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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009
SYDNEY, Dec. 9 /AsiaNet/ --
GOODMAN WAREHOUSE...
SYDNEY - Goodman Group and Goodman Hong Kong Logistics Fund today announced that they, through
their Goodman Interlink Limited joint venture, will commence construction of Interlink, a landmark warehouse
and distribution development in Hong Kong.
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY...
SINGAPORE - As the world's leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen, it's timely to acknowledge the positive impact agriculture is playing in addressing key issues
such as greenhouse gas emissions, says Tan Siang Hee, Executive Director of CropLife Asia.
HAIER GROUP...
QINGDAO - The Haier Group today announced that world leading business intelligence firm Euromonitor
International has ranked Haier first in its Global Major Appliances Brands 2009 ranking by brand shares, with a
retail volume market share of 5.1%, up 0.8 of a point from 2008.
BROADBAND PRICES...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - More consumers in Europe are basing their broadband service subscriptions
on price rather than on whether the service is delivered via fixed or mobile networks, a trend that will have a
major impact on how network operators position and market their services, according to a
new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.
BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRMS...
WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts - Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. Managing Partner of Finn, Warnke &
Gayton announced today that the firm is offering a sales platform for biotechnology companies to sell their
intellectual property.
EE TIMES...
SAN FRANCISCO - EE Times Group, a division of United Business Media, announced today a new and
improved focus on electronic products and components as it aggressively responds to the needs of its
audience and advertisers.
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
MILPITAS, California - California Micro Devices today announced the PicoGuard CM1227, an ultra low
capacitance electrostatic discharge device for the latest digital consumer and computer applications.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues on December
18, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
REDKNEE INBILL...
TORONTO - Redknee, a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for
communications service providers, announced that a leading Asia Pacific based multi-service operator will
install Redknee's InBill solution to manage its interconnect billing functions.
Otis Subsidiary to Provide More Than a Thousand Elevators
for Singapore Public Housing Estates
FARMINGTON, Connecticut - Otis Elevator Company's subsidiary Sigma Elevator Singapore was awarded
two contracts from the Singapore Housing and Development Board to supply and install 1,300 elevators in
public housing estates.
NUCLEAR ABOLITION...
TOKYO - Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives joined voices during the Parliament of the
World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia, on December 7, calling for moral leadership by the world's religions
in the
effort to abolish nuclear weapons.
Causes of Climate Change not 'Settled': Scientists - UN Challenged to Provide Sound Evidence for
Catastrophic Forecasts
COPENHAGEN - The International Climate Science Coalition today released the names of over 140 leading
climate experts from 17 countries who are asking the United Nations and other supporters of this month's
Climate Change Conference to produce convincing OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE for their claims of
dangerous
human-caused global warming (AGW) and other changes in climate.
CHINA EMISSIONS...
BEIJING - Results released today from a detailed economic study show that China may cut carbon
emissions deeply and minimise the adverse effects on its economy over the next 40 years. The report, Going
Clean: the economics of China's low-carbon development, by the Chinese Economists 50 Forum and
Stockholm Environment Institute, says that emission reductions up to 2050 can be made for example through:
FC2, INC...
LAS VEGAS - FC2, Inc., the global web service company, has updated one of its services, FC2 Access
Analysis with more language options for its users.
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