SYDNEY--11 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CORPORATE PORTAL...
SAO PAULO: The new Yellow Pages Global group, a Yellow Pages worldwide group, launches on August 17, the largest online corporate portal of all time.
http://www.yellowpagesbrazil.net
http://bit.ly/dbpuoa
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) 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://bit.ly/b0FD56
QPC RIGHTS...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo: ICMI, (http://www.icmi.com) the leading global provider of comprehensive resources and professional services for customer management professionals, has awarded QPC ( http://www.qpc.com ) exclusive rights to provide ICMI training within Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt, and a non-exclusive partnership in Africa.
http://www.icmi.com
http://bit.ly/bV8NTq
SALE AGREEMENTS...
LOS ANGELES: Air Lease Corporation and Air Berlin have signed sale and lease-back agreements for two used B737-800's.
http://bit.ly/aMKyEy
AIRPORT TRANSPORT...
FARMINGTON, Conn: Otis Elevator Company will provide 88 energy-efficient elevators, escalators and moving walkways to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the world's busiest origin and destination airport.
http://bit.ly/9Xqe8S
FUEL LAUNCH...
BEIJING: Shell Global Solutions(1) today launched CENTERA(TM) to help Asia Pacific refiners improve operational performance and to meet product specifications to produce cleaner fuels.
http://bit.ly/9LzCC9
ANDROID SUPPORT...
SUNNYVALE, Calif: Electric Cloud(R), the leading provider of software production management (SPM) solutions, today announced enhanced support for Android development environments with the creation of new ElectricCommander plugins for the Gerrit and Git development tools as well as support for automated testing on Android devices.
http://www.electric-cloud.com
http://bit.ly/bS5V0j
INDONESIAN CONTRACT...
GENEVA: Advanced Digital Broadcast (http://www.adbglobal.com ), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, has announced that Indonesia-based First Media Tbk, will use ADB's products and solutions to deploy the country's first high-definition pay-TV service.
http://www.adbglobal.com
http://bit.ly/c4RQXT
BUYOUT SPECULATION...
GREENWICH, Conn., HOUSTON and LONDON: First Reserve Corporation (FRC) notes the speculation in the media in Australia concerning a potential buyout of Whitehaven Coal (WHC) which would involve FRC.
www.firstreserve.com
http://bit.ly/9reWEt
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