MEDIA RELEASE PR37082
AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday Nov 13, 2009
SYDNEY, Nov 13 /AsiaNet/ --
HABITAT HUMANITY...
SEOUL - KOICA joins former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, his wife, Rosalynn, thousands of volunteers from
around the world and partner families to support Habitat for Humanity's 26
th
annual Jimmy and Rosalynn
Carter Work Project. The five-day event from, Nov. 15-20, 2009, will serve to construct and rehabilitate 166
houses in Asia.
SMARTPHONES' MARKETSHARE...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - A dramatic shake-up in the U.S. market for new handset sales will ensue as
smartphones grow to comprise roughly 60 percent of new handsets sold in the U.S. by 2014, according to the
latest forecast data from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications
Network.
Tranen Capital...
ROAD TOWN - Tranen Capital Alternative Investment Fund Ltd. is pleased to announce a successful listing
on the Irish Stock Exchange.
Allied World Announces Branch Office in Singapore PEMBROKE - Allied World Assurance Company
Holdings, Ltd today announced the opening of a branch office in Singapore in order to further expand its
operations in Asia, and has appointed Bruce Ford as its Principal Officer and Head of Treaty Asia Pacific,
Middle East and Africa.
ACISION MTN...
CAPE TOWN - Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announces that MTN Nigeria, the
largest mobile operator in Nigeria with nearly 50 per cent market share and serving over 27 million subscribers
as of June 30 2009, has successfully been using the Acision SMSC to significantly boost SMS traffic in the
region.
IBM HONOURED...
ARMONK - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announces it has received IDC's first SMB Excellence Award for the
effectiveness of its Express Advantage program in helping mid-market businesses thrive in a rapidly changing
business environment. IBM, the only firm to receive awards in two categories, was also recognized in the
"Innovative Alliances" category for the Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Solution via IBM Smart Cube.
AXIS XL...
JAKARTA - AXIS and PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding
for national roaming, the first such agreement of its kind in the region.
MERSANA THERAPEUTICS...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Mersana Therapeutics, a platform-based cancer therapeutics company,
announced today that a review of the Company's lead compound, XMT-1001, will appear in the November 12,
2009 special issue of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews on Polymer Therapeutics: Clinical Applications
and Challenges for Development.
BUILDING CODES...
ABU DHABI - The Abu Dhabi Government has recently signed up to new and rigorous codes in urban and
industrial building ,enforced by tough and inquisitive regulators, with hundreds of delegates from both private
and public sector being despatched to training courses on every aspect of construction from seismic protection
to fire control.
V AUSTRALIA...
BRISBANE - New Mardi Gras today announced the signing of a new sponsorship agreement making Sir
Richard Branson's Virgin Blue Airlines Group official airlines for the Sydney event.
CHINA HI-TECH...
SHENZHEN - Under the dramatic impact of the global financial crisis, the China Hi-Tech Fair 2009 has
made encouraging achievements in attracting international exhibitors and visitors through innovative
measures. A total of 17 countries, including the US, Russia, the Republic of Korea, Hungary, Belgium, and
Finland, have confirmed their participation.
AAP CEO...
SYDNEY - Australian Associated Press announced today that Chief Executive Officer Clive Marshall will
leave the company at the end of January 2010 following his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the
Press Association Group in London.
SHIMADZU EDDA... KYOTO and PRINCETON, N.J. – Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto Japan) and EDDA
Technology Inc. today announced that both parties have entered into a business partnership on X-ray chest
CAD systems based on the Radiography System of Shimadzu featuring its direct conversion flat panel
detector and EDDA's CAD applications.
EXPEDIA AGREEMENT...
BELLEVUE, and SILVER SPRING - Choice Hotels International and Expedia, Inc., the world's leading online
travel company, today announced they have signed a new three-year agreement to include Choice Hotels
International properties on the more than 80 Expedia and Hotels.com-branded sites that Expedia operates
worldwide.
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