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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Monday Dec. 21, 2009
SYDNEY, Dec. 21 /AsiaNet/ --
YEAR-END CELEBRATION...
SYDNEY - 2009 Sydney New Year's Eve will burst into colour with another unrivalled fireworks show, a
parade of decorated sailing boats around the Sydney Opera House and 1.5 million people wearing a touch of
blue.
EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION...
accurately predicted the damaging earthquake that struck Taiwan Saturday evening at 9:02 pm.
VESSELS ACQUISITION...
DUBAI - Private equity backed Gulf Marine Maintenance and Offshore Service Company ("GMMOS"), a
leading United Arab Emirates based provider of marine services to the offshore oil & gas industry, announced
today the acquisition by Stanford Marine, its chartering division, of five offshore support vessels (OSV) as part
of Abraaj Capital and Waha Capital's expansion strategy for the business.
ASIAN OPENING...
NEW ALBANY, Ohio - Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) reported today that the opening of its first flagship
in Asia, on Tuesday December 15, 2009, resulted in the highest first day sales in the Company's history.
ENERGY STUDY...
BARCELONA - Led by European utilities, the offshore wind industry is poised for substantial scaling over the
next decade, with the global installed base
expected to grow to nearly 45 GW in 2020 according to a new market study from
Emerging Energy Research.
URBAN CENTER...
LAS VEGAS - Located at the heart of CityCenter, Las Vegas' new 67-acre urban center, ARIA Resort &
Casino is the latest work by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.
BEAUTY EXPO...
NEW YORK - HBA Global Expo & Conference To Take Place September 28-30, 2010 in New York.
BROKER AGREEMENT...
HONG KONG - Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk adviser, today announced it has
reached an agreement to acquire HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd (HIBL), a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC
Bank.
MICROINSURANCE CONFERENCE...
NEW DELHI - The UNDP, in collaboration with design and policy centres- the
Centre for Insurance and Risk Management (CIRM) and Centre for Micro Finance
(CMF) at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) organised
the National Conference on the Status of Microinsurance in India (with
special emphasis on states with low HDI) on December 10th and 11th 2009 in
New Delhi.
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