COMSCORE RELEASES...
TOKYO - comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital
world, Friday released its February 2008 rankings of the
largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site
categories in Japan, based on data from the comScore World
Metrix audience measurement service.
http://www.comscore.com
GLOBAL ANNOUNCES...
ATLANTA - Global Payments Inc. Thursday announced results
for its third quarter ended February 29, 2008.
www.globalpaymentsinc.com
IRG EYES...
MANILA - Pacific Internet Limited, a Pacnet company,
Thursday announced the signing of a Letter of Offer from IRG to
buy Pacnet's entire stake in its Philippine joint venture,
Primeworld Digital Systems, Inc.
http://www.pacnet.com
KPMG REPORTS...
TORONTO - All of the developed countries have lost ground
relative to the United States in terms of business operating
costs, due to the dramatic weakening of the U.S. dollar,
however, it is the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and the United
Kingdom that have seen the greatest increases in costs relative
to the U.S., according to KPMG's 2008 Competitive Alternatives
study that compares business costs in 136 cities in 10
countries in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
www.competitivealternatives.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$393
million on April 6, & 10, 2008 at a redemption price equal to
100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
TRUE SELECTS...
RA'ANANA - NICE Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of
advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight
from Interactions to drive performance, Thursday announced that
Thailand's leading and only fully-integrated telecommunications
service provider, TRUE Corporation has selected NICE
SmartCenter for its VoIP contact centers.
http://www.nice.com
http://www.truecorp.co.th
PACNET OFFERS...
SINGAPORE - Pacnet Limited (formerly known as Connect
Holdings Limited) (the Offeror) together with its principal
shareholder and ultimate control persons wishes to announce the
voluntary cash general offer (the Offer) for all the issued
ordinary shares of Pacnet Internet (S) Limited (formerly known
as Pacific Internet Limited) (PIL) other than those already
owned by the Offeror (the PIL Shares).
MOTOROLA BRINGS...
SINGAPORE - Motorola, Inc. Thursday made it easier for
businesses to get a complete, integrated mobile computing
solution by making Good Mobile Messaging 5 available to
enterprises in Asia.
http://www.motorola.com
NTT OFFERS...
TOKYO - NTT Communications announced Thursday the launch of
its Global Unified Threat Managed service, which will provide
Arcstar Global IP-VPN customers with integrated services for
planning, constructing, managing and implementing effective
protection against network security threats.
www.ntt.com
SOROUH STRIKES...
ABU DHABI - Sorouh Real Estate, one of the largest real
estate developers listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market
with a market cap close to AED 24 billion (US$$6.5 billion),
Thursday announced it has signed an agreement with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Rubicon, Inc. to explore
the development of entertainment opportunities within Sorouh's
real estate portfolio.
http://www.mgm.com
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