SYDNEY, Nov.17--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
QUALCOMM HANDSETS...
HONG KONG: Qualcomm Incorporated , pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology, today announced broad acceptance of QUALCOMM's cost-competitive CDMA2000 1X chipset solutions for emerging markets worldwide.
http://www.qualcomm.com
QUALCOMM CHIPSETS...
HONG KONG: Qualcomm Incorporated, pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology, today announced that more than 30 handset designs are currently under development based on QUALCOMM's first commercially available Enhanced Platform chipset -- the Mobile Station Modem
(MSM), MSM6150 and MSM6550 chipset solutions.
http://www.qualcomm.com
POTASH DEPOSIT...
RIO DE JANIERO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce informs that it was the winner of an international competition for the research, evaluation and exploration of a potash deposit in the Neuquen Province, on the Colorado River banks, Argentina.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
MANAGING PARTNER...
HONG KONG: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP has named William O. Fifield managing partner of the firm's offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore, effective March 2005.
CHILD HEALTHCARE...
NEW YORK: Gopa Kothari, MD, of Mumbai, India, today received the 2004 Cardinal Health Children's Care Award during a ceremony at UNICEF House in New York, N.Y. The $100,000 international lifetime achievement award honors those who are making extraordinary contributions to the health and well-being
of children.
http://www.worldofchildren.org
http://www.cardinal.com
LUNG DISEASE...
WASHINGTON: At least 10 per cent of the world's adults over the age of 40 may have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), according to new figures to be released on November 17, World COPD Day, by the Global Initiative for Chronic
Obstructive Lung Disease.
http://www.goldcopd.org/questions
COLLABORATION EXPANDED...
LONDON: Inpharmatica Ltd, the selective drug discovery company, today announced an expansion to its long-standing drug discovery collaboration with Serono, one of the world's leading biotechnology companies.
http://www.inpharmatica.com/
POWER SOLUTIONS...
MