SYDNEY, Oct. 28 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EURAIL PASSES...
UTRECHT: Eurail will up the ante on the range of its popular Selectpasses in
2005.
http://www.Eurail.com
AGREEMENT SIGNED...
SUNSHINE COAST: Nasdaq-list Blackboard Inc. Thursday announced at its annual
Asia Pacific Users Conference that it has signed an agreement with the City
University of Hong Kong to provide the Blackboard Academic Suite, hosted by
Blackboard ASP and Blackboard Professional Services.
http://www.blackboard.com
http://cityu.edu.hk
DEBT TECHNOLOGY...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae Thursday announced a new Internet-based
technology that will enhance the company's short-term debt securities issuance
process and provide additional, more-timely information to the market.
http://www.fanniemae.com
ASIA-PACIFIC ALLIANCE...
SYDNEY & RYE, N.Y.: Mobius Management Systems, Inc., the leading provider of
software for total content management (TCM), and Speedscan Inc., a worldwide
provider of outsourced and in-house document archive and retrieval solutions,
Wednesday announced an alliance that will deliver a comprehensive range of
innovative, flexible software and services to the Asia Pacific region.
http://www.speedscan.com
http://www.mobius.com
MBS DISCLOSURES...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source of financing for home
mortgages, Wednesday announced that the company has taken additional steps
toward enhancing disclosures for its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and
structured transactions.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PEPSICO PRESENTATION...
PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo, Inc. Wednesday announced that its president and
chief financial officer, Indra Nooyi, will make a presentation at the Morgan
Stanley Global Consumer Conference in New York City at approximately 1 p.m. ET
on Wednesday, November 3.
http://www.pepsico.com
KOMAG RESULTS...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier of
thin film media for disk drives, Wednesday announced earnings of US$9.3
million, and diluted earnings per share of $0.33 on $102.4 million of revenue
for the third quarter of 2004.
http://www.komag.com
LAST BROADCAST...
BERN: swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is to broadcast its last
shortwave and satellite radio programmes on October 30, 2004.
MGM CHANNEL...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.: MGM Networks, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., has
launched The MGM Channel in Taiwan and signed an agreement to launch the
channel in Malaysia in coming months.
http://www.mgm.com
PSORIASIS SURVEY...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic: People with psoriasis are still being treated as
social outcasts, according to the results of a new international survey
announced on World Psoriasis Day.
http://www.worldpsoriasisday.com
CONTROLLER IC...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connect and
Protect IC solutions, Wednesday announced two new +48V Hot-Swap Power
Controller products.
http://www.micrel.com
MPLS VPN...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.: New York-listed Sprint has a new MPLS VPN solution that
makes it easier and more cost-effective for U.S.-based and other multinational
corporations to provision global networks and consolidate wide-ranging
applications onto a single, unified network.
http://www.sprint.com
INDIAN CONTRACTS...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: New York-listed SPX Corporation Wednesday announced that
its Process Equipment business and its joint venture company in India have been
awarded contracts worth US$5 million by Vedanta Alumina Group.
http://www.spx.com
CURTIN CEREMONY...
PERTH: Curtin University of Technology's Chancellor Dr Eric Tan will reflect
on some of his childhood experiences growing up in Malaysia and moving to
Australia when he delivers the occasional address at the University's Kuala
Lumpur graduation ceremony from 7 pm Thursday October 28 in the Istana Hotel.
http://www.curtin.edu.au
INTENTIA RESULTS...
STOCKHOLM: Intentia International AB, the global enterprise solutions
provider for the manufacturing, distribution and maintenance industries,
Wednesday announced that it booked a 3 per cent on-year fall in net revenue in
the third quarter of 2004.
http://hugin.info/1103/R/965854/140251.pdf
HIGHER PRODUCTION...
ADELAIDE: Santos Limited Wednesday reported that production continued to
improve in the latest September quarter, following the full recommissioning of
the Moomba plant during the period and new production from Bayu-Undan.
DISTRIBUTION DEAL...
PERTH: Ebooks Corporation Wednesday announced it has entered into a
five-year distribution agreement with Nokia Corporation of Finland to
distribute a growing range of popular books via a new generation of Nokia smart
phones.
SMALLPOX INFORMATION...
AMSTERDAM: Information published in this month's International Journal of
Infectious Diseases discusses the potential return of smallpox - one of the
deadliest viruses known to man - and whether we would be equipped to deal with
a bioterrorist outbreak.
http://www.reedelsevier.com
http://www.elsevier.com
http://www.news.scopus.com
http://www.mdconsult.com
http://www.sciencedirect.com
http://www.isid.org
ACCESS SYSTEMS...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Teledata Networks, a leading provider of wireline
access products and Next Generation Network (NGN) solutions for telecom
operators and service providers worldwide, Wednesday announced the successful
participation of its access systems, BroadAccess and HighPGate, in the
Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF) Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) 2004 event.
http://www.teledata-networks.com
http://www.msforum.org
SUMMIT PRESENTATION...
SINGAPORE & FREMONT, Calif.: STATS ChipPAC Ltd., a leading independent
semiconductor test and advanced packaging service provider, Wednesday announced
that the company is scheduled to present at the Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific
Summit on November 2, 2004 in Singapore at 2:30 PM.
http://www.statsus.com
BLADDER TREATMENT...
BASEL: Novartis Pharma AG Wednesday announced that Emselex (darifenacin
hydrobromide), 7.5 mg and 15 mg, has been granted Marketing Authorization by
the European Commission for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) in all 25
European member states as well as Norway and Iceland.
http://www.novartis.com
GEMPLUS RESULTS...
LUXEMBOURG: Gemplus Gemplus International S.A. has posted strong third
quarter 2004 results, with group revenue rising 13.0 per cent on-year to 190.0
million euros.
http://www.gemplus.com
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