SYDNEY, June 17 -- AsiaNet
NASDAQ APPOINTMENT...
NEW YORK: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced the
appointment of Stuart Patterson as Senior Managing Director,
Asia Pacific.
www.nasdaq.com
HUANENG POWER...
BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. held its
Extraordinary General Meeting in Beijing. Mr. Li Xiaopeng,
Chairman of the Company, presided over the EGM as the Chairman
of the EGM.
CTRIP.COM STAKE...
SHANGHAI: Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a Cayman Islands
company, understands that on June 14, 2004, certain existing
shareholders of Ctrip entered into a stock purchase agreement
with Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese public company listed on the
JASDAQ market, pursuant to which Rakuten would acquire, in a
private transaction, a total of 6,645,000 ordinary shares of
Ctrip from these shareholders.
GIZMONDO EUROPE...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, FL
Tiger Telematics Inc (TIGR), announced the signing of a heads
of agreement with Renaissance Corporation Ltd, an
Auckland-based technology distributor and marketer.
www.gizmondo.com
SENETEK PLC...
NAPA, Calif: Senetek PLC, a healthcare technologies company
focused on developing and co-marketing products for the
anti-aging markets worldwide, announced that commercial sales
of Senetek's patented erectile dysfunction drug Invicorp by its
commercial partner, Auckland-based Douglas Pharmaceuticals
Limited, will commence June 28.
www.senetekplc.com
CARDIOSTIM 2004...
NICE: Sorin, Europe's largest cardiovascular medical devices
group, is attending Cardiostim 2004, the 14th World Congress in
Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Technologies, in Nice.
DUPONT TITANIUM...
WILMINGTON: DuPont Titanium Technologies announced on June
15 a price increase in Asia Pacific for DuPont Ti-Pure titanium
dioxide grades.
www.dupont.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C: Fannie Mae has confirmed a US$4 billion
issue, to mature on July 15, 2006.
www.fanniemae.com
ANGLER RECORD...
BENTON, Ky: Reigning Japan Bass Angler of the Year Shinichi
Fukae of Osaka, Japan, is poised to make professional
bass-fishing history in New York on Lake Champlain June 23-26
if he holds on to his 33-point lead over his closest American
challenger to win the Wal-Mart FLW Tour's coveted Land O'Lakes
Angler of the Year title.
www.flwoutdoors.com
MAHARAJI TALKS...
BARCELONA: On June 14, Prem Rawat, known also as Maharaji,
addressed an audience of more than 2,000 at an event endorsed
by the Universal Forum of Cultures.
www.barcelona2004.org
HUNGER STRIKE...
TAIPEI: Police surveillance and threats of arrest and
deportation continue to shadow the hunger strikers protesting
at China Synthetic Rubber Company and Taiwan Cement over the
environmental pollution and three-year lockout at the
companies' subsidiary, Continental Carbon Company.
www.paceunion.org
ITTIAM SYSTEMS...
BANGALORE: Ittiam Systems today announced the availability
of its IEEE 802.11g compliant wireless LAN (Local Area Network)
physical layer as a silicon IP, ready for delivery and
integration in system on chip (SoC) designs.
www.ittiam.com
ASIA NETCOM...
SYDNEY: Asia Netcom today announced that it has been
selected by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) as the
provider of global telecommunications services.
www.asianetcom.com
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