DOT ASIA ANNOUNCEMENT...
HONG KONG - DotAsia Organisation announces Go Live of the
".Asia" registry, signifying the start of
first-come-first-served registrations, allowing anyone around
the world to get their ".Asia" domain instantaneously. "With
over 10 million domains registered in China alone and over 150
million worldwide, the potential for ".Asia" is only now
starting to be realized. There are millions of great ".Asia"
domains still available on a first-come-first-served basis,"
says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia.
www.cyberport.asia
MITSUBISHI JV...
TOKYO - Under share redemption plan, Caterpillar would
become the majority shareholder in Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi
Ltd. with an option to reach full ownership after five years.
www.CAT.com
www.mhi.co.jp
GLOBAL PAYMENTS...
HONG KONG - Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), a leading provider
of electronic transaction processing services, has entered into
an agreement with Planet Payment (LSE AIM: PPTR and PPT), a
leading international, multi-currency payment and data
processor, to offer Pay in Your Currency(TM) dynamic currency
service to HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corporation's ("HSBC")
merchants in the People's Republic of China, subject to
regulatory clearance in China.
www.planetpayment.com
STREAMING MAG AWARD...
PLANO, Texas - Streaming Media magazine chose the ViewCast
Niagara(R) GoStream(R) Plus portable streaming media encoder
appliance for its 2008 Editors' Picks award. The annual
Editors' Picks list showcases what their industry-savvy writers
judge to be the "best products" in the industry.
www.viewcast.com.
CEO ANNOUNCEMENT...
SAN FRANCISCO - Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC), a leading
independent global financial services and payments consultancy,
announced today the appointment of Lance Blockley as new CEO
and Managing Director who will serve from the firm's Sydney
office.
www.edgardunn.com
OTIS CHINA...
FARMINGTON, Connecticut - The China Association for Quality
Promotion (CAQP) has recognized Otis Elevator Company as a
leading service provider in China for its consistent national
service model, standardized processes and best-in-class
response time. Otis is a unit of United Technologies Corp.
(NYSE: UTX). COLUMBIAN FINANCIAL... LONDON - FIS Software is
pleased to announce that Columbian Financial Group (CFG) in
Binghamton, NY has selected ALIS as its strategic policy
administration platform.
www.fis-software.com
www.cfglife.com
KPMG STUDY...
TORONTO - KPMG LLP will release its 7th Competitive
Alternatives Study, ranking the competitive business cost
advantage of 10 countries and 136 cities, on March 27 at 09:30
EST, 06:30 PST, 13:30 GMT, via a news conference, conference
call, and Web cast. The announcement will be made in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
www.kpmg.com
www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/
NOVELIS ANNOUNCEMENT...
SEOUL - Novelis Korea today announced it will implement a
new alloying element surcharge for its aluminum products in
response to the rising costs of alloying ingredients. The
surcharge will apply to aluminum products for all industrial
applications such as electronics, construction, transportation,
surface critical, as well as general purpose.
www.novelis.com
www.novelis.co.kr
ANSWERS.TRAVEL LAUNCH...
LOS ANGELES - ANSWERS.travel enables users to search the top
20 travel web sites such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz,
Priceline, Kayak and other major travel sites at the same time
with one click as well as answer any type of travel related
question free of charge to users.
www.ANSWERS.travel
HEALTH LEADERS...
WASHINGTON - Academic health center
leaders from around the world will be taking a Voyage of
Discovery addressing the visions, growth, and strategic
partnerships of academic health centers in a global environment
and speaking to vital infrastructure issues that impact
education, research, and patient care innovations at the 2008
International Forum of the Association of Academic Health
Centers.
www.aahcdc.org
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE...
LONDON - A US$1 Million Collection of Five Luxury Spirits
Bottles Bombay Sapphire, the world's leading premium gin, has
inspired three prominent names in luxury and design --
Baccarat, Garrard and Karim Rashid -- to create Revelation,
five handmade crystal bottles individually decorated with
sapphires and diamonds, priced at US$200,000 each.
www.bombaysapphire.com
CELLECTRICON LAUNCH...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Cellectricon, a leading provider of
screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced the
launch of the new Cellaxess(R)HT System. The world's first
fully automated high throughput transfection system enables
reagent-free delivery of genetic material to a wide range of
biologically relevant cell types. The system will be introduced
at the SBS 14th Annual Conference and Meeting in St. Louis,
MO, USA, April 6-10.
PIRACY STUDY...
MUMBAI - The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) has
released a new study showing huge job and revenue losses to the
Indian economy as a result of piracy in Indias burgeoning
entertainment industry. www.usibc.com
QUINTILES LAB...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina - Quintiles
Transnational Corp. today announced an agreement with Medca
Japan to provide central laboratory services, further extending
the Quintiles global network of laboratories certified by the
College of American Pathologists (CAP).
www.quintiles.com
www.quintiles.co.jp
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25
million on April 5, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$430
million on April 9, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
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