SYDNEY--20 Jul--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
BEIJING ACCC...
MELBOURNE: Beijing Metro Transit Automated Clearing Centre currently handles
9 million transactions per day and growing. Launched in time for the Olympics
in August 2008, the Beijing Automated Clearing Centre (ACC) was a project
conceived by the Beijing Infrastructure and Investment Company (BII) to provide
a clearing house solution capable of servicing the needs of the Beijing
Transport Network as it grew.
www.vix-erg.com
http://bit.ly/aw5Cs7
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION...
NUREMBERG, Germany: Eastern European cities score really well as best
destinations for customer service for hotel accommodation, according to
hotel.info, the free online hotel reservation service, after undertaking a
thorough examination of the evaluations of its booking customers in respect of
the quality received and the prices paid. The study showed that Tokyo and
Athens have lost ground; Ottawa is in 5th place but a new, strong entrant is
Budapest in third place.
http://www.hotel.info
http://bit.ly/bIe19L
INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP...
NEW YORK: Target Health Inc. and LifeOnKey, Inc. Tuesday announced they have
joined forces to offer an innovative, web-based information platform that will
allow the bio-pharmaceutical and medical device industries to optimize clinical
trials, help researchers capture, analyze and assess trial data more
efficiently, and bring innovative new medicines and devices to patients.
http://www.targethealth.com
http://www.lifeonkey.com
http://bit.ly/a8IcY0
RISI ANNOUNCES...
BOSTON: RISI Tuesday announced the dates and locations of their fourth
quarter 2010 event lineup. Each event will provide a valuable setting for
professionals involved in all aspects of the global forest products industry to
discover market trends and discuss important developments with peers, business
prospects and industry experts.
http://www.risi.com/naconf
http://www.risi.com/icc
http://www.ppiawards.com
http://www.risi.com
http://bit.ly/9Mb1Ao
AEGERA RELEASES...
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada and HONG KONG, China: Aegera Therapeutics Inc.
Monday released encouraging survival data from the Phase 1 portion of its Phase
1-2 Study of the novel targeted therapeutic, AEG35156, given in combination
with sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (primary
liver cancer).
www.aegera.com
www.cct.cuhk.edu.hk
http://bit.ly/aBlFh6
VIRTUAL GIFTS...
SAN FRANCISCO: mig33, the world's largest mobile-first community, Monday
announced that sales of virtual gifts among its 40 million registered users
grew 400 percent in this year's second calendar quarter.
http://www.mig33.com
http://bit.ly/caMVEQ
CLEAN ENERGY...
SYDNEY, Australia: The 4E SSL initiative launching Tuesday at the Clean
Energy Ministerial Public Forum aims to provide governments with tools to
promote high quality lighting equipment, and avoid damage to consumer
confidence that may slow down market acceptance of this technology.
http://www.iea-4e.org
http://bit.ly/cuOx6Y
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Monday said it 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.
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/b4Yrp8
BLUEANT APPOINTS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and MELBOURNE, Australia: BlueAnt Wireless, a leading
innovator of Bluetooth peripheral devices, Monday announced the appointment of
David Hogan as the company's chief executive officer.
http://www.blueantwireless.com
http://bit.ly/ccknMS
APPROVAL CERTIFICATION...
SAN DIEGO: Novatel Wireless, Inc., a leading provider of wireless broadband
access solutions, and Inter Communications, a leading mobile MVNO in Japan,
Monday announced that the MiFi 2372 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot has received
type approval certification with NTT DOCOMO.
http://www.globaldata.jp
http://www.mifi.jp/
www.novatelwireless.com
http://bit.ly/9ea6hK
AIDS CONFERENCE...
VIENNA: Speaking to the 18th International AIDS Conference on Monday, Bill
Gates called on all countries to keep up the fight against HIV/AIDS, saying the
world has an historic opportunity to "change the face of AIDS."
http://bit.ly/bYJnid
ALCHIEVE STUDY...
ZURICH, Switzerland: On Monday, Novo Nordisk announced the landmark
recruitment of the 60,000th patient in the A1chieve study - an observational
study designed to investigate the effects of modern insulins in the management
of type 2 diabetes.
http://www.novonordisk.com
http://bit.ly/bZwqMY
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