DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON...
HAMBURG: Deutsche Grammophon, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, will become the first
major classical record label to make its huge catalogue available online for download with the launch of its new DG Web Shop, enabling consumers in 42 countries to download music at the highest technical and artistic standards.
www.dgwebshop.com
EMBLAZE'S EMOZE...
RAANANA: Emblaze Ltd. announces today that its Emoze push email and PIM will be available for users to download via the
Download! folder on Nokia Nseries devices.
www.emoze.com
MYLAN APPOINTMENT...
PITTSBURGH: Mylan Inc. today announced the appointment of Steven G. Zylstra as Vice President, Global Corporate
Communication and Public Relations. Mr. Zylstra will manage and oversee all internal and external communications and
provide communications and public relations counsel to members of Mylan's global senior management team in their various roles
across the Company.
www.mylan.com
BLUE SYSTEMS...
LONDON: Blue Systems, a London-based provider of global financial information software, has today launched blue and blue mobile, the world's first low cost market data software. Offered over desktop and/or mobile devices, the software enables global real-time financial market data, news and company financials to be displayed through low cost, intuitive,
analytical software.
www.bluesystems.info
SIRIT JIS...
TORONTO: Sirit Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency identification technology, announced today that Japan Information System Co. Ltd. has agreed to sell a customized version of Sirit's INfinity 510 RFID reader in Japan.
www.jis-rfid.co.jp
www.sirit.com
DUPONT TITANIUM...
SINGAPORE and WILMINGTON, Delaware: DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont
Ti-Pure titanium dioxide grades sold in the Asia Pacific region.
www.titanium.dupont.com
FEMALE VIOLENCE...
NEW YORK: United Nations -- The United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, its Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman,
and a large number of partners launched an Internet campaign on ending violence against women today. Titled, "Say NO to
Violence against Women," the campaign invites people to add their names to a "virtual" book on a web site that has been
developed specifically for this purpose.
www.unifem.org
www.saynotoviolence.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$200
million on December 6, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
MARVELL QDEO...
SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell today announced that its
award-winning Qdeo video processing is a featured technology of the Pioneer Elite SC-09TX/SC-LX90 A/V receiver. Part of the
Marvell 88DE2710 digital video format converter, Qdeo delivers quiet, natural video free of artifacts and noise for truly
immersive viewing experiences.
www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070905/AQW167LOGO
www.marvell.com/qdeo
http://photoarchive.ap.org
www.marvell.com
BANGLADESH VOTING...
WALL, N.J. and DHAKA: BIO-key International, Inc., a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public
safety, and Tiger IT BD Ltd., a leader in both prepackaged and customized software solutions, today announced that they have
been awarded an exclusive contract for the biometric-based credentialing solution for the Bangladesh Voter Registration Project.
www.bio-key.com
www.tigeritbd.com
DAVAL INTERNATIONAL...
LONDON: Daval International Limited, a UK private company, announces MHRA and IRB approval of a London based Phase IIB
trial of AIMSPRO, its hyperimmune caprine serum derivative.
AUSTRALIA'S AID...
MELBOURNE: Whilst Sir Bob Geldof, former Boomtown Rats singer and MakePovertyHistory campaigner, was in Brisbane to
accept his new role as Ambassador for the city on Monday 19th November 2007, he described Australia as the "meanest country
in the world", referring to our governments contribution to world poverty compared with other countries.
www.globalknowledge.org/GK3/
www.solvepoverty.com
DHL QUINTIQ...
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH: DHL, the worldwide leader in international express and logistics services, has expanded its contract with
Quintiq for a real-time advanced planning & scheduling solution into a worldwide agreement. The new global contract will enable
DHL to improve its dispatch process and customer service around the world.
www.quintiq.com
SEARCH ENGINES...
LOS ANGELES: SearchBoth.com, a tool that enables users to search both Google and Yahoo! side by side on one split screen
along with any two travel sites and any two Yellow Pages sites, has now launched a poll on its website asking users to vote on
their favorite search engines: Google, Yahoo!, MSN Live or Ask
www.SearchBoth.com
www.YELLOWPAGES.travel
www.YellowPagesMessenger.com
BANGLALINK COMPTEL...
HELSINKI: Comptel Corporation, the leading vendor of dynamic Operations Support System software, announced today that mobile operator banglalink, a fully owned subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, has selected Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution.
www.banglalinkgsm.com
www.comptel.com
VITASOY SALES...
HONG KONG: Vitasoy International Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer and distributor of non-carbonated
beverage and food, today announced that its turnover for the six months ended 30 September 2007 grew by 14.2%, to HK$1,514
million. The Group recorded a profit attributable to shareholders of HK$105 million, a healthy growth of 5.0% compared to the same period of the preceding year.
DUBAI SONY...
DUBAI: NewDawn GSE Asset Management Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DIC Asset Management and the General Partner for the US$2 billion Global Strategic Equities Fund, today announced that it has made a substantial investment in Sony Corporation, one of the world's premier consumer electronics and entertainment companies.
www.dubaiic.com
REAL ESTATE...
MUMBAI: Organizers of the 2008 CoreNet Global Asia Summit today announced that the decision to focus on 'talent management in corporate real estate' as the main theme for its next conference is generating record interest from pre-registered conference attendees. The summit is being held in India on March 3-5, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai.
www.corenetglobal.org
MATHSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR...
HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc., announced today that it has signed a
distribution agreement for the India market with MathStar, a leading fabless semiconductor company offering high-performance
programmable logic solutions.
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www.mathstar.com
www.arrowasia.com
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