SYDNEY, Aug. 4 -- AsiaNet
NEW COO...
SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent
supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, today announced
the promotion of Ali Dabier to Chief Operating Officer, a media
statement said.
www.komag.com
PIZZA AWARDS...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.: Domino's Pizza, the recognized world
leader in pizza delivery, recently presented Master
Franchisees, Don Meij and Grant Bourke, with the most coveted
honor given by Domino's Pizza - the Chairman's Circle Award -
at its inaugural Red Carpet Awards in Dearborn, Michigan, a
media statement said.
www.dominos.com
SINGAPORE E-BUSINESS...
HOUSTON, Texas: The Infocomm Development Authority of
Singapore awarded Elite its prestigious E-Business Industry
Development Initiatives designation for the company's advanced
Global Logistics Management System, according to a press
release.
www.eliteint.com
H1 RESULTS...
SAO PAULO: Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. said today its
consolidated net income totaled R$1.8 billion during the first
half of 2004, a media statement said.
www.itau.com
TRAVEL JV...
ORLANDO, Fla.: Global Experts in Travel, a single-branded
global travel management joint venture with more than $1.8
billion in annual airline sales, was launched today at the
National Business Travelers Association Convention and Trade
Show, a media statement said.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of
US$171.777 million on August 13 at a redemption price equal to
100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
www.fanniemae.com
PRODUCTION REPORT...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce continued to
increase the production of its main products in the second
quarter of 2004 in response to the strong growth in global
demand for ores and metals, with the volume of iron ore
produced the largest in the Company's history, a media
statement said.
www.cvrd.com.br
COMPUTER SOLUTIONS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide
leader in visual and media processing solutions, yesterday
announced that its top-to-bottom family of PCI Express graphics
processing units are now being offered with the industry's
leading PCI Express motherboards from AOpen Inc., ASUSTeK,
Gigabyte Technology and MSI, according to a press release.
www.nvidia.com
GAMES DEVELOPER...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based, Tiger Telematics Inc., announced yesterday the
acquisition of a European leading games developer, Indie
Studios, according to a press release.
www.gizmondo.com
www.tigertelematics.com
TECHNOLOGY RELEASE...
GRENOBLE: Atmel Corporation announced today the release of a
new 10-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter featuring an extremely
high clock frequency of 1.2 Gsps, a media statement said.
www.atmel.com
Q2 RESULTS...
PLANO, Texas: Perot Systems Corporation yesterday announced
that it posted revenue of $434 million for the second quarter
of 2004, an increase of 20% year-to-year, according to a press
release.
www.perotsystems.com
CHINA MOTORCYCLES...
HONG KONG: Global Sources Ltd. yesterday released its Market
Intelligence Report - Motorcycles: Supplier Capability in
China, which indicates that the rising cost of raw materials
and price wars sparked by illegal manufacturers flooding the
market with low-quality products, are factors prompting
consolidation within the industry, a media statement said.
www.globalsources.com
TECHNOLOGY AWARDS...
HONG KONG: Nominations are now open for the 3rd annual
Deloitte Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500 program, a regional
ranking of the fastest growing technology companies, by
percentage revenue growth in the Asia Pacific, a media
statement said.
www.fast500asiapac.com
Q2 RESULTS...
TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., the
world's largest independent provider of IC packaging and
testing services, yesterday reported unaudited consolidated net
revenues of NT$20,290 million for the second quarter of 2004,
up 59% year-over-year and up 18% sequentially, according to a
press release.
www.aseglobal.com
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