August 6 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
ECONOMIC EXPANSION...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's economic expansion continues to provide business opportunities for Japanese companies in Malaysia and surrounding ASEAN countries, a seminar on Business Opportunities in Malaysia has heard.
IT EDUCATION...
BERKELEY: The Chinese government will increase IT education funding over the next three years to improve China's level of IT literacy and create outside investment opportunities, a media report said.www.prcdirect.com
BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY...
NEW YORK: Iranian peace activist Dr. Tehranian is conducting a series of ‘Summer of Peace’ lectures in New York to discuss his latest book ‘Global Civilization: A Buddhist-Islamic Dialogue’, SGI said today.www.sgi-usa.org
ACQUISITION OFFER...
SANTA CLARA: Visual design company NVIDIA is hoping to acquire multimedia wireless mobile devices provider MediaQ for U.S. $70 million, predominantly in cash, a media report said.www.nvidia.com
CORPORATE EXPENDITURE...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Metals company Vale Overseas will generate extra funds to cover its corporate expenditure by selling U.S. $300 million worth of unsecured notes, according to a company report.www.cvrd.com.br
OLYMPIC EMBLEM...
BEIJING: Dancing Beijing, the official emblem of the 2008 Olympic Games was unveiled at an Olympic ceremony held by the Beijing Organising Committee for the Games (BOCOG) on Sunday, a media statement said.www.beijing-olympic.org.cn
INDIAN SUBSCRIBERS...
SAN DIEGO: Wireless technology provider QUALCOMM and Reliance Infocomm have joined forces to create a complete wireless data system for Indian subscribers, a media release said.www.qualcomm.com
CELL PHONES...
NEW YORK: Telecommunications providers Europhone USA and ICT Technologies are collaborating with Korean wireless provider Intercube to jointly develop and supply cell phones, a company statement revealed.www.europhoneusa.com or www.intercube.co.kr or www.qualcomm.com
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS...
HONG KONG: ING Financial Markets appointed a new Managing Director and Head of Telecommunications Research for its Asia Pacific operations, based in Singapore, a company report said. www.ing.com
FINANCIAL RESULTS...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co. recorded net income of U.S. $10.7 million for the second quarter ending 30 June 2003, the company announced today. www.wpstewart.com
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