SYDNEY, March 29 -- AsiaNet
RICOH PRINTERS...
TOKYO: Ricoh, a global leader in digital office solutions,today announced that the advanced functionality of Ricoh MFPsand printers with Host Print Transform is now available tocustomers using IBM eServer iSeries and AS/400 servers.
www.ricoh.com
SINOPEC SHANGHAI...
HONG KONG: Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical announced todayits annual results for the year ended December 31, 2003. Netsales for the Year increased by 33.24 per cent to RMB28,942.7million as compared to 2002.
METALINK SHOWCASE...
YAKUM: Metalink, a global provider and developer of highperformance wireline and wireless broadband communicationsolutions and chipsets, announced today that it will showcaseits long reach Total-VDSL technology at the China DSLConference on March 30-31, 2004 at the State Guest Hotel inBeijing, China.
www.metalinkBB.com
GOODYEAR TECHNOLOGY...
AKRON, Ohio: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is lookingto tap into several new proprietary synthetic rubber productsit has developed that could help the company reduce its naturalrubber dependency by as much as 15 per cent over the next fewyears.
www.goodyear.com
SCARY SKATER...
DORTMUND, Germany: Dortmund crowds who had gathered to watchthe Ladies Free Program earlier today were shocked,stunned...and in fits of laughter, as a torso tattooed,comically and scantily dressed figure suddenly appeared fromnowhere, leaping onto the ice rink and performing a 'FreeDance' of his very own in front of American Skating Champion,Michelle Kwan. Wearing only a tutu and tattoo of the Internetcasino website GoldenPalace.com across his naked torso, thestreaker performed to live audiences of millions both in thestadium and watching coverage televised worldwide.
www.GoldenPalace.com
www.goldenpalace.co.uk
COMPANHIA VALE...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce will be payingdistribution on its shareholder debentures of R$0.01206278 perdebenture, amounting to a total of R$4,687,105.79. Income taxis levied on this payment and will be retained at source at arate of 20 per cent, with the exception of those institutionalinvestors who provide proof of exemption from income tax.
www.cvrd.com.br
PEPSICO EARNINGS...
PURCHASE, N.Y: PepsiCo today announced that its firstquarter 2004 earnings conference call with financial analystsand investors will be webcast live over the internet onThursday, April 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
www.pepsico.com
GAMETRAC EUROPE...
LONDON: Gametrac Europe, subsidiary of Jacksonville, FLbased Tiger Telematics announced today, that it has signed atop level Heads of Agreement with multi-billion dollardistribution outlet, CATIC. The extensive agreement includessales, distribution, technical support and numerous other jointventures for all Chinese regions.
www.tigertelematics.com
www.gametrac.com
www.catic.com.cn
HI CORPORATION...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: HI Corporation, the world leader in 3Dsoftware and games for mobile devices and NVIDIA, the worldwideleader in visual processing solutions, announced today that thecompanies have agreed to a worldwide alliance for advancedinteractive 3D games on mobile communication devices. Providingdevelopers with NVIDIA's sophisticated hardware solutions formobile 3D acceleration combined with HI's Mascot CapsuleMicro3D Platform will enable a new generation in mobilegaming.
www.hicorp.co.jp
www.nvidia.com
DIAMONDCLUSTER INTERNATIONAL...
CHICAGO, Ill: Despite some high-visibility setbacks andbacklash from politicians and the public, corporate informationtechnology executives and the providers of IT outsourcingservices say outsourcing, both onshore and offshore, is here tostay. In fact, of those participating in DiamondClusterInternational's 2004 IT Outsourcing Study, 86 per cent expectthe use of offshore IT outsourcers to increase over the next 12months.
www.diamondcluster.com
BHARTI TELE-VENTURES...
Bharti Tele-Ventures, India's leading telecommunicationsconglomerate, and IBM India today announced a long term ondemand business transformation agreement. This agreement willenable Bharti Tele-Ventures to deliver world-classtelecommunication services to the Indian market and support itsbusiness growth.
www.bhartiteleventures.com
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