SYDNEY, Jan. 21 -- PRNewswire/AsiaNet
CORPORATE CHAMELEON...
Digital video software and training solutions developer,CyberLink, is planning to change its global brand identity to reflect its core values of innovation, change and professional excellence, a press release said.
www.gocyberlink.com
BATTERY BOOST...
MADISON: Rayovac of Madison, Wisconsin, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 85 per cent of the equity interest in Ningbo Baowang Battery Company of Ninghai, China.
www.rayovac.com
REINVENTING JAPAN...
TOKYO: At the 159th Session of the Diet yesterday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a general policy speech reaffirming his commitment to strutural reform in Japan.
www.kantei.go.jp
MARTIAN SOIL...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: NASA is using NVIDIA technology to reconstruct Martian terrain from transmitted rover data in photorealistic virtual reality, allowing scientists to explore Mars in 3D as if they were actually moving freely on the planet's surface, a press release said.
www.nvidia.com
PHILIPPINE COUP...
SINGAPORE: Asia's largest telco-independent Internet Communications Service Provider, Pacific Internet, has announced that its Philippine subsidiary has successfully deployed a high-speed Internet connection for a top educationalinstitution in the Philippines, De La Salle University, according to a media statement.
MAMMOTH UNDERTAKING...
TOKYO: The Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition has plans to excavate a mammoth - an animal believed to have become extinct about 10,000 years ago - from the permafrost in Siberia and display it as a featured exhibition at EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan, according to news reports.
www.expo2005.or.jp
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT...
BEIJING: Chinese online media, communications, commerce and mobile value-added services company, SOHU.com, will release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2003 results on Monday, February 2, 2004 after U.S. market hours, corresponding with Tuesday morning, February 3, 2004 in the Beijing/Hong Kong time zone, a media statement said.
www.sohu.com
SWAN SONG...
HONG KONG: The Board of Directors of DF China Technology has announced that effective January 9, 2004, Mr. Li Chang resigned as the executive director of the Company, a media statement said.
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