SYDNEY--18 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FILM NOMINATIONS...
BRISBANE: Films from the Republic of Korea have received six nominations in
the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region's highest accolade in film,
including two nominations for Best Feature Film.
www.asiapacificscreenawards.com
http://bit.ly/bL0hDH
TOCOTRIENOL TESTS...
SINGAPORE: Tocotrienols Shown to be Effective in Lowering Fat Levels in
Blood.
http://www.davoslife.com
http://bit.ly/cGrj7j
INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP...
HORSHAM: Liquent, Inc. today announced it has entered into a strategic
partnership with eSA, Inc., a leading solutions provider for regulatory
information management and regulatory services within Asia.
http://www.marlinequity.com
http://bit.ly/cscIcF
INDONESIAN STAND...
WASHINGTON: Indonesia takes stand against radical NGO's advocacy efforts
endangering 10 million people.
http://www.consumerprosperity.com
http://bit.ly/cxSokb
CATEPILLAR JV...
BEIJING: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), through Caterpillar (China)
Investment Co., Ltd. (Caterpillar China), and AVIC Liyuan Hydraulics Co., Ltd.
have signed a joint-venture agreement to establish a company to design and
manufacture medium- and heavy-duty hydraulic pumps and motors for the
construction equipment industry.
http://www.cat.com
http://www.zhlyyy.com
http://bit.ly/balFkp
INT'L AUCTION...
BRISBANE: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's
largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct a second live simulcast of its
Narita, Japan auction at the Company's permanent auction site in Brisbane,
Australia.
www.rbauction.com
http://bit.ly/aAiEdT
PAIN AWARENESS...
SEATTLE: The Global Year Against Acute Pain launches today, focusing
attention on a widely under-assessed and undertreated pain that affects most
people throughout their lives.
http://www.iasp-pain.org/GlobalYear/Acute
http://bit.ly/dmsqKc
GBOT MAURITIUS...
PORT LOUIS: GBOT will offer a basket of commodities and currency derivative
products, including a global first for African currencies, on its platform
regulated by Financial Services Commission (FSC), Mauritius.
http://bit.ly/c3y12d
http://www.gbot.mu
PAKISTANI MEETINGS...
BRUSSELS: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held meetings with
the members of Foreign Affairs Committee, Development Committee and Delegation
for South Asia in the European Parliament here on Thursday. During the meetings
held on the sidelines of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) meeting
being held here on Friday (October 15).
http://bit.ly/djkVXg
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
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/9z3tno
WSSCC ELECTION...
GENEVA: The Steering Committee of the Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC) today elected Professor Anna Tibaijuka, Former
Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, as its new Chair.
http://bit.ly/anXnKc
GMAC-SAIC BOND...
SHANGHAI: GMAC-SAIC Automotive Finance Co., Ltd. (GMAC-SAIC) announced that
yesterday it completed the first-ever financial bond issuance by an auto
finance company in China.
http://bit.ly/au07kh
SANOFI-AVENTIS STUDY...
PARIS: Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today the
results from the two year phase III TEMSO study of teriflunomide, a novel oral
disease modifier investigated for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis
(RMS).
http://bit.ly/bIB8r4
INFOSYS RESULTS...
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY) announces results for the
quarter ended September 30, 2010.
http://bit.ly/czX1Pm
ECLIPSE CLASS...
KOBE: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED and Columbia College Chicago are co-hosting the
"ECLIPSE Master Class" at the College's Conaway Center on Friday, October 29,
2010.
www.colum.edu
http://www.eclipse-td.net/
TOPCODER CHINA...
LAS VEGAS: TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition,
skills assessment and competitive software development platforms, today
announced that Yang Li of Zhongshan, China, is the Development Competition
Champion of the 2010 TopCoder Open, the world's foremost competitive computer
programming and creative design tournament.
www.topcoder.com
http://bit.ly/aGCyJ9
TOPCODER JAPAN...
LAS VEGAS: TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition,
skills assessment and competitive software development platforms, today
announced that Yoichi Iwata of Tokyo, Japan, is the Marathon Competition
Champion of the 2010 TopCoder Open (TCO), the world's foremost competitive
computer programming and creative design tournament.
www.topcoder.com
http://bit.ly/aBXQDk
TOPCODER INDONESIA...
LAS VEGAS: TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition,
skills assessment and competitive software development platforms, today
announced that Tri Joko Rubiyanto of Jakarta, Indonesia is Studio Competition
Champion of the 2010 TopCoder Open (TCO), the world's foremost competitive
computer programming and creative design tournament.
www.topcoder.com
http://bit.ly/cABRYM
TOPCODER ALGORITHIM...
LAS VEGAS: TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming competition,
skills assessment and competitive software development platforms, today
announced that Makoto Soejima of Japan, is the Algorithm Competition Champion
of the 2010 TopCoder Open (TCO), the world's foremost competitive computer
programming and creative design tournament.
www.topcoder.com
http://bit.ly/9icAYa
UNIVERSITY CODE...
BONN: In order to maintain and further improve the quality of tutoring and
hospitality, the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) and the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) have jointly drawn up a "national code for the study
stay of foreign nationals at German universities," which defines general
guidelines and thereby delineates joint minimum standards for the fields of
information, advertising, accreditation, tutoring and subsequent assistance.
http://www.daad.de
http://bit.ly/9Ip5BD
ENERGY PRIZE...
WELLINGTON: Organisers of the 2011 Global Energy Prize are inviting
international journalists to submit "the world's toughest questions" to a
global panel of eminent scientists with an unsurpassed collective knowledge in
the field of energy.
http://bit.ly/awtisq
STEFANIE SUN...
LAS VEGAS: Stefanie Sun is bringing "The Answer Is...Stefanie Sun World Tour
Concert 2010 - Las Vegas" to the Encore Theater for shows on December 24 and
December 25 at 10 p.m. Wynn will be the first U.S. stop of the tour.
http://bit.ly/a3Tob3
GSMA STATEMENT...
LONDON: CamGSM are working with the regulator to develop appropriate
regulatory frameworks and secure a formal license under such a framework. GSMA
is supporting CamGSM to work through the regulatory issues that they are
facing. To this end, the two parties have agreed to suspend the payment of
further grant monies until the GSMA MMU Fund Panel is satisfied that CamGSM has
secured all necessary regulatory approvals.
http://bit.ly/bXgcf2
POKER AMBASSADOR...
DUBLIN: Full Tilt Poker is proud to announce the latest addition to its
roster of poker ambassadors - top tennis star James Blake, who recently signed
as a Friend of Full Tilt.
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com
http://bit.ly/ckhKCz
RADIOTHERAPY BREAKTHROUGH....
TAIPEI: Revolutionary radiotherapy treatment device to be exhibited and
featured in a new technology symposium at the 10th annual meeting of the
Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics.
http://www.varian.com/ascns
http://bit.ly/cBBmxr
AUSTRALIAN INVESTING...
SYDNEY: AustraliaInvest today announced the Asian launch of its online
investment portal, www.australiainvest.com.au , which enables strategic Asian
investors [(particularly Chinese investors, who are a key focus)] to directly
access current Australian investment opportunities across a range of sectors
including the mining, resources, energy, biotech, cleantech and agribusiness
sectors.
www.australiainvest.com.au
http://bit.ly/9eGRfJ
EXPENSIVE WHISKY...
GLASGOW: The first bottle of whisky in the world to break the six figure
price barrier was revealed today by The Dalmore distillery which has sold two
bottles for GBP100,000... each.
http://bit.ly/bLYtca
MTV EMA...
LONDON: MTV EMA 2010 is looking to make the biggest digital impact of the
year with a number of cutting-edge online, mobile, social media and interactive
elements that allow music fans to connect with each other and with the show
across multiple platforms.
http://www.mtvema.com
http://www.calvinklein.com
http://www.dell.com
http://bit.ly/bINnmA
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