Oct 31--PRNewswire/AsiaNetKOREAN LICENSES... SEOUL: Asia Global Crossing today said that Korea's Ministry of Information and Communications had granted the company specific service provider and value-added service provider licenses.COUNTRY-FIRST... TAIPEI: Cisco Systems has inked a deal with Taiwan's Teleservices and Technologies to supply the country's first "Intelligent Contact Management solution", Cisco said today. CAMBRIDGE: Ilex Oncology Inc will buy-out Millenium Pharmaceuticals 50 per cent equity stake in their joint-venture, under a $140 million royalty deal announced by Millenium today. SILICON TECHNOLOGY... HOPEWELL JUNCTION: eMagin's latest silicon display technology will be exhibited at LCD/PDP International from October 31, the company announced today.SOFTWARE GAIN... SANTA CLARA: Webgain's integrated development software had reaped "significant productivity gains" for component enabling company, Beans Factory, according to a news release.CAR DESIGN... TORONTO: Design students worldwide would try to overcome automotive design challenges of the future before a panel of experts at next year's World Automotive Design Competition in Canada on February 14.PROCESSOR ENDORSEMENT... YOKOHAMA: Accelerated Technology Inc and Tensilica Inc today jointly announced Nucleus uiPLUS support for the Xtensa processor, to be demonstrated at Tensilica's multimedia seminar on October 31.FINANCIAL RESULTS: LONDON: British American Tobacco said today that its operating profit is up 8 per cent, indicating that its good half-yearly performance is continuing. HONG KONG: Global Sources Ltd said today that it would release its third quarter fiscal results after the market closes November 7. NEW YORK: Broadband data communications company, Crosswave Communications, would release its second quarter fiscal results on November 12, according to a media release. BEIJING: CNOOC Limited announced today that the company would update its operational highlights for the third quarter November 2. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions)