SYDNEY, July 16 -- AsiaNet W.P. STEWART... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart will be holding a conference call onThursday, 29 July 2004 in conjunction with the release of theirsecond quarter 2004 earnings, a media statement said. www.wpstewart.com MICREL LAUNCH... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power,Connect and Protect IC solutions, has unveiled the MIC2288/90series, two new small-sized PWM DC/DC boost converters capableof generating up to 34V, a media statement said. www.micrel.com PEPSICO RESULTS... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo delivered a strong second quarterwith double-digit earnings per share growth of 12%, to $0.61 ona fully diluted basis, a media statement said. www.pepsico.com TIGER TELEMATICS... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Jacksonville,FL based Tiger Telematics Inc., has been given access to thecatalogue of Europe's leading digital distributor of music, OnDemand Distribution, a subsidiary of Loudeye Corp, according toa press release. www.gizmondo.com www.tigertelematics.com www.loudeye.com DOMAIN NAMES... LUXEMBOURG: More and more European countries are opening uptheir Registration rules to encourage companies - and privateindividuals - to register their Domain Names, a media statementsaid. www.eurodns.com BONSO ELECTRONICS... HONG KONG: Bonso Electronics International Inc. has declareda $0.10 per common share cash dividend, payable to shareholdersof record on July 30 2004, a media statement said. www.bonso.com CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL... SHANGHAI: Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a leadingconsolidator of hotel accommodations and airline tickets inChina, will announce its second quarter 2004 results onThursday, 5 August 2004 after the close of the U.S. market, amedia statement said. ASAHI GLASS... TOKYO: Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. has decided to increase itsproduction capacity of fluoropolymer ethylenetetrafluoroethylene copolymer, which is primarily used ininsulator for electric cables and as a component of filmproducts, according to a press release. JILIN CHEMICAL... JILIN CITY & HONG KONG: Jilin Chemical Industrial CompanyLimited's net consolidated profit for the six months ended 30June, 2004 is expected to increase between 100-150% comparedwith the corresponding period in 2003, a media statementsaid. LJ INTERNATIONAL... HONG KONG & LOS ANGELES, Calif.: LJ International, Inc., oneof the fastest-growing fine jewelry companies in the world, hassuccessfully introduced its products at more than 2,000 storesof a major U.S. retail chain, according to a press release. www.ljintl.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--