SYDNEY--22 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
DEPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT...
PLANO, Texas: Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced the
deployment of the Acision Short Message Service Center (SMSC), Acision
Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC) and Acision Open Internet Proxy for
Videotron's advanced wireless network.
http://www.acision.com .
RESEARCH APPROVAL...
MACCLESFIELD: Cyprotex (AIM:CRX), the drug discovery technology and
information company, is pleased to announce that it has received French
research tax credit approval for years 2009 through to 2011.
http://www.cyprotex.com
QUEEN'S AWARD...
LONDON: Concateno, Europe's leading drug and alcohol test provider, has been
awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of its
outstanding innovation and commercial performance.
http://www.queensawards.org.uk/business/business.html
PRODUCTION PLANS...
BEIJING: ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP), the U.S. electric vehicle pioneer,
today introduced its design and engineering expertise to the Chinese media and
outlined production plans to bring all-electric vehicles to the Chinese market.
http://zapglobal.wordpress.com
NEW HOTEL...
MACAU: Steve Wynn unveils Encore, his new, all-suites boutique hotel this
afternoon at 5pm. Adjacent to sister resort Wynn Macau, Encore is a unique
destination with its own repertoire of suites, dining and shopping.
POLARIS RESULTS...
CHENNAI, India: Polaris Software, a leading Financial Technology company,
today announced the fourth quarter and annual results for FY 2009-10.
http://www.polaris.co.in/
ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.: Everything Channel today announced that it has acquired
SharedVue Inc., a leading cloud marketing solutions provider, to better serve
its customers and prospects by integrating Web content syndication and
automated marketing campaigns into the "Complete Technology Channel Solution".
www.everythingchannel.com
BLOG LAUNCH...
CANBERRA, Australia: A unique blog, designed to inspire hope and encourage
people with mental health problems to pursue their dreams, was today launched
on Afternoons with Genevieve Jacobs on ABC 666 Canberra by Keith Mahar, creator
of www.mentalympians.org and a person diagnosed with a severe mental illness.
www.keithmahar.com/
FAA CONTRACT...
WAYNE, Pennsylvania: The Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA)[ http://www.faa.gov/] , the air navigation service provider (ANSP)
responsible for controlling all airspace in the USA, has awarded a contract to
Quintiq for Air Traffic Control employee scheduling with the integrated Quintiq
Workforce Planning Solution.
http://www.quintiq.com
COOL VENDORS...
NEW YORK: IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange
solutions, today announced that it has been named to Gartner's "Cool Vendors in
Life Sciences, 2010" report.
http://www.intralinks.com
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCEMENT...
REDMOND, Wash.: Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing
of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, the industry's most complete information
platform for managing, accessing and delivering information.
http://www.microsoft.com/news
CANADIAN SOFTWOOD...
BOSTON: Crow's Weekly Market Report (Crow's), today reported that as a
result of continually rising US lumber prices, the export duty for Canadian
softwood lumber has been lowered from 15% to 10% for the month of May.
www.risi.com
CASA CERTIFICATION...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.: Jeppesen has been granted certification by the Civil
Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia to design, validate and maintain
instrument flight procedures.
jeppesen.com
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT...
SWORDS, Ireland: On a day when people around the world resolve to take
better care of the environment, Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) -- a leading,
global diversified industrial company dedicated to creating safe, comfortable
and efficient environments -- is taking its own commitment to the next
level.
www.ingersollrand.com
QUALCOMM RESULTS...
SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and
innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today
announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 ended March 28, 2010.
INITIATIVE RESULTS...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The first results from an initiative of Harvard
University's Division of Social Science to identify the world's hardest
unsolved problems in economics, psychology, government, sociology, and other
social sciences were announced today.
http://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/hardproblems .
EXECUTIVE SUMMIT...
NEW YORK: China Institute, the New York City based cultural and educational
nonprofit institution focused exclusively on China, today held the 6th Annual
China Institute Executive Summit.
http://www.chinainstitute.org/Summit
NEW STORE...
SAN FRANCISCO: The Gymboree Corporation (Nasdaq: GYMB) announced the opening
of its first Australian Gymboree store at Westfield Parramatta, New South
Wales, Australia.
STANDARD ACHIEVEMENT...
SEATTLE: Just in time for Earth Day 2010, WI Environmental LLC a U.S.
environmental company announces it is the first and only company to date to
achieve and surpass the Chinese National Standard for remediation of hexavalent
chromium.
www.wienvironmental.com
RENTERS SURVEY...
MELBOURNE: A recent survey of 1400 Australian renters conducted by property
portal Realestateview.com.au has found that 65 percent of people take more than
3 months to find a rental home.
http://www.realestateview.com.au/
PHASE COMPLETION...
Mountain View, CA.: Future Fibre Technologies Inc. of Mountain View, CA, and
security system integrator Unlimited Technology Inc., of Chester Springs, PA,
today announced the successful completion of the first phase of a multi-site
program to provide fiber optic perimeter protection systems at 24 water
utilities in Pennsylvania.
www.fftsecurity.com
BOUTIQUE BAR...
MIAMI: Nespresso - the worldwide pioneer in premium portioned coffee -
celebrates the opening of its first Boutique Bar in Miami Beach.
www.nespresso.com
CARBON NEUTRAL...
SEOUL, Korea and HERZOGENAURACH, Germany: Sportlifestyle company PUMA will
completely offset its own global CO2 emissions to become the first carbon
neutral company within the sportlifestyle industry, PUMA announced on Thursday
at `The Business for the Environment Summit' (B4E) in Seoul.
http://ir2.flife.de/data/puma_csr/igb_html
EXCLUSIVE SALES...
NEW DELHI: InterGlobe General Aviation Pvt. Limited (IGGA), a group company
of InterGlobe Enterprises, has signed with Pacific Aerospace for the exclusive
sales of the P-750 XSTOL aircraft in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the
Maldives.
http://www.interglobe.com
DSP DESIGN...
HONG KONG: The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc.
(NYSE: AVT), announces the availability of the Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-6 FPGA DSP
Development Kit as part of the Xilinx Targeted Design Platform for DSP design.
http://www.em.avnetasia.com
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