SYDNEY, May 19 -- AsiaNet
KEMET CORPORATION...
GREENVILLE, S.C.: Kemet Corporation has made a transition to
lead-free as the standard termination finish on Tantalum MnO2
and Organic Polymer KO-CAP products, according to a press
release.
www.kemet.com
KEMET CORPORATION...
GREENVILLE, S.C.: Kemet Corporation has launched its
commercial grade high voltage ceramic surface mount capacitor
product line, a media statement said.
www.kemet.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of five securities issues amounting to a total of US$200
million on May 28, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100
percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
www.fanniemae.com
MAXEMAIL EXPANSION...
CHICAGO, Ill.: MaxEmail, a leading provider of Internet fax
and voice messaging services, announced today the expansion of
their local area coverage on an international scale by offering
MaxEmail phone numbers for receiving fax and voice mail
messages in London, England, Frankfurt, Germany and Tokyo,
Japan, a media statement said.
www.MaxEmail.com
MOTOROLA REPORT...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.: The new Motorola 2003 Global Corporate
Citizenship Report looks at the company's goals, objectives and
programs involving the environment, health and safety, social
responsibility and sustainability, which are essential elements
to being a good corporate citizen, a media statement said.
www.motorola.com
ENVOX 6...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. & STOCKHOLM: Envox Worldwide, a leading
global provider of voice solutions, has announced in a press
release the general availability of Envox 6, the next
generation of its open, standard-based communications
development platform which now delivers expanded VoiceXML,
speech, Web services and VoIP capabilities in a single
platform.
www.envox.com
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
MILPITAS, Calif.: California Micro Devices has launched the
CM1425, a four channel electromagnetic interference filter
array with electrostatic discharge protection for data lines
that connect the RF wireless and baseband chipsets, keypad
modules, I/O data ports and buses in mobile applications such
as wireless handsets and PDAs, a media statement said.
www.calmicro.com
ATMEL & U-BLOX...
HEILBRONN & THALWIL: The Antaris GPS technology, jointly
developed by Atmel and u-blox, now features an innovative
'aiding' functionality, which makes time to first fix within
four seconds a reality, a media statement said.
www.atmel.com
ATMEL FRANCE...
ROUSSET: Atmel Corporation is proud to announce today that
its secure AVR architecture has been selected as one of the two
silicon platforms for the development contract of the next
generation Vitale French National Health Card, according to a
press release.
www.atmel.com
INPHARMATICA COLLABORATION...
LONDON: Inpharmatica Ltd, the selective drug discovery
company, has signed a discovery collaboration agreement with
Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of The
Procter and Gamble Company, a media statement said.
www.inpharmatica.com
ARTIFICIAL LIFE...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc., a leading
provider of intelligent agent based mobile and Internet
technology and applications, posted $9,690 revenues for the
quarter ended March 31, 2004 as compared to $3,400 for the
quarter ended March 31, 2003, according to a press release.
www.artificial-life.com
CNOOC BUYBACK...
HONG KONG: The board of directors of CNOOC Limited has
approved a management proposal that allows the Company to
repurchase shares in the open market based on the general
mandate approved by shareholders on May 29, 2003, a media
statement said.
PAGET'S DISEASE...
BASEL: One 15-minute infusion of the intravenous
bisphosphonate zolendronic acid more rapidly reduced the
biochemical markers of bone turnover in patients with Paget's
disease than was seen in a head-to-head comparison with the
oral treatment risedronate, according to data presented at the
annual meeting of the World Congress on Osteoporosis in
Brazil.
www.novartis.com
ARTIFICIAL LIFE...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc., a leading
provider of intelligent mobile technology and applications, has
released several new products for mobile phones for English
training for native Chinese speakers, a media statement said.
www.artificial-life.com
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