March, 2 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
SECOND PAYMENT...
MELBOURNE: Australian biotechnology company Amrad Corporation Ltd has received the second US$3 million milestone payment from global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc.
http://www.amrad.com.au
SHANGHAI EXHIBITION...
SHANGHAI: The Nasdaq-listed Global Sources Ltd. has announced the opening of the 9th Annual International IC-China Conference & Exhibition and 4th Annual Embedded Systems Conferences-China, which runs until March 2 at Shanghai Mart in Shanghai.
http://www.globalsources.com
GIGAMEDIA APPOINTMENTS...
TAIPEI: GigaMedia Limited, a diversified provider of online and offline entertainment services in Taiwan, has announced the appointments of two independent directors, LEE Howe Yong and Nelson CHANG, to the company's board.
http://ir.giga.net.tw
NICKEL INSTITUTE...
TORONTO: The newly launched Nickel Institute, whose members represent over 70 per cent of current world production, will generate and communicate knowledge required to support safe and sustainable production, use and reuse of nickel.
http://www.nickelinstitute.org
SHARE PROGRAM...
TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. has announced that it intends to commence the purchase, from time to time, of ordinary shares of ASE Test Limited, up to an aggregate purchase price of US$15,000,000.
http://www.aseglobal.com
DOCKING STATIONS...
ORLANDO: The Nasdaq-listed SpectraLink Corporation, an industry pioneer in enterprise wireless communications, has announced a key addition to its NetLink Wireless Telephone suite, the NetLink s340 and s640 Docking Stations.
http://www.spectralink.com
MOBILE ELECTRONICS...
MILPITAS: The Nasdaq-listed California Micro Devices has announced four new versions of the CM2400 USB (Universal Serial Bus) transceiver product family, the CM2400-02, CM2400-03, CM2400-04 and CM2400-05.
http://www.calmicro.com
INVESTMENT COMPLETION...
LA JOLLA: Vsource Inc. and Symphony House Berhad, an IT and corporate services company based in Malaysia, are pleased to announce that the acquisition of a 36.9 per cent interest in Vsource's operating subsidiaries in Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan by Symphony House and two other investors was completed onFebruary 28, 2004.
http://www.vsource.com
EBEL ACQUISITION...
PARAMUS: The New York-listed Movado Group has successfully completed the acquisition of Ebel, one of the world's premier luxury watchbrands, from LVMH, Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
http://www.movadogroupinc.com
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP...
SYDNEY: Boomi Inc. and Tallships Solutions Pty Ltd., an Australian software company, announced a strategic agreement whereby Tallships will market, implement and support the Boomi Integration Platform in Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.boomi.com
ASSESSMENT MARKING...
SYDNEY: An online schools assessment marking technology is to be trialled by the Educational Testing Centre (ETC) of the University of New South Wales in Australia as part of a new alliance with Pearson Assessments & Testing, Australia.
http://www.ncspearson.com
MUSIC BURNING...
TAIPEI: CyberLink Corp., a developer of digital video software and training solutions, has announced the availability of Power2Go, which enables users to copy discs and burn data, music and files on a range of disc media, including CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs.
http://www.gocyberlink.com
KOMAG REDEMPTION...
SAN JOSE: Komag Incorporated has redeemed in full its Senior Secured Notes Due 2007.
http://www.komag.com
LAN CHIPSET...
REDWOOD CITY: Envara Inc., a provider of multimode wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions, has shipped its 125,000th Extended-Range WiND wireless chipset.
http://www.envara.com
MULTI-SERVICE NETWORK...
TOKYO: Asia Netcom, the premier pan-Asian telecommunications services provider, has announced an agreement with Sharp to provide network connectivity between Sharp's main LCD factories in Japan, including Kameyama Factory in Mie Prefecture and its facilities in the People's Republic of China.
http://www.asianetcom.com
SPECIAL OLYMPICS...
BEIJING: Burson-Marsteller Beijing's Special Olympics China campaign, titled Shanghai Wins 2007 Special Olympic Games: Breaking Down Cultural Barriers and Making Dreams Come True, was recently selected for honorable mention by the 2003 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations.
http://www.bm.com
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