SYDNEY--11 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CHINA ARCHITECTURE...
NEW YORK: BusinessWeek and Architectural Record will honor
building and planning projects that are reshaping modern China
at the second biannual "Good Design Is Good Business" China
Awards in Shanghai on May 23, 2008.
www.mcgraw-hill.com
www.architecturalrecord.com
www.construction.com/event/BWARChina
www.construction.com
INTRUSION DETECTION...
SINGAPORE: ADT Singapore today launched MotionViewer, the
first wireless video intrusion detection system for homes and
Small and Medium Enterprise businesses.
www.adt.com.sg
BUNKSPEED CAD...
LOS ANGELES: Bunkspeed, Inc. announced today that Chrysler
Group has selected its 3D rendering applications to turn CAD
data into professional-quality marketing imagery.
www.cgamconference.com
www.bunkspeed.com
PEACE CONTEST...
OAK BROOK, Illinois: Ming Yang Soong, a 13-year-old boy from
Bidor, Malaysia, created the grand prize winning poster in the
20th annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest after
competing against more than 350,000 children ages 11, 12 and
13, in 81 countries around the world.
www.lionsclubs.org
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060103/CGTU003LOGO
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080310/DC16266
VERIZON BUSINESS...
READING: Leading analyst firm Gartner Inc. has positioned
Verizon Business in the Leaders Quadrant, "Magic Quadrant for
Asia/Pacific Network Service Providers, 2007."
www.verizonbusiness.com
www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html
PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE...
NEW YORK and LONDON: Dr. Andraacee Bates, president of the
pharmaceutical analytics company Eularis, will be delivering a
presentation on meeting the challenges of measuring ROI within
the changing dynamics of the pharma industry.
www.eularis.com
COHEN & STEERS...
NEW YORK: Cohen & Steers, Inc. announced today that Todd
Voigt, CFA, has joined the firm as senior vice president and
portfolio manager.
www.cohenandsteers.com
TSUNAMI AID
CHICAGO, Illinois: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) raised more than $11 million to support the
immediate needs of people and long-term recovery efforts of
ELCA "companions" working in tsunami-struck areas of Indonesia.
About $1 million went to support a massive rebuilding project
in Kuala Bubon.
www.elca.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN, FINS securities issues on March 20 and 24 2008
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
NZ EMPLOYMENT
AUCKLAND: The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released
today shows that whilst the employment prospects for New
Zealand's job seekers remain positive, the Net Employment
Outlook for the upcoming quarter is below the long-term
average.
www.manpower.com
PRECYDENT RESEARCH...
SAN DIEGO: PreCYdent, a start-up based in San Diego and
Milan, Italy announced today that it has created a new legal
research technology that is many times more effective at
finding relevant case law than the decades-old Westlaw and
LexisNexis.
www.precydent.com
WYETH CHINA...
MADISON, N.J. and SUZHOU: Wyeth announced today that it is
investing $280 million to build a state-of-the-art nutritional
manufacturing facility in Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu
Province, China. The new facility will primarily produce infant
formula milk powder and other nutritional products.
www.wyeth.com
INDIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS...
NEW YORK: A new report from UBM's Light Reading "A Guide to
India's Telecom Operators." answers important questions about
the Indian telecommunications industry and its main players and
is now available on the internet free fo charge.
www.lightreading.com
www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=147300
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
SITL EUROPE...
PARIS: Germany has been the world's top exporting nation for
the last five years. It shipped US$1.13 trillion worth of goods
abroad in 2007. Therefore, it is no surprise that logistics is
one of Germany's most important industries. Representatives
from Invest in Germany, the country's inward investment
promotion agency, will be at SITL 2008 in Paris from March
11-14 to promote the advantages of an investment in Europe's
largest economy.
www.invest-in-germany.com
NZ GAMING...
SYDNEY: Gaming machine manufacturers this week saw a series
of highlights during the New Zealand Gaming Expo, held at
SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre.
www.agmma.com
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