SYDNEY--17 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CONTENT INCREASE...
SINGAPORE: NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location
data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around
the world, announced today it has significantly increased the amount of visual
content available to support motorway guidance in Malaysia.
http://bit.ly/8XEjGl
STARS TOGETHER...
MILAN: Nespresso, the worldwide pioneer and market leader in highest-quality
premium portioned coffee, and actor, director, coffee connoisseur and Nespresso
Brand Ambassador George Clooney are back in Milan on the set of the fifth
episode in the Nespresso saga.
http://bit.ly/c7ypF9
ARBITRATION REQUEST...
TOKYO: R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., together with Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
("Sucampo") and Sucampo AG ("SAG"), has requested arbitration against Takeda
Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. ("Takeda").
http://bit.ly/9yzlgh
BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERY...
BERKELEY, Calif.: As Dr. A. K. Pradeep recounts in his new book, The Buying
Brain: Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious ( http://buyingbrain.com/ ), a
researcher in Professor Giancomo Rizzolati's neuroscience laboratory at the
University of Parma in Italy was enjoying a frozen treat while a monkey sat
nearby, connected to equipment that monitored his brainwave activity.
http://bit.ly/abeTjK
REDEMPTION ISSUE...
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 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/cYxxe8
STOCK BUYBACK...
AUSTIN, Texas: FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation (NYSE Amex: FPP) announced
today that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to continue the
repurchase of shares of its Common Stock at a cost not to exceed $250,000.
http://bit.ly/9qxFC2
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY...
WASHINGTON: Uncertainty in the economy confirms lower expectations for
economic growth and a slower-than-normal recovery, according to the August 2010
Economic Outlook released today by Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA)
Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis Group.
http://bit.ly/csm5Am
BIGGEST IPO...
LONDON and HONG KONG: Beijing based Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank),
the last of the big four Chinese state-controlled banks to go public, became
the largest initial public offering (IPO) on record this week.
http://bit.ly/92k9Ci
NEW TECHNOLOGY...
BEIJING: Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR) will showcase the
company's new Gated RapidArc technology on its Trilogy(R) machine with advanced
motion management capabilities at the 2010 CHINA-HOSPEQ exhibition being held
in Beijing August 19-21 by China's Ministry of Health.
http://www.varian.com/ascns
http://bit.ly/9oGuHj
PLATFORM DEPLOYED
NETANYA, Israel: Trivnet, provider of the most powerful transaction
management platform for delivering secured Mobile Financial Services (MFS),
announced today that it has deployed its TRIV Platform(TM) at Cellcom Israel,
Israel's largest cellular services provider, to enable Cellcom Israel's
innovative Mobile Wallet Service announced last month.
http://www.Trivnet.com
http://bit.ly/acTEME
DAILY PRICES...
LONDON: Platts, one of the world's foremost providers of energy and metals
information, today announced that it has expanded its suite of daily spot price
assessments to include alumina, a mineral produced from bauxite ore and used to
make aluminum.
http://bit.ly/b0d0O4
DEAL ANNOUNCED...
BEIJING, SHANGHAI, GUANGZHOU and SHENZHEN, China: Experian(R), the global
information services company, today announced an enterprise deal with HSBC to
help integrate the bank's access to external data sources around the world.
http://www.experianplc.com
http://bit.ly/9R8kct
CENTRE OPENED...
SEOUL, Korea: Regus, the world's leading provider of innovative workplace
solutions, has recognised South Korea's brighter economic outlook, and
responded to an upturn in enquiries, by opening a new business centre in Seoul.
http://bit.ly/dcdG8D
CAPACITY BOOSTED...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announces
that Mobilink, Pakistan's largest mobile operator and a subsidiary of Orascom
Telecom Holding, has once again selected the Acision SMSC to expand its
messaging capability to manage growth in messaging traffic.
http://www.mobilinkgsm.com
http://bit.ly/9ROO4x
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