SYDNEY, April 15 -- AsiaNet
FRAPORT TRAFFIC...
FRANKFURT: Traffic at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) again experienced above
average growth during the month of March 2004.
http://www.fraport.de
DIVIDEND PAYMENT...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Pursuant to the public announcement made on January 28,
2004, the Board of Directors of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) approved the
payment of the first installment of its US$1.43 per share minimum dividend for
2004.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
NEWS LAUNCH...
TORONTO: Naked News Thursday announced the launch of Naked News Daily Male
featuring current international news and lifestyle features for gay viewers.
http://www.nakednews.com
NEW DIRECTOR...
TORONTO: Sockeye Solutions Corporation, the leading developer of Adaptive
Supply Chain Collaboration Applications, Thursday announced the appointment of
Bharat Khuti as Solutions & Architecture Director.
http://www.sockeyesolutions.com
RESEARCH AGREEMENT...
MILAN: Eurand, a specialty pharmaceutical company, Thursday announced that
it has signed a research agreement with the University of Urbino (Italy)
Biotechnology Centre to evaluate a potential new anticancer compound derived
from indol-3-carbinol, a natural substance present in cruciferous vegetables.
http://www.eurand.com
FAX BOARDS...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. & NEEDHAM, Mass.: Data On Call, a leading provider of
outsourced fax messaging and electronic data delivery services, Thursday
announced its wide-scale rollout of V.34 faxing based on Brooktrout
Technology's latest TR1034 Series of intelligent fax boards, allowing faxes to
transmit up to twice as fast as the industry standard V.17/14.4 Kbps (kilobits
per second).
http://www.brooktrout.com
NVIDIA LAUNCHES...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual
processing solutions, Wednesday introduced the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 models of
graphics processing units (GPUs) for high-performance desktop computers.
http://www.nvidia.com
INDUSTRY SUPPORT...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation,
the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Wednesday revealed that
its new GeForce 6 Series of graphics processing units (GPUs) is receiving rave
reviews and widespread industry support from the world's top game creators and
publishers.
http://www.nvidia.com
WIDE ACCEPTANCE...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual
processing solutions, Wednesday announced that the GeForce 6 Series of graphic
processing units (GPUs) has been widely accepted by the world's leading add-in
card manufacturers, PC OEMs and system builders.
http://www.nvidia.com
LIGHTING SYSTEM...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: China's ACAC, AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Ltd., has chosen
Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems to supply a major portion of the
lighting system on its new ARJ21 -- "Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st
Century."
http://www.goodrich.com
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