SYDNEY--28 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
VIVANTE GPU...
SUNNYVALE: Vivante Corporation, a leader in consumer oriented 3D graphics
processors, Wednesday announced that Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) has deployed
Vivante's GC-series graphics processors in the new Marvell ARMADA range of
application processors.
http://www.vivantecorp.com
http://www.marvell.com
GLOBAL CCS...
MELBOURNE: The Global CCS Institute accelerates the worldwide deployment
of large-scale CCS projects.
www.globalccsinstitute.com
GAMELOFT EXPANDS...
TOKYO: Gameloft, a leading publisher and developer of video games on mobile
phones and consoles, Wednesday announced to expand its licensing agreement with
SEGA(R) Europe Ltd. to a new agreement with Sega Japan.
http://sega.jp
http://www.sega-europe.com
CARBON CAPTURE...
CANBERRA: The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute Wednesday
released a report which shows that there is growing action being taken to
achieve the G8 objective of deploying at least 20 commercial scale CCS projects
globally by 2020.
www.globalccsinstitute.com
MARY ROBINSON...
LYON: Mary Robinson has been awarded "Entrepreneur for the World" Award,
Politician category, during a ceremony held on October 20th, 2009 on EMLYON
Business School European Campus (Lyon, France).
http://www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com
HULT INTERNATIONA...
LONDON: Hult International Business School, the world's only true global
business school, has announced plans to open a new campus in San Francisco in
2010, adding to its existing stable of campuses in Boston, London, Dubai, and
Shanghai.
http://www.hult.edu
OIL SPILL...
ADELAIDE: Ten weeks into the uncontrolled and continuing oil and gas spill
from the Montara wellhead, with anywhere from 10 to 20 million litres of oil
spilled into the ocean, conservationists have stopped pulling punches.
http://www.wdcs.org.au
VARICENT SOFTWARE...
TORONTO: Varicent Software Incorporated, a leading innovator and provider of
sales performance management (SPM) and incentive compensation management (ICM)
solutions Wednesday announced it has raised $35 million in additional funding
led by San Francisco and New York-based FTV Capital.
www.varicent.com
SIMBIONIX INTRODUCES...
CLEVELAND: Simbionix, the world's leading developer of medical simulation
systems, introduces it's new advanced simulator, the GI-BRONCH Mentor, a
comprehensive solution for virtual reality training of GI Endoscopy and
Flexible Bronchoscopy.
INNOVATIVE THINKERS...
NEW YORK and BUDAPEST: In response to the policy challenges presented by the
economic crisis and the need to develop fresh approaches to economic theory, a
group of top academics, policy makers, and private sector leaders Wednesday
announced the creation of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
www.ineteconomics.org
FOREIGN CAPITAL...
BEIJING: According to the "Sales Rankings of Chinese Real Estate Companies
for Q3 2009" report released October 9, the results achieved by Chinese real
estate firms are altering the competitive landscape and forcing the industry
leaders to seek new approaches, in a move for survival, with focus on proper
capitalization of their efforts.
CANADIAN CITIES...
MELBOURNE: Innovation Analysts 2thinknow launched on Monday a 4 year global
study of which cities were winning the global innovation race and why, in an
in-depth report.
http://www.innovation-cities.com
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS...
SAN JOSE: NXP recently introduced a broad line of lowest power Cortex
M-series microcontrollers based on the industry leading ARM architecture.
www.nxp.com
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES...
REDMOND: Responding to today's global economic downturn, Microsoft Corp.'s
high-tech and electronics industry partners and customers have been able to
leverage the innovative application of new information technologies to gain
competitive advantage through improved operational efficiency, better
value-chain collaboration and stronger customer relationships.
http://www.microsoft.com/hightech
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$135 million on November 6, 2009 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNR
securities issues amounting to a total of US$30 million on November 6, 2009 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CRISIL UPGRADES...
MUMBAI: Following the first rated securitisation of micro-loans in India,
the pass-through certificates (PTCs or securities) from the transaction have
received a rating upgrade from CRISIL.
MICROSOFT REVEALS...
LONDON: Tuesday at Convergence 2009 Europe, thousands of customers and
partners gather to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Dynamic Business
vision, and hear more about the bold development road map Microsoft Corp. is
introducing for delivering on that vision.
http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/en/us/customer-stories.aspx
ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS...
STOCKHOLM: Universum, the employer branding company, presents the world's
Top 50 most attractive employers.
http://www.universumglobal.com
CHINESE REAL ESTATE ...
BEIJING: On Oct. 21, there was news from the Hong Kong capital market that
Evergrande Real Estate Group (Evergrande), a large Chinese real estate company
that recently went public with a share offering, has attracted active
subscription in the amount of several hundred million US Dollars by Chinese
millionaires, including Zheng Yutong, Luanxiong and Li Ka Shing who had not
invested in new shares for a long time.
FRENCH CITIES...
MELBOURNE: Innovation Analysts 2thinknow released Tuesday a 4 year global
study of which cities were winning the global innovation race and why, in an
in-depth report.
http://www.innovation-cities.com
http://asianet-internal.aap.com.au/special-events
EUROPEAN CITIES...
MELBOURNE: Innovation Analysts 2thinknow released Tuesday a 4 year global
study of which cities were winning the global innovation race and why, in an
in-depth report.
http://www.innovation-cities.com
http://www.asianetnews.net/special-events
INTEC LAUNCHES...
KUALA LUMPUR and LONDON: Intec, a global provider of business support
systems (BSS) solutions, has announced the availability of its new Roaming
Solution, designed to help remove the complexity from inter-operator roaming
revenue settlement, allowing operators to focus on increasing their own roaming
revenues while maintaining complete customer and roaming partner satisfaction.
www.intecbilling.com
ASIA FOUNDATION...
KABUL and SAN FRANCISCO: The Asia Foundation Tuesday released findings from
its most recent public opinion poll in Afghanistan, covering all 34 provinces
in the country.
www.asiafoundation.org
ASTRO BOY...
HONG KONG: Imagi International Holdings (HKEx: 585), a leading producer of
CG-animated motion pictures, with studios in both Hong Kong and the U.S.,
Tuesoday announced that its latest feature film, Astro Boy, set a new opening
weekend box office record in China for a CG-animated movie.
www.imagi.com.hk
www.astroboy-themovie.com
BLUETOOTH HEADSET...
HONG KONG: i.Tech Dynamic Tuesday introduced the solar-powered SolarVoice
908, a Bluetooth headset that lets users go green while maintaining their
productivity and listening to their favorite tunes.
http://www.itechdynamic.com
BLUETOOTH HEADSET...
HONG KONG: i.Tech Dynamic Tuesday introduced the solar-powered SolarVoice
908, a Bluetooth headset that lets users go green while maintaining their
productivity and listening to their favorite tunes.
http://www.itechdynamic.com
BLUETOOTH HEADSET...
HONG KONG: i.Tech Dynamic Tuesday introduced the solar-powered SolarVoice
908, a Bluetooth headset that lets users go green while maintaining their
productivity and listening to their favorite tunes.
http://www.itechdynamic.com
BLUETOOTH HEADSET...
HONG KONG: i.Tech Dynamic Tuesday introduced the solar-powered SolarVoice
908, a Bluetooth headset that lets users go green while maintaining their
productivity and listening to their favorite tunes.
http://www.itechdynamic.com
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