Jan., 30 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
DIVIDEND INCREASE...
FRANKFURT: The Supervisory Board and Executive Board of Fraport AG have agreed to recommend an increase in dividend payments to 44 euro cents per share at the company's annual general meeting on June 2 in Frankfurt-Hadi?chst.
http://www.presseportal.de
INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT...
MUMBAI: Swiss Re's chief economist for Asia was in India today to present a bullish outlook for the global insurance industry in 2004, while the company's senior management called for regulators to consider the benefits of allowing foreign reinsurance branches in India.
EPS INCREASE..
HSIN-CHU: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has announced revenues of NT$57.78 billion, net income of NT$16 billion and fully diluted earnings per share of NT$0.79 (US$0.12 per ADS unit) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2003.
MOULIN ROUGE...
LAS VEGAS: The Moulin Rouge Development Corporation (MRDC) today announced they have finalized the purchase of the famous Moulin Rouge Hotel & Casino property for $12.1 million.
INDUSTRY VETERAN...
RICHMOND: Miller/Thompson Constructors, Inc. announced that Denny Watts has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
http://www.millerwatts.com/
NET INCOME...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. today reported net income of $10.2 million, or $0.23 per share (diluted) and $0.23 per share (basic), for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2003.
http://www.wpstewart.com
ARCHITECTURE AWARD...
SAN FRANCISCO: KMD (Kaplan, McLaughlin and Diaz), an internationally acclaimed architecture firm, received the prestigious and widely recognized, MIPIM Future Project Architectural Review Award for its innovative building design of the Jie Fang Daily News and Media Group (Jie Fang) headquarters in Shanghai, China.
http://www.kmd-arch.com
PEPSICO DIVIDEND...
PURCHASE: The Board of Directors of PepsiCo today declared a quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share on PepsiCo common stock.
http://www.pepsico.com
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND...
TORONTO: The Board of Directors of Sun Life Financial Inc. have announced a quarterly shareholder dividend of 21 cents per common share, payable March 31, 2004, to shareholders of record at close of business on February 25, 2004.
GLOBAL WARMING...
AUCKLAND: The technological breakthrough which the world scientific and health communities have been desperately seeking to solve the problem of green house gases and global warming was unveiled today by Robert R. Holcomb, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, before an audience of New Zealand government, business and environmental leaders.
NOBLE SYSTEMS...
ATLANTA: Noble Systems Corporation, a global provider of contact centre technology solutions, announces the first international conference for the Contact Centre Technology Symposium.
http://www.noblesys.com
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