SYDNEY--1 Mar--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
MFI LOAN...
BANGALORE: ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, has
announced that it recently issued credit guarantees through its Global Bridge
Fund to two Indian microfinance institutions (MFIs).
http://www.accion.org.
http://bit.ly/f5HwHC
CORPORATE DONATION...
AUCKLAND: Citigroup, Inc. has pledged NZ$100,000 to the New Zealand Red
Cross and launched an employee fundraising appeal to support earthquake
disaster relief efforts in Christchurch.
www.citigroup.com
www.citi.co.nz.
http://bit.ly/euOV9R
GAME CARDS...
SINGAPORE and SAN FRANCISCO: MOL AccessPortal Berhad (MOL) and Zynga Inc
today announce the launch of Zynga Game Cards in Asia to provide an easy way
for players to pay for virtual goods in their favorite Zynga games.
http://www.mol.com/zynga
http://bit.ly/evsMzA
HYDROGEN STORAGE...
TOKYO: McPhy Energy, a leader in solid hydrogen storage technology, has
announced that the company has signed a contract with the Iwatani Corporation,
Japan's leading supplier of hydrogen in terms of market share, to supply a 4
kilogram solid hydrogen storage solution.
http://www.mcphy.com.
http://www.iwatani.co.jp/eng/index.php
http://bit.ly/hF1ZCy
MEDIA IMAGING...
SYDNEY: Pagemasters, Australias premier supplier of editorial production
services, has entered into a strategic alliance with Velocity Made Good to
provide imaging services for the print and online publishing industry.
http://bit.ly/dXQHN7
DEFENCE AIRCRAFT...
MELBOURNE: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today introduced several innovative
aircraft and ground station configurations that can be tailored to specific
customer intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements. Branded
the "Dragon" series, these platforms can be customized to support individual
military, homeland defense, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance mission
needs.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/aml
http://bit.ly/gSsmT1
ONLINE DEALS...
HONG KONG: From March to May, sakura bloom all over Japan, with the blossom
forecast announced each year by the weather bureau and watched carefully by
those planning to see it as the blossoms only last a week or two.
DealExtreme.com
http://bit.ly/eqQwv4
TRADING SYSTEM...
SINGAPORE: PhillipCapital and RTS Realtime Systems Group announced today
that they have signed an agreement to launch RTS' low latency event-based
algorithmic trading solutions to Phillip Securities' customers. Low latency
trading allows high-frequency traders to transmit huge volume of trade orders
at lightning speed.
http://www.phillip.com.sg
http://www.rtsgroup.net
http://bit.ly/dGIHLU
PAYMENT SOFTWARE...
LONDON: Accuity, the leading provider of payment routing data, anti-money
laundering (AML) screening software, and services, is pleased to announce that
Bank of Beijing, one of China's largest commercial banks, has selected
Accuity's Compliance Link and Global WatchList(R)
http://www.accuitysolutions.com/
http://bit.ly/gP8jjl
COAL PACT...
ST. LOUIS: Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced an agreement with SSA
Marine to initially export up to 24 million metric tons of coal per year
through the planned Gateway Pacific Terminal in Whatcom County in northwest
Washington. Coal export volumes would be dependent upon global market demand,
terminal capacity and other factors.
http://bit.ly/erc6jc
RENEWABLE ENERGY...
BERLIN and TOKYO: Germany's homeowners choose renewable energy. The share of
renewable electricity in German homes surpassed 17 percent in 2010 and solar
installations doubled. This demand is drawing companies to Germany's renewable
energy industry.
http://bit.ly/fjgXYp
PHARMA INVESTMENT...
SHIJIAZHUANG, China: Infinity Group, an RMB fund pioneer and the leader in
cross border China RMB and dollar private equity funds, announced today that it
is investing 120 million RMB ($US18 million) in Shijiazhuang Xingbai
Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
http://www.infinity-equity.com
http://bit.ly/etJQ6B
COMPANY RESEARCH...
TORONTO: DisclosureNet's growing international data sources, which now
include the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, further solidify its position in
the marketplace as a leading provider of targeted corporate disclosure research
solutions.
www.disclosurenet.com
http://bit.ly/gdeXiL
AMAZON LOGISTICS...
RHEINBERG, Germany: Goodman Group today announced that it has signed a
contract with Amazon, one of the world's leading online e-commerce providers,
to develop an approx. 110,000 sqm logistics centre in Rheinberg, Germany (near
Duisburg).
www.amazon.de
www.goodman.com
http://bit.ly/i7NNbb
MONITOR UPGRADE...
MONTREAL: Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveiled the new Matrox Extio F2208 KVM
extender, a remote graphics solution that separates the operator console (two
displays plus five USB 2.0 ports for keyboard, mouse, and other HIDs) from the
host system by up to 1 kilometre of fibre-optic cable.
http://www.matrox.com/extio_f2208
http://bit.ly/hmmn7M
HOTEL DEALS...
SYDNEY: HotelsCombined.com has revealed the HotelsCombined.com Price Index
review of global hotel prices for March 2011. If you are looking for the best
value accommodation deals in March, then the HotelsCombined.com
Price Index is for you.
http://www.HotelsCombined.com
http://bit.ly/gjkMen
ANDROID SOFTWARE...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands: NXP Software has launched its LifeVibes MusicFX
control panel for the Android platform. This new app opens up exciting
possibilities for consumers, device makers and application developers, allowing
all of them to benefit instantly from the audio effects incorporated in the
latest Android release (version 2.3.3, known as Gingerbread).
http://www.lifevibesfx.com
http://www.software.nxp.com
http://bit.ly/f1o432
FANNIE MAE...
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/i843Fw
RARE DISEASE...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts and BASINGSTOKE, England: Shire plc (LSE: SHP,
NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced
its support of World Rare Disease Day, joining patients, physicians, and
patient organizations around the world to support a day that focuses attention
on rare diseases as a public health issue and highlights the need for more
understanding and awareness about these diseases.
http://www.globalgenesproject.org/
http://www.bravecommunity.com/
http://bit.ly/hcfm8v
FOOT HEALTH...
LONDON: A global consensus published this month in Diabetic Medicine aims to
help people with diabetes who are presently at low-risk of foot complications
to undertake a basic foot care regimen in order to reduce their likelihood of
developing serious foot complications in the future.
http://bit.ly/dPtG9f
PRESENTING COMPANIES...
LONDON: CleanEquity Monaco, the forum for emerging cleantech companies to
present to specialist financial & strategic investors, policy makers, end-users
and international trade & technical media is happy to announce a full
complement of exceptional companies.
http://www.cleanequitymonaco.com
http://bit.ly/i5dhOU
CFO APPOINTMENT...
SANTA ROSA, Calif: Electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP),
headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, and its majority owned subsidiary
Jonway Automobile, are pleased to announce the appointment of Benjamin Zhu (Zhu
Li Dong) as the Chief Financial Officer of ZAP and Jonway Automobile. Benjamin
Zhu joins ZAP and Jonway Automobile March 1st, 2011.
http://bit.ly/gwu3DT
FACE TRACKING...
PARIS: Using an iPhone 4 or iPod Touch with a front facing camera, the app
identifies user faces and applies virtual glasses to their video image. Users
are able to adjust the fit, select their eyes and hair shades, to choose
different styles, frames and colors to find their perfect look.
http://blog.t-immersion.com
http://bit.ly/hHxmXl
STUTTERING AWARDS...
MEMPHIS, Tenn: Jane Fraser, president, The Stuttering Foundation issued the
following reaction to the Oscar awards: "It is an eloquently golden night for
people who stutter. The King's Speech has been a godsend for the entire
stuttering community.
www.stutteringhelp.org
http://bit.ly/hhhco4
PEACE PRIZE...
TOKYO: The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 28th Niwano Peace Prize to
Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand in recognition of his contribution to a new
understanding of peace, democracy and development and to environmental
preservation based on the core principles of his Buddhist faith.
www.npf.or.jp/english
http://bit.ly/i0IEGs
DISTRIBUTION CENTRE...
SINGAPORE: US-based Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE), a provider
of innovative life science solutions, announced today that it has launched a
regional distribution hub in Singapore to address strong customer demand in the
Asia Pacific regions of India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, South East
Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.lifetechnologies.com/home.html
http://bit.ly/fi7mHv
HOUSING SURVEY...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) latest national housing
survey finds that Americans are more confident about the stability of home
prices than they were at the beginning of 2010, even though they lack
confidence in the strength of the economy.
http://www.fanniemae.com/media/survey/index.jhtml
http://bit.ly/eED9AI
BIZ AWARDS...
LAS VEGAS: ActionCOACH, the world's leading business and executive coaching
firm, named Hank de Smit winner of the Best Client Retention Award at this
year's Asia Pacific Conference, which took place at the Luxurious Five-Star
Sofitel, Broadbeach in Queensland, Australia.
http://www.actioncoach.com
http://bit.ly/hXBtAu
IMPROVED COACH...
LAS VEGAS: ActionCOACH, the world's number one business coaching firm, named
Nick Ikonomou the ActionCOACH Most Improved Coach for 2010 at its 2011 Asia
Pacific Conference Awards ceremony, which took place at the Luxurious Five-Star
Sofitel, Broadbeach in Queensland, Australia.
http://www.actioncoach.com
http://bit.ly/hPz7PG
CLIENT AWARD...
LAS VEGAS: ActionCOACH, the world's number one business coaching firm,
honored Brett Burden for his outstanding Client Results at its Asia Pacific
Conference Awards ceremony, which took place at the Luxurious Five-Star
Sofitel, Broadbeach in Queensland, Australia.
www.actioncoach.com
http://bit.ly/f7Ex9N
E-READERS...
HANOVER, Germany: Hanvon Technology Co., Ltd., the world's leading e-reader
manufacturer and also the world's leading handwriting recognition, OCR and
biometric identification technology supplier and a new-generation consumer
electronics pilot, will bring its full-line products to attend CeBIT2011 in
Hanover, Germany (Hanvon booth No. A11-20-1/Hall 17).
www.hanvon.com
http://bit.ly/fq0ZWb
EARTHQUAKE SUPPORT..
WELLINGTON: Kiwis worldwide can go online to support St John, the ambulance
service provider helping residents and communities in Christchurch after the
recent earthquake which devastated much of the city.
www.donatechristchurch.co.nz
http://bit.ly/elgnW0
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