AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Thursday, June 16, 2011

Thursday 16 June 2011 15:55
WORLD'S LOWEST...

TOKYO: Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) announced on June 15 the S-5844 series,

the world's lowest power consumption 180nA temperature switch IC.

http://www.sii-ic.com/en/

http://www.sii-ic.com/cn/

http://bit.ly/k3hxex

POWER CONSUMPTION...

TOKYO: Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) announced on June 15 the S-5844 series,

the world's lowest power consumption 180nA temperature switch IC.

http://www.sii-ic.com/en/

http://www.sii-ic.com/cn/

http://bit.ly/l4ZuB7

TEMPERATURE SWITCH IC...

TOKYO: Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) announced on June 15 the S-5844 series,

the world's lowest power consumption 180nA temperature switch IC.

http://www.sii-ic.com/en/

http://www.sii-ic.com/cn/

http://bit.ly/is8uPO

BEIJING-MILAN ROTATIONS...

BEIJING: With Air China's flight CA949 taking to the sky on June 15, the

carrier's direct rotations between Beijing and Milan were introduced to the

market.

http://www.airchina.com/

http://bit.ly/j1ERZF

NEW PLATFORM...

READING, England: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced

that Orange Botswana is deploying Acision Multi-VAS (Value Added Services),

meaning the operator can consolidate a number of its services, including voice,

text and multimedia messaging, onto one single platform.

http://www.acision.com/

http://bit.ly/kt1Vph

MENS UNDERWEAR...

SYDNEY, Australia: Lifestyle international brand aussieBum launches its new

hipster underwear Flame.

http://www.aussiebum.com/

http://bit.ly/kJEhDR

INVESTMENT SECURED...

BERLIN: Rocket Internet and Kinnevik have invested $90 million in Wimdu

following their prior success with companies such as Groupon/City Deal and

Zalando.

http://www.wimdu.com/

http://bit.ly/lHPMBX

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT...

LONDON: International Power (IPR), PT Supreme Energy (Supreme Energy) and

Marubeni Corporation have entered into a joint venture agreement for the

development of the Rantau Dedap geothermal project located in South Sumatra

Province.

http://www.iprplc-gdfsuez.com/

http://www.gdfsuez.com/

http://bit.ly/kgBd1G

KUALA LUMPUR PLAN...

CHICAGO: Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt

affiliate has entered into an agreement with Bahagia Investment Corporation

(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to manage Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur.

http://www.hyatt.com/

http://bit.ly/lcfLco

SERVICE UPDATE...

MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 2000

AEST) on its Australian and New Zealand services (Trans Tasman and domestic) as

a result of a volcanic ash cloud caused by Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in

Chile.

http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews

http://bit.ly/mPYWFo

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT...

SAN DIEGO: CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading global medical technology

company, today announced a five-year exclusive agreement with Spanish company

Grifols, to become the reseller of BlisPack(R), the first robotic system for

identifying, cutting and overwrapping unit doses from blisters in the hospital

pharmacies across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

http://www.carefusion.com/

http://bit.ly/mz4q89

HNW MARKET...

NEW YORK and BOSTON: Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of

financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced

the successful completion of a significant performance benchmark on Microsoft

SQL Server 2008 R2 against Eagle's latest software version, V11.0.

http://www.eagleinvsys.com/

http://bit.ly/mU3hHe

MEMBERS ANNOUNCED...

SINGAPORE: The Digital Life Academy today announced its final selections for

the Academy session in Singapore this summer.

http://bit.ly/kxcE5Y

BENCHMARK NOTES...

WASHINGTON: The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board:

FNMA).

http://bit.ly/krpVGN

EDGEWALK ATTRACTION...

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada: Stepping out on CN Tower's EdgeWalk - by Mark

Laroche, President and CEO of Canada Lands Company.

http://www.clc.ca/

http://www.cntower.ca/

http://www.edgewalkcntower.ca/

http://bit.ly/iipPEV

VIDEO DECODING...

MONTREAL: Matrox Graphics Inc. today introduces the Matrox SMD-2 streaming

media decoder, a second-generation universal IP video decode solution designed

to decode - in parallel - large numbers of network video streams in different

resolutions and formats.

http://www.matrox.com/smd-2

http://bit.ly/mMglS2

SERVICES SUSPENDED...

