SYDNEY, Aug. 27 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SOLID PERFORMANCE...
BRISBANE: Progen Industries Limited, a progressive Australian cancer drug development company, lodged its Appendix 4E preliminary final report to June 30th, 2004. The Company completed the financial year with a solid financial performance reflecting concerted capital and resource management and a cash/cash equivalent balance totalling $14.3 million, up from $12.0 million last year
NEW SYMBOL...
SAN FRANCISCO: China Pharmaceuticals International Corporation announced today that effective August 26, 2004, its common stock will trade under the symbol "CPICF" on the OTC Bulletin Board. The new symbol results from its name change from "China Pharmaceuticals Corporation" to "China Pharmaceuticals International Corporation" and its change of domicile to the British Virgin Islands.
http://www.dichain.com
http://www.ChinaPharmaCorp.com .
NEW VICE-PRESIDENT...
GREENVILLE: KEMET Corporation announced today that Philip Lessner has been named Vice President, Tantalum Technology and Technical Marketing, reporting directly to KEMET President and Chief Operating Officer James McClintock. In this position, he will be responsible for product direction for all KEMET
products as well as new product and process execution within the Tantalum Business Unit.
http://www.kemet.com
UPCOMING CONFERENCE...
WASHINGTON: The CANEUS Organization and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in partnership with the Centre for Large Space Structures and Systems and NASA, are hosting the upcoming CANEUS 2004 Conference and Workshop, being held 1-5 November 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey in Monterey, California.
http://www.aiaa.org
http://www.caneus.org
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$150 million on September 5, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED...
SALT LAKE CITY: Certiport today announced Lee Chee Yuan, 19,and Lau Cher Han, 23, both from Singapore, as the 2004 Microsoft Office Specialist Academic Competition World Champions for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, respectively.
Lee and Lau, along with nearly 17,000 other students from 37 countries, participated in several rounds of local, country, regional, and global competitions to determine this year's world champions.
www.officecompetition.com
http://www.microsoft.com/officespecialist/
http://www.certiport.com/
RESULTS ANNOUNCED...
WINSTON-SALEM: Second quarter systemwide sales, including sales of company and franchise stores, increased 14.8 per cent compared with the second quarter last year. Total revenues for the quarter, which includes sales from company stores, franchise operations and Krispy Kreme Manufacturing and Distribution, increased 11.5 per cent to $177.4 million compared with $159.2 million in the second quarter of last year.
http://www.krispykreme.com
LUNG CANCER...
BASEL: Roche today submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application to the European health authorities for its new cancer drug Tarceva (erlotinib) for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer, which is the most common form of lung cancer, which in itself is the most frequent cancer world wide.
http://www.roche.com
http://www.gene.com
http://www.osip.com
http://www.health-kiosk.ch
INCOME DOUBLED...
ZURICH: Swiss Re's net income doubled to CHF 1.4 billion in the first half 2004. Total premiums earned were CHF 14.1 billion, a decline of 2 per cent on 2003, as Swiss Re continued to underwrite selectively and focus on profitability. Swiss Re posted a strong return on equity of 15.6 per cent, as
shareholders' equity increased to CHF 19.4 billion from CHF 18.5 billion at the end of 2003.
www.swissre.com
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