SYDNEY, June 2 -- AsiaNet
XINHUA FINANCE...
HONG KONG: Xinhua Finance, China's premier financial
services and media company, has unveiled a new corporate
identity and logo and launches a revamped website.
www.xinhuafinance.com
AFRICAN FASHION...
WATTENS: African supermodel Alek Wek was the dazzling
highlight of a spectacular show staged by Swarovski to present
its Autumn/Winter collection 2004 - "Out of Africa".
STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL...
WILTON, Conn: Startech Environmental Corporation announced
its new Plasma Converter System for the safe and irreversible
destruction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW).
www.startech.net
BARCELONA DESIGN...
NEWARK, Calif: Barcelona Design, Inc. announced that it is
opening up its silicon-proven synthesis technology to analog
designers through the launch of two new equation-based modeling
and optimization products.
www.barcelonadesign.com
NVIDIA CORP...
TAIPEI: NVIDIA Corporation has announced the NVIDIA nForce 3
Ultra MCP, a new media and communications processor for
motherboards and PC systems based on the AMD64 computing
platform.
www.nvidia.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of one securities issue amounting to a total of
US$23,136,000 on June 11 at a redemption price equal to 100
percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY...
TAIPEI: In conjunction with hard drive manufacturers,
including Hitachi, Maxtor, Samsung, and Seagate, NVIDIA
Corporation has announced joint efforts to bring
next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) technology into desktop PCs,
workstations and servers.
www.nvidia.com
ATMEL CORPORATION...
HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced the availability of
its new stand-alone LIN bus transceiver IC ATA6661 which
complies with the new LIN2.0 standard and provides outstanding
ESD protection (5 kV).
www.atmel.com
SOFTWARE RELEASE...
TAIPEI: NVIDIA Corporation has unveiled NVIDIA nStant Media
-- new multimedia software that gives users quick access to
digital content on notebook PCs.
www.nvidia.com
FMC AUSTRALIA...
SYDNEY: Financial Models Company Inc. (FMC) has announced
that Wilson HTM Services Ltd (WHTM) have gone live with their
integrated asset management solution from FMC Software Pty
Limited, FMC's Australian subsidiary.
www.fmco.com
BA ENERGY...
CALGARY: BA Energy Inc., a member of the Value Creation
Group of Companies, has announced that the application to the
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for approval of its proposed
Heartland Upgrader was filed Monday, May 31.
FOUR SEASONS...
NEW YORK: Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope, a philanthropy
program, is taking its message of Hope worldwide via a
first-of-its-kind star-studded charity web cast live from New
York City.
www.fourseasonsofhope.com
TRUSTEDCORE PRODUCT...
MILPITAS, Calif. & TAIPEI: Phoenix Technologies Ltd launched
its Phoenix cME TrustedCore product suite, next-generation
software that aims to improve security and manageability for
network-connected server, desktop, notebook and embedded
systems.
www.phoenix.com
GOALS GALORE...
MANCHESTER: Fans of European football throughout the world
will be able to watch video highlights from every match at UEFA
EURO 2004 thanks to a new subscription service being offered at
the official website - euro2004.com.
www.euro2004.com
ING GROUP...
SEOUL: ING Group (ING) announced that it has reached an
agreement in principle, subject to regulatory approval, to buy
a 49% stake in KB Life, a new life insurance company being
formed in Korea by Kookmin Bank.
SYNOPSYS INC...
BANGALORE: Synopsys, Inc. announced that it will celebrate
the fifth anniversary of the Synopsys Users Group for India on
June 24-25 with a program filled with 12 user presentations, a
panel discussion and meetings with key research and development
personnel.
www.synopsys.com
HWL DENIAL...
HONG KONG: In response to unfounded market speculation about
a possible exit of Hutchison Whampoa (HWL) from Hutchison 3G UK
(H3G UK), HWL states that it categorically denies the rumours
and reiterates its commitment to H3G UK.
WILDCAT SUCCESS...
HONG KONG: CNOOC Limited announced that a wildcat drilled on
HZ ("Huizhou") 26-3 in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of South
China Sea was successful.
CCCI FINANCIALS...
BEIJING: China Cable and Communication, Inc. (CCCI) today
announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2004,
which beginning on January 1, 2004 have included consolidation
with results of the Baoding Joint Venture.
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