SYDNEY--30 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AWARD WINNER...
MELBOURNE, Australia: RMIT University student and Hong Kong resident Chun
Ling Lai has won a 2,000 Undergraduate award in the $32,000 Siemens-RMIT Fine
Art Awards.
http://bit.ly/eFs11W
PLATFORM EXPANSION...
NEW YORK and LONDON: MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator
of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade
corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds, derivatives and other types of
fixed-income securities, today announced that it will expand its leading credit
trading platform to include institutional investors based in the Asia Pacific
region.
www.marketaxess.com
http://bit.ly/fUQKCC
THE LARGEST...
LONDON: Brady plc ( http://www.bradyplc.com/ ) (BRY.L), the leading supplier
of trading and risk management solutions for metals and commodities, announced
today their acquisition of Viz Risk Management ( http://www.viz.no/ ) ("Viz"),
the leading provider of risk management and trading solutions to the European
energy markets, principally electricity, gas, emission certificates and coal.
http://bit.ly/fp7VFW
REGISTRATION OPEN...
LONDON: CleanEquity Monaco launches its new website and registration for the
March 3rd- 4th 2011 event is now open.
http://www.cleanequitymonaco.com
http://bit.ly/fKY2FR
CLIMATE PROTECTION...
PARIS: On the first day of the Cancun Climate Summit, the Consumer Goods
Forum announced two major initiatives on climate change: to work toward ending
deforestation, and to phase out the use of refrigerant gases with high global
warming potential.
http://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com
http://bit.ly/estzPG
ALL THAT!...
MELBOURNE: With the launch of his new project Perfect Traveller,
www.perfectraveller.com , in March of 2010, Peter Kilby combines art, history,
food, wine and computer technology to create the best audio tours about Italy
available today.
http://bit.ly/igZqap
BIG GIFT...
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada: BMO Financial Group today announced a $4 million
investment in Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), located in
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The strategic contribution establishes the BMO
Financial Group Isaac Newton Chair in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter
Institute, and represents the largest single donation ever made by BMO to
support science.
http://www.bmo.com
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/
http://bit.ly/fjjT6X
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal
amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates
indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://bit.ly/hXsD99
TO DIVEST...
HONG KONG and SINGAPORE: SiS International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 00529),
one of the largest distributors of IT products in Asia, announced today that it
has reached an agreement to divest its IT distribution businesses in Hong Kong,
Singapore and Malaysia to Jardine OneSolution (BVI) Limited (JOS), a member of
the Jardine Matheson Group, in cash at a consideration of approximately US$130
million (subject to adjustment).
www.sisinternational.com.hk
www.jos.com
http://bit.ly/ejbMFt
TO ACQUIRE...
NEW YORK: Coty Inc., a leading global beauty company, and OPI Products Inc.,
a leader in professional nail salon products, today announced that Coty has
entered into an agreement to acquire OPI.
http://www.coty.com
http://www.opi.com
http://bit.ly/eOAfNB
NEW WEBSITE...
LONDON: Today Stella McCartney announces the launch of a newly designed web
and ecommerce site, http://www.stellamccartney.com .
http://bit.ly/gKoZoG
WORLD AIDS DAY...
NEW YORK: More than 80 iconic landmarks across 13 countries will join (RED)
to promote awareness of the ongoing fight against the AIDS pandemic, by turning
red to mark World AIDS Day on 1st December.
http://www.joinred.com
http://www.theglobalfund.org
http://bit.ly/ez97FS
COST SAVINGS...
SANDY, Utah and ST. PAUL, Minn.: Hospitals can now save money without
increasing overall IV catheter-related complications that can affect patient
comfort and safety, according to research published in the November/December
issue of Journal of Infusion Nursing.
www.bd.com
www.3m.com
http://bit.ly/g4ugvS
POOR REACH...
LONDON: A meta-evaluation on microfinance released by the Evaluation
Cooperation Group of international financial institutions reports that
microfinance operations have had difficulty in reaching the very poor.
www.ecgnet.org/documents/microfinance
www.ecgnet.org
http://bit.ly/fjWQVq
FILM FEATURE...
LONDON: Asprey is pleased to announce that a range of Asprey items have been
featured in the highly anticipated film, 'The Tourist', starring Angelina Jolie
and Johnny Depp.
http://bit.ly/eqyblk
UPDATE RELEASED...
PRAGUE: JetBrains, the creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools
for software developers, have announced the general availability of RubyMine
3.0, the most powerful Ruby and Rails development environment.
http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/?RM3PR
http://bit.ly/gvUiAA
LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP...
SINGAPORE: Leading eGovernment solutions provider, CrimsonLogic, announced
today that it has entered into a partnership with IDA International to
distribute and operate e-procurement systems incorporating the Government
eBusiness procurement (GeBIZ) platform for the global markets.
http://www.crimsonlogic.com
http://bit.ly/hIbuLi
INNOVATION AWARD...
FREMONT, Calif.: Exar's XRP7704 PowerXR device was voted a Leading Product
in the Power Device and Module category of the EDN China Innovation Awards,
2010.
www.exar.com
http://bit.ly/dV9wa6
SINGAPORE OFFICE...
PARIS: Sword FircoSoft, the leading global provider of watch list filtering
solutions, today announced the opening of its new office in Singapore.
http://www.sword-fircosoft.com
http://bit.ly/gDyvvP
STUDY VALIDATES...
HONG KONG: OrbusNeich today announced that data from two studies demonstrate
that the Genous Stent increases endothelial coverage and reduces
thrombogenicity as compared to bare metal stents (BMS) by enhancing the
specific binding of CD34+ endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs).
http://www.orbusneich.com/
http://bit.ly/eLBEFi
MOBILE BROADCASTING...
TOKYO: Multimedia Broadcasting, Inc., which has adopted the ISDB-Tmm
standard for multimedia broadcasting, has been commissioned as the sole
carriage operator providing nationwide multimedia broadcasting services for
mobile devices scheduled to start following the termination of the analog
broadcasting service in Japan.
http://www.isdb-t.jp/en
http://bit.ly/hbgq6H
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