SYDNEY, July 14 -- AsiaNet
TREND MICRO...
CUPERTINO, Calif.: Trend Micro, Inc., a leader in network
antivirus and Internet content security software and services,
will support Network Access Protection technology from
Microsoft, a comprehensive infrastructure that allows system
administrators to monitor and control machine access to
corporate networks, according to a press release.
www.trendmicro.com
VIVENDI GAMES...
SINGAPORE & LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Vivendi Universal Games has
promoted Hubert Larenaudie to President of Asia Pacific
effective immediately, a media statement said.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of one securities issue amounting to a total of
US$23,221,000 on July 23 at a redemption price equal to 100
percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
www.fanniemae.com
SIPEX POWERBLOX...
MILPITAS, Calif.: Sipex Corporation, a leading supplier of
high performance, analog integrated circuits, has launched the
SP7652, its first PowerBlox family of high current, high
voltage, ultra-miniature DC/DC buck regulators, a media
statement said.
www.sipex.com
CVRD CHINA...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the largest
diversified mining company of the Americas, has signed an
agreement with Yankuang Group Co., Ltd., one of the main
Chinese coal producers, and Itochu Corporation, one of the
leading Japanese trading companies, to incorporate the joint
venture Shandong Yankuang International Coking Co. Ltd., which
will produce metallurgical coke in China, a media statement
said.
www.cvrd.com.br
CLEARHEART & INTERMINDS...
AUSTIN, Texas: ClearHeart, the maker of the powerful,
easy-to-use, PhotoGia digital image enhancement software, has
retained Interminds, LLC to oversee the sale or licensing of
the Company's patent-pending technology, according to a press
release.
VIRTELA COMMUNICATIONS...
DENVER, Colo.: Pixelworks, Inc., a leading provider of
system-on-chip ICs for the advanced display market, is using
Virtela Communications Inc.'s managed private networking
services to connect its locations in China and Taiwan with its
U.S. corporate offices, a media statement said.
www.virtela.net
www.pixelworks.com
NETCRACKER MOVE...
WALTHAM, Mass.: NetCracker Technology, a leading provider of
OSS and IT Infrastructure Management solutions, has moved to
new corporate offices in Waltham, MA., a media statement
said.
www.netcracker.com
100.COM & LOOKSMART...
SYDNEY: The Webs newest search engine 100.com has signed a
contract with LookSmart, Ltd. to include LookSmarts directory
listings and bid-for-placement distribution network in its
search results, according to a press release.
HIV/AIDS MEDICINES...
BANGKOK: In a presentation before the XV International AIDS
Conference, Pfizer Inc Chairman and CEO, Henry A. McKinnell,
Ph.D., pointed out the critical need for new HIV/AIDS
therapies, particularly to address the issues of resistance and
tolerability to existing medicines, a media statement said.
GEMPLUS WINS...
LUXEMBOURG: Gemplus International S.A., the world's leading
provider of smart card solutions, has won nine new customer
wins in emerging smart banking markets in Asia Pacific, South
America, and Europe, according to a press release.
www.gemplus.com
HIV DRUG...
BANGKOK: Data from a new study with the HIV protease
inhibitor Invirase has demonstrated the best HIV RNA response
yet seen in a large group of HIV-infected patients given highly
active antiretroviral therapy, a media statement said.
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