MEDIA RELEASE PR36669
AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday, 20 October 2009
SYDNEY, Oct. 20 /AsiaNet/ --
ADT SECURITY...
SINGAPORE - ADT Security has appointed Kelvin Lam as Vice President of Retail and Security Products for
Asia Pacific.
GFK ASIA...
SINGAPORE - Leading market research company, GfK Asia, has launched a new weekly tracking service
for the South Korean mobile phone market in response to the needs of this country's fast moving mobile
phone industry.
WIRELESS WORLD...
BEIJING - FreeWave Technologies' Lee Liru to Present at Wireless World Research Forum Meeting in
Beijing.
INFINITY I-CHINA....
TEL AVIV and HONG KONG - Infinity I-China, the largest China-Israel fund and the second China-Israel
fund of the Infinity Group, established by Clal Industries and Investments from the IDB Group, announced
today that it has exercised a partial exit from its Digital China investment for HK$85.1
million or more than US$11 million.
HAMBURG INDIA...
HAMBURG - From October 23 to November 1, the northern German economic metropolis Hamburg will host
India Week for the third time. A program featuring some 30 events provides information on current areas of
activity and developments in the Indian economy, politics and culture. It is all about opportunities and
prospects for closer cooperation between Hamburg and
India.
IMCOPA NOTES...
ARAUCARIA - Imcopa International Cayman Ltd. and Imcopa Importacao, Exportacao Industria e Oleos
S.A. announced today that they have called a meeting of the holders of its US$100,000,000 10.375% Notes
due 2009 on November 10, 2009, and in connection therewith has commenced a consent solicitation. The
final voting deadline for submission of electronic voting instructions is 3:00 p.m. on November 6, 2009.
POKER PRO...
DUBLIN - Full Tilt Poker pro James Akenhead will make his third final table appearance in as many months
on Poker Million, the Full Tilt Poker sponsored tournament which airs on Sky Sports TV.
OFS Verizon...
NORCROSS - OFS today announced that Verizon Communications Inc. will be purchasing and installing
OFS' EZ-Bend multiple dwelling unit drop cable in their MDU FIOS applications.
K2 SOFTWARE...
LAS VEGAS - K2(R), a Microsoft Gold Certified ISV partner, today announced planned support in its
products for the upcoming releases of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and
Microsoft SharePoint Server
2010.
LIGHT READING...
NEW YORK - Light Reading, the leading integrated media company serving the worldwide communications
industry, today reveals its Top Picks for communications technologies, services, and products.
EAGLE INVESTMENT...
SINGAPORE and BOSTON - Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services
technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, today announced the opening of a
new operational centre in Singapore.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues on October 29,
2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
BURGER KING...
CHICAGO - Premium Surge Promotions, a leader in product-based marketing, today announced that Burger
King Corp. has named it the restaurant chain's premiums manufacturing supplier agency of record.
MARVELL LAUNCH...
SANTA CLARA - Marvell, a world leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today
announced the game-changing ARMADA family of processors designed specifically for next generation ARM
instruction set
smartphones, smartbooks, consumer and embedded devices, and displays.
EXAR CORPORATION...
FREMONT, California - Exar Corporation unveiled today its new web site for the Chinese market.
KELLOGG-HKUST EMBA
HONG KONG - The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program has surpassed all leading institutions in the
world as it has once again been ranked no. 1 by the Financial Times 2009 EMBA global rankings.
APAX PARTNERS...
MUMBAI - Apax Partners, one of the world's largest private equity firms, is today pleased to announce that
Sandeep Naik and Shashank Singh have been appointed co-heads of the India office.
DIAMOND INDUSTRY...
RAMAT GAN - On October 13, 2009 an international delegation of leaders from the diamond world held an
historic meeting with the President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli. The meeting was attended by Israel
Diamond Institute Group of Companies Managing Director Eli Avidar, Israeli Ambassador to Panama Yoad
Magen, the Chairman of the World Diamond Council Eli Izhakoff, and the President of the Diamond Dealers
Club of New York Moshe Mosbacher, NYDDC Managing Director Martin Hochbaum, and President of the
Panama Diamond Exchange Erez Akerman.
PLAYSTATION MALAYSIA...
KUALA LUMPUR - Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong Ltd. today announced that it will launch the
new PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, featuring an extremely streamlined form factor with a
120GB Hard Disk Drive, and PSP go, a new evolution of PSP handheldentertainment system, specifically
designed to suit the digital lifestyle of consumers who enjoy downloadable content on the go in Malaysia.
CONSISTEL CONTRACTS...
SINGAPORE - CONSISTEL SINGAPORE PTE LTD is pleased to announce it has won a major Tender to
design and deploy a multi-system wireless network at the Integrated Resort in the Marina Bay area.
AEROSPACE TOKYO...
TOKYO - Tokyo Big Sight Inc. organizes "Aerospace Industry Exhibition Tokyo 2009" with the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government as a co-organizer from November 4 to 6 at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto-ku, Tokyo.
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