SYDNEY--24 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
ALLIED WORLD...
PEMBROKE - Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd, a member company of Allied
World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd, today announced the launch by its Hong
Kong branch office of a suite of excess of loss products developed specifically
for the Asian marketplace: REFLEX, FLEXION and FLEXCESS.
www.awac.com
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR...
SYDNEY - Have you noticed a newborn baby's amazing ability to be 'in' the
moment? A new holistic parenting guide taps into ancient philosophy to reveal a
practical and spiritual path for the parent and child of our modern era.
Blending current western knowledge with eastern wisdom, it demystifies baby
behaviour to empower new parents to effectively guide and nurture a child
physically, emotionally and spiritually through their stages of growth.
www.rockpoolpublishing.com.au/books.php?name=the-child-within-the-lotus
TELCOTV ASIA...
SHANGHAI - TelcoTV Asia 2009, jointly hosted by Shanghai Municipal
Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & Television and Shanghai Economy &
Information Technology Commission, announced that IneoQuest and Mariner
Partners, two of the leading IP video vendors, have confirmed their Gold
Sponsorships of the show.
www.telcotvasia.com
www.telcotvasia.cn
www.lightreading.com
www.techweb.com/aboutus
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
IBDA'A AWARDS...
DUBAI - Dubai Media City, the Middle East region's leading media hub and a
member of TECOM Investments is accepting student submissions to the eighth
Ibda'a Student Awards, an initiative that seeks to discover, showcase and
foster young media talent.
www.ibdaa-awards.ae .
AON JAPAN...
TOKYO - Aon Corporation, the world's leading provider of risk management and
human capital solutions, today announced the appointment of a new leadership
team for Aon Japan Limited, Aon Risk Services legal entity in Japan.
www.aon.com
ISG Announces New Agreement to Aid Chinese Outsourcing Industry
STAMFORD, Connecticut - Information Services Group, Inc., an
industry-leading information-based services company, announced today that its
business unit TPI, the largest sourcing data and advisory firm in the world,
has signed an agreement to help Huaqiao, a satellite zone of Shanghai, take the
lead in
expanding the outsourcing market in China.
www.tpi.net
www.informationsg.com
I4I CASE...
WASHINGTON - Today, in the United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals,
in Washington D.C., a panel of three judges heard the appeal of i4i v.
Microsoft. This was an appeal from the August 11, 2009 Final Judgment that
ruled in favor of i4i and found that Microsoft had willfully infringed i4i's
U.S. Patent No. 5,787,449, issued in 1998.
www.i4ilp.com
PLANETARY BOUNDARIES...
STOCKHOLM - New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate
change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st
century. A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists propose that global
biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding
of the Earth System, can define a 'safe planetary operating space' that will
allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for
generations to come.
www.nature.com/news/specials/planetaryboundaries/index.html
www.stockholmresilience.org/planetary-boundaries
COTECNA THAILAND...
GENEVA - Cotecna Inspection Co. Ltd, Bangkok, is now accredited by GAFTA to
issue analysis certificates for grain and feeding stuffs at loading and
discharging ports.
www.cotecna.com
www.gafta.com
Occlutech Receives Positive Ruling in German Proceeding
Initiated by AGA Medical
JENA - Occlutech GmbH, the leading European developer of products for septal
closure, today announced that the district court of Frankfurt, Germany reversed
an earlier court injunction obtained by AGA Medical against Occlutech's sales
and marketing activities relating to the newly launched Figulla Flex ranges of
ASD and PFO occluders.
EMPIRE STATE...
NEW YORK - The Empire State Building, the world's most famous office
building, is undergoing a more than $550 million upgrade program to reinvent
the iconic landmark by restoring and recreating its Art Deco grandeur and
adding state-of-the-art enhancements.
www.esbnyc.com
MICROSOFT EMBEDDEDSPARK...
BOSTON - During an industry address yesterday at the Embedded Systems
Conference Boston, Microsoft Corp. launched the embeddedSPARK 2010 Challenge, a
new competition designed to foster creativity and innovation among the embedded
hobbyist and academic communities globally.
www.embeddedspark.com
www.sparkcontest.com/Default.aspx
www.microsoft.com
RPM's STONHARD...
MEDINA - RPM International Inc., a worldwide specialty coatings and building
materials and services holding company, today announced that its Stonhard
subsidiary, part of RPM's Performance Coatings Group, has acquired Ascoat
Contracting Pty Ltd and Ascoat Pty Ltd, a supplier and installer of polymer
flooring systems.
www.rpminc.com
SHUTTERSTOCK ACQUISITION...
NEW YORK - Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo
agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based
stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California.
www.Shutterstock.com
WISEKEY REPORT...
NEW YORK and GENEVA - WISeKey SA, a Swiss maker of digital ID management
solutions, announced new initiatives aimed at winning the fight against global
poverty.
XATA, DIGI...
MINNEAPOLIS - XATA Corporation, the expert in fleet operations optimization,
today announced it has signed a partner services agreement with Digi
International.
www.xata.com
www.digi.com
PHAR LAP...
WELLINGTON - The final journey of the life size bronze statue of the New
Zealand born champion, Phar Lap, may need a Police escort just like the
champion required as he was shot at on his way to Flemington in November 1930.
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