BRISBANE, Australia: Pacific Blue, an airline of the Virgin Australia Group

of Airlines, has suspended services into and out of Auckland and Hamilton in

New Zealand, effective immediately because of the volcanic ash plume.

http://bit.ly/lH4tjg

COMMAND FLEXIBILITY...

SYDNEY, Australia: Getac Technology Corporation has launched a unique, COTS

(commercial off the shelf) rugged military command laptop computer designed to

meet the demanding requirements of battlefield command positions, military

field control centres and maintenance facilities.

http://apac.getac.com/x500

http://bit.ly/k6ILUa

INTERACTIVE TELEVISION...

HAMBURG, Germany: Vestel Group, one of the largest largest TV manufacturers

in Europe, is to only use portal solutions from the German supplier NetRange

MMH for configuring Internet-compatible televisions.

http://www.netrange.de/

http://bit.ly/kiLMM3

MUTUAL FUND...

SINGAPORE, HONG KONG and SEOUL, South Korea: Nikko Asset Management Co.,

Ltd. (Nikko AM) today announced its appointment as the actual investment

manager of a NYSE listed mutual fund for Greater China (the Fund).

http://en.nikkoam.com/

http://bit.ly/iIHYjl

MINIATURISED AV TRANSMITTER...

SINGAPORE: Adder, the experts in connectivity solutions today unveil the

latest generation of miniaturized AV transmitters to work alongside the hugely

successful ADDERLink AV 100 Series.

http://www.adder.com

http://bit.ly/jry9Gz

YOUTRACK 3.0...

PRAGUE: JetBrains(R), creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing

development tools, today announced the release of YouTrack 3.0, a fully

customizable version of its intelligent keyboard-centric issue and bug tracker

including a Free Pack.

http://www.jetbrains.com/

http://bit.ly/iXLjh6

KENYAN CHIEF JUSTICE...

NEW YORK: The Trustees and staff of the Ford Foundation warmly congratulate

their colleague Dr. Willy M. Mutunga, who today was confirmed by the Kenyan

Parliament as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya.

http://www.fordfoundation.org/

http://bit.ly/kGKRyI

SERVICE UPDATE...

MELBOURNE, Australia: Jetstar wishes to provide a further update (as at 1000

AEST) on its Australian and New Zealand services (Trans Tasman and domestic) as

a result of a volcanic ash cloud caused by Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in

Chile.

http://www.twitter.com/JetstarNews

http://bit.ly/jbK1wj

SHONIN APPROVAL...

TOKYO: Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), the world's leading

manufacturer of medical technology for treating cancer with radiotherapy,

announced today it has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of

Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market the TrueBeam(TM) system for

image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery in Japan.

http://www.varian.com/

http://bit.ly/lANPq6

BEYONCE PULSE...

NEW YORK: Coty Beauty, a leading global beauty company, announced today the

launch of the highly anticipated newest scent in the Beyonce Parfums portfolio

-- Beyonce Pulse.

http://www.coty.com/

http://bit.ly/iE4d58

BLUETOOTH HEADSET...

HONG KONG: MyVoice 610, a new Bluetooth headset from i.Tech Dynamic, is

ideal for busy professionals who demand a combination of cutting-edge style and

features that enhance their productivity.

http://www.itechdynamic.com/

http://bit.ly/iV06Wd

I.TECH MYVOICE 610...

HONG KONG: MyVoice 610, a new Bluetooth headset from i.Tech Dynamic, is

ideal for busy professionals who demand a combination of cutting-edge style and

features that enhance their productivity.

http://www.itechdynamic.com/

http://bit.ly/m5HxyK

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT...

WETTENBERG, Germany: PVA TePla AG, Wettenberg, a manufacturer of silicon

crystallization systems as well as vacuum and high-temperature systems, is now

marketing a further development of the MultiCrystallizer crystal-growing

system, generation G5, for higher loads.

http://www.pvatepla.com/

http://bit.ly/mgkfvJ

PHASE 1 STUDY...

SINGAPORE: Inviragen announced today the initiation of the first clinical

trial of the Company's proprietary Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

investigational vaccine, INV21, a highly purified virus particle preparation

designed to protect against HFMD caused by enterovirus 71 (EV71).

http://www.inviragen.com/

http://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/

http://bit.ly/kX218Y

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