ARIMA COMMUNICATIONS...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Leading ODM enhances mobile TV user experience with
TV-centric handset design Telegent Systems, the company that makes television
mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, together with
Arima Communications Corp., a leading Taiwanese original design manufacturer
(ODM) supplying solutions worldwide, today announced that Arima has selected
Telegent's mobile TV solution for the free-to-air TV feature in selected
handset models. The TV phones, which provide consumers with mobile access to
local over-the-air broadcast television channels, are expected to be available
to consumers by late summer of this year.
http://www.telegent.com
http://www.arimacomm.com.tw
ATRADIUS COLLECTIONS...
AMSTERDAM - Atradius Collections, recognizing the growing importance of
China, is the first global collections firm to sign a cooperation agreement
with a business partner in China: Flevum-Loenermark in Nanjing. In cooperation
with Flevum-Loenermark, Atradius Collections - a business unit of credit
insurer Atradius - will pursue the collection of unpaid invoices of Chinese
exporters to their foreign customers. More than 75 percent of Chinese exporters
write off unpaid international invoices due to language barriers and poor
administrative routines.
www.atradiuscollections.com
http://www.atradius.com
INTELLICORP INTELLIGENT...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.- IntelliCorp, the leading provider of Intelligent Impact
Analysis software for SAP lifecycle management, today announced that its
technology is being used by 25% of Fortune 500 companies running SAP.
IntelliCorp's out-of-the-box software is enabling operational excellence on a
daily basis, as well as supporting major SAP related activities such as
upgrades, consolidations and support packs. By reducing Total Cost of
Ownership, companies leveraging IntelliCorp products are better positioned to
apply those savings to new functionality provided by SAP.
http://www.intellicorp.com
TECHINSIGHTS GIVE AWAY...
SAN FRANCISCO - TechInsights today announced that it will feature the Build
Your Own Embedded System (BYOES) Program at its Embedded Systems Conference
Boston. The BYOES program allows attendees to build and take home a fully
configured embedded system based on a development kit which they receive for
free as part of their All-Access or Five-Day Pass. Attendees will be able to
choose from two programming kits, including one produced by iBase and a second
kit based on the recently launched Beagle Board, which is a powerful, low-cost
and fanless embedded development board smaller than a drink coaster.
http://www.techinsights.com
http://www.cmp-egevents.com/web/escb/registration
https://www.cmpevents.com/ESCe08/a.asp?option=B&V=2&SC=PRESS
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of $13,011,000 of
FINP securities issues on August 22, 200 at a redemption price equal to 100
percent of the principal amounts 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 amounts of
$2,430,664,000 of MTN securities issues on August 22, 2008 at a redemption
price equal to 100 percent of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued
interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM):
3-Year Pricing Date August 13, 2008
Settlement Date August 15, 2008
Maturity Date August 15, 2011
Issue Size $3 billion
Coupon TBD
Payment Dates Each February 15th and August 15th, beginning February 15, 2009
CUSIP 31398ATL6
Listing Application will be made to list the securities on the EuroMTF
market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NEW PARTNERS...
TORONTO - Local leaders in India, Malaysia, the Caribbean and Latin America
to combine functional and technical expertise with Clarity software. Clarity
Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) and external
financial reporting solutions, today announced a major extension of its sales
and services worldwide, with the addition of several established and
experienced local business partners.
www.claritysystems.com
CEO OF THE YEAR...
BOSTON- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest
products industry, today announced that RockTenn Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Jim Rubright has been selected as this year's RISI North American CEO
of the Year for the forest products industry.
http://www.risiinfo.com
http://www.risiinfo.com/na_conf
http://www.rocktenn.com
PHILIP MORRIS CAUGHT...
WASHINGTON - For the second time in recent weeks, international tobacco
control advocates are calling on Philip Morris International to withdraw its
sponsorship and promotion of a major concert, this time in the Philippines
where the company's activities appear to violate national law.
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
PLATTS SURVEY...
LONDON - Platts -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries'
(OPEC) 13 members boosted their collective crude oil production by 300,000
barrels per day (b/d) in July to average 32.77 million b/d over the month,
according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released.
http://www.platts.com
http://www.opec.platts.com
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
SAHA VENTYX...
BRISBANE - Ventyx(R), the world's largest private software and services
provider to the energy and utility industry, and leading specialist advisory
practice Saha International today announced the release of a report on the
impact of Australia's National Emissions Trading Scheme on National Electricity
Market (NEM) prices. The report studies the potential impact the Australian
Government's carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) will have on generation
portfolios, investments and energy supply.
http://www.ventyx.com
INITIATE SYSTEMS....
SYDNEY and WELLINGTON- Initiate Systems Australia Pty Ltd, a leader in
master data management (MDM) solutions for creating complete, real-time views
of data about people, places and things, and Solnet Solutions Limited provider
of IT solutions and support, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver
Initiate software offerings in both Australia and New Zealand.
www.InitiateSystems.com.
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY LAUNCH...
BANGALORE, BANGKOK, HO CHI MINH CITY, JAKARTA, KARACHI, MANILA - Tyco Fire &
Security launched FLAMEVision FV300, the first flame detector in India,
Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia that uses an infrared
array with 256 infrared sensors and integrated CCTV, to identify flame
incidents automatically and reliably and to accurately pinpoint fire sources on
a video image. With intelligent software, it can discriminate between flame and
non-flame sources. This critical information allows its operators to visually
verify the alarm and implement appropriate action immediately.
THOMSON REUTERS...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today
announced the addition of new features to the Citation Impact Center -- a
Web-based resource devoted to scholarly resources and discussion about the many
facets of citation-based evaluation.
http://www.thomsonreuters.com
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/citationimpactcenter
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