SYDNEY--10 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
TRAVEL WEBSITES...
SYDNEY: Quick survey shows that the webs top four travel
sites Expedia.com, Orbitz.com, Travelocity.com and
Priceline.com return more hotels than specialist sites
www.hotelscombined.com
DIOVISION AUCTION...
OBERRADEN: Effective immediately, dioVision will auction off
licenses for dioVision play for the domestic Chinese market. In
combination with LCD, SED and OLED developments, as well as
partially and inter-coupled LED panels or projection
technology, dioVision play turns cell phones, navigation
devices, monitors, television sets and advertising displays
into actively controllable elements.
www.diovision.de
www.wipo.int
www.leanpress.de
ATMEL MICROCONTROLLERS...
BEIJING and SAN JOSE, California: Atmel Corporation
announced new microcontrollers combining USB controller and
high performance analog features. The ATmega16U4 and ATmega32U4
reduce system cost in battery powered devices such as gaming
accessories.1
www.atmel.com
BUNKSPEED AUTOMOTIVE...
LOS ANGELES: Bunkspeed, Inc., the provider of groundbreaking
3D rendering solutions, announced today it has created an
Automotive and Transportation Division to strengthen its
customer support presence in US, European, and Asian markets.
www.bunkspeed.com
www.cgamconference.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN, FINS, MTNR securities issues on March 16, 17,
18, 19 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the
principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
AVAST! MILESTONE...
PRAGUE: ALWIL Software a.s. is pleased to announce the
registration of the fifty millionth user of the multi-award
winning avast! antivirus.
www.avast.com
COWEN GROUP...
NEW YORK and HONG KONG: Cowen Group, Inc. announced today
that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per
cent of Latitude Capital Group, a boutique investment bank
headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in mainland China.
www.cowen.com
SITL EUROPE...
PARIS: Germany has been the world's top exporting nation for
the last five years. It shipped US$1.13 trillion worth of goods
abroad in 2007. Therefore, it is no surprise that logistics is
one of Germany's most important industries. Representatives
from Invest in Germany, the country's inward investment
promotion agency, will be at SITL 2008 in Paris from March
11-14 to promote the advantages of an investment in Europe's
largest economy.
www.invest-in-germany.com
TUTANKHAMUN EXHIBITION...
VIENNA: "Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs," an
exhibition featuring more than 140 treasures from the tomb of
Tutankhamun and additional ancient sites, debuted March 9 at
the Museum fuer Voelkerkunde in Vienna.
www.tut.khm.at
www.railtours.at
AIRIGAMI CHINA...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.: Doing its part to reverse the current tide
of Chinese exports into the U.S., a team of American balloon
artists led by world-renowned "airigamist" Larry Moss traveled
to Hong Kong over the weekend. The four-member team will create
balloon art installations inside the 630,000-square-foot apm
shopping mall (Kwun Tong Road).
www.Airigami.com
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