SYDNEY, March 25 -- AsiaNet
LILLY PARTNERSHIP...
INDIANAPOLIS: The completion of a $7 million expansion of adrug manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom is one of themilestones achieved in the first 10 months of a globalpartnership to fight the spread of multi-drug resistanttuberculosis, said an Eli Lilly and Company official.
http://www.lilly.com
SABRE AGREEMENT...
SYDNEY: Sabre Airline Solutions, the industry leader inairline operations technology and Mxi Technologies have signedan agreement to provide the new breed of maintenance andengineering software to the aviation industry.
$1.3 MILLION ORDER...
HONG KONG: LJ International Inc., one of the fastest-growingfine jewelry companies in the world, has received a $1.3million order for colored-stone jewelry from one of the largestwarehouse club chains in the US.
http://www.ljintl.com
GREEN REVOLUTION...
AUBURN: Jimmy Carter, George McGovern and many scientistsare joining the AgBioWorld Foundation in celebrating the 90thbirthday of humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner NormanBorlaug on Thursday.
SEXUAL WELL-BEING...
VIENNA: An unprecedented international gathering of patientambassadors joined forces at the launch of a new globalcampaign in Vienna yesterday, which aims to empower millions ofmen worldwide to take control of their sexual well-being.
EUROPEAN CONSUMERS...
REDMOND: Microsoft today stated that its proposals to settlethe European Commission investigation would have provided morechoices for European consumers and more opportunity forsoftware companies than the official decision announced todayin Brussels, Belgium, by the European Commission.
http://www.microsoft.com
GLOBAL APPROVAL...
BASINGSTOKE: Sweden's MPA has granted the first regulatoryapproval in the world for FOSRENOL (lanthanum carbonate), anon-calcium, non-aluminium phosphate binding medicine developedto control phosphate levels in renal dialysis patients.
http://www.shire.com
BEVERAGES CONFERENCE...
PURCHASE: PepsiCo announced that Indra Nooyi, president andchief financial officer of PepsiCo, will make a presentation atthe Credit Suisse First Boston Global Beverage Conference inNew York City at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March30.
http://www.pepsico.com
MORE CONNECTIONS...
FRANKFURT: Under the new Summer Timetable 2004 effectiveMarch 28, Frankfurt Airport will be offering 491 scheduledpassengerflights per week to destinations in Eastern Europe -an increase of 16.6 per cent compared to last summer'sschedule.
http://www.fraport.de
STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP...
SAN FRANCISCO: Brooktrout Technology, a supplier of mediaprocessing, network interface, call control and signalprocessing products, has announced its strategic relationshipwith Microsoft to expand the enterprise speech market.
http://www.brooktrout.com
BROOKTROUT ALLIANCE...
SAN FRANCISCO: Brooktrout Technology has announced astrategic relationship that will provide future support ofBrooktrout's TR1000 voice and speech platform on the IntervoiceOmvia Voice Framework.
http://www.brooktrout.com
DGI CONSORTIUM...
RAMAT GAN: The Israel-based DGI Group of Companies, led byDan Gertler, has formed a consortium that has set asideapproximately US$2 billion for the purpose of acquiring diamondmines and related diamond interests around the world.
2003 PERFORMANCE...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce reported netprofit of US$1.548 billion for 2003, an all-time recordrepresenting profit per share of US$4.03 - substantially higherthan its 2002 net profit of US$ 680 million, and 20.3 per centhigher than its previous record net profit of US$ 1.287 billionin 2001.
http://www.cvrd.com.br/
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