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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday, 13 October, 2009
SYDNEY, Oct. 13 /AsiaNet/ --
BLOOMBERG ACHIEVES...
NEW YORK: Bloomberg is the first company in Japan to earn the Gold honor from the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, achieving LEED Gold Certification for
Commercial Interiors for the Bloomberg office (19th floor) at 2-4-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
BLOOMBERG.COM LAUNCHES.
NEW YORK and TOKYO: The BLOOMBERG.COM Web site, one of the world's fastest growing major
financial Web sites, has launched a new version in Japan.
TELAIRITY EXPANDS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Telairity Tuesday announced the opening of an office in Beijing, marking the official
expansion of Telairity's business operations into China and the entire Asia-Pacific region.
SOCIAL MISSION...
MOSCOW: Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP Foundation, Tuesday unveiled
the artistic concept behind his poetic social mission, which will be carried out from the International Space
Station (ISS). This is the first ever artistic and social event to originate from space.
COLORADO LAUNCHES...
DENVER: Colorado, home to 26 unique ski resort areas and more than 300 inches of annual snowfall,
reveal Colorado's legendary winter offerings through fresh eyes.
CHINA CONFERENCE...
BEIJING: In association with China's State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC),
People's Bank of China (PBOC), and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China Enterprise Forum is
presenting "Opportunities in China's Outbound Investment" conference, to be held from Dec 2nd - 4th in
Beijing.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a
total of US$30 million on Oct 23, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount
redeemed plus accrued interest.
PHARMA EVENTS...
MAARSSEN: Held in the heart of Brasil's pharmaceutical industry, Sao Paulo, late August's CPhI South
America and P-MEC South America pharma ingredients and production technology events built strongly on
their 2008 debuts.
RAYSPAN ANNOUNCES...
SAN DIEGO: RAYSPAN Corporation, the world's leading innovator of Metamaterial air interface solutions,
announced that leading consumer electronics company LG Electronics has selected the company's latest
technological breakthrough, the Metamaterial antenna, for use its newest handheld mobile device, the LG
BL40 "New LG Chocolate."
REAL ESTATE...
BEIJING: According to the "Sales Rankings of Chinese Real Estate Companies for Q3 2009" report released
on October 9 by CRIC (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd., in cooperation with the China Real Estate
Appraisal and Shanghai E-house R&D Institute, Evergrande Real Estate Group leaped to first place in terms
of floor space sold for the first three quarters of 2009, land reserves at the end of the third quarter, area of
projects under construction, floor space sold and sales revenue for the third quarter.
NEW RESORTS...
SINGAPORE and DUBAI: The Registry Collection exchange program, the world's largest luxury exchange
program and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands, Monday announced the addition of three
private residence clubs to its worldwide network.
NOMINEES ANNOUNCED...
BRISBANE: Samson & Delilah (Australia), Nanjing! Nanjing! (City of Life and Death, People's Republic of
China), Darbareye Elly (About Elly, Islamic Republic of Iran) Mei Lanfang (Forever Enthralled, People's
Republic of China) and The Time That Remains (Palestinian Territories/France/Italy/Belgium/UK) will vie for
Best Feature Film in the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).
POLICE ROLE...
SINGAPORE: INTERPOL and the United Nations have partnered to secure international commitments for
greater support for the role of police in peacekeeping operations worldwide.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION...
BONN and WUHAN: Vocational education and training from Germany and their potential impact on skills
development in China will be presented in Wuhan. Detailled information will be available on current training
projects, which are based on a cooperation of Chinese and German partners. iMOVE will organise a
conference on vocational training on October 28th.
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