AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010

พุธ 29 กันยายน 2553 เวลา 15:54 น.

SYDNEY--29 Sep--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest

HAPPY COFFINS...

SINGAPORE: There are some Happy Coffins from Singapore challenging death's

taboos. Today, designer coffins deck a nursing home where three residents

fulfill their pre-departure wishes of how their final resting places should be.

http://www.happycoffins.org

http://bit.ly/dnR2Kl

AIRCRAFT CUSHIONS...

NEW DELHI: Air Cushions USA announced today that it will now offer in India

its air cushion recovery systems used for recovering disabled aircraft, heavy

trucks, trains, boats, military assets and other heavy equipment on land and

sea. West Palm Beach, Florida based Air Cushions USA has appointed Globid

Inc. to handle sales and provide customer service for Indian customers.

www.AirCushions.us

http://bit.ly/a8M9Jk

FILMAKERS UNITE...

DUBLIN: Jameson is once again calling all wannabe Steven Spielbergs to enter

the annual amateur filmmaker competition Done in 60 Seconds, which forms a

cornerstone of the star-studded Jameson Empire Awards ceremony, taking place in

London in March 2011.

http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/DISS

http://bit.ly/98JScV

BANK PAYMENTS...

BRUSSELS and AMSTERDAM: Clear2Pay, the international technology provider of

next generation payment solutions for financial institutions, announces that it

has entered into an agreement with Rabobank (NL) for the provision and

implementation of a bank wide payments hub powered by the Open Payment

Framework (OPF).

www.clear2pay.com

http://bit.ly/bQUB6d

WORLD HUNGER...

BERLIN: The prices of wheat and other agricultural commodities have risen

yet again, following the already significant price increases of 2007 and 2008.

According to the Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture, these are the early

indicators of a latent food crisis, which will hit the world within the next

ten years.

http://bit.ly/bSI0Xh

AIRCRAFT SUPPLY...

WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.(NYSE: SPR) and British Airways PLC. (NYSE:

BAY) today announced the signing of a supply agreement whereby Spirit will

supply thrust reverser, fuselage and wing components for British Airways fleet

of Boeing aircraft.

www.spiritaero.com

http://bit.ly/cuV36G

OFFICE LAUNCH...

WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (NYSE: SPR) today announced the opening of

a new sales office in Shannon, Ireland, to service customers in Europe, Middle

East and Africa (EMEA). Establishing regional centers around the world

positions Spirit in close proximity to a worldwide customer base and allows for

quicker response to emerging customer requirements.

www.spiritaero.com

http://bit.ly/bJy5TL

PAYROLL SERVICE...

ROSELAND: ADP(R) a leading provider of HR, payroll and benefits

administration services, today announced that British Telecom (BT plc), one of

the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, has

selected ADP to provide managed payroll services to more than 16,000 employees

in 45 countries.

http://www.adp.com/

http://bit.ly/9sRVRI

FANNIE MAE...

WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) will redeem the principal

amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates

indicated.

http://bit.ly/9qIisv

POKER FACE...

DUBLIN: Team Full Tilt member Gus Hansen picked up his first WSOP bracelet

by winning the High-Roller No-Limit Hold 'em Heads Up Championship at WSOP

Europe in London. Hansen pocketed the top prize of GBP288,409 ($451,880).

http://www.fulltiltpoker.net

http://bit.ly/bR1mqw

POTASH PROJECT...

CALGARY: GrowMax Agri Corp. and its subsidiary, Americas Potash Peru S.A.,

(collectively, "GrowMax") is pleased to announce that it has completed the

Pre-Feasibility Study for its potash project at Bayovar, Peru in the Sechura

desert.

www.americaspetrogas.com

http://bit.ly/bo5L8C

SALES ALLIANCE...

BELOIT: Sheffield Bio-Science, a Kerry Group Business, has formed a

strategic global sales and marketing alliance with Girus Life Sciences. Under

this partnership, Sheffield Bio-Science will be the exclusive Global Sales,

Distribution and Development Partner for Girus Life Sciences' chemically

defined Regocel supplements.

http://bit.ly/ciPJrE

CREDIT DEAL...

SAO PAULO: Itau Unibanco signed yesterday a trade and cooperation agreement

with CHINA UNIONPAY CO. LTD (CUP). By this contract, CUP clients with their 2.2

billion credit and debit cards will be able to withdraw at over 30,000 Itau

ATMs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

http://bit.ly/8XWJoF

EMPLOYMENT SURVEY...

STOCKHOLM: Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The

World's Most Attractive Employers 2010", based on close to 130,000 career

seekers, with a business or engineering background.

http://www.universumglobal.com/Top50

http://bit.ly/8X8SKh

REAL FACEBOOK...

LONDON: A British entrepreneur who five years ago netted $1m with his

Million Dollar Homepage website - in which advertisers bought pixels on a web

page a dollar at a time - is back with a $3m idea that he describes as a 'real'

face book.

http://www.onemillionpeople.com

http://bit.ly/9eMOiV

HAVOK WREAKED

TOKYO: Havok, the Emmy award winning technology company, is delighted to

announce that PlatinumGames has used their products Havok Physics and Havok

Animation to power Sega's highly anticipated new title VANQUISH(TM).

http://www.havok.com

http://bit.ly/aPPH1y

OFFICE EXPANSION...

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS: Tourico Holidays(R) announced today that it is

significantly expanding its global presence, forming subsidiary companies in 20

countries and renaming its Hong Kong operation to match the branding of its

other international offices.

http://bit.ly/atKoH1

LENDER IPO...

WASHINGTON: The initial public offering (IPO) of Indian microfinance lender

SKS marks a critical transition for microfinance, say the authors of a new CGAP

paper, "Indian Microfinance Goes Public: The SKS Initial Public Offering,"

because it proves that accessing capital markets is a viable proposition for

microfinance institutions.

www.cgap.org

http://bit.ly/cQsips

CHINA CAT...

WUJIANG: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today is announcing plans to expand

its manufacturing presence in China to further position the company to meet

growing customer demand in China.

http://www.cat.com

http://bit.ly/ad0P5C

WOMEN MEDIA...

TORONTO: Women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented

in news media coverage, according to Global Media Monitoring Project research

in 108 countries coordinated by the World Association for Christian

Communication, despite significant change since the project began 15 years ago.

http://bit.ly/cC83UL

OKI EXPANSION...

TOKYO: OKI Engineering, an OKI Group company offering reliability

assessments and technical solutions in the field of environmental protection

announced that today it has expanded its range of thermal characteristics

analysis services for semiconductor devices. A service that measures the

thermal resistance and heat capacity of power devices and optical devices will

be available from today.

http://bit.ly/c6HX5h

SOLAR CONTRACT...

MUMBAI: Aries Waaree Solar Pvt Ltd. (AWSPL), operating in the field of

engineering, construction and supervision of Renewable Energy Power Plants in

India has bagged order for engineering services to set up 40 MW Solar PV Power

Plant for Adani Group Gujarat India.

http://www.waaree.com

http://bit.ly/czTPFe

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