SYDNEY, Oct. 13 -- AsiaNet
GAS DEAL...
ADELAIDE: Santos Ltd, Australia Worldwide Exploration Limited (AWE) and
Mitsui & Co, Ltd have announced the formal go-ahead for the development of a
new Australian gas field the Casino project in the offshore Otway Basin,
Victoria.
AUSTRALASIAN DOCTORS...
SALT LAKE CITY: VISTA Staffing Solutions, Inc., a temporary physician
staffing firm in the US, announced it has launched an international division.
The new division initially will place doctors in temporary assignments in
Australia and New Zealand.
www.vistastaff.com/international
ATMEL CORP...
SAN JOSE, Calif: Atmel Corporation announced the update of its web site
www.atmel.com to support Chinese language.
www.atmel.com
NEW CHIPS...
SAN JOSE, Calif: Atmel Corporation announced the availability of two new PHY
(Physical Layer) stand-alone chips from the Serial ATA (SATA) product family
targeted for PC and a range of storage applications.
www.atmel.com
IT PROBLEMS...
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill: Chief executive officers and other business executives
have revealed their views about problems they face with IT in the `IT
Governance Global Status Report,' recently published by the IT Governance
Institute (ITGI).
http://www.itgi.org
DIET BEGINS...
TOKYO: On October 12, 2004, the 161st Session of the Diet was convened and
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivered a general policy speech to a plenary
session of the House of Representatives following the opening ceremony.
FILE BACKUPS...
CORONA DEL MAR, Calif: Warm and Fuzzy Logic has announced the launch of
ShadowBack 1.0, a comprehensive file backup solution for home and small
business users.
http://www.WarmAndFuzzyLogic.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 2
securities issues amounting to a total of US$50 million on October 22 at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
BMW COMPLAINT...
UITGEEST: The German car manufacturer BMW AG has ordered adult search engine
AskJolene.com to immediately remove a number of results from its index and to
blacklist the providers of the documents but AskJolene says it will not yield
to the claim.
http://www.askjolene.com
FRONT PORCH...
BOULDER, Colo: Front Porch Digital, Inc., soon to be known as Incentra
Solutions, Inc., announced that it has made a strategic hire to accelerate its
expansion into the Asia Pacific market.
www.fpdigital.com
IP ASIA...
HONG KONG: International Paper announced the company plans to relocate the
headquarters office of IP Asia Ltd. from Hong Kong to Shanghai.
http://www.internationalpaper.com
INTERACTIVE BROKERS...
GREENWICH, Conn: Interactive Brokers LLC (IB) has launched Inter-market
Smart-Routing for Spread Orders, a new service that supports spread strategies
for equities and options traded across multiple U.S. markets.
http://www.interactivebrokers.com
PACVD SYSTEMS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: AKT, an Applied Materials company and a supplier of
PECVD systems to the flat panel display (FPD) industry, has shipped its 400th
PECVD system.
www.appliedmaterials.com
SPORTS BROADCASTING...
SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports recently renewed multi-year syndication deals in
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar with terrestrial broadcasters Channel
3, BBTV7, VTV-3, TV5, CTN and Myawaddy TV respectively.
EVANS GRANT...
LONDON: Evans Grant Consulting has merged with Opus International
Consultants.
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