SYDNEY, June 11 -- AsiaNet
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS...
BOSTON: John Hancock's two major companies will each receive a president and
chief executive officer later this year as the company's current CEO, David F.
D'Alessandro, retires from that post, and Senior Executive Vice Presidents
James M. Benson and John D. DesPrez III are promoted into these new roles, a
news release said.
http://www.manulife.com
AI SOFTWARE...
QUEBEC CITY: Taac?laac?graphique L.C. inc announced it would begin selling
Perfx Color Management Pro, a color management software based on a neural
network technology that allowed the software to self adjust and make its own
corrections on a real time basis.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON D.C.: Fannie Mae announced details of a new Benchmark Notes issue.
http://www.fanniemae.com/
CHINA SALES...
SHANGHAI: Delphi Corp. China recently announced that its consolidated sales
in China had reached US$650 million in 2003, increasing approximately 50
percent compared with the previous year.
http://www.delphi.com/media
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON D.C.: Fannie Mae gave details of prices for the reopening of
callable benchmark notes.
http://www.fanniemae.com/
HEART IMPLANT...
MILAN: CarboMedics announces the 500,000th implant of its CarboMedics
Prosthetic Heart Valve. CarboMedics is the only heart valve manufacturer who
can declare 500,000 implants with zero post-operative structural failures, a
tribute to the safety and reliability of each CarboMedics product, a company
statement said.
www.sorin.com
TERMINAL UPGRADE...
SANTA CLARA:
NVIDIA Corporation announced that ASI Corp. will upgrade 450 dual-display
sales terminals with NVIDIA nView multi-display software and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX
440SE-based add-in cards from EVGA.com.
http://www.nvidia.com
ASE REVENUES...
TAIPEI: ASE Test Limited announced that its unaudited consolidated May 2004
net revenues were US$63.8 million, a new record for the company. Compared to
prior periods, the May figure represents an increase of 105% year-over-year and
an increase of 21% sequentially, it said in a statement.
http://www.aseglobal.com
KAOHSIUNG REVENUES...
TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. announced its unaudited
consolidated net revenues and the unaudited net revenues for its packaging
operations in Kaohsiung for the month of May 2004.
http://www.aseglobal.com
SUMMER DEAL...
HO CHI MINH CITY:
Lufthansa, the leading European airline with the most frequent flights
connecting Asia-Pacific and Europe, is offering its Miles & More members from
Vietnam an attractive deal to make their journey even more pleasant. Passengers
booking a return trip to Europe will be able to enjoy a second get-away in
Thailand at Lufthansa's invitation, the airline said in a release.
INTELLIGENT MESSAGING...
SYDNEY: eServGlobal Limited, a worldwide supplier of independent and
flexible network intelligence systems, today announced that excelcom has
selected the eServGlobal MessageMax product suite.
http://www.excelcom.co.id
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