SYDNEY--16 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SECOND PHASE...
BANGALORE, India: Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces today announced the second
phase of their brand architecture exercise with the roll-over of 19 hotels to
their new brand, Vivanta by Taj Hotels & Resorts, slotted in the 5-Star Upper
Upscale segment.
http://bit.ly/bqbHdt
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: In mid 2009, a fiber optic intrusion detection
system was installed on McAllen-Miller International Airport's perimeter fence.
http://bit.ly/9g52hm
ONLINE RESOURCE...
GLADESVILLE, Australia: ProstateHealthIndex.org - a major online resource to
help assess risk for prostate cancer - is now available in five languages,
English, French German, Italian and Spanish.
http://www.beckmancoulter.com
http://bit.ly/b9iZbb
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE...
KARIYA, Japan: Toyota Boshoku Corporation announced on September 15 that it
will participate in the 4th China International Auto Parts Expo (CIAPE), which
will be held at the China International Exhibition Center (Beijing) from
September 25 to 27, and will exhibit its environmental technologies and
products that contribute to "Environmentally Friendly Automotive Production."
http://www.toyota-boshoku-china.com
http://bit.ly/cO2fv2
TECHNICAL SEMINAR...
BEIJING: Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber
reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building
materials, will present a technical seminar at China Composites Expo
highlighting how developing nations can avoid building a legacy of corrosion
that will require spending enormous sums annually for infrastructure repair and
replacement by using today's advanced materials and processes including
inherently corrosion-resistant fiberglass-reinforced polymer composites.
http://www.owenscorning.com
http://bit.ly/cbxddY
PRODUCTION FACILITY...
BEIJING: The world's first full-scale production facility making
breakthrough composite power distribution poles has opened by Dulhunty Power
Ltd., in Australia.
http://www.owenscorning.com
http://bit.ly/cYHySp
PERFORMANCE FABRICS...
BEIJING: Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leading global producer of
reinforcement solutions for composite systems and residential and commercial
building materials, today introduced Ultrablade(TM) fabric solutions to help
enable the market transition to longer, lighter and stiffer wind turbine rotor
blades.
http://www.owenscorning.com
http://bit.ly/ajozMk
NEW APPLICATION...
LONDON: FxPro Financial Services Ltd (FxPro), a leading global retail broker
in FX and CFDs today announces the launch of its new application the FxPro b
Trader for use with BlackBerry(R) smartphones.
http://www.FxPro.com
http://bit.ly/dgzAVa
FOOTBALL GAME...
LONDON: Supermassive Games today announced that Big Match Striker, the
unique new free-to-play PC football game is live and now available to download
from http://www.bigmatchonline.com .
http://bit.ly/bHZvNN
A VISIONARY...
S-HERTOGENBOSCH, The Netherlands: Quintiq, a leading supplier of advanced
planning, scheduling and supply chain planning solutions
( http://www.quintiq.com/solutions supply-chain-planning.aspx), announced today
Gartner placed Quintiq as a Visionary in its Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain
Planning (SCP) for Process Automation, 2010* report. Quintiq was one of 14
vendors evaluated in the report.
http://www.quintiq.com
http://bit.ly/ckqU6B
MOMMY SPENDING...
BERKELEY, California: The hand that rocks the cradle not only rules the
world, it also controls 85 per cent of household purchasing power.
http://buyingbrain.com
http://neurofocus.com
http://bit.ly/ars3Yi
MARKET CLEARANCE...
IRVINE, Calif.: Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) announced today the
Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) regulatory clearance of
its noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb) measurement, available as part
of the Masimo rainbow SET(R) platform.
http://www.masimo.com/
http://bit.ly/9o45s4
NEW HTC...
LONDON: HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today unveiled a
new HTC Sense experience with the new HTC Desire HD(TM) and HTC Desire Z(TM)
Android-based smartphones.
www.htc.com
http://bit.ly/bNQHyi
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS...
