SYDNEY, Sept. 21 -- AsiaNet
OLYMPIC TIMEKEEPER...
BIEL-BIENNE: Swatch has now successfully participated at three Olympic Games
as the Official Timekeeper (1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens,
where the company was also responsible for on-venue results systems and
integration services), and Swatch Group Ltd. has now decided that its most
traditional timekeeping brand worldwide, Omega Ltd., will assume this
responsibility.
http://www.swatchgroup.ch
COUNTDOWN CLOCK...
BEIJING: Prestige Swiss watchmaker Omega, Official Timekeeper of the Beijing
2008 Olympic Games, Tuesday unveiled a giant clock in Tiananmen Square that
counts the days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining to the Opening Ceremony
of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad on August 8th, 2008.
http://www.omega.ch
AUTO INDUSTRY...
BEIJING: Red Book, which provides vehicle identification and pricing
information to the auto industry, sees, at first hand, the desperation of some
companies to bring their systems and operations to a point where they can keep
pace with the rapid change in the auto and associated industries in China.
MANAGEMENT BUYOUT...
TOKYO: Dalton Investments' Japanese Management Buyout Fund (JMBO) Monday
announced that it has accumulated a position in excess of 5 per cent in Teikoku
Hormone Mfg. Co., Ltd. and has proposed a friendly management buyout of all
outstanding shares for 1,200 yen (US$10.94) per share, a 27 per cent premium
over last Friday's (September 17, 2004) closing price.
MOU SIGNED...
NEW YORK: Refco Group Ltd., LLC, a world leader in providing risk management
and investment services, Monday announced that Refco Forex Limited has signed a
memorandum of understanding with Hantec Investment Holdings Limited, whose
shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
http://www.refco.com
NIKE RESULTS...
BEAVERTON, Ore.: NIKE, Inc. Monday released financial results for its first
quarter ended August 31, 2004, which showed that its revenues increased 18 per
cent on-year to US$3.6 billion while net income rose to $326.8 million from
$261.2 in the same quarter a year earlier.
http://www.nikebiz.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 15
securities issues amounting to a total of US$604 million on Sept 30, 2004 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SYSTEM CONTROLLERS...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Marvell, a technology leader in the development of
extreme broadband communications and storage solutions, Monday announced the
Discovery LT, a high-performance, cost-effective system controller solution for
high volume laser-printers, storage networking and other mass market
applications.
http://www.marvell.com
ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION...
LONDON: Inpharmatica Ltd Monday announced that it has signed a non-exclusive
Biopendium Online subscription with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, one of
Japan's leading international drug companies.
http://www.inpharmatica.com
http://www.chugai-pharm.co.jp
IHS ACQUIRES...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.: Information Handing Services Inc.,
the leading international provider of content integration and decision support
tools, technical standards, codes and product specifications, parts management
and logistics solutions, Monday announced that it has acquired USA Information
Systems, Inc.
http:// www.usainfo.com
http://www.ihs.com
SEARCH SOLUTION...
OSLO: Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developer of enterprise search and
real-time alerting technologies, Monday announced FAST InStream, an OEM
enterprise search solution developed specifically for independent software
vendors (ISVs).
http://www.fastsearch.com
SANTOS APPOINTS...
ADELAIDE: Santos Limited Monday announced the appointment of Mr Martyn Eames
to the newly created position of Vice President, Corporate and People, from
December 1 2004.
http://www.santos.com
GAS SALES...
ADELAIDE: Santos Limited Monday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary,
Santos (BOL) Pty Ltd (Santos), has signed a second gas sales contract for the
John Brookes gas field.
http://www.santos.com
PANCREATIC CANCER...
BASEL: Roche, Genentech, Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Monday
announced positive results from a phase III study of investigational drug
Tarceva (erlotinib) in locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer
patients.
http://www.gene.com
http://www.osip.com
MOBILE CONTENT...
SYDNEY: moodmessaging Pty Ltd, an Australian-based multimedia content
development company, Monday announced that it will be launching IamEmo mobile
content at Mobile Content World 2004, being held over two days later this month
in the United Kingdom.
http://www.IamEmo.com
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