2012/02/07 13:00 - Asian Activities Report for February 7, 2012 includes: GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (HKG:3800), a leading polysilicon and wafer supplier as well as a top green energy enterprise in China, has formed a 50:50 joint venture named Sunora Energy Solutions 1 LLC ("Sunora"), with NRG Solar, one of the largest photovoltaic ("PV") project developers in the United States; Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HKG:0013) says that its subsidiary Hutchison 3G Austria ("3 Austria") has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Orange Austria to become a top 3 player in the Austrian market; Furukawa Electric (TYO:5801) has completed the acquisition of SuperPower Inc., a US-based manufacturer of second generation high temperature superconductivity wire; Tokyo Electron Limited (TYO:8035) plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, called Tokyo Electron Singapore PTE Ltd., on April 1, 2012.
2012/01/16 17:44 - China Aviation Manufacturing Summit 2012 is going to be convened in the form of conference + exhibition + site visit, on May 8-10 in Shanghai, China. It is an exclusive learning & networking opportunity for global senior executives in aerospace/aviation field.
2011/12/15 17:13 - Directors of GoConnect Ltd (ASX:GCN) are pleased to advise that the company's IPTV business channel, World Business Network, has just received approval from LG Inc. (SEO:066570) and has gone live on all LG Internet connected TVs sold globally. The World Business Network is available as a downloadable application on all Internet connected TVs of LG. It currently carries two programs, The Business Show, which distributes a series of sponsored business interviews conducted by Adam Shand, and the ABN Newswire business news programs.
2011/10/25 10:00 - Directors of GoConnect Ltd (ASX:GCN) and Priority One Network Group Ltd ("Priority One") are pleased to advise that they have established a second beachhead into the Greater China region. The two companies have entered into a Shareholders Agreement with Novel Orient Ltd ("Novel Orient"), a company based in Hong Kong.
2011/10/14 11:03 - FINANCE VIDEO: Voice1Direct (ETR:V0D) CEO Philip Walls Presents to Sydney Capital Markets at Investorium.tv, regarding building cost effective end-to-end wireless and mobile network infrastructure with higher speeds & greater coverage for companies in rural areas.
2011/10/13 17:30 - Voice1Direct (ETR:V0D) is pleased to announce that its Australian subsidiary, Voice1Direct Pty Ltd has responded to a Request for Expression of Interest from Towong Shire Council, located in the State of Victoria, Australia, for the deployment of a communications network and monitoring service for bushfire detection and response services.
2011/10/13 17:12 - Voice1Direct Ltd's (ETR:V0D) Australian subsidiary, Voice1Direct Pty Ltd has today signed a contract to supply wireless infrastructure and mobile services to Sky-i International, a leading developer of real-time tracking and GPS monitoring solutions targeting the thoroughbred horse racing, cycling and asset tracking industries worldwide.
2011/09/28 17:09 - Investorium.tv is Joined by Proto Resources (ASX:PRW) MD Andrew Mortimer for October's Golden Opportunity on the 10th. Andrew Mortimer is the Chairman and founder of Proto Resources as well as Joint Managing Director with Ms Lia Darby.
2011/09/27 10:52 - Base and precious metals continue to surface as highly sought after commodities. Five companies having exceptional investment opportunities will present to a simultaneous live and webcast audience from the Basement in Sydney
2011/09/12 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for September 12, 2011 includes: White Rock Minerals Limited (ASX:WRM) updated on exploration activities at its 100%-owned Mt Carrington silver-gold project in northern NSW; Rico Resources Limited (ASX:RRI) announced the discovery of new high-grade iron ore mineralisation within the Wonmunna project in Western Australia; Condor Metals Limited (ASX:CNK) has received all assay results from the first phase of drilling at its Kallona project in the East Pilbara; Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX:NST) announced a host of outstanding high-grade drilling results from its Paulsens Gold Mine in Western Australia; Bharti Airtel Limited (BOM:532454) has been awarded a license to operate 2G and 3G GSM mobile services in Rwanda.
2011/08/31 16:25 - 6th Annual China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2011, co-hosted by Shanghai Gold & Jewelry Trade Association and IGVision International Corporation Shanghai, will be held on November 30th to December 2nd, 2011 in Shanghai China. It is China's largest networking and information exchange platform for gold & precious metals industry. The summit has been successfully held for five times, attracting more than 200 industry practitioners across the value chain arranging from mining companies to futures brokers every year.
2011/08/12 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for August 12, 2011 includes: Newly ASX-listed rare earths company Strategic Elements Limited (ASX:SOR) has expanded its search for rare earths and rare metals to Ireland; Dragon Mining Limited (ASX:DRA) has received the first results from the drilling campaign on the Hangaslampi gold deposit in northern Finland; Canyon Resources Limited (ASX:CAY) has entered into an agreement to purchase the Wilier Project in eastern Burkina Faso; Whinnen Resources Limited (ASX:WWW) has commenced its maiden drilling program at the Nany-Varas gold project in Northern Chile; Piramal Healthcare (BOM:500302) and Vodafone Group (LON:VOD) announced that Piramal has agreed to purchase approximately 5.5% of the issued equity share capital of Vodafone Essar Limited.
