Asianet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, Dec 17, 2010

Friday 17 December 2010 14:28
FREELANCER.COM DOMINATES...

SYDNEY: Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing marketplace which connects small business with freelancers from around the world, has taken out the Global Growth Award and Best Online Business at the Anthill Cool Company Award Ceremony in Melbourne.

http://www.freelancer.com

http://bit.ly/fU8uhV

LIQUENT ANNOUNCES...

HORSHAM, Pa.: Liquent Inc., the global leader in regulatory information management solutions and services, Friday announced the launch of Liquent InSight 4.7 which includes two significant product enhancements.

www.liquent.com

www.marlinequity.com

http://bit.ly/egUWQu

SAAB CONTRACTS...

STOCKHOLM: Saab Automobile AB has contracted Logica AB to handle the management of their business travel.

http://www.ebuilder.com

http://www.logica.com

http://www.saab.com

http://bit.ly/fFTuI9

SPIRIT CELEBRATES...

WICHITA, Kan.: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., the world's largest independent supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and components, has celebrated the rollout of the Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter fuselage being delivered to support assembly of the first developmental test vehicle.

http://www.spiritaero.com

http://bit.ly/frJgzv

OPFLEX CEO...

NEW YORK: SOLUTIONS LLC, Scott Smith, has been invited to speak at their CCS Technology International Summit Forum being held in Beijing in January 2011.

www.opflex.com/downloads.html

http://bit.ly/ieIe1Z

COPAN ENJOYS...

MURRIETA, Calif.: COPAN has enjoyed widespread use of its flocked swabs line, branded as FLOQSwabs, in microbiology for the collection and transportation of bacterial and viral samples.

www.copanusa.com

http://bit.ly/fNpDuu

LEADERSHIP BOOK...

ATLANTA: T.E.N., a technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm, has announced that Marci McCarthy, President and CEO, has been featured as a contributor in CLIMB: Leading Women In Technology Share Their Journeys To Success.

http://www.mywit.org

http://www.amazon.com

http://www.techexecnetworks.com

http://www.iseprograms.com

http://bit.ly/gv6tR4

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT...

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada: Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, Thursday announced a new four-year framework agreement with Verizon Wireless under which Bridgewater will provide products and services for Verizon Wireless' network expansion.

www.bridgewatersystems.com

http://bit.ly/g7oKV3

FULL TILT...

DUBLIN: Team Full Tilt's Gus Hansen finished off the year in style with victory at the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com

http://bit.ly/hDhWec

LENOX BAND...

ATLANTA: Newell Rubbermaid's Lenox band saw technology, designed specifically for the rigorous demands of the Asian market, has received two prestigious global innovation awards for enabling industrial manufacturing.

www.lenoxtools.com

www.newellrubbermaid.com

http://bit.ly/ff2NEA

BEST MEMORIES...

BANGKOK, Thailand: best Memories 2010 is one of the countdown activities of Amazing Countdown 2011 by Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

www.amazingcountdown.com

http://bit.ly/fjeP5a

HELLO THAILAND...

BANGKOK, Thailand: Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) would like to invite you to join our countdown and Amazing Trip 9 Temples activities named "Hello Thailand".

www.amazingcountdown.com

http://bit.ly/dHl4JX

SUKJAI BLOG...

BANGKOK, Thailand: Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) created a new Sukjai's blog on November the 15th, 2010 for promoting Thai tourism toward Sukjai's fun and wonderful story.

http://nongsukjai.wordpress.com

http://bit.ly/i6HxkC

VC FINANCING...

STUTTGART, Germany: PE INTERNATIONAL AG, a leading provider of sustainability management software and expert consulting services, announced that it has secured EUR 8 million (10.8 million USD) in venture capital from

Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), and the Cleantech team of European investment company Gimv. Through SVC, PE INTERNATIONAL will join Siemens' global innovation network.

http://www.pe-international.com

http://bit.ly/fWx4hc

HOME ASPIRATION...

WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Thursday released the second installment of its 2010 Own-Rent Analysis, with highlights of the last two of the report's four major themes: Renting and Owning Behaviors by Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Status and Economics of Owning and Renting Through the Cycle and Across Geographies.

http://www.fanniemae.com

http://bit.ly/h5ofL0

THAI TOURISM...

BANGKOK, Thailand: The Thai tourism industry has once again proved its resilience and is on track to end 2010 with a strong recovery inspite of the various internal and external crises that affected the industry at large.

www.tatnews.org

http://bit.ly/e0usp9

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