Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), and Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited’s (FML) subsidiary e-Shuttle Inc. (ESI) in Japan have signed an agreement to provide silicon shuttle services for start-up integrated circuit (IC) design houses in Asia.

The initiative, boosting Asia’s semiconductor industry, provides first-of-a-kind Electron Beam Direct Writing (EBDW) technology at low cost. The proprietary EBDW technology developed by e-Shuttle significantly lowers the cost of prototyping ICs and reduces turnaround time.

US$18 million funding enables EnQii to accelerate global growth. Digital signage and out-of-home media markets growing rapidly.

Amadeus Capital Partners and Wellington Partners have invested US$18 million in a Series B round financing in EnQii Holdings Ltd, a global leader in the management of digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising and merchandising networks. Roy Merritt, Partner at Amadeus, and Wellington General Partner, Frank Boehnke, will join the board of the company. The investors will join Ithmaar Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain, EnQii’s original investor. Carolyn Prowse, Managing Director, from Ithmaar Bank will also join the board.

Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA), took top prize at Financial News’s sixth annual ‘Awards for Excellence in IT’. A panel of independent industry experts assessed all the competing systems on the market and concluded that Fidessa offers the best sell-side trading platform.

The Fidessa OMS provides robust and sophisticated multi-asset trading to 85% of global, tier-one equity brokers, combining smart order management with fully integrated algorithmic trading and market data services. The product suite serves around 22,000 users at 600 clients globally.

Leaders of China Mobile and China Unicom to speak at Mobile Asia Congress

The 2008 edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Asia Congress will be the first event ever to bring together the leaders of China Mobile and China Unicom – two of the largest telecoms companies in the world’s most populous country. Wang Jianzhou, Chairman and CEO of China Mobile, Chang Xiaobing, Chairman of China Unicom, Lu Xiangdong, Vice President, China Mobile and Guo Ping, EVP Huawei & President of Huawei Terminals Business Group, will be among the keynote speakers at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau on November 18-20.

Fidessa LatentZero, one of the world’s leading providers of front-office software to the buy-side, has announced that it has integrated access to algorithms from RBC, Instinet, Knight/EdgeTrade and DnB NOR Capital Markets via Minerva, its Order and Execution Management System (OEMS). This latest round of integrations gives Minerva OEMS users access to the global algorithmic trading services of more than 20 major brokers around the world.

New FundsMX™ solution is a cost effective, automated transaction bridge between Fund Distributors and Fund Houses

WealthCraft Systems Inc (OTCBB: WCSY), a leading IT solution provider for financial institutions, has launched FundsMX™, a new one-stop “automated mutual funds platform” advancing Asia’s booming funds distribution business.

The FundsMX™ platform provides fund distributors such as banks and IFAs a cost effective, single access point enabling automation of mutual fund transactions with an extensive range of SWIFT enabled fund houses.

FundsMX™ was officially launched at SWIFT’s APAC regional MasterClass in Singapore on 7 October.

NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) today announced that Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited (“Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong”), the leading 3G mobile operator in Hong Kong, has partnered with NeuStar to create a messaging service that gives users access to Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and 3 Community from one central application on the mobile phone. Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong operates this leading edge mobile service under the brand “3.”

Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA) the world leading provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity, today announced that it has launched a fully integrated international trading service for the non-member trading of equity instruments listed on international exchanges. This service is available immediately through Fidessa’s hosted trading platform in the US.

With the signing of five new agreements, Jumeirah is ahead of its target of 60 properties by 2012

Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hotel company that manages the world famous Burj Al Arab, announced today at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) that it had signed five new hotels in the last two weeks, bringing the total number of new properties under development to 19.

Industry’s Greenest Notebooks

Apple® today unveiled an all new MacBook® family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features including all-metal enclosures and pro-performance notebook graphics by US$700 to make them far more affordable. The new MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro both have a precision unibody enclosure crafted from a single block of aluminum, resulting in thinner, more durable and incredibly beautiful designs.