SYDNEY, March 4-- AsiaNet / PRNewswire
KITCHEN MANAGEMENT...
MELBOURNE: Softlogic Australia has launched a new mobile kitchen management application specifically designed for healthcare and aged care facilities.
http://www.softlogic.com.au
DISNEY MAGIC...
SINGAPORE: Hong Kong became the second Asia Pacific market in four months to launch Disney Television Channels with the announcement of Walt Disney Television International - Asia Pacific (WDTVI-AP) and PCCW today of the April 2 launch of Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney Channel on pay-TV networknow Broadband TV.
60,000 LIVES...
ZURICH: According to updated figures from Swiss Re, 60,000 people worldwide were killed by natural and man-made catastrophes in 2003.
http://www.swissre.com
SPAM SOLUTION...
ARLINGTON: Alt-N Technologies has announced the availability of MDaemon 7, an email server developed to help companies of all sizes solve the ongoing performance and productivity challenges associated with email-based communications.
http://www.altn.com
PREM RAWAT...
LOS ANGELES: Prem Rawat, known also by the honorary title Maharaji, is currently addressing audiences throughout the Indian subcontinent.
http://www.tprf.org
MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT...
LONDON: Gametrac Europe Ltd will use two of Micronas'audio ICs to bring extensive audio features into its 400-MHz-processor powered multi-entertainment Gametrac device, unveiled at the Microsoft booth at CES this year.
http://www.tigertelematics.com
INTEL SUMMIT...
SANTA CLARA: The Nasdaq-listed NVIDIA Corporation, a worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, announced that Jen-Hsun Huang, president, CEO and co-founder of NVIDIA, will deliver a keynote address on the opening day of this year's Intel Solution Summit in Las Vegas, March 7-10, 2004.
http://www.nvidia.com
MASSMUTUAL ACQUISITION...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.: MassMutual Financial Group has further boosted a strong and growing Asian presence through the acquisition of one of the largest mutual fund firms in Taiwan - Fuh Hwa Investment Trust Co. Ltd.
http://www.massmutual.com
JAPAN TEAM...
TOKYO: CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, the award-winning brokerage, investment banking and private equity group, is pleased to announce key appointments to the Japan research team of Credit Lyonnais Securities Japan.
E-GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS...
HONG KONG: Leopard Capital Inc. has announced that China Expert Network Company Limited, a 100 per cent wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has signed contracts totalling $36.6 million to complete e-government network infrastructure projects for two cities of the Fujian provincial government inChina.
NY CONFERENCE...
HONG KONG: The Nasdaq-listed chinadotcom corporation, an integrated enterprise software and mobile applications company in China and internationally, announced that the company is presenting today at the "Straight Talk on Software" investor conference hosted by Fulcrum Global Partners in New York.
http://www.corp.china.com
PROPOSED ACQUISITION...
HONG KONG: DF China Technology is in the process of acquiring a China-based company in the information technology sector as a new business unit.
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