Nov. 14--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
WHALE RESEARCH...
TOKYO: Dr. Seiji Ohsumi, Director General of Japan s Institute of Cetacean research today criticized both New Zealand s Conservation Minister, Sandra Lee, and a press statement from the US Government for urging Japan to cease its whale research program in the Antarctic. “Japan s whale research has made a major contribution to understanding the biology of whales and provided considerable data which could be directly relevant for their management”, he said.
BROADBAND DELIVERY...
TOKYO: Internet Initiative Japan Inc has said that the non-profit broadband content distribution consortium it has set up with Oracle Japan and Cisco Systems K.K, CDN Japan, officially began delivery to 250,000 home users on November 13. This would help the companies to gain business knowledge for testing their “commercial viability”, a press release said.
INFORMATION RESOURCE...
MUNICH: A partnership aimed at linking “point of information (POI) technologies developed on the basis of friendlyway with Hewlett Packard wLan components” was announced today in a media release issued by friendlyway Europe and Hewlett Packard Germany. Trade fairs, airports or railway stations would be possible venues for the resource, the companies said.
HEART FAILURE...
ANAHEIM: A Mario Negri Institute Pharmacological Research release said today that their latest neurohormonal study shows that the advance of heart failure is allayed in afflicted patients using a “angiotension II receptor blocker (ARP) valsartan”.
OIL PRODUCTION...
BEIJING: Chinese natural resource company CNOOC Limited has completed the final oil production platform of the Suizhong project which would add a peak productive capacity of about 60,000 barrels a day, according to a company news release.
GALLIUM PLANT...
CLEVELAND: GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc would provide feedstock for its planned gallium extraction plant in Pinjarra Australia under an exlusive agreement with Alcoa of Australia Limited, the company said today.
HEART TREATMENT...
ANAHEIM: Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School presented new findings from the Valsartan Heart Failure Trial during this year s American Heart Association Scientific Sessions indicating that the angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) valsartan reduces the time to first hospitalization for heart failure sufferers, a university press release has stated.
JAVA TECHNOLOGY...
SANTA CLARA: Sun Microsystems today announced an inaugural Java development conference from November 28 - 30 to educate the market on Java technology, innovation and immersion.
GOLFING WIN...
CARLSBAD: Callaway Golf has recorded its 42nd golf ball victory across the world's six major professional tours this year announcing that Padraig Harrington used its Rule 35 Firmfeel ball to win the Volvo Masters yesterday, closing this season s European PGA tour.
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
TOKYO: Internet services company Crayfish Co. Ltd. today announced its fourth quarter 2001 unaudited financial results and will follow with its U.S. and full year results on November 15.
HONG KONG: iMerchants Ltd said that its half-yearly unaudited consolidated loss was HK$16,650,000 compared to the HK$1, 520,000 for the same period of the previous year at the release of its six months financial results today.
HONG KONG: In the first nine months of 2001, Greencool Technology Holdings recorded turnover and net profit of approximately RMB 468 million and RMB 312 million respectively, up 44% and 31% on the corresponding period last year, the company said.
NEW YORK: Network architecture consultants ThruPoint Inc today reported third quarter results including net sales of $22.6 million - a year-on-year increase of 20 per cent.
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