SYDNEY, Aug. 10 -- AsiaNet
IPRA AWARDS...
KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-seven campaigns from 11 different countries have won
top prizes in the 2004 Golden World Awards for excellence in public relations
awarded by the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).
http://www.ipra.org
HSINCHU OFFICE
HSINCHU: Inapac Technology, Inc., the leading semiconductor company
exclusively focused on DRAM for system-in-package (SiP) applications, Tuesday
announced the newest addition to its global locations with a new office in
Hsinchu, Taiwan.
http://www.inapac.com
MEMBERSHIP JUMPS...
ASCOT: A recent audit of Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) membership
by region showed that mainland China has the fastest membership growth rate of
any country outside of the UK, more than doubling its figures from the previous
year.
http://www.ciob.org.cn
http://www.ciobinternational.org
CHINA JV...
TROY, Mich.: ArvinMeritor, Inc. Tuesday announced the formation of a 50-50
joint venture between its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group and
Shanghai SIIC Transportation Electronic Company, Ltd. (STEC).
http://www.arvinmeritor.com
http://www.stec-cn.com
Q2 RESULTS...
BEIJING: KongZhong Corporation, leading provider of advanced second
generation (2.5G) wireless value added services in China, Tuesday announced its
second quarter diluted earnings of $0.19 per ADS under generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, up from a diluted earnings of $0.01
per ADS in the same period of the previous year and diluted earnings of $0.11
per ADS in the first quarter of 2004.
http://www.kongzhong.com
BENCHMARK NOTES...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source of financing for
home mortgages, will not issue a Callable Benchmark Note this month.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PEACE MESSAGE...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Prem Rawat, also known as Maharaji, has addressed
faculty, community leaders, guests, and students at Sanders Theater, Harvard
University, at an event sponsored by The Prem Rawat Foundation.
http://www.tprf.org/Harvard2004
http://www.tprf.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 11
securities issues amounting to a total of US$582.325 million on Aug 19, 2004 at
a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT...
LOS GATOS, Calif.: Firetide Inc., a leader in wireless mesh networking,
Monday announced an additional investment of $2 million for its Series B
Preferred Stock financing round, bringing the total Series B round to $15.6
million.
http://www.firetide.com
PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS...
LOS ANGELES, SIGGRAPH: NVIDIA Corporation Monday introduced the fastest
performing graphics solution in the industry with the new NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400
model.
http://www.nvidia.com
LDO CONTROLLERS...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connect and
Protect IC solutions, Monday announced two new high-speed, high-current
low-dropout (LDO) regulator controllers aimed a wide variety of point-of-load
and digital IC power applications.
http://www.micrel.com
SHARE BUYBACK...
BASEL: Novartis AG Monday announced that its Board of Directors has decided
to launch a new share repurchase program for up to CHF 3 billion following the
completion of a program initiated in 2002.
http://www.novartis.com
COMPLAINTS HANDLING...
TOKYO: In a world first, Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. self-declared on August 8,
2004, compliance of its complaint processing activities with ISO10002 "Quality
management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for complaints handling in
organizations".
http://www.mitsue.co.jp/english/
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae Saturday said it will redeem the principal
amount of six securities issues amounting to a total of US$445 million between
Aug 16 to 19, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal
amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
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