SYDNEY, Nov 11 -- AsiaNet NET EARNINGS... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce achieved a newrecord-high net earnings of US$943 million, US$0.82 per share,for the third quarter of 2004 (3Q04). http://www.cvrd.com.br MOBILE MARKET... BEIJING: Zoran Corporation announced the launch of a newcost-effective product family targeted at the multimedia mobilephone market. http://www.zoran.com PAGEANT ODDS... SYDNEY: Miss India is Centrebets 7-1 favourite to win theMiss World beauty pageant that starts in China this week, withthe Australia-based betting agency quoting Miss New Zealand atodds of 100-1. http://www.centrebet.com 3G PHONES... TAIPEI: PrairieComm, Inc. and Promaster Technology Corp.announced Thursday they have partnered together to promotePrairieComm's 3G reference phone platform, FronTier. http://www.prairiecomm.com http://www.pmaster.com.tw LEGAL ACTION... MADISON: To protect its exclusive licensing rights, Promegafiled a motion Thursday to stop Benitec from further licensingactivities of ddRNAi technology in the areas which have beengranted exclusively to Promega. http://www.promega.com ONLINE GAMBLING... LONDON: Antigua and Barbuda welcomed Thursday the decisionof the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the USA in adispute about the islands' rights to operate its onlinegambling industry in the US and around the world. PATENT NOTICE... RICHMOND: Berkeley Process Control, Inc. announced Thursdaythat it has received a Notice of Allowance for patent by theUnited States Patent and Trademark Office for Soft-I/O(TM)technology. http://www.berkeleyprocess.com NAME CHANGE... LONDON: Mac Trading Services Ltd., formerly MacFuturesLimited, one of the UK's leading electronic futures tradingfirms, has changed its name to REFCO Trading Services. http://www.refco.com AUTO MANUFACTURING... NOVI, Mich.: Cooper Standard Automotive has begun operationsin Kunshan, China, for the manufacture and sales of automotivenoise, vibration and harshness control systems. http://www.cooperstandard.com STUDY RESULTS... NEW ORLEANS: The first landmark study to measure the benefitof adding NIASPAN (prolonged-release nicotinic acid) to astatin versus statin monotherapy shows that the combinationslowed the progression of atherosclerosis by 68 per cent. MEDICAL AGREEMENT... SYDNEY: Unitract Ltd. announced Wednesday it has signed aHeads of Agreement with Shanghai Kindly Enterprise Development(Group) Co., Limited, forming a strategic partnership expectedto deliver long term value as Unitract begins to realize itsambitions in the global safety syringe market. www.unitract.com GRAPHICS PROCESSOR... SANTA CLARA: NVIDIA Corporation, a worldwide leader ingraphics and digital media processors, announced Thursday thatits worldwide NVIDIA SLI Certification and Logo Program isfully operational, with add-in cards, motherboards, and full PCsystems already undergoing validation testing. http://www.nvidia.com ENTERTAINMENT AWARD... HERZLIA PITUACH: Genoa Color Technologies has beaten outsome of the biggest companies in the electronics industry bywinning the Grand Award in the Home Entertainment category ofPopular Science magazine's 2004 Best Of What's Newcompetition. http://www.genoacolor.com COMPANY PARTNERSHIP... CAMPBELL, Calif.: FineGround Inc., the leader in Webapplication delivery, announced Wednesday it has forged apartnership with Korea-based nCube Systems Inc; a new divisionof Samhwa company. http://www.fineground.com NEW RELEASE... CHICAGO: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced Wednesday amajor new release of MediaCompass from RR Donnelley PremediaTechnologies. http://www.rrdonnelley.com FINANCIAL RESULTS... FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport ServicesWorldwide achieved an 8.7 per cent increase in sales toEUR1,487.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2004. http://www.fraport.com 3G HANDSETS... BASINGSTOKE: Motorola, Inc., a global leader in wirelesscommunications, has announced the availability of three new 3Ghandsets on the Vodafone live! network in time for Christmas. http://www.motorola.com AIRCRAFT BRAKES... CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Boeing has selected Goodrich Corporation tosupply the electric braking system for the new Boeing 7E7Dreamliner. http://www.goodrich.com COMPANY CONTRACT... LEHIGH VALLEY: Air Products and Air Liquide have signed along-term contract with Beijing BOE Optoelectronics TechnologyCo Ltd to supply bulk gases to its newest manufacturingfacility in the Beijing Economic Technological DevelopmentArea. RESEARCH PROGRAM... MELBOURNE: As part of its public research program, RepuTexrated Australia's Top 100 companies and New Zealand's Top 20companies, examining their activities and policies in fourareas: Corporate Governance, Environmental Impact, SocialImpact and Workplace Practices. www.reputex.com.au IP TELEPHONY... DENVER, Colo.: According to a recent global survey conductedby Australian PROGNOSIS systems management software developer,Integrated Research, one of the main drivers of the IPtelephony trend is the adoption of IP-based video conferencingby multinationals. http://www.ir.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. 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