MEDIA RELEASE PR37361
AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009
SYDNEY, Dec. 2 /AsiaNet/ --
POOL INC. OFFERS...
TOKYO - POOL Inc., which provides cross-media marketing services, has released the "Funky Effects"
iPhone application that contains recordings of special effects and comments that dramatically spice up scenes
in everyday life, while letting users add their own special effects and messages. With one
press of the iPhone to play back the sound effect that fits the scene, it is aimed to liven up the atmosphere
with an exciting sound or turn it down with a depressing sound by using this new type of entertaining
communication tool.
THAILAND - SPA...
BANGKOK - What many spa clients have thought for years, a jury of industry insiders and journalists has
proclaimed in the 2009 AsiaSpa Awards: Thailand is indeed Asia's spa capital.
SKILLED SPOUSES...
THE HAGUE - Global Survey Sharpens Focus on Partner Employment Needs. A lack of spouse
employment opportunities adversely affects global mobility of highly skilled international staff.
GRAPHIN ANNOUNCES...
TOKYO - Graphin Co., Ltd., a rapidly emerging leader for evaluation suites for image sensors, has
announced that the GPLAB-CLSYS, the company's GPirates series of evaluation systems for images from
CMOS image sensors (CIS), is now fully compliant with the four-lane MIPI CSI-2 standard.
AVAYA SELECTS...
DALLAS, Tx.- Viewlocity Technologies announced today that Avaya, a global leader in enterprise
communications systems, has selected Viewlocity Technologies' CarbonView solution to efficiently measure
and manage carbon emissions for the company's global operations. CarbonView, a leading carbon
management and accounting solution, will vastly improve data collection and analysis for Greenhouse Gas
Protocol scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for Avaya as well as manage energy efficiency and carbon abatement
projects.
US AND CLIMATE CHANGE...
SYDNEY - Of five countries, the United States is seen by the Chinese public as posing the greatest threat to
China's security. But the Chinese population worries more about climate change and food and water security
than traditional military threats, the Lowy Institute China Poll released today has
found.
CORDIANT CAPITAL...
MONTREAL - Cordiant Capital Inc. ("Cordiant"), a leading manager of emerging market private sector
investments, announced today that it has signed an agreement to manage the newly created Infrastructure
Crisis Facility Debt Pool ("ICF Debt Pool") launched at the annual meeting of the World Bank
Group in October. Cordiant was chosen following a competitive selection process involving financial
institutions from around the world.
SIGMA SYSTEMS...
Fulfillment solutions, announced today it has expanded its sales efforts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by
naming Simon Wai Chan Lee the Senior Sales Director for APAC operations and opening a sales
office in Tokyo, Japan.
20% OF FACEBOOK...
BRISBANE - With over 300 million active users, Facebook is undoubtedly the most powerful entity in social
media today. It's no secret that such immense user numbers also generate immense dollars in advertising
facebook_marketing.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a
total of US$101.165 million on Dec 11, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
STORAGE SUPERMICRO...
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high-
performance server and storage solutions, today launched the world's first line of double-sided storage
chassis, which enable extra high-density storage. With Platinum Level (94%+ efficiency) redundant power
supply support, Supermicro's new 847 series server chassis feature 36 hot-swap 3.5" hard drive trays with 24
in the front and 12 in the rear. For JBOD configurations, the chassis can support 21 HDDs in the rear for a
total of 45 hot-swap 3.5" HDDs.
HONEST BEAUTY...
NEW YORK - Emerging brands will be a key feature of the HBA Global Expo Honest Beauty blog. Every
month. Mary Palmieri, the editor of Honest Beauty, will select an up-and-coming beauty product that has
unique attributes and efficacy as well as a compelling background story.
JOB SEEKING...
MELBOURNE - The number of employees applying for jobs in other organisations has jumped dramatically
during the past six months. One in six employees say they have recently applied to leave their current
employment. One in five say they are actively looking around --- an increase of 36% since June. And more
than half say they are considering moving. The increase in
job seeking activity is just one highlight of Leadership Management Australasias latest Leadership,
Employment and Direction Survey (L.E.A.D.).
LMA-LEAD-Survey-Results-Dec-09.pdf
BUILDING BLOCKS...
GUANGZHOU - With the rough and tumble of 2009 coming to an end, the strong performance of the latest
edition of the Canton Fair, has been seen as a sign of good things to come across media outlets.
THIESS QUADREM'S...
AMSTERDAM - On 13 October 2009, Thiess officially "went live" becoming a part of the Quadrem Global
eMarketplace. By joining Quadrem, Thiess becomes a viable member of a global community of more than 60
established buying companies like BHP Billiton, Anglo American and Rio Tinto and will be able to
utilise the Quadrem Global eMarketplace to transact efficiently with more than 65,000 suppliers via one
common electronic platform.
GREEK ROAD SHOW...
ATHENS - The Invest in Greece Agency, in collaboration with the Greek Embassy in Australia, is organizing
Investment Forums in Australia from December 3rd until December 9th, to present investment opportunities in
Greece in the sectors of Financial Services, Tourism, Renewable Energy and Information
Technology.
RTS AND FORTIS...
SINGAPORE - RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, and Fortis
Clearing announced today that they are the first trading solutions provider and clearing firm respectively to
receive certification to offer clients access to the new equity trading system of the Singapore
Exchange Ltd. (SGX).
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