WASHINGTON: Soft consumer spending coupled with ongoing labor market duress
have precipitated downgraded growth expectations for the remainder of 2010 and
most of 2011, according to the September 2010 Economic Outlook released today
by Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis
Group.
http://bit.ly/a4wjXG
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS...
LONDON: 5 Chinese universities in top 100 for engineering & technology;
Tsinghua University ranked 11 in the world.
http://www.topuniversities.com
http://bit.ly/cJPNGP
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amount indicated for the following securities issue on the redemption date
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/ci9z8r
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS...
LONDON: 2 Singapore universities in top 100 for engineering & technology;
National University of Singapore (NUS) ranked 9= in the world.
http://www.topuniversities.com
http://bit.ly/cenlXW
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS...
LONDON: 4 Hong Kong universities in top 100 for engineering
and technology; HKUST ranked 26 in the world.
http://www.topuniversities.com
http://bit.ly/9kTWQu
GAME KICK-OFF...
LONDON: Supermassive Games today announced that Big Match Striker, the
unique new free-to-play PC football game is live and now available to download
from http://www.bigmatchonline.com .
http://bit.ly/aJRC5x
3D EYEWEAR...
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.: Oakley, Inc. today announced that it has engineered
innovative new 3D eyewear that both complements and optimizes the technology
used in the majority of 3D movie theaters around the world.
http://www.luxottica.com
http://bit.ly/a6435G
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK...
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada: Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile
personalization company, today announced that it has set high performance
benchmarks for the mobile control plane for 3G and 4G networks as part of the
mobile packet core testing
( http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=196419& ) conducted by the
European Advanced Network Test Center
(EANTC).
www.bridgewatersystems.com
http://bit.ly/br64oE
ACQUISITION COMPLETE...
PHILADELPHIA: Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that it has
completed its previously announced acquisition, from affiliates of Swire
Pacific Limited, their interests in the holding companies for Crown's Chinese
and Vietnamese joint ventures.
http://bit.ly/arTIHH
MORE FEATURED...
NEW YORK: HBA Global Expo & Conference ( http://www.hbaexpo.com ) is set to
open with a diverse roster of exhibitors, including more than 150 first time
exhibitors and some returning veterans.
http://bit.ly/b3nkTt
NOW AVAILABLE...
NEW DELHI: Qtrax (A Div. of BLLN.PK), the much anticipated and eagerly
awaited FREE and LEGAL online music download site, is operating its beta
service in India. The new and revolutionary service is available for India
music fans at http://www.qtrax.com .
http://bit.ly/9Ck53P
DESIGNER SELECTED...
NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The University of Iowa has chosen Pelli Clarke Pelli
Architects ( http://www.pcparch.com ) to design the new Hancher Auditorium
( http://www.hancher.uiowa.edu ), a replacement for the renowned performing arts
center damaged in a 2008 flood.
http://bit.ly/bCCZVM
NEW SUBSIDIARY...
PARIS: Eleven years after the Group's foundation in Paris this move
represents an important step forward in its global development strategy,
following its successful expansion to London in 2002 and New York in 2006.
http://www.tradingcentral.com
http://bit.ly/dvN3ou
ON TRACK...
UTRECHT, The Netherlands: Eurail Group's fiscal year has gotten off to a
good start as the eco-friendly company announces that sales have risen by 9 per
cent in the first six months of 2010; these results are compared to the same
period last year.
http://www.eurailgroup.com
http://bit.ly/cqYITr
SECURE COMMUNICATION...
ZURICH, Switzerland: Secure, encrypted mobile communication is becoming
more and more important for business.
http://www.qnective.com
http://bit.ly/a19eVO
SPECIAL LECTURES...
LONDON: Professor Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean of London Business School[1],
will lead two special lectures at the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi on Tuesday
21st September and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on Thursday 23rd
September.
http://bit.ly/9IqZKo
HOUSING SURVEY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) latest national housing
survey finds that most Americans believe the housing market has reached bottom,
but they are more cautious about owning a home.
http://www.fanniemae.com/about/housing-survey.html
http://bit.ly/90MF6D
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