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Earnings Call Scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET on May 22, 2013 BEIJING, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) ("CDEL", or the "Company"), a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education, today announced that it plans to release unaudited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 ended March 31, 2013, after market close on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The earnings release will be...
Asia's premier one-stop sourcing platform for fashion products runs from April 27-30 at Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo HONG KONG, April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Sources' (NASDAQ: GSOL) spring fashion shows open today providing a convenient opportunity for buyers to source a wide range of fashion-related products at four co-located shows: China Sourcing Fairs: Fashion Accessories, Garments & Textiles, Underwear & Swimwear and India Sourcing Fair: Garments & Accessories....
Iridium Solutions Provides Technology Support To Businesses from Oil & Gas to Banking and Hospitality ERBIL, Iraq, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For multinationals investing in Iraq, building a solid information technology (IT) infrastructure is a major challenge. Oil and gas producers require robust satellite connections from the remote locations, while banks, hotels and service businesses need a full array of digital, mobile and social media services. "Iraq remains a difficult,...
KUNMING, China, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Organized by the China Entrepreneur Club and co-organized by the Kunming Municipal People's Government, the Annual Summit of Green Companies 2013, the event for sustainable business development, was successfully held in Kunming. Themed "Rethinking Business and Sustained Growth," the summit featured many ideas on topics that included: economic reform, urbanization, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and business ethics. More than...
BOSTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments dipped minus 1 percent annually to reach 373 million units in Q1 2013. Samsung was the star performer, capturing a record 29 percent share of all mobile phones shipped worldwide. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130207/NE56457LOGO-b) Neil Shah, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, "Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in Asia, Europe and North...
The service will be accompanied by a session for imparting interview skills to researchers (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 Information is the backbone of any research. Realizing the role that questionnaires play in deciding the results, Dissertation Help Asia has introduced a service that will assist scholars to plan and conduct interviews. This service has been included under the umbrella of research consultation for Qualitative Analysis. An add-on facility of availing training in interview...
HONG KONG, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (HKSE: 0762; NYSE: CHU) ("the Company") today announced that the Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the "2012 20-F"). The 2012 20-F is available at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and the Company's website at http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/en/investor/ir_report.html. (Logo:...
PARIS, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - Sales prices prove resilient: up 0.9%. - Significant impact of harsh winter weather and fewer working days (-3.7%) on sales volumes: down 6.3%. - Robust organic growth in the US, driven by businesses related to residential construction (CP Sector). - Return to growth in Asia and emerging countries: up 1.5% like-for-like. Continued slowdown in Western Europe, exacerbated...
DUBLIN, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Microgrid in Smart Grid - Market Size, Key Issues, Regulations and Outlook to 2020 [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/t87rjs/microgrid_in ]" report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Smart Grids: Microgrid Market Boom on the Way as Europe and Asia Catch-up to US The global microgrid market is set for...
DALLAS, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Asia-Pacific Seed Treatment Market by Types (Chemical & Non-Chemical), by Application (Fungicide, Insecticide, Bio-Control and Others) & by Crop (Cereals, Oilseeds and Others): Trends, Forecasts and Technical Insights up to 2018", defines and segments the Seed Treatment Market with analysis and forecasting of the APAC revenues for both Synthetic as well as Bio-Based Seed Treatments. It also identifies the...
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The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as the nerpa or the Lake Baikal seal, is a true seal in the Phocidae family that is native to Lake Baikal located in Siberia. This species is one of three seals that reside solely in fresh water areas. It is not known exactly how these seals came to inhabit such an isolated area, but some experts assert that a sea-passage was formed that linked the Arctic Ocean and Lake Baikal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest of all true seal species,...
The Hajar Mountains, which is Arabic for stone mountains, is located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Lying 50 to 100 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Oman coast, they divide the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau. The mountains start in the north, creating the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar runs southeast, parallel to the coast but also moving gradually...
The Persian Gulf is located in the western part of Asia between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It’s an addition to the Indian Ocean. The Gulf was the focal point of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, which each side assaulted the other’s oil tankers. In the year 1991, the Persian Gulf again was the background for what was known as the “Persian Gulf War” or otherwise known as the “Gulf War”, despite the fact that this disagreement was mainly a land conflict, when Iraq raided Kuwait...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It is located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres covering 8.7 percent of the Earth’s whole surface area and making up 30 percent of its land area. With about 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60 percent of the world’s current human population. This continent has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, Asia’s population almost quadrupled. This continent is defined as making up the...
Europe is, by regulation, one of the world’s seven continents. Consisting of the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Black and Caspian Seas, and the waterways that connect the Black and Aegean Seas. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean towards the north, Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast....
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