Nov. 19--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
UNIVERSITY HONOURS...
BRISBANE: Queensland University of Technology presented an honorary doctorate award to the board chairman of Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery for his distinguished service to the community, a media report revealed.
GLOBAL TRADE...
GENEVA: Chinese President Jiang Zemin has reconfirmed China's commitment to the enhancement and promotion of global trading systems by participating in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), a media release said. www.iec.ch
POWER ACQUISITION...
BEIJING: Huaneng Power International will acquire a RMB415 million 30% equity interest in the Shanghai Shidongkou First Power Plant and a 5% equity interest in the Jiangsu Taicang Power Plant, the company said today. www.hpi.com.cn
GROWTH PROSPECTS...
TORONTO: Sun Life Financial Services of Canada outlined its growth strategy and reviewed its earnings prospects for 2003 at an internet broadcast meeting with investors, a media statement revealed.
PSYCHIATRIST COMMUNICATION...
MAASTRICHT: New data published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica shows a new communication tool can significantly improve patients' experiences by facilitating greater patient-psychiatrist communication in routine clinical practice, a media report said. www.psychiatry-in-practice.com
MODEM EXTENSIONS...
SANTA CLARA: Broadband solutions provider Terayon Communication Systems introduces a new line of cable modem extensions to support cable telephony, wireless home networking and other broadband services, the company announced today. www.terayon.com
ART MASTER...
WATTENS: Manufacturer of cut crystal Swarovski teamed up with photographer Helmut Newton to create and illustrate the ‘Crystal phenomenon’ Swarovski Art Calendar for 2003, according to a media release. www.swarovski.com
DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT...
HONG KONG: Asia Global Crossing has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its operations and assets to Asia Netcom, a company report revealed. www.asiaglobalcrossing.com
SOFTWARE SELECTION...
SYDNEY: Zurich Capital Markets Asia (ZCMA) has selected DataCore Software's SANsymphony program to manage its storage area network, a company statement said. www.datacore.com
DEVICES SOLD...
ZURICH: Centerpulse sold its business units Vascutek and IntraTherapeutics for USD $170 million and USD $95 million respectively, representing its successful exit from the vascular devices market, a media report revealed. www.centerpulse.com
PEACE MESSAGE...
ROTORUA: One thousand people joined a “Peacing It Together” Peace Day celebration in New Zealand on Sunday 17 November to display a 1.8 km-long peace message made of coloured cut-out doves, a media statement said. www.sgi.org
NEW SERVERBOARDS...
SAN JOSE: SuperMicro has started launching a range of new products including five serverboards which support next generation processors for unparalleled, ultra-fast data processing, the company said today. www.supermicro.com
LOW NOISE...
SAN JOSE: SuperMicro has also launched two workstation boards featuring a new class of chassis to optimise the workstation environment and support next generation processors for ultra-fast data processing, the company said today. www.supermicro.com
DIRECTOR CLASS...
BROOMFIELD: McData Corporation will demonstrate blade technology at the Intrepid Director at Comdex Fall in Las Vegas from 18 — 22 November, a media statement said. www.mcdata.com
SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION...
AUSTIN: CDC Software will become the master distributor of Vignette software in Greater China to further strengthen Vignette's presence and leadership position in the region, a media release said. www.corp.china.com
DVD RECORDING...
TOKYO: Ricoh's next generation DVD/CD writable drives and media products boast the highest DVD recording speeds and allow data to be burned onto disc in less than 15-minutes, the company said today. www.ricoh.co.jp/dvd/asia/index.html
CINEMATIC COMPUTING...
LAS VEGAS: Visual processing solutions provider NVIDIA Corporation will unveil an FX graphics processing unit to deliver cinematic-quality graphics and special effects in real time, a media report said. www.nvidia.com
BREAKING BARRIERS...
LAS VEGAS: NVIDIA Corporation today raised the graphics performance bar by being the first graphics solution with one gigahertz double data rate and Synchronous RAM, a media report said. www.nvidia.com
ADVANCED PROCESS...
LAS VEGAS: NVIDIA Corporation's new graphics processing unit is the first of its kind to be manufactured using the most advanced processes available to the graphics industry, a media report said. www.nvidia.com
GAMING INDUSTRY...
LAS VEGAS: NVIDIA Corporation's FX graphics processing unit has generated the support of some of the best game development talent in the world, bridging the gap between computer games and Hollywood productions, a media report said. www.nvidia.com
INCREASING INTEREST...
LAS VEGAS: NVIDIA Corporation reported an increasing level of interest from PC and graphics cards manufacturers for its newly released FX graphics processing unit, a media report said. www.nvidia.com
OVERWHELMING RESPONSE...
HONG KONG: Cisco Systems' networking education course, part of APEC's Human Capacity Building Promotion Program, continues to receive an overwhelming response one year after being launched, the company announced today. www.cisco.com/asiapac/news
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS...
HONG KONG: CNOOC Limited today announced the appointment of two non-executive directors to replace the previous directors whose terms expired, according to a company report. www.cnooc.com.cn
FINANCIAL RESULTS...
HONG KONG: LJ International released financial guidance figures for the second quarter ending 31 October, according to a company report. www.ljintl.com
HONG KONG: Artificial Life released details of its third quarter financial results, a company statement said. www.artificial-life.com
NEW YORK: Global Sources plans to conduct a conference call at 8:30am EST (9:30pm in Hong Kong) on 25 November to review its third quarter financial results, the company announced today. www.investor.globalsources.com
TOKYO: Email hosting services provider Crayfish released the results of its operations for the fiscal year ending 30 September, a company report said. www.crayfish.co.jp
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