AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010

Tuesday 28 September 2010 17:12
BUSINESS SURVEY...

SINGAPORE: Latest Pacnet survey finds majority of businesses already using

hosted applications and moving on to higher bandwidth speeds for their Internet

connections.

http://sg.pacnet.com

http://bit.ly/9wo71b

LEGAL OFFICE...

NEW DELHI: ALMT Legal has announced the opening of an office in new delhi

with the hire of corporate partner Vineet Aneja alongwith his team of Surbhi

Gupta, Mohit Sharma and Vikram Bhargava from Luthra & Luthra.

http://almtlegal.com/

http://bit.ly/d63VDn

ADVERTISING AWARDS...

SINGAPORE: Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) agencies garnered top honors at the

Spikes Asia Advertising Festival in Singapore, winning all Agency of the Year

titles, four out of seven Grand Prix and the most Gold awards.

http://www.omnicomgroup.com

http://bit.ly/a9QNgu

WEATHER CENTRE...

TOKYO: Weathernews Inc.(WNI) is actively developing new innovative

infrastructure and technologies to enhance its unique weather content services.

http://weathernews.com

http://bit.ly/9u0iBl

MOBILE CONTRACT...

LONDON: Lebara, the global leader in providing high quality, low-cost

international mobile services, today took a significant step forward with the

introduction of Pay Monthly contracts.

http://www.lebara.com/media.html

http://bit.ly/9e5C5M

IT APPOINTMENT...

SINGAPORE: Savvis, Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that Mark Smith has been named managing director and regional leader for Asia Pacific and Japan. www.savvis.net

http://bit.ly/aqKAUE

EMPLOYMENT SURVEY...

CHICAGO: A first-of-its kind global study found Toronto to be the city with

the lowest risk in the world to recruit, employ and relocate employees,

according to Aon Consulting, the global benefits and human capital consulting

business of Aon Corporation.

http://www.aon.com/peoplerisk

http://bit.ly/aNi9Bn

AIRCRAFT SUPPLY...

WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes announce

agreements for thrust reverser refurbishment program, composites/structures

program, and spare parts purchasing.

www.spiritaero.com

http://bit.ly/cYVQsq

BIO AGREEMENT...

SYDNEY: Clinical Genomics Pty. Ltd. (Sydney, Australia) and The Garvan

Institute of Medical Research (Sydney, Australia) today announced that they

have entered into a license agreement in relation to novel biomarkers

discovered by scientists at the Garvan Institute.

http://bit.ly/aMv13X

PRODUCTION EXPANSION...

BEACHWOOD: Aleris International, Inc. announced today that it plans to

expand capacity at its Tianjin, China facility by installing a 28MN extrusion

press that will help the company meet increasing demand in China and better

serve its customers that have operations in China.

http://www.aleris.com

http://bit.ly/b9Ai2F

DESIGNER LAUNCH...

NEW YORK: Designer Charlotte Ronson has joined forces with MH Concepts for

her first foray into the Chinese market.

http://bit.ly/9FiHhn

FANNIE UPDATE...

WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the

following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated.

http://bit.ly/dh9y8R

FINANCE TECHNOLOGY...

JERSEY CITY: IPC Systems, a leading provider of indispensible trading

communications solutions to the world's top financial services firms and global

enterprises, today announced the service availability of its Session Initiation

Protocol (SIP)-based Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) for the

Tokyo market.

http://www.ipc.com .

http://bit.ly/bGzkS4

MOBILE AGREEMENT...

MIAMI and HONG KONG: Brightstar Corp., a global leader in services and

solutions for the wireless industry, announced today that it has signed an

exclusive distribution agreement with Jawbone(R), a leading developer of

personal technology and mobile products, to distribute its Bluetooth(R)

products across Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.

http://bit.ly/aDmopt

BEAUTY EXPO...

NEW YORK: Trends and new innovations in beauty, fragrance, personal care &

skin care at the HBA GLOBAL EXPO & CONFERENCE ON September 28-30, 2010.

http://www.hbaexpo.com

http://bit.ly/9eo9j9

BIO ACQUISITION...

NEW YORK: NeoStem, Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company with

operations in the U.S. and China, appeared on Thursday at the NASDAQ MarketSite

in Times Square in connection with its announcement of the signing of a

definitive merger agreement whereby NeoStem will acquire Progenitor Cell

Therapy.

http://www.neostem.com

http://bit.ly/cpU8qj

CHEMICAL FAIR...

PRINCETON: The American Chemical Society, Informex, and Chemical &

Engineering News (C&EN) announced today that they are to partner in hosting the

'ACS Careers Virtual Career Fair in conjunction with Informex and C&EN' a

completely virtual event, to be held November 2-3, 2010.

http://bit.ly/aEPd5X

ENVIRONMENT CSR...

CINCINNATI: The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today accelerates its

commitment to sustainability by unveiling a long-term environmental

sustainability vision.

http://www.pg.com

http://bit.ly/aEPd5X

ASSET TRANSFER...

WELLESLEY HILLS: Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn"), announced today that

assets of NoblePeak Vision Corp. of Wakefield, Massachusetts have been assigned

to him for the benefit of NoblePeak's creditors.

http://bit.ly/9BmDDz

FASHION APPOINTMENT...

SEATTLE: Terry Pillow, CEO of the Tommy Bahama Group, has announced the

appointment of Martin Coles to Managing Director of International.

www.tommybahama.com .

http://bit.ly/bBxg3t

TRAVEL SITE...

MOUNTAIN VIEW: International online travel agent vayama is announcing the

launch of its sister website, vayama.co.th. Vayama's Thailand based travel

website will offer deeply discounted international airfares originating in

Thailand.

http://www.vayama.co.th

http://bit.ly/dekuDo

CONSULTANT APPOINTMENT...

NEWTOWN SQUARE: Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's largest

project management member association, announces that its Board of Directors

has named Mark A. Langley as its new president and CEO upon Gregory

Balestrero's retirement from PMI on 1 January 2011.

http://www.pmi.org

http://bit.ly/9l987k

ENERGY JV...

LONDON: Camco International Limited, a global developer of emission

reductions and clean energy projects, today announces the formation of a joint

venture agreement with Khazanah Nasional ('Khazanah'), the investment holding

arm of the Government of Malaysia.

http://bit.ly/d5eCvy

DIGITAL MEASUREMENT...

SINGAPORE: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today

announced that it will offer free participation in Media Metrix 360 to online

publishers in Asia.

http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo .

http://bit.ly/biknrO

AGRI FAIR...

HONG KONG: The foremost comprehensive agricultural conference and trade fair

in Hong Kong, AgriPro Asia (APA) 2010 will be held in the Hong Kong Convention

& Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on 13 - 15 December 2010. The show is opened for

trade professionals only.

http://bit.ly/9ZyBQy

ASTON MARTIN...

HONG KONG: Arguably the world's most famous car, the actual 1964 Aston

Martin DB5 driven by James Bond - Sean Connery - in both Goldfinger and

Thunderball will be on display for nine days this month in Hong Kong as it is

readied to be the lead attraction for RM Auctions' annual Automobiles of London

event October 27th at the Battersea Evolution.

http://bit.ly/disH6k

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