SYDNEY, May 10 -- AsiaNet
KRISPY KREME...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. announced, based on recent
category dynamics, it expects fiscal 2005 diluted earnings per share from
continuing operations, excluding certain charges, to be 10 per cent lower than
previously announced guidance.
www.krispykreme.com
POLK ANNOUNCEMENT...
SOUTHFIELD, Mich: R. L. Polk & Co. announced today the appointment of Steve
Flinker to Managing Director of R. L. Polk Australia. He will be based in
Melbourne and will report directly to Kevin McCann, Senior Vice President,
Asia-Pacific.
www.polk.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of eight
securities issues amounting to a total of US$291.454 million on May 17 or 19 at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
www.fanniemae.com
PCCW LAUNCH...
HONG KONG & SAN BRUNO, Calif: PCCW has launched a UMTS TDD-based wireless
broadband network in the UK, leveraging for the first time the 3.4GHz spectrum
it acquired last year, PCCW and IPWireless announced.
www.ukbroadband.co.uk
POLL FRAUD...
MANILA: Former Philippine Senator Francisco S. Tatad charged the government
of President Gloria Arroyo with organized efforts to manipulate the outcome of
the May 10 presidential elections in the Philippines.
www.stantoncomm.com
W.P. STEWART...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. held its Annual General Meeting of
shareholders in Hamilton, Bermuda on May 8.
www.wpstewart.com
SENSORY NETWORKS...
PALO ALTO, Calif: Sensory Networks Inc., a developer of hardware
acceleration technology for network security applications, announced that is
has successfully closed USD $6 million in Series B funding led by JAFCO
Investments Asia. Existing investors Technology Venture Partners and DB Capital
Partners Ericsson- Deutsche Technology Fund also participated in the round.
www.sensorynetworks.com
ACTERNA APPOINTMENT...
GERMANTOWN, Md. & HONG KONG: Acterna has named John J. Jones IV as its new
vice president of sales and services for the Asia-Pacific region.
www.acterna.com
LJ FINANCIALS...
HONG KONG and LOS ANGELES: LJ International Inc. (JADE) announced that it
will release its first quarter 2004 results pre-market on Thursday, May 13,
2004.
www.ljintl.com
VISUDYNE LAUNCH...
BASEL: Novartis Pharma AG announced that Visudyne, currently the only
treatment for some forms of "wet" Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), has
been launched in Japan.
www.novartis.com
BIOTECH ALLIANCE...
ADELAIDE: Bionomics, an Australian central nervous system (CNS) and cancer
biotechnology company, and PerkinElmer, Inc., a provider of drug discovery,
life science research and analytical solutions, announced that they had reached
an agreement to collaborate on GPCR and Ion Channel Technologies.
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