Stop Corruption - IACA's First Assembly of Parties to Take Pla... - 27 November 2012 22:57

LAXENBURG, Austria, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- States representatives and experts from all around the globe will come together for the International Anti-Corruption Academy's (IACA) first Assembly of Parties in Vienna, Austria on 29 and 30 November. The adoption of a number of decisi...

  Empire State Building Gives Gift To New York City -- And The W... - 27 November 2012 01:00

NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- World's Most Famous Office Building Unveils Custom, Innovative LED Lighting System Created by Philips Color Kinetics Synchronized Live on Clear Channel New York Stations to Hits by Alicia Keys Tonight, the world-fa...

  RS Components First to Launch Easy-to-use Low-cost Gadget Rene... - 26 November 2012 15:27

SINGAPORE, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- RS Components ( http://www.rs-components.com/index.html ), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc ( http://www.electrocomponents.com/ )(LSE:ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, today annou...

  Pew Applauds European Parliament Vote for Stronger Shark Finni... - 23 November 2012 01:29

BRUSSELS, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire- AsiaNet/ -- The European Parliament voted today to strengthen the European Union's ban on shark finning, the practice of slicing off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea. 566 members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the European Commissio...

  ANZ Signs Five-year Shanghai Rolex Masters Sponsorship - 22 November 2012 19:38

SHANGHAI, Nov. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ANZ today announced an agreement with the Shanghai Rolex Masters to become the International Banking and Finance Partner of Asia's premier Masters tournament for the next five years. (Photo:http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2012/11/22/20121122134218219...

  Perfect World's Malaysian Subsidiary Takes Over Local Manageme... - 22 November 2012 17:38

BEIJING, Nov. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Beijing Perfect World Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("Perfect World"), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, announced the termination of its cooperation with Malaysia- and Singapore-based partners for management of its title...

  CHTF 2012 Opens: Innovation Is A Key Theme - 21 November 2012 20:23

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- China Hi-Tech Fair 2012 (CHTF; "the fair") opened on November 16. Lu Yongxiang, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the former president of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the opening. Wa...

  New Technology & Products Intensively Released at CHTF 2012 - 20 November 2012 16:06

SHENZHEN, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- This year's China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) kicked off on Nov. 16 and will go until Nov. 21. During the two days following Nov. 17, exhibitors intensively released their new technologies and products at special activities organized by CHTF at Shenzhen C...

  TauRx Pharmaceuticals receives $111.8m commitment from Genting... - 20 November 2012 12:00

SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- TauRx Pharmaceuticals Ltd. ("TauRx") announced today the receipt of a further equity investment of US$31.5m from Genting Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. ("GMS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Genting Berhad. The amount represents the first tranche...

  The Coming Wave of 4G Innovation From Asia - 20 November 2012 00:28

SINGAPORE, November 19, /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Many analysts are referring to the 21st century as the Asian Century, with the region predicted to become the dominant shaper of global politics, culture and economics. This certainly applies to the latest wave of innovation in the tele...