SYDNEY, July 8 -- AsiaNet
CHINATRUST RATINGS...
TAIPEI, HONG KONG & SINGAPORE: Fitch Ratings, the
international rating agency, has today affirmed Chinatrust
Commercial Bank's and its parent Chinatrust Financial Holding
Corporation's foreign currency Long-term ratings at 'A-' (A
minus) and 'BBB+', respectively.
WEBZEN EXPANSION...
SEOUL: Webzen Inc. has announced plans to strengthen its
presence across Asia by establishing an overseas subsidiary in
Taiwan.
www.webzen.co.kr
HOT DEBATE...
SYDNEY: In the aftermath of the release of his new
anti-American film, Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore was today
challenged to a live televised debate by internationally
renowned political analyst, Ilya Osadchuk.
www.AmericaLiberty.com
GM CONVERGE...
DEARBORN, Mich: Carl-Peter Forster, the newly appointed
General Motors Europe president, joins leaders from Ford Motor
Company, IBM, Robert Bosch GmbH, Adam Opel, DENSO and Peugeot,
to discuss trends and challenges in automotive electronics this
October at Convergence 2004, the world's premier automotive
electronics conference.
http://www.convergence2004.org
ICTS EUROPE...
AMSTERDAM: ICTS Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide,
has appointed Ashley Reeve to the newly created position of
manager maritime security.
www.ictseurope.com
ONCE APPOINTMENT...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif: The Open Network for Commerce Exchange
(ONCE), a CommerceNet program, has elected Thomas J. Westbrook,
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of W3Net to serve as its
President.
www.commerce.net
DRESSING UP...
MILAN: Giorgio Armani custom-designed the wedding attire for
the marriage of Mira Sorvino to Chris Backus, which took place
last Friday 2nd July on the Italian island of Capri.
ZERO G...
SAN FRANCISCO: Zero G Software, the experts in the
deployment and delivery of enterprise applications, today
announced the immediate availability of InstallAnywhere.NET.
http://www.zerog.com
COLIN SHANNON...
WILMINGTON, N.C: PPD, Inc. today announced that Colin
Shannon has been named to the newly created position of
executive vice president of global clinical operations.
http://www.ppdi.com
SPECIAL GLASS...
MITTERTEICH: Schott-Rohrglas, one of the world's leading
manufacturer of special glass tubing has recently developed two
new glass types to fit the needs of the LCD-TFT market.
CHINA EXPERT...
HONG KONG: China Expert Technology, Inc. today announced
that it expects $6.1 million revenue and $1.5 million net
income for the second quarter of 2004.
http://www.chinaexpertnet.com
LJ INT'L...
HONG KONG & LOS ANGELES: LJ International, Inc. (LJI), one
of the fastest-growing fine jewelry companies in the world,
today said it exceeded its prior year's sales performance at
last month's JCK Show in Las Vegas.
http://www.ljintl.com
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