SYDNEY, June 18 -- AsiaNet
WIDE NET...
MADRID: The 1st Worldwide Internet Security Campaign has
been organized by the Internet Users Association and Panda
Software and is supported by sponsors in over 50 countries who
are joining forces to help the initiative reach each and every
Internet user under the slogan "Ridding the Planet of
Viruses".
www.worldwidesecure.org
LEXISNEXIS APPOINTMENT...
NEW YORK: LexisNexis Group has announced the hiring of
Miyuki Suzuki as chief executive officer (CEO) and president of
LexisNexis Asia Pacific.
www.lexisnexis.com
GOSS INT'L...
BOLINGBROOK, Ill: Goss International Corporation and
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) have signed and
executed a contract for Goss to acquire Heidelberg's Web
Systems business.
www.gossinternational.com
BUENA VISTA...
BURBANK, Calif. & TOKYO: Akira Matsumoto has been named vice
president and general manager for Buena Vista Games, Asia
Pacific, the global interactive entertainment arm of Disney
Consumer Products.
MIRIS THERAPEUTICS...
ANDOVER, Mass: Mirus Therapeutics Corporation announced that
it has acquired exclusive rights to novel formulation/drug
delivery technologies from Formatech, Inc., also of Andover,
Massachusetts.
www.formatech.com
MUTED DISCOVERY...
CHARLOTTE, N.C: Goodrich Corporation, in conjunction with
JET Engineering Ltd, has advanced the technology of the MD-80
aircraft engine exhaust nozzles it introduced in 2003.
www.goodrich.com
POPULAR CHIPS...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif: The semiconductor industry has hit the
sweet spot in 2004, with supply and demand forces aligning to
generate strong growth, but not the kind of overheated
expansion that led to the severe market downturn in 2001,
iSuppli Corp. believes.
www.isuppli.com
DEMOLITION JOB...
TORONTO: Restoration Environmental Contractors (REC) and REC
Demolition announced that they have been awarded the demolition
of the 300,000 square foot plant, environmental abatement and
equipment asset disposal project at the Weyerhaeuser Pulp and
Paper Mill in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada.
STRIKERS EAT...
TAIPEI: Workers from the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical,
and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) ended their
seven-day hunger strike that was a protest against a three-year
lockout and environmental pollution by Continental Carbon
Company (CCC), a subsidiary of China Synthetic Rubber Company
(CSRC) and Taiwan Cement.
www.paceunion.org
IDIRECT APPOINTMENT...
RESTON, Va: In response to continuing growth in worldwide
market share, iDirect has announced the appointment of KW Chan
as Vice President of sales for the Asia - Pacific Rim region.
www.idirect.net
VALUE CREATION...
CALGARY: Value Creation Inc. announces that the company will
undertake an exploration and drilling program this coming
winter to begin evaluation of its extensive holdings in the
Athabasca oil sands.
HUANENG POWER...
BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. announced tariff
adjustments of some of its power plants.
JILIN CHEMICAL...
JILIN CITY & HONG KONG: At the annual general meeting of
Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited held on 17 June 2004,
the shareholders of the Company approved the 2003 report of the
board of directors, the 2003 report of the board of
supervisors, the 2003 audited financial statements, the 2003
profit appropriation plan, the remuneration of directors and
supervisors for 2004, the re-appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers and PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian
CPAs Company Limited as the Company's international and
domestic auditors.
HI-TECH SOFTWARE...
ALDERLEY: HI-TECH Software announced the release of a new
version of their HI-TECH C for 8051 with an integrated version
of the HI-TIDE IDE.
www.htsoft.com
SOFTWARE LAUNCH...
ALDERLEY: HI-TECH Software today announced the release of a
new version of HI-TECH C for MSP430 including an integrated
version of the HI-TIDE IDE.
www.htsoft.com
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