AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Thursday, September 8, 2011

Thursday 08 September 2011 15:24
ANALYSIS SYSTEM...

TOKYO: NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on September 7

that it will enhance its Global IP Network Service by introducing cloud-based

traffic analysis for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) in Australia, France,

Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands

and the United Kingdom.

http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html

http://bit.ly/pocf8N

LED LIGHTING...

TOKYO: Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd., its 12 bottling partners and other

affiliates of the Coca Cola system in Japan have determined to install vending

machines employing LED lighting in product displays for all new purchases of

machines for beverage products in cans and PET bottles, starting from 2012.

http://bit.ly/oM8X2D

GLOBAL EXPANSION...

LONDON: Global mobile advertising marketplace Adfonic, announces it has

raised an additional $7.5 million (EUR5.2m) in funding.

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1726614

http://bit.ly/pFLsL4

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED...

LONDON: Today, The Asian Awards in partnership with Lebara announced the

four world-class nominees of the Lebara People's Choice Award.

http://www.lebara.co.uk/asianawards

http://www.theasianawards.com/

http://bit.ly/oeA62S

GREEN INNOVATIONS...

SINGAPORE: Innovative green building solutions are set to steal the

limelight as BEX Asia, the region's premiere green building expo returns for

its fourth edition.

http://www.bex-asia.com/

http://www.sgbw.com.sg/

http://bit.ly/pfrCZH

GREATER TRANSPARENCY...

LONDON: FxPro Financial Services Ltd ('FxPro'), an award winning global

forex broker today announced it will be publishing operational metrics for its

business.

http://www.fxpro.com/

http://bit.ly/oQHTjl

FANNIE MAE 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/qHlUD8

IN TOP FIVE...

RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE: Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) - one of the

fastest-growing and most cost-effective free trade zones in the UAE - has

received major industry recognition from fDi Magazine and Financial Times

Business, making the top five best overall Middle East Free Zones of the Future

listing.

http://www.rakftz.com/

http://bit.ly/rnJ9dJ

LEADERSHIP TEAM...

NEW YORK: McCann Worldgroup announced today the appointment of Yasuyuki

Katagi to President and CEO of McCann Worldgroup Japan. He will work alongside

Michael McLaren, who will assume the role of Chairman of McCann Worldgroup

Japan.

http://www.mccannworldgroup.com/

http://bit.ly/nuAo3o

ANTI-AGING INNOVATION...

CARLSBAD, Calif.: SkinMedica, the fastest growing professional skin care

company in the United States, has revolutionized the anti-aging category with

the introduction of Biometa Essential Serum(TM) - the first product from

SkinMedica to be launched exclusively in select international markets.

http://www.biometaessentialserum.com/

http://www.skinmedica.com/

http://bit.ly/oj12Eq

MATROX DUALHEAD2GO...

MONTREAL: Matrox Graphics today announced that Italy's Movieland Park has

selected the Matrox DualHead2Go external multi-display adapter to drive three

new multi-display and multi-projector attractions at their amusement park on

Lake Garda.

http://www.matrox.com/dualhead2go

http://bit.ly/p4R22d

SHOW THEIR FACES...

PARIS: Artist and TED Prize winner JR today unveiled Time is Now, Yalla! -

part of his Inside Out Project in which people around the world stand for what

they believe in by pasting giant black-and-white portraits on the walls and

streets of their communities.

http://www.insideoutproject.net/

http://bit.ly/ooilfj

FIRST COVERED STADIUM...

BRUSSELS: England will kick off their campaign in the new Otago Stadium in

Dunedin, the first stadium in the world to have both a fixed roof and natural

grass pitch.

http://www.dessosports.com/en/dunedin

http://bit.ly/qWB587

CHINESE WINE WINS...

LONDON: The Royal Opera House played host to the Decanter World Wine Awards

last night with some extraordinary wines winning top awards.

http://www.decanter.com/dwwa

http://bit.ly/nANc2j

COUNTRY MANAGER...

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global

provider of talent management solutions, has appointed Charles Yong as Country

Manager for Indonesia and Office Managing Director of its Jakarta office.

http://www.kornferryasia.com/

http://www.kornferryinstitute.com/

http://bit.ly/qCqpTy

UNIFIED TRADING COMMUNICATIONS...

JERSEY CITY, N.J.: IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of trading

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

enterprises, today announced that China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation

Ltd. (CAO) has chosen IPC's new state-of-the-art trading communication system,

Unigy(TM) to be part of its energy trading platform, equipping CAO with a

latest trading communications technology that can adapt to the rapidly changing

markets.

http://www.ipc.com/

http://bit.ly/nYGZ20

CLOUD GAMING SERVICE...

TAIPEI: Ubitus Inc., the leading cloud computing company, today announced

the launch of world's first commercial mobile cloud gaming service, G CLOUD,

with NHN Japan Corporation.

http://www.ubitus.net/

http://bit.ly/qn1PJc

OAG ANALYSIS...

SINGAPORE: OAG, the global leader in aviation intelligence and a UBM

Aviation brand, today released the results of the OAG World Crisis Analysis,

which calculated the impact that events such as terrorism, pandemics and

natural disasters have had on global airline capacity over the past 30 years.

http://www.oag.com/

http://www.oagaviation.com/worldcrisisanalysis

http://www.ubmaviation.com/

http://bit.ly/q5xbYU

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