FRIENDSTER MALAYSIA...
SAN FRANCISCO and KUALA LUMPUR - Friendster, Inc., a top-10
global website based on traffic and the #1 social network in
Asia,* today announced that its millions of users in Malaysia
can now subscribe to Friendster Text Alerts, a full suite of
alerts covering activity in their Friendster network that are
sent directly to their mobile phones via SMS text messages.
www.friendster.com
ACS MANILA...
MANILA - Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. will officially
open a new state-of-the-art facility in Pasay City tomorrow,
Friday, expanding its global network of international
capabilities.
www.acs-inc.com
SERENA SOFTWARE...
SINGAPORE - Serena Software has acquired Projity for
OpenProj, its free, open source desktop project management
software, and Project-ON-Demand, its Software as a
Service-based project management software.
www.serena.com
NETSUITE HK...
HONG KONG and SAN MATEO, CalifORNIA - NetSuite Inc., a
leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management
software suites for mid-market enterprises and divisions of
large companies, today announced that the company has opened a
new office in Hong Kong in order to respond to the fast-growing
demand for Software as a Service applications in the Asia
Pacific region and specifically in Hong Kong and China.
www.netsuite.com
www.sec.gov
www.ecotech-intl.com
www.vitagreen.com
GLOBAL PAYMENTS...
TAIWAN - Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, a joint
venture between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited and U.S.-based Global Payments Inc., has introduced a
secure GPRS-powered mobile payment service called Global
MobilePay that provides mobile card acceptance capabilities for
merchants in the Asia-Pacific region.
www.globalpayments-asia.com
www.globalpaymentsinc.com
DIABETES FEDERATION...
BRUSSELS - The International Diabetes Federation announced
today that it is calling on groups and individuals worldwide to
get involved in activities to raise awareness of diabetes in
the 50 days leading up to World Diabetes Day on November 14.
www.idf.org
www.worlddiabetesday.org
www.lifeforachild.org
SUZLON GREEN...
NEW YORK - Suzlon Green Power Ltd. announced today a
commitment to bring 3,500 megawatts of electricity to nearly 10
million people with the development of $5 billion in green
energy assets over five years, primarily in India and China.
ZAYED FUTURE...
ABU DHABI- Submission deadline for the $2.2M Zayed Future
Energy Prize is only 7 days away.
www.zayedfutureenergyprize.com
ENGLISH TEST...
LONDON - Pearson today announced that it has successfully
completed the final stage of the worldwide pilot program for
its new computer-based international academic English language
test, Pearson Test of English.
www.pearsoned.com
www.pearsonplt.com
SPIRIVA STUDY...
LEUVEN - Prof. dr. Marc Decramer, Head of Pneumology of the
University Hospitals Leuven, is Lead Investigator of the
International UPLIFT Study Investigating Treatment of COPD
Patients With tiotropium. Today he Elaborates on the Results.
www.uzleuven.be
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS...
SHANGHAI - OMNOVA Solutions today announced its support for
a grant of US$5,000 to Shanghai Jiao Tong University Education
Development Foundation.
www.omnova.com
POOR FARMERS...
NEW YORK - The United Nations World Food Programme, the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Howard G. Buffett
Foundation today unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to help
poor farmers across the developing world significantly increase
their incomes.
www.thenewsmarket.com/gatesfoundation/UN
NUCLEAR DEAL...
WASHINGTON - As a follow-up to its September 11th briefing,
which was the first open briefing from the U.S. Administration
to Members of Congress, staffers, professionals in the field,
and the community since India was given a waiver by the
45-nation Nuclear Suppliers' Group, USIBA continues to shore up
support in Congress for the US-India nuclear deal.
www.usiba.org
RGGI AUCTION...
WORCESTER, Massachusetts - Tomorrow, the states
participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will
lead the United States in taking a historic
step forward in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and
reducing
their impact on the environment.
www.rggi.org
DIABETES FEDERATION...
BRUSSELS - The International Diabetes Federation announced
today that it is calling on groups and individuals worldwide to
get involved in activities to raise awareness of diabetes in
the 50 days leading up to World Diabetes Day on November 14.
The theme for this year's campaign is "Diabetes in Children and
Adolescents."
www.idf.org
www.worlddiabetesday.org
www.lifeforachild.org
MOBILE BANKING...
NEW YORK - The global microfinance resource center CGAP
today is making a new four year commitment to identify, fund,
research and champion technology enabled banking services for
25 million people in 20 countries.
www.cgap.org
Konftel Launches Innovative IP Conference Phone
UMEA - Konftel, Europe's leading supplier of conference
phones, is now launching the Konftel 300IP, a SIP-based
conference phone with a number of innovative functions.
www.konftel.com
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