SYDNEY, Aug. 30 -- AsiaNet ACQUISITION COMPLETED... HONG KONG and ATLANTA: chinadotcom corporation, a leading integrated enterprise software and mobile applications company in China and internationally, Friday announced that it has completed its acquisition of Ross Systems, Inc. and will pay US$65.7 million in cash and chinadotcom shares to the shareholders of Ross Systems. http://www.corp.china.c INTERIM RESULTS... HONG KONG: Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited Sunday released its financial results for the six months to 30 June 2004, which showed that net sales rose 15.7 per cent on-year to RMB17,428 million while pre-tax profit soared 204 per cent on-year to RMB1,820 million. BROADBAND SERVICE... REDWOOD CITY, Calif.: Nasdaq-listed SupportSoft, Inc., a leading provider of Real-Time Service Management (RTSM) software, Monday announced that its Service Automation Suite for Broadband has been localized for the Japanese market. http://www.support.com MELBOURNE OFFICE... BURLINGTON, Mass. & MELBOURNE: Charles River Development, a leading provider of financial software and consulting services to the global investment management, banking, pension, and insurance industries, Thursday announced the opening of its third Asia-Pacific office in Melbourne, Australia. http://www.crd.com CO-FINANCING AGREEMENT... WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and its Japanese counterpart, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), Saturday signed a co-financing agreement that will facilitate export transactions involving companies in both the United States and Japan. http://www.exim.gov THOMSON ACQUIRES... STAMFORD, Conn.: The Thomson Corporation and KnowledgeNet, Inc., a privately held company recognized as a leader in live e-learning, Friday announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Thomson will acquire KnowledgeNet and merge it with its enterprise learning business, Thomson NETg. http://www.thomson.com http://www.netg.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 13 securities issues amounting to a total of US$690 million on Sept 7 and 8, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com FLUID TECHNOLOGY... CARY, N.C.: In its drive to develop increasingly widespread industrial applications for its patented Rheonetic magnetorheological (MR) fluid technology, Lord Corporation has established a significant presence in the Far East with a new business development manager in Japan and a new distributor in Korea. http://www.lord.com BLOG SERVICE... TOKYO: Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. Friday announced that has released a new Blog configuration service, which enables blogs to be applied to businesses. http://www.mitsue.co.jp/english (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--