PULSAR SELLS...
YAVNE: Pulsar Ltd., pioneer and leader in magnetic pulse welding, Friday
announced the first sale of its magnetic pulse welding system in Korea.
http://www.pulsar.co.il
http://www.rist.re.kr/new/english
IAC EXPANDS...
MUMBAI: International Automotive Components Group (IAC) Thursday announced
that it has been awarded two new contracts to supply instrument panels to a
future Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) utility vehicle and a Mahindra International
Ltd. (MIL) medium/heavy-duty truck program.
http://www.iacgroup.com
RISK MANAGEMENT...
NEW YORK, LONDON and BEIRUT: The Global Association of Risk Professionals
and the Banque du Liban have teamed up to jointly develop a first-of-its-kind
Certificate in Risk Management for Islamic Financial Institutions due to be
launched in late 2008.
http://www.garp.org
http://www.bdl.gov.lb
JOINT VENTURE...
DOHA and JAKARTA: The Government of Indonesia Thursday signed a joint
venture agreement with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the global
investment vehicle of the Government of Qatar, to set up a US$1 billion
investment holding company.
SPRAY SYSTEM...
WESTLAKE, Ohio: Powder coating capability is in everyone's reach with the
new easy to use and affordable RediCoat Manual Powder Spray System from Nordson
Corporation, a worldwide leader in powder coating equipment and technology.
http://www.nordson.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three
securities issues amounting to a total of US$116.95 million on Dec 17 and 20,
2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FRIENDSTER ANNOUNCES...
SAN FRANCISCO: Friendster, Inc. Thursday announced that Friendster.com is
available in two additional major languages -- Japanese and Korean -- allowing
Friendster users and visitors a choice of languages to navigate the site, enter
content and use Friendster's complete set of social networking features.
http://www.friendster.com
CLOCK DIVIDERS...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth
communications, and Ethernet IC solutions, Thursday added four new divide by
three and divide by five clock dividers to its clock divider product family.
http://www.micrel.com
WORLD FIRST...
HILVERSUM: On 6 December, Dutch broadcasting companies Radio Netherlands
Worldwide and IKON in Hilversum are launching a world first: the integral texts
of the Bible and the Qu'ran alongside each other on one website.
http://www.bibleandkoran.net
TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT...
LOS ANGELES: BigWorld Technology Thursday announced an agreement with Sierra
Online to use the BigWorld Technology Suite in the development of an upcoming
PC online game targeting a mass market audience.
http://www.sierra.com
http://www.bigworldtech.com
PROGRESS WELCOMES...
SINGAPORE: Progress Software Corporation, a leading provider of application
infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business
applications, celebrates a successful year as it welcomes its first 6 Progress
Application Partners (AP).
http://www.progress.com/asia
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