.TEL LANDRUSH OPPORTUNITIES...
SINGAPORE - With less than three weeks until the start of
the .tel Landrush, Telnic Limited ( http://www.telnic.org ), the
registry operator for the new .tel top level domain, announced
today that it will not be holding any auctions for high value
or premium domain names nor is it withholding any names from
the Landrush, with the exception of a few names on a "reserved
list" as required by ICANN and as needed for registry
operations.
http://www.telnic.org .
BANK OF AMERICA...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corporation has reported
full-year 2008 profit of $4.01 billion compared with net income
of $14.98 billion a year earlier.
http://investor.bankofamerica.com .
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the
principal amounts of US$490 million and US$725 million of MTN
securities issues on January 28, 2009 and January 29, 2009
respectively, at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of
the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to
the date of redemption.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the
principal amount of US$35 million of MTNR securities issues on
January 29, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of
the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to
the date of redemption.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PLATTS SURVEY...
LONDON - The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 30.74 million
barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in December, according to a
Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released.
This is a decline of 640,000 b/d from the November level of
31.38 million b/d. The total includes Indonesia, which left the
oil producer group at the end of the year.
http://www.platts.com .
MOJA ALLIANCE...
TAIPEI - On January 17, 2009 MoJa Theme Park officially
announces its alliance with GameKing, a popular video game
program broadcasted at CTV in Taiwan. "Mobile Game Station," a
brand new unit of the show, highlights the hit releases such as
Prince of Persia (Gameloft), Call of Duty 5: World at War (Glu)
and Sketcher (Zio Interactive).
http://www.moja.com.tw
http://www.gameking.com.tw
GFK ASIA REPORT...
SINGAPORE - Despite a global economic crisis, GfK Asia
measures increasing flat panel television retail sales volumes
during the December festive period in Hong Kong and Singapore,
and retail promotions spur November sales in Taiwan.
http://www.gfkrt.com
MACSQUANT(TM) ANALYZER...
BERGISCH GLADBACH - Miltenyi Biotec announces the worldwide
release of the MACSQuant(TM) Analyzer, a novel and compact flow
cytometer for multiparameter cell analysis. With this
instrument launch Miltenyi Biotec broadens the product
portfolio of the cell analysis business section and offers
customers a milestone flow cytometer with novel features.
http://www.macsquant.com .
POLARIS SOFTWARE...
SINGAPORE and MUMBAI - Polaris Software Lab, one of India's
leading IT services companies, has selected Verizon Business to
streamline the company's global sites and enhance business
communications.
www.verizonbusiness.com
TELEGENT HYBRID TV...
SUNNYVALE - Telegent Systems, the company that makes
television mobile, today announced the TLG2300, a single-chip
CMOS hybrid TV receiver that solves the technical and
integration challenges of adding live TV to personal computers
(PCs) and portable devices.
www.telegent.com .
LIU LIJUAN...
MUMBAI - Liu Lijuan was the second female Greatest Race on Earth
(GROE) runner to cross the line, finishing 15th overall in
today's Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, the third leg of
GROE. The 20 year-old completed the gruelling course in
2:57:50, moving the Chinese women's team up to within just 40
seconds of Australia, the leaders of the North East Asia and
Rest of The World GROE group.
http://www.thegreatestrace.com
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