SYDNEY, Aug. 11 -- AsiaNet
LOST TEMPLES...
BANGKOK: The ruins of Angkor in Cambodia, a collection of massive stone
temples built between the 9th and 13th centuries, are now safe and accessible,
said Bangkok's Circle of Asia travel agency General Manager, Chankit
Yongpiyakul.
http://www.circleofasia.com
MAESTRO PLATFORM...
TOKYO: Marubeni Solutions Corp. and Crescendo Networks Ltd. Wednesday
unveiled the Maestro platform to address both front-end and back-end
application delivery issues for today's evolving data center requirements.
http://www.msol.co.jp
http://www.crescendonetworks.com
LATEST RELEASE...
PEABODY, Mass.: LODESTAR Corporation Wednesday announced significant
performance enhancements with the release of LODESTAR Customer Choice Suite
Version 4.0.
http://www.lodestarcorp.com
R&D CENTER...
CHENNAI: Brooks Automation, Inc., which develops and produces hardware,
software and systems to enable manufacturing efficiencies for the semiconductor
and other complex manufacturing industries, Wednesday announced that it has
partnered with TopCoder to enhance recruitment efforts for its new software R&D
center in Chennai, India.
http://www.brooks.com
NAME CHANGE...
IRVINE, Calif.: Olympic Entertainment Group, Inc. has announced a name
change to Exam USA, Inc. to reflect the company's strategy of providing
EXciting AMusement to Pachinko players in Japan.
INSURANCE PRODUCT...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)
Wednesday introduced a new type of insurance policy that covers financing of
exports of U.S. machinery and equipment to foreign dealers for resale to local
buyers.
http://www.exim.gov
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three
securities issues amounting to a total of US$180 million on Aug 20, 2004 at a
redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SERVER NODE...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. & SIGGRAPH: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in
visual processing solutions, in conjunction with BOXX Technologies, a leading
developer of award-winning digital content creation systems, Tuesday introduced
the first server-based solution for GPU-accelerated final-frame rendering with
Gelato(TM) graphics rendering software.
http://www.nvidia.com
GLOBAL PARTNER...
DALLAS, Texas & VEVEY: Nestle, the largest food and beverage company in the
world, has selected the Quadrem eMarketplace as the partner for its global
eRequisitioning program, part of an enterprise-wide initiative Nestle is
implementing to standardise and streamline e-procurement processes.
http://www.quadrem.com
http://www.nestle.com
FIRST CUSTOMER...
EDINBURGH: Axios Systems, the first IT Service Management software vendor to
adopt the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) philosophy, has reinforced its
credentials by winning its first customer in Minneapolis, the 'ITIL capital' of
North America.
http://www.axiossystems.com
http://www.NetSourceAmerica.com
http://www.smead.com
INCREASED HIRING...
SYDNEY: Management Recruiters International (MRI), the world's largest
search and recruitment organisation, Tuesday announced the results of its 54th
annual International Hiring Survey indicating that 54 percent of the Australian
businesses polled plan to make new hires during the remainder of 2004.
http://www.BrilliantPeople.com
http://www.cdicorp.com
NEW CMO...
STOCKHOLM: Intentia International AB has appointed Allan Davies as the new
CMO (chief marketing officer) of the company reporting to Bertrand Sciard, CEO,
and becoming a member of the executive management team.
http://www.intentia.com
SECURE MICROCONTROLLER...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation Tuesday announced the introduction of
its new AT90SC12872RCFT dual interface secure microcontroller specifically
tailored to efficiently serve the electronic identity markets.
http://www.atmel.com
ASE REVENUES...
TAIPEI: ASE Test Limited Monday announced that its unaudited consolidated
July 2004 net revenues were US$54.8 million, an increase of 60% year-over-year.
JULY REVENUES...
TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. Monday announced its
unaudited consolidated net revenues and the unaudited net revenues for its
packaging operations in Kaohsiung for the month of July 2004.
http://www.aseglobal.com
SUPPLY AGREEMENT...
BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. Monday signed a five-year coal
supply agreement with China Coal Import & Export Company in Beijing.
DISCOVERY PUBLISHED...
ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited Tuesday announced that research conducted by
Bionomics and its collaborators at the Hanson Centre of the Institute of
Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS) in Adelaide, Australia, relating to
Bionomics proprietary angiogenesis drug target BNO69, has been published in the
scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS).
http://www.bionomics.com.au
ING APPOINTS...
TAIPEI: ING Bank Tuesday announced the appointment of Lawrance Liang as Head
of Wholesale Relationship Management, Taiwan.
CHOCOLATE MARKET...
CARSON CITY, Nev.: Australian businessman John Taylor is aiming to take a
giant bite out of the US's $13 billion per year consumer chocolate market.
http://www.chocolategraphics.com
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