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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009
SYDNEY, Dec. 8 /AsiaNet/ --
UROLOGY SYMPOSIUM...
DETROIT: The 2010 International Robotic Urology Symposium will take place Jan. 15-17, 2010 at the Wynn
Las Vegas.
PRIVATE CLOUDS...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced Internet infrastructure services for the enterprise, and
Cisco Tuesday announced an expanded relationship focused on the development of private clouds for the
enterprise.
MICROFINANCE CONCERNS...
MANILA: The threat of poor entrepreneurs taking on too much loan debt is a growing reality, and a genuine
threat to the rapidly expanding microfinance sector. At Oikocredit's annual staff and board meetings, regional
managers who operate in almost 70 different countries, raised concerns over the rate of over-indebtedness in
some countries.
U.S.-CHINESE COOPERATION...
COPENHAGEN: Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy, the third-largest electric power
holding company in the U.S., and Wang Yusuo, chairman of ENN Group, one of the largest private energy
companies in China, Tuesday said in a joint statement that cooperation between government and business
leaders from China and the U.S., the world's two largest industrial nations, is a key to the success of the
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
WORLD CUP...
CAPE TOWN: Two of the world's most passionate footballing nations, Spain and Brazil, are favourites to go
head to head in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, according to the Castrol Predictor, a new tool launched
Tuesday by 2010 FIFA World Cup sponsor Castrol.
TEST TOOL...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: K-micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics America), a leader in advanced ASICs, and Anritsu
Monday announced the development of the first test tool and methodology to analyze 10Gbps Ethernet
Passive Optical Network (EPON) chips.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of six securities issues on Dec 17 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
CARBON CAPTURE...
CANBERRA: The Global CCS Institute Monday announced a new program of support to accelerate the
deployment of carbon capture and storage projects worldwide.
TANDBERG LAUNCHES...
BANGKOK: "Telepresence" frequently conjures images of a select group of business-suited executives
brought together around a table through high-quality visual communications. TANDBERG Monday introduced
the TANDBERG T3 Custom Edition, a customizable telepresence solution that shatters that image, bringing
that same in-person experience to engineers, fashion designers, and educators who want to collaborate
naturally with suppliers, buyers and students in a flexible workspace.
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