SYDNEY--18 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
APPROVAL RECEIVED...
NEW YORK: ContourGlobal Togo, a subsidiary of international power company
ContourGlobal, received approval Friday for $209 million in financing and
political risk insurance from the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation (OPIC) for the construction and operation of a power
plant in Lome, Togo.
http://www.contourglobal.com
TRIUMPH AWARD...
MUNICH: For the grand final of the Triumph Inspiration Award'08, to take
place on July 31 in Beijing, all the competing finalists will be under the
scrutiny of one of the most demanding juries to have ever judged lingerie
inspiration.
www.triumph-inspiration-award.com
CONTAINER CONFERENCE...
NEWARK, N.J.: The most pressing issues affecting container trade and
logistics in the Europe-Asia, trans-Pacific and Intra-Asia markets -- from an
Asian perspective -- will be covered on September 17 and 18 at The Journal of
Commerce Conferences Second Annual TPM ASIA Conference: Asia's Global Container
Conference at the InterContinental Shenzhen Hotel in Shenzhen, China.
http://www.cbizmedia.com
http://www.joc.com/conferences/tpm_asia
Q2 RESULTS...
AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. Friday announced that it will host a
conference call and webcast for investors and analysts at 9:30 am Eastern Time
/ 3:30 pm Central European Time on Thursday, August 7, 2008 to review its
second-quarter financial results.
http://www.aercap.com
RESERVATION REQUESTS...
LONDON: Following the opening of the reservations list for the world's first
Dynamic Tower in Dubai, more than 600 requests have been submitted for
residential apartments, Rotating Tower Dubai Development Ltd. announced
Thursday.
http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net
GSMA CALLS...
HONG KONG: The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry,
Thursday made an official call for entries to the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 and
the Asia Pacific round of its Mobile Innovation Global Competition, both of
which will culminate at the Mobile Asia Congress, Asia's leading mobile
communications event that takes place in Macau, SAR People's Republic of China
(18-20 November 2008).
http://www.asiamobileawards.com
http://www.mobileinnovation.org/Awards
SPIRIT RELEASES...
WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. will release its second
quarter 2008 financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central Time, on Thursday, July 31,
2008.
http://www.spiritaero.com
MICREL LAUNCHES...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth
communications and Ethernet IC solutions, Thursday launched the KSZ8851, a
single-port embedded controller chip with 8/16/32-bit and SPI host interfaces.
http://www.micrel.com
ISUPPLI ACQUIRES...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.: iSuppli Corp. Thursday announced it is driving
automotive market research to the next level by acquiring Telematics Research
Group, Inc. (TRG), the leader in vehicle-electronics business intelligence.
http://www.isuppli.com
BANK LICENCE...
MANAMA: The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has granted a license to BSI AG
(Generali), a major Swiss Private Banking group, with assets under management
totaling CHF 94 billion and shareholders equity of around CHF 2.3 billion, to
establish an office in Bahrain.
http://www.bsibank.com
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