SYDNEY, Nov 11 -- AsiaNet
NET EARNINGS...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce achieved a new
record-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 new
cost-effective product family targeted at the multimedia mobile
phone market.
http://www.zoran.com
PAGEANT ODDS...
SYDNEY: Miss India is Centrebets 7-1 favourite to win the
Miss World beauty pageant that starts in China this week, with
the Australia-based betting agency quoting Miss New Zealand at
odds of 100-1.
http://www.centrebet.com
3G PHONES...
TAIPEI: PrairieComm, Inc. and Promaster Technology Corp.
announced Thursday they have partnered together to promote
PrairieComm's 3G reference phone platform, FronTier.
http://www.prairiecomm.com
http://www.pmaster.com.tw
LEGAL ACTION...
MADISON: To protect its exclusive licensing rights, Promega
filed a motion Thursday to stop Benitec from further licensing
activities of ddRNAi technology in the areas which have been
granted exclusively to Promega.
http://www.promega.com
ONLINE GAMBLING...
LONDON: Antigua and Barbuda welcomed Thursday the decision
of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the USA in a
dispute about the islands' rights to operate its online
gambling industry in the US and around the world.
PATENT NOTICE...
RICHMOND: Berkeley Process Control, Inc. announced Thursday
that it has received a Notice of Allowance for patent by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office for Soft-I/O(TM)
technology.
http://www.berkeleyprocess.com
NAME CHANGE...
LONDON: Mac Trading Services Ltd., formerly MacFutures
Limited, one of the UK's leading electronic futures trading
firms, has changed its name to REFCO Trading Services.
http://www.refco.com
AUTO MANUFACTURING...
NOVI, Mich.: Cooper Standard Automotive has begun operations
in Kunshan, China, for the manufacture and sales of automotive
noise, vibration and harshness control systems.
http://www.cooperstandard.com
STUDY RESULTS...
NEW ORLEANS: The first landmark study to measure the benefit
of adding NIASPAN (prolonged-release nicotinic acid) to a
statin versus statin monotherapy shows that the combination
slowed the progression of atherosclerosis by 68 per cent.
MEDICAL AGREEMENT...
SYDNEY: Unitract Ltd. announced Wednesday it has signed a
Heads of Agreement with Shanghai Kindly Enterprise Development
(Group) Co., Limited, forming a strategic partnership expected
to deliver long term value as Unitract begins to realize its
ambitions in the global safety syringe market.
www.unitract.com
GRAPHICS PROCESSOR...
SANTA CLARA: NVIDIA Corporation, a worldwide leader in
graphics and digital media processors, announced Thursday that
its worldwide NVIDIA SLI Certification and Logo Program is
fully operational, with add-in cards, motherboards, and full PC
systems already undergoing validation testing.
http://www.nvidia.com
ENTERTAINMENT AWARD...
HERZLIA PITUACH: Genoa Color Technologies has beaten out
some of the biggest companies in the electronics industry by
winning the Grand Award in the Home Entertainment category of
Popular Science magazine's 2004 Best Of What's New
competition.
http://www.genoacolor.com
COMPANY PARTNERSHIP...
CAMPBELL, Calif.: FineGround Inc., the leader in Web
application delivery, announced Wednesday it has forged a
partnership with Korea-based nCube Systems Inc; a new division
of Samhwa company.
http://www.fineground.com
NEW RELEASE...
CHICAGO: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced Wednesday a
major new release of MediaCompass from RR Donnelley Premedia
Technologies.
http://www.rrdonnelley.com
FINANCIAL RESULTS...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services
Worldwide achieved an 8.7 per cent increase in sales to
EUR1,487.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2004.
http://www.fraport.com
3G HANDSETS...
BASINGSTOKE: Motorola, Inc., a global leader in wireless
communications, has announced the availability of three new 3G
handsets on the Vodafone live! network in time for Christmas.
http://www.motorola.com
AIRCRAFT BRAKES...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Boeing has selected Goodrich Corporation to
supply the electric braking system for the new Boeing 7E7
Dreamliner.
http://www.goodrich.com
COMPANY CONTRACT...
LEHIGH VALLEY: Air Products and Air Liquide have signed a
long-term contract with Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology
Co Ltd to supply bulk gases to its newest manufacturing
facility in the Beijing Economic Technological Development
Area.
RESEARCH PROGRAM...
MELBOURNE: As part of its public research program, RepuTex
rated Australia's Top 100 companies and New Zealand's Top 20
companies, examining their activities and policies in four
areas: Corporate Governance, Environmental Impact, Social
Impact and Workplace Practices.
www.reputex.com.au
IP TELEPHONY...
DENVER, Colo.: According to a recent global survey conducted
by Australian PROGNOSIS systems management software developer,
Integrated Research, one of the main drivers of the IP
telephony trend is the adoption of IP-based video conferencing
by multinationals.
http://www.ir.com
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