2011/06/08 17:15 - The 2nd Mobile Payment China 2011 will be held on July 12-13 in Shanghai, China. With the exclusive information and high-level delegates, the summit will definitely make a great difference in paving the way for the burgeoning mobile payment industry.
2011/05/23 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for May 23, 2011 includes: Minotaur Exploration Limited (ASX:MEP) today announced the creation of the Braemar Iron Alliance; Singapore Telecommunications Limited's (ASX:SGT) second satellite was successfully launched into orbit; Hunnu Coal Limited (ASX:HUN) has acquired 70% interest in the Altai Nuurs Coal Project in Mongolia; Beacon Minerals Limited (ASX:BCN) announced significant high grade gold intersections from Halley's East deposit.
2011/04/14 12:01 - Asian Activities Report for April 14, 2011 includes: DataMotion Asia Pacific Limited (ASX:DMN) has completed a 3D gravity survey on M12 rare earth elements target and is planning drilling in April 2011; MobileActive Limited's (ASX:MBA) RingRing Studios mobile applications surpass 1,000,000 downloads worldwide; UXA Resources Limited (ASX:UXA) intersected a 3-metre zone of visual mineralisation at the Dome 5 zinc-lead-silver prospect in NSW; Avanco Resources Limited (ASX:AVB) reported that drilling at Serra Verde Copper Project in Brazil continues to show great promise.
2011/04/01 12:00 - Asian Activities Report for April 1, 2011 includes: Renaissance Uranium Limited (ASX:RNU) has commenced drilling on its Pirie Basin Project in South Australia; CNOOC Gas & Power Group will farm-in for a 50% interest in Exoma Energy Limited's (ASX:EXE) five Galilee Basin unconventional gas permits; NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT) has won a new contract to provide satellite communications services to US Military troops in Afghanistan; Orocobre Limited (ASX:ORE) (TSE:ORL) reported an increased resource estimate at its Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash project in Argentina.
2010/08/12 13:31 - The Australian stock market opened lower this morning, after global markets suffered a heavy loss and all key market indices dropped significantly.
2010/08/06 11:49 - The Australian stock market opened lower today, after poor signals on the US jobs market sent Wall Street slightly lower overnight.
2010/08/05 13:31 - The Australian stock market opened higher this morning after Wall Street returned to gains on better-than-expected corporate earnings and encouraging economic data.
2010/07/20 13:30 - The Australian market opened slightly higher on Tuesday. Wall Street posted modest gains overnight as investors focused on the company earnings reports and shrugged off the weak housing data.
2010/07/13 13:30 - The Australian market was higher in early trade on Tuesday after Wall Street posted a small gain overnight. Alcoa kicked off the US earnings season with a better-than-expected report and it also raised its forecast for the metal consumption this year. The local market today rose more than 0.3 per cent shortly after the market opened.
2010/06/09 14:30 - The Australian share market opened slightly lower on Wednesday with weakness in financial stocks. Wall Street has provided a flat lead to the local market. Mining stocks were mixed while commodities prices were firmer. Gold miners gained after gold price hit a record high overnight in London and New York.
2010/06/04 13:30 - The Australian share market opened lower on Friday as metals prices fell. Wall Street has provided a flat lead to the local market. Yesterday the Asian markets widely surged as investors were inspired by the US economic data. The Australian stocks snapped a three-day losing streak and posted a strong 2.4 per cent gain at the close.
2010/05/13 13:30 - The Australian shares opened higher on Thursday after the better-than-expected economic data in the euro zone inspired the US and Europe markets. Asian stocks in early trade were broadly up on the good offshore leads. Australia's S&P/ASX200 index climbed over 0.9 per cent at opening.
2010/05/06 13:30 - Australian shares extended their losses today as the debt issues in Euro zone continued to perplex the global stock markets. The Australian stocks joined the slump in Asian region this morning with a 1.4 per cent fall in S&P/ASX200 index at opening. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed more than 3 per cent in early trade, after the market closed for public holiday for three days.
2010/04/22 10:30 - Swedish mobile network equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has bought Nortel's controlling stake in LG-Nortel, a joint venture between Nortel Networks and LG Electronics Inc. (SEO:066570). Nortel will sell its 50 per cent plus one share stake in LG-Nortel to Ericsson for US$242 million in Cash subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
2010/04/07 13:30 - Asian markets opened flat this morning while Wall Street overnight closed with little change after the US central bank's minutes eased concerns over rate hike. Yesterday Australian stock market touched an 18-month high despite the Reserve Bank of Australia raised official rate by 25 basis points. Japan's Nikkei 225 Tuesday dropped 0.5 per cent on profit-taking selling. China's Shanghai Composite was nearly unchanged while Hong Kong market was closed for public holiday.
2010/03/30 13:30 - Monday Wall Street rose as higher commodities prices boosted energy and mining companies. The US markets also received support from positive consumer spending in February. Asian markets closed mixed yesterday. Chinese stocks rallied as China said it plans to launch the long expected stock-index future in April 16. Shanghai Composite jumped 2.1 per cent to a two month high, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.9 per cent. South Korea's Kospi Composite was 0.3 per cent lower. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 0.1 per cent.
2010/03/23 13:30 - Overnight the Wall Street was stronger after the bill overhauling the US healthcare system was passed. Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Monday as Reserve Bank of India unexpectedly increased the official interest rate by 25 basis points. The Indian central bank's move has raised fears of an earlier-than-expected rate hike in China. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 2.05 per cent and South Korea's Kospi was down 0.8 per cent. But Shanghai composite edged 0.2 per cent higher. Japanese markets, which were closed for public holiday yesterday, resume trading on Tuesday.
2010/03/19 13:30 - Wall Street overnight gained for an eighth consecutive session with a low trading volume. Thursday US weekly jobless claims data and core consumer prices in February provided mild support for the market. Most Asian markets declined yesterday. Japanese exporters were hurt by the weakness in euro against yen. Nikkei 225 lost nearly 1.0 per cent, and South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.5 per cent. Hong Kong and mainland China markets gave up their early gains to close lower on Thursday on renewed fears that China might take further measure to control the pace of bank lending. Shanghai composite closed down 0.14 percent, while Hang Seng Index fell 0.25 percent.
2010/03/15 13:30 - Asian shares received mixed lead from Wall Street. Friday the US market closed flat after better-than-expected US retail sales and slightly lower consumer sentiment data. Meanwhile, financial shares erased some of their gains after rallies last week. Asian markets also closed mixed Friday. Japan's Nikkei was 0.8 per cent higher, led by Japanese exporters. But Shanghai and Hong Kong markets dropped as banks and mainland based real estate shares were hit by concerns over policy tightening amid rising inflation. Shanghai Composite fell to nearly a three week low.
2010/03/11 13:30 - Dow Jones Industrial Average was marginally higher overnight, supported by financial stocks. But material stocks were under pressure as commodities prices declined. Asian markets Wednesday closed mixed. Singapore market finished 0.8 per cent higher to their a seven-week high after a report showed that Singapore's economy was expected to grow 6.5 per cent in 2010. Japan's Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index finished flat after moving between gains and losses during the session. South Korea's Kospi ended 0.1% higher. But China's Shanghai Composite snapped a three-day rise and fell 0.7 per cent ahead of the inflation data.
2010/03/04 13:30 - Asian stocks saw modest gains Wednesday on hope of a bailout package for Greece. Australian market was boosted yesterday as official data showed that Australia's economy grew 0.9 per cent in fourth quarter, its fastest quarter-to-quarter pace in almost two years. Japan's Nikkei index ended up 0.3 per cent. South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 0.5 per cent. Shanghai Composite climbed 0.8 per cent higher. But Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed 0.1 per cent lower. Today Asian markets are likely to open flat, after Wall Street declined slightly on Wednesday.
2010/03/03 17:55 - Australia's leading independent satellite communications company, NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT) (OTC:NWTLY) wishes to advise the market that it has been announced as a finalist of the World Teleport awards for excellence.
2010/03/02 15:29 - The Directors of NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT) (OTC:NWTLY) are very pleased with the response from eligible shareholders to the Share Purchase Plan ("SPP"), the results of which will soon be announced.
2010/03/01 11:00 - ABN Newswire stocks to watch today include: AuDAX Resources Ltd (ASX:ADX)(PINK:ADXRF), Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU)(PINK:BXRDF), Pan Asia Corporation Limited (ASX:PZC), Magnetic Resources NL (ASX:MAU), Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF), Rex Minerals Limited (ASX:RXM) and NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT).
2010/02/26 16:34 - NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT) (OTC:NWTLY) Board of Directors is pleased to report the Group performance for the half-year ending 31 December 2009. As announced to the market during the period by the Directors, the business has turned an EBITDA profit for the 6 months with every key financial metric improving significantly in comparison with the corresponding period.
2010/02/24 09:30 - The Australian share market finished almost unchanged on Tuesday as weakness in resources stocks offset gains in the banking sector. Asian markets were lower yesterday ahead of testimony by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index edged up 0.8 points or 0.02 per cent, at 4718.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had slipped 1.7 points, or 0.04 per cent, lower to 4731.
2010/02/23 09:30 - Australian shares rallied on Monday with gains in resources stocks helped to lift the market. The better-than-expected corporate earnings also fueled the rise. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 82.4 points, or 1.8 per cent higher, at 4717.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 76.4 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 4732.7.
2010/02/22 09:30 - Australian shares and Asian markets Friday were down on the US Federal Reserve's decision to raise the discount rate for the first time since the financial crisis. NAB's flat cash earnings result also weighed on the Australian shares. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index declined 19.8 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4635.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index slid 17.6 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4656.3. The local market gained 2 per cent for the week.
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