotes innovative programs that
can significantly improve health around the world, will be held in Rome, Italy
on December 6-7, 2010.
www.aihpa.org
http://bit.ly/clMSgK
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amount indicated
for the following securities issue on the redemption date indicated below at a
redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus
accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/b9j1QR
www.fanniemae.com
CHARITY POKER...
DUBLIN: Team Full Tilt's Phil Gordon donated his first-place prize money to
charity after winning the 4th Annual Ante Up For Africa poker tournament at the
World Series of Poker.
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com
http://bit.ly/bNp920
NTT CAMBODIA...
TOKYO: NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced on July 7 that its subsidiary,
NTT Communications (Thailand) Co., Ltd., has begun operating a branch office in
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, effective immediately.
www.ntt.com/index-e.html
http://bit.ly/9KL6f0
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