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Cebu Pacific scraps fuel, insurance surcharges on domestic flights (Yehey!) Budget airline Cebu Pacific announced on Tuesday that it has removed fuel and insurance surcharges for all domestic flight to entice more passengers. In a statement, the Gokongwei-led airline company said the abolition of fuel and insurance surcharges would start on January 7. Cebu Pacific removes fuel, insurance fees (GMA News) MANILA, Philippines - Budget airline Cebu Pacific will remove fuel and insurance surcharges for all domestic flights starting today, in a bid to stimulate travel amid a slowing global economy. Apache to supply natural gas to Citic Pacific project (BizJournals) Apache Corp. has been awarded a seven-year natural gas contract by Citic Pacific valued at about $700 million. (APA) Amadeus upgrades its SMS tool to offer international coverage (eyefortravel.com) Amadeus has launched the latest version of its SMS solution for travel agents, which includes improved global coverage. The updated Amadeus SMS solution, developed in Asia Pacific, allows travel agents to contact their customers via SMS regardless of the traveller's location anywhere in the world. BioMarin and La Jolla Pharmaceutical Sign Worldwide (Excluding Asia Pacific) Development and Commercialization ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company announced today that they have entered into an agreement to develop and commercialize Riquent®, La Jolla's investigational drug for lupus nephritis, in the United States, Europe and all other territories of the world, excluding the Asia Pacific region. Evolution crucial to intellectual property protection (People's Daily) Experts and officials from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Singapore Thursday to discuss issues in the complex and dynamic global Intellectual Property (IP) ecosystem which has an effect on every day business dealings. The Golbal Forum on Intellectual Property 2009 (GFIP 2009), which kicked off on Thursday, covers topics specially chosen to reflect key areas of interest in traditional fields ... Ryder Appoints Paul Tay Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Ryder System, Inc., a leader in supply chain, warehousing and transportation management solutions, announced the appointment of Paul Tay as Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific. In his new role, Mr. conject takes on Malaysia's largest development (AME Info) conject, a leading global provider of Infrastructure Lifecycle Management solutions (ILM), has been appointed by Millennium Development International to provide Customer Relationship Management solutions to Malaysia's largest development: Iskandar International Financial District. RP int"l air traffic bucks global dip (GMA News) MANILA, Philippines - International travelers coming in and going out of the country bucked a global decline in the nine months ending in November, even as growth was slower than in previous years. Lenovo plans to cut 2,500 jobs (International Herald Tribune) The world's fourth-largest personal computer maker forecast on Thursday its first loss in three years and will cut 11 percent of its workers as the global recession reduces demand for computers.
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