MEDIA RELEASE PR37548
AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday Dec. 11, 2009
SYDNEY, Dec. 11 /AsiaNet/ --
VERITAINER RECEIVES...
FREMONT, Calif.: Silicon Valley based VeriTainer Corporation, the world leader in crane-mounted maritime container
radiation scanning, has received its fourth patent on its crane-mounted scanning product, the VeriSpreader System.
MCDONALD'S ANNOUNCES...
OAK BROOK, Ill.: McDonald's announced Friday during a live global Webcast its plans to bring amazing digital
experiences to its young adult customers through its partnership with Academy-Award winning director James Cameron
and Twentieth Century Fox -makers of the highly anticipated film AVATAR, debuting in theaters worldwide Dec. 18.
XOOM.COM LAUNCHES...
SAN FRANCISCO: Xoom Corporation, the fastest growing internet-based global money transfer company, announced
Thursday the launch of their new service to South Korea.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of four securities issues amounting to a total of
US$150 million on Dec 20 and 24, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
INT'L SUMMIT...
MELBOURNE: An international summit bringing together more than 300 reconciliation experts from around the world to
tackle global cultural, racial, religious and political difference will be held in Amman, Jordan, from Monday.
SMARTPHONE MARKET...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The smartphone market will climb to 37 percent of global handset sales in 2014 with emerging
markets as the key growth engine, calling on operators and vendors to make the most of the opportunity, according to a
new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.
POKER MILLION...
DUBLIN: Full Tilt Poker pro James Akenhead won his first major tournament, taking down the Poker Million VIII event.
SEOUL READY...
SEOUL: Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul is ready to be transformed into a venue for winter festivities,
accommodating Seoul Snow Jam, the fourth in the "Seoul Dream Series" which is designed to celebrate the dedication of
the city's new landmark square.
PETROALGAE ANNOUNCES...
MELBOURNE, Fla.: PetroAlgae Inc. Thursday announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Foster Wheeler AG's Global Engineering and Construction Group for engineering services to be performed in conjunction
with PetroAlgae's micro-crop technology, which allows for the production of dry biomass at an unprecedented scale.
FINACLE SOLUTION...
SHANGHAI: Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Societe Generale Thursday announced the successful implementation of
Finacle core banking, CRM, wealth management and consumer e-banking solution at Societe Generale (China) Limited,
the first French bank offering a wide range of corporate, private and retail banking services in China.
AFFORDABLE INSURANCE...
GENEVA: The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility issued a call for proposals to encourage insurance providers to
experiment with new products and develop strategic partnerships to bring affordable insurance products to working poor in
developing countries.
BIODEGRADABLE BAGS...
BANGKOK: The National Innovation Agency (NIA), Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ:
German Technical Cooperation), Thai Bioplastics Industry Association (TBIA) and BASF Thursday launched a pilot project
to highlight the potential of composting as a feasible and effective waste management option.
TEST PROGRAM...
BERLIN: EANTC AG (European Advanced Networking Test Center), the leading independent test lab - along with
ancotel, Europe's largest carrier interconnect company, and Light Reading, the leading media company in the worldwide
communications industry Thursday announced the launch of a new extensive test program for service providers to validate
and showcase end-to-end Carrier Ethernet services across multiple carriers.
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT...
KUALA LUMPUR: MOL Global Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of leading online payment solutions provider MOL AccessPortal
Berhad, and Friendster, Inc., the operator of a top global web site based on traffic and a leading social network in Asia,
announced Thursday they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MOL Global will acquire 100% of
Friendster.
MOVIE CREATION...
TOKYO and TAIPEI: NTT DOCOMO, INC. Thursday announced the launch of a new service for movie creation,
"KEITAIDE DOUGAWO TSUKUROU", which allows its users to compose and edit their own media content with the ability
to create themes, tell stories and lastly share with their friends by ubitus cloud computing platform.
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