SYDNEY, Sept. 3 -- AsiaNet
SPORTS WAGERING...
ST. JOHNS, Antigua: SPORTSBETTING.COM, a recognized leader in Internet
sports wagering, brings back the $500,000 Gridiron Pick'em -- a free prediction
contest on this year's pro football season.
http://www.sportsbetting.com
SHARE SALE...
HONG KONG and LOS ANGELES: LJ International, Inc. (LJI) Thursday announced
that it entered into an agreement to sell about $3.55 million in common shares
and 5-year warrants in a private sale to several institutional investors.
http://www.ljintl.com
ELECTION ROLL...
CANBERRA: Electoral Commissioner Andy Becker Friday said it was not too late
for Australians who had been living overseas for up to 3 years to enrol for the
coming election.
http://www.aec.gov.au
COMPETITIVE BIDS...
NEW YORK: Paulson & Co., Inc. Thursday announced that it has sent a letter
to the Board of Directors of Neptune Orient Lines Limited [NOL
], urging it to
seek other competitive bids that may be higher than the price Temasek is
offering for NOL shares.
Q1 RESULTS...
READING, Pa.: EnerSys, one of the world's largest manufacturers, marketers,
and distributors of industrial batteries, will host a conference call to
discuss the company's first fiscal quarter 2005 financial results and to
provide an overview of the business.
http://www.enersys.com
WORLD PREMIERE...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Preparations are underway for the world premiere of
DreamWorks Animation's new computer-animated comedy "Shark Tale."
TIGER APPOINTMENT...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd., subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based,
Tiger Telematics Inc. and Tiger, Thursday announced the appointment of Daniels
& Associates as their exclusive investment banker.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
http://www.danielsonline.com
PEPSICO PRESENTATION...
PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo, Inc. Thursday announced that Mike White, chairman
and chief executive officer of PepsiCo International, will make a presentation
at the Prudential Back-to-School Conference in Boston at about 11:15 am ET on
Wednesday, September 8.
http://www.pepsico.com
CAPROCK ACQUIRES...
HOUSTON, Texas: With the acquisition of Indonesia-based Telematika Java
Duta, CapRock Communications continues its expansion in the Asia Pacific region
and provides increased services to energy exploration, maritime, construction,
mining, forestry and government customers.
http://www.caprock.com
INTERIM RESULTS...
HONG KONG: Tongda Group Holdings Ltd, a leading component and accessory
manufacturing group that designs, manufactures and distributes In Mould
Decoration products for electrical home appliances manufacturers and for
handsets manufacturers, Thursday announced its interim results for the six
months ended 30th June 2004.
http://www.tongda.com
SOFTWARE SOLUTION...
OSLO: Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), the leading developer of enterprise
search and real-time alerting technologies, Thursday announced the release of
FAST AdVisor, an enterprise-wide software solution that facilitates the
introduction between buyers and suppliers for Internet Yellow Pages (IYP),
Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) verticals, online
classifieds, and traditional publishers.
http://www.fastsearch.com
CEOCAST.COM INTERVIEW...
HONG KONG: Web recording of the CEOcast.com Interview with Ricky Wong is
available at http://www.ceocast.com.
INKJET CARTRIDGES...
SINGAPORE: Following the successful launch of the INKE HS-45 in Cebit, INKE
Pte Ltd is pleased to make available 3 new series of automatic inkjet refill
systems - INKE LX-70 to refill the Lexmark 70 (12A1970) and Lexmark 75
(12A1975), INKE LX-50 to refill Lexmark 17G0050 and Sharp AJ0C50B and INKE
HS-29 to refill HP 29 (51629A), HP 20 (C6614DN) and HP 19 (C6628AN) cartridges.
VIDEO CONVERTER...
TAIPEI: Ulead Systems, Inc, a 15-year industry-leader in digital media
software development, Thursday announced the release of Video ToolBox 2, the
first PC video converter for editing and sharing video taken on 3G-enabled
mobile phones.
http://www.asiapac.ulead.com
SHARE PURCHASE...
BASEL: Novartis Thursday announced that it will offer a Direct Share
Purchase Plan (DSPP) to investors in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France and the
United Kingdom, marking the first time such a program has been offered by a
Swiss company.
http://www.novartis.com
http://www.novartis.com/investors
http://www.sag.ch/dspp/novartis
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