SYDNEY--31 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EXHIBITION INVITATION...
TOKYO: Ricoh Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition
of prize-winning works from the Project Basho photography competition "ONWARD"
on May 4, 2011, at the RICOH Photo Gallery RING CUBE in Tokyo's Ginza.
http://www.projectbasho.org/
http://onward.projectbasho.org/
http://www.larryfinkphotography.com/
http://ringcube.jp/
http://bit.ly/evkJSP
ASIAN TRENDS...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Today at The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) 4th
Digital Media Conference held this year in Singapore, over 200 leading experts
from media and technology companies from Asia Pacific and the US came together
to discuss the continuing evolution of TV and how it affects the way we look at
our businesses and our consumers.
http://corporate.disney.go.com/
http://bit.ly/g9HDEw
ROLLING SHOWCASE...
LHASA, Tibet: Jonway Automobile, a majority owned subsidiary of Jonway ZAP
(OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP) will be showcasing 12 of their traditional gasoline
A380 SUVs as they caravan through the Himalaya Mountains in an eight day
expedition from Lhasa, Tibet to Katmandu in Nepal, starting April 1, 2011.
http://bit.ly/gx0bd0
ONLINE VIDEO...
3 of 4 Online Users in New Zealand Watch Online Video AUCKLAND, New Zealand:
comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today
released its latest study of online video viewing habits in New Zealand based
on data from the comScore Video Metrix service, which was launched in New
Zealand earlier this year.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/h7smbb
AWARD WINNER...
SYDNEY: BRW magazine today announced Matt Barrie, Founder and CEO of
Freelancer.com, as its winner of the 2011 BRW Entrepreneur of the Year.
http://www.freelancer.com/
http://bit.ly/gBeisa
GREEN SELECTION...
FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has won a contract to supply and install 63 elevators and
escalators for Kohinoor Square, in Mumbai.
http://bit.ly/eUSAg1
DEAL MADE...
WASHINGTON, LONDON and HONG KONG: SuperNova Diagnostics(R), Inc., a
privately-held global diagnostics company for human and non-human health
applications, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Shenzhen
Kang Sheng Bao Bio-Technology Co., Ltd. ("KSB"), a biotechnology diagnostics
company specializing in research, manufacture and distribution of in-vitro
diagnostic kits and research reagents in China and affiliated markets for the
research, development, manufacture and commercialisation of diagnostic products
and services for the measurement of Neopterin, its metabolites and derivatives
utilising the SuperNova technology platform of AmpCrystal(R). Financial terms
of the agreement were not disclosed.
http://www.supernovadiagnostics.com/
http://bit.ly/ehYMKi
PARTY SPOTS...
SYDNEY, Australia: The sun isn't the only thing that heats up between June
and August in the Northern Hemisphere, the season also ignites the hottest
summer party spots.
http://www.hotelscombined.com/
http://bit.ly/fuatQI
3D USER INTERFACE...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer,
has launched SPB Shell 3D for Android - a 3D user interface for end users with
the best-in-class user experience that offers a seamless fusion of functional
usability and visual aesthetics.
http://spb.com/android-software/shell/
http://bit.ly/fdZbai
TIER CERTIFICATION...
NEW YORK: Uptime Institute ( http://www.uptimeinstitute.org/ ), an industry
thought leader in research, education and consulting for all aspects of the
data center, today announced the completed Certification of the design of five
Datacraft onecloud data centers in India as Tier III Concurrently Maintainable.
http://professionalservices.uptimeinstitute.com/
http://www.datacraft-asia.com/
http://bit.ly/g1sts3
MONTHLY SUMMARY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) February 2011 Monthly
Summary is now available at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly . The monthly
summary report contains information about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date
activities for our gross mortgage portfolio, mortgage-backed securities and
other guarantees, interest rate risk measures, and serious delinquency rates.
http://bit.ly/fqLit3
NEW OFFICE...
LONDON: Trayport(R), a leading provider of commodities and equities trading
technology worldwide, today announced the opening of the company's new office
in Singapore.
http://bit.ly/gDTBNK
TWO OF A KIND...
HONG KONG: From the Outback to Sydney, Western Australia to Tasmania, people
across the continent are gearing up for the travel season.
http://www.dealextreme.com/
http://bit.ly/h03Hoz
ACQUISITION MADE...
CHICAGO: SIRVA Inc., a leading global corporate relocation and moving
services provider, has acquired Allied Lemuir in India, effective April 1,
2011. The Allied Lemuir business will now operate as Allied Pickfords.
http://www.sirva.com/
http://bit.ly/hhBWDq
BRAIN CHAMPION...
SINGAPORE: Singapore is on the verge of making history by crowning one of
its residents as a new Guinness World Record(TM) holder in memory.
http://bit.ly/g8kCtc
10 MILLION MARK...
LAS VEGAS: FC2, Inc. (URL: http://fc2.com/ ) announced today that the number
of the FC2ID registrants broke 10 million and monthly pages views passed 10
billion for the first time since its establishment.
http://bit.ly/f0MWqw
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