MEDIA RELEASE PR37065
AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Thursday Nov 12, 2009
SYDNEY, Nov. 12 /AsiaNet/ --
MARSH NAMED...
SINGAPORE - Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, has been named 'Broker of the
Year' at the 13th Annual Asia Insurance Industry Awards. This is the third year in a row and fourth time in five
years Marsh has taken home this accolade.
ITOJUN SERVICE AWARD...
HIROSHIMA - The first Itojun Service Award was presented today at this week's Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) meeting in Hiroshima, Japan to Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline of Google for their outstanding
contributions to the development and deployment of IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol.
TFM&A ENTERS CHINA...
SHANGHAI - United Business Media (UBM) announced the launch of Technology For Marketing &
Advertising (TFM&A) China, the leading integrated marketing event which will be held in Shanghai next year.
RESEARCH ON SIMBIONIX...
LONDON - Extensive research conducted by the Imperial College of London, Ghent University Hospital and
University of Sheffield on the Simbionix PROcedure Rehearsal Studio(TM), was awarded a Magna Cum
Laude EPOS Award at the CIRSE 2009 congress in Lisbon, Portugal.
ICE ANNOUNCES...
LONDON - IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures
exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the introduction of two
cash-settled futures
contracts based on the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI) and cleared by ICE Clear Europe.
CESARIA EVORA...
TASHKENT - World renowned Portuguese singer, Cesaria Evora and Fund Forums' Chairperson Dr Gulnara
Karimova, will give grants to Uzbekistan's talented youth.
ACCELEDENT SYSTEM...
HOUSTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc., developers of the AcceleDent System , which is an acceleration device to
enhance orthodontics, announced that its application to market and distribute the product for sale was
approved by Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
IMCOPA ANNOUNCES...
ARAUCARIA - Imcopa International Cayman Ltd. (the "Issuer") and Imcopa Importacao, Exportacao
Industria e Oleos S.A. (the "Guarantor" or "Imcopa") announced today that they have successfully concluded
their consent solicitation (the "Consent Solicitation") in connection with the Issuer's U.S.$100,000,000
10.375% Notes due 2009 (ISIN: XS0275709094) (the "Notes").
mig33 EXPANDS...
SINGAPORE - mig33, the world's largest mobile-first community, today announced that it has further
broadened its offerings with the launch of mobile games, reporting that more than one million members played
the company's new "premium" mobile games within 60 days of their launch.
VOLTZ APPOINTS...
LONDON - Voltz International has today announced it has appointed a distributor for the Voltz energy shot
health drink in Australia. This will be the first time the popular energy shot drink, launched in the UK in May,
will be made available in the region.
COMMUNISPACE AND COLMAR BRUNTON...
BOSTON and SYDNEY - Communispace, a pioneer of online customer insight communities for the world's
leading brands, and Australian market and social research agency, Colmar Brunton, are hosting an exclusive
event to demonstrate the power of tapping online communities for business insights and product innovation.
NUTRITION SECURITY...
GENEVA - Despite substantial progress, rates of child malnutrition in Bangladesh are among the highest in
the world. More than 36 percent of preschool-age children are stunted, 46 percent are underweight and 16
percent are wasted. Nutrition Security for Children in Bangladesh
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