SYDNEY, Nov. 9 -- AsiaNet
INCREASE VOLUME...
BOCA RATON: Wall Street Stock Market Alert, specialists for
tech and medical companies, has developed a system for creating
volume for public companies.
http://www.ereleases.com
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT...
BLOOMFIELD HILLS: Taubman Centers announced Tuesday that it
has entered into discussions and signed a letter of interest
with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds and Gale International.
http://www.taubman.com
http://www.newsongdocity.com
COMPANY AGREEMENT...
RALEIGH, N.C.: The HR-XML Consortium announced Tuesday that
it has signed an agreement with its first international
chapter, the HR-XML Consortium Japan.
http://www.hr-xml.org
http://www.hr-xml.org/europe
http://www.hr-xml-jp.org
3G HANDSET...
SEOUL: Telian, a leading Korean handset design manufacturer,
today announced the availability of the U-300, a UMTS/GSM/GPRS
handset.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030211/PRAIRIELOGO
SATELLITE IMAGERY...
LONGMONT: DigitalGlobe announces that the Department of
Urban Services in Canberra, Australia uses QuickBird satellite
imagery in its Internet mapping service, called Australian
Capital Territory (ACT) Locate.
http://www.gim.act.gov.au
http://www.skmconsulting.com
http://www.digitalglobe.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$25
million on Nov 18 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
COMPUTER GAMES...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc, announced Monday the
signing of a contract with Microsoft Game Studios to bring
killer gaming titles to this powerful handheld console.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com /
GRAPHICS PROCESSORS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, a worldwide leader
in graphics and digital media processors, announced Tuesday the
GeForce(TM) Go 6800 graphics processing unit (GPU).
http://www.nvidia.com/
NOTEBOOK VENDORS...
SANTA CLARA: NVIDIA Corporation announced Monday that the
leading notebook vendors have selected the NVIDIA GeForce Go
6800 graphics processing unit (GPU) for their performance
notebook solutions.
http://www.nvidia.com/
RETAIL SALES...
LONDON: The Bloomberg Retail Purchasing Managers' Index
PMI), a monthly survey indicating economic conditions in the
Eurozone retail sector one month ahead of government figures,
showed a third successive monthly decline in sales value
figures in October.
www.bloomberg.com
COMPANY FINANCING...
LONDON: Inpharmatica, the selective drug discovery company,
is pleased to announce the successful completion of a GBP13.9m
(USD25m) third round financing led by Reed Elsevier Ventures.
http://www.inpharmatica.com
CREDICARD ANNOUNCEMENT...
SAO PAULO: The controlling shareholders of Credicard Banco
S.A., Orbitall, and Redecard, which are in equal parts, ITAU,
Citigroup, and Unibanco, have decided to take different steps
as regards their interests in the Credicard Conglomerate.
http://www.itauir.com/
COMPANY ACQUISITION...
SYDNEY & MARKHAM: Iconic Australian sports and activewear
company Rip Curl Australia Pty Ltd. has purchased product
lifecycle management (PLM) software from Geac(R) to help manage
its increasingly complex global operations.
www.sedar.com
http://www.geac.com
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK...
SINGAPORE: Due in large to a region-wide economic upswing,
employers are reporting a more positive outlook for salary
increases in 2004, and projections for 2005 indicate this trend
will continue.
http://www.hewittasia.com
http://www.hewitt.com
TAIWANESE SALARIES...
HONG KONG: The average overall salary increase budget in
Taiwan ranged from 3.7 per cent to 4.8 per cent in 2004. While
many respondents predicted a further raise next year, an
increasing number also projected pay freezes.
http://www.hewittasia.com
http://www.hewitt.com
GLOBAL SURVEY...
HONG KONG: The International Information Systems Security
Certification Consortium (ISC)2 and global industry analyst
firm IDC announced Monday the results of the first major study
of the global information security profession.
www.isc2.org
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