SYDNEY, March. 11 -- AsiaNet
KOIZUMI NEWS...
TOKYO: An English version of the e-mail magazine featuring up-to-date information about Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan is due to be released, a media statement said.
www.kantei.go.jp
FLYING PHOENIX...
MILPITAS, Calif: Software company Phoenix Technologies has extended and expanded its licensing agreement with Korea-based global electronics company LG Electronics, a media statement said.
www.lge.com
www.phoenix.com
KRISPY KREME...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' net income for fourth quarter fiscal 2004 increased 45.3 per cent to US$16.4 million compared with US$11.3 million in the fourth quarter last year, a press release said.
www.krispykreme.com
GLOBAL CROSSING...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J: Global Crossing reports 2003 total revenue of US$2.932 billion, including telecom services revenue of US$2.763 billion, with total operating expenses of US$3.073 billion and cash capital expenditures of US$152 million, according to a press release.
www.globalcrossing.com
DOMAIN SCRAMBLE...
LONDON: Leading companies from the mobile industry have signed a memorandum of understanding to apply for a mobile Top Level Domain from the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers during the current application round, which closes March 15, a media statement said.
http://www.three.com
http://www.gsmworld.com
http://sun.com
http://www.microsoft.com
ALCAN CHINA...
BEIJING and MONTREAL: Alcan has secured the necessary regulatory and government approvals to move forward with its definitive joint venture agreement with the Qingtonxia Aluminum Company and the Ningxia Electric Power Development and Investment, the company announced today in a press release.
STORY DISPUTE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae has issued a press release attacking a story by Stephen Schurr in The Financial Times, arguing that the story is based on a flawed methodology and that the reporter was aware that the methodology was wrong at the time he wrote the story.
www.fanniemae.com
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS...
MILPITAS, Calif: Analog integrated circuits provider Sipex Corporation has introduced two new low voltage options for its SP6201, the company announced in a press release.
www.sipex.com
PROTON EXCHANGE...
MILAN and CAMBRIDGE, Mass: Nuvera Fuel Cells has supplied its Avanti fuel cell power module to the Japan Gas Association under the Japanese government's prestigious Millennium Program - a five-year effort to examine proton exchange membrane fuel cells for the purpose of establishing technical codes and standards for the Japanese market, a media release said.
www.nuvera.com
www.takagi-usa.com
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