AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, October 21, 2011

Friday 21 October 2011 14:48
BIZ PARTNERSHIP...

GENEVA: WISeKey, a 2011 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Growth Company, is

pleased to announce an agreement with the Swiss luxury watch brand Hublot to

extend their breakthrough anti-counterfeiting partnership.

http://bit.ly/oLCWhk

AWARD...

SINGAPORE: RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc

(LSE:ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and

maintenance products, has won 'Best eCommerce Marketing Initiative' at the

eCommerce Awards for Excellence 2011.

http://bit.ly/o3KoSF

ELECTRONICS EXPO...

ATLANTA and PENANG, Malaysia: World Micro's VP of Global Quality to Address

Electronics Inspection Standards at Malaysian SMTA Expo.

http://bit.ly/p6hZd8

FINANCING...

SINGAPORE: ViKi Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing From Strategic

Partners SK Planet, BBC Worldwide and Existing Investors Greylock Partners,

Andreessen Horowitz, Others.

http://bit.ly/nDXoIB

JUDGEMENT...

BELLEVILLE, Ontario, Canada: Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. a research-based,

technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that New

York court has granted summary judgment in its favour, dismissing all claims in

a lawsuit brought by a former licensing advisor, Ferghana Partners, Inc.

http://bit.ly/o8GHvC

MCC TAKEOVER...

ST. LOUIS and LUXEMBOURG: CITIC Resources Holdings Limited (CRH) and CITIC

Group to Accept Offer for Macarthur Coal Takeover.

http://bit.ly/pNueeH

BRISBANE, Australia: Virgin Australia group of airlines (ASX: VBA) today

welcomed the Competition Commission of Singapore's (CCS's) approval of its

proposed alliance with Singapore Airlines.

http://bit.ly/qfNfNX

GOLF...

SAO PAULO: Txai Terravista - Trancoso to Offer the Best Golf Course in South

America.

http://bit.ly/qEWrXL

FILM COATING...

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. and LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany: Colorcon, Inc. and BASF have

announced a collaboration for the development of future film coating systems

using Kollicoat(R) Smartseal 30 D, and a new Colorcon pre-formulated additive.

http://bit.ly/q7bNRO

COMMBANK APP...

SYDNEY: This coming Tuesday, Oct 25th at 10:00 (AEDT), the Commonwealth Bank

of Australia will be unveiling a world-first mobile app that marks a

significant change to the way their customers can pay. This app will combine a

number of payment types, with more details to be announced.

http://bit.ly/pbvjai

REAL ESTATE...

DALLAS: Texas' most legendary estate, Mount Vernon at 4009 Lawther Drive,

has been listed for sale by Allie Beth Allman, founder and CEO of Dallas-based

Allie Beth Allman and Associates.

http://bit.ly/p8M5X9

SCIENCE...

SYDNEY: The widely held belief today's cycads are 'dinosaur plants' and were

around during dinosaur times has been categorically debunked in a breakthrough

study of international significance.

http://bit.ly/qKimkG

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE...

COPENHAGEN: BICSI-recognized Advanced Certification training is now offered

to all partners, also with a new Milestone Architecture & Engineering (A&E)

Program to support project design and increase expertise in IP video

surveillance.

http://bit.ly/qV2feM

IP...

MONTREAL: Hydro-Qu?bec (Canada) and Technifin (South Africa) are pleased to

announce that they have entered into an intellectual property collaboration

agreement relating to the licensing of their respective intellectual property

(IP) in lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies, notably for

lithium-ion battery applications.

http://bit.ly/mUathf

ISP...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay: The Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey 2011

results, initially previewed at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi,

Kenya, in September, demonstrate healthy growth in awareness, planning and

actual deployment of IPv6.

http://bit.ly/nSAE9b

IP SUIT...

WOODBRIDGE, Ontario, Canada: Litens Automotive Group announces today that it

has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against Flennor Automotive

and the Walther Flender Group to enforce Litens' patents on automatic belt

tensioners.

http://bit.ly/olF7SF

DHL BUY...

SINGAPORE: DHL Invests in Marine Spare Parts Logistics to Tap on Fast

Growing US$1 Billion Sector.

http://bit.ly/pNrjFh

FINANCIAL RESULTS...

WICHITA, Kan: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. will release its third

quarter 2011 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Thursday, Nov. 3.

http://bit.ly/pwDItT

TRAVEL AGENCIES...

TOKYO: Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau Launches Free Lending Service of

Video Stock Footage of Tokyo to Overseas Organizations.

http://bit.ly/nd43UV

CLOUD SERVICE...

READING, England: Acision Launches Enhanced Personalised Messaging Services

on-Demand.

http://bit.ly/naw1NJ

CPA IP...

SYDNEY: CPA Global, the worlds leading intellectual property (IP) management

specialist, today announced the launch of Insight, a set of custom portfolio

analytics designed to help companies align their IP and business strategies by

making more informed patent portfolio decisions.

http://bit.ly/pvtFc2

SOCIAL NETWORKING...

SYDNEY: Portals Reach Largest Percentage of Australians Online, Social

Networking Accounts for Most Time.

http://bit.ly/qxlCv6

HEALTH...

NYON, Switzerland: This World Osteoporosis Day (October 20) the

International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and its 200 member patient and

medical societies are calling on the public and health professionals around the

world to take action for bone health and osteoporosis prevention.

http://bit.ly/oepCmy

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