SYDNEY--27 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CA BRINGS...
MUMBAI: United Business Media, Smart Enterprise magazine in conjunction with
CA, Inc., the world's leading independent IT management software company and
Network Computing magazine, Tuesday announced the launch of the exclusive Smart
Enterprise Exchange Executive event for CIOs in India.
http://www.ca.com
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
MACH WARNS...
LUXEMBOURG: MACH, the leading provider of solutions to simplify and
accelerate the creation and operation of the mobility supply chain, warned
Tuesday that it expects roaming fraud to cost mobile operators $5 billion
globally in 2009 as many operators around the world have yet to comply with
NRTRDE recommendations.
http://www.mach.com/about/
HOTEL PLAZA...
SINGAPORE: Hotel Plaza Limited Tuesday announced the renaming as Pan Pacific
Hotels Group Limited, to reflect its growing reputation as a leading branded
hotel management company.
http://pphg.com
http://panpacific.com http://parkroyalhotels.com
IBSEN AWARD...
OSLO: The second International Ibsen Award goes to French theatre director
and founder of Theatre du Soleil, Ariane Mnouchkine.
http://ibsenawards.com/pressform.php
BERGAMO ACQUISITION...
LAS VEGAS: Bergamo Acquisition Corp. Tuesday announced that agreement on all
terms with its lender to finance energy projects for Pakistan has been
completed.
www.BergamoCorp.com
AVERS FROST & SULLIVAN...
MUMBAI: The Indian wireless communication test equipment market is
positioned for good growth with investments in R&D and infrastructure
development, bolstered by growth in the mobile phone market and the advent of
next-generation wireless technologies.
http://www.frost.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$435 million on June 5, 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$50 million on June 5, 2009 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ATMEL ANNOUNCES...
SAN JOSE: Atmel Corporation announced Tuesday a new fully integrated
capacitive touchscreen technology - maXTouch - providing touchscreen
performance which significantly exceeds today's leading edge solutions.
www.atmel.com
GUAM ECONOMY...
WASHINGTON: Guam's economy generated $6.2 billion in sales in 2007, up from
$4.6 billion in 2002, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Economic
Census of Island Areas: Geographic Area Series for Guam.
http://www.census.gov/econ/islandareas/index.html
FACEBOOK RECEIVES...
PALO ALTO: Facebook Wednesday announced that Digital Sky Technologies (DST),
one of the leading internet investment groups globally with significant stakes
in Eastern European and Russian internet businesses, has made a $200 million
investment in Facebook in exchange for preferred stock, representing a 1.96
percent equity stake at a $10 billion valuation.
http://www.dst-global.com
RISI AND BTEC...
BOSTON: RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, Wednesday announced the establishment of a partnership
agreement with the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), whose mission it is
to advance the use of biomass for heat and other thermal energy applications.
www.risiinfo.com/woodbiomass
www.biomassthermal.org
GSE LINKS...
KASSEL: It's done. Hiding behind pseudonyms - in public communities - is
over. Starting immediately, GSE is linking up the most successful current and
former top athletes worldwide exclusively at an Internet site of their own.
Only the elite athletes in the best-loved sports of every continent are
admitted.
IMCOPA ANNOUNCES...
ARAUCARIA: Imcopa International Cayman Ltd. (the "Issuer") and Imcopa
Importacao, Exportacao Industria e Oleos S.A. (the "Guarantor" or "Imcopa")
announced that they have called a meeting of the holders (the "Noteholders") of
their U.S.$100,000,000 10.375% Notes due 2009 (ISIN: XS0275709094) (the
"Notes") on June 17, 2009 (the "Meeting"), and in connection therewith
commenced a consent solicitation (the "Consent Solicitation").
AVNET ELECTRONICS...
HONG KONG: Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia, a business region of Avnet,
Inc. has proven its capability in style, winning a host of awards from leading
embedded semiconductor solutions manufacturer, Freescale Semiconductor.
http://www.freescale.com http://www.em.avnet.com
OREN KAUFMAN...
TOKYO: RAD Data Communications, the international manufacturer of voice and
data access solutions for mobile and fixed line carriers, service providers and
enterprises, has appointed Dr. Oren Kaufman as President of RAD Data
Communications Japan KK.
http://www.rad.com
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