March, 1 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
PROGEN MILESTONES...
BRISBANE: Progen Industries Limited, an Australian drug development company, announced its half year financial results to December 31, 2003 and said the company is on track to meet its objectives for 2004.
KOIZUMI INVITATION...
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bids the world a warm welcome to Japan in a new promotional video produced as part of a campaign to double the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan.
http://www.vjc.jp
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE...
LONDON: The growing number of investors wishing to measure and analyse non-financial risk will soon be able to use an innovative new tool from FTSE Group, the global index provider, and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the premier corporate governance ratings agency.
TIRE RECALL...
NASHVILLE: The 300,000 member Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union is supporting a law firm's efforts to have Bridgestone/Firestone Steeltex tires recalled by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
http://www.firestonesteeltexclassaction.com
ACCIDENT COMMISSION...
FRANKFURT: The technical inspection agency of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany has criticized the recent report of the SFK Accident Commission as not being verifiable in parts. The SFK found that the planned new landing runway at Frankfurt Airport is allegedly incompatible with the nearby Ticona chemical plant.
http://www.fraport.de
3G SOLUTIONS...
PARIS: Dilithium Networks, a supplier of 3G multimedia solutions and NetCentrex, an enabler of converged voice-video-data networks, have announced a partnership to support end-to-end solutions enabling new 3G video enhanced services including mobile to fixed-network conversational video services, and 3G video multi-conferencing applications.
http://www.netcentrex.net
SEMINAR SERIES...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Silicon Motion Inc., a supplier of multimedia storage and acceleration solutions for mobile devices, has partnered with MontaVista Software at its China Seminar Series which takes place in three major cities in China; Shanghai, March 1, Beijing, March 4 and Shenzhen, March 8, 2004.
http://www.siliconmotion.com
JOINT VENTURE...
LONDON: With the official approval through the Reserve Bank of India and the Registrar of Companies, the name change of GMAC's joint venture in India is now complete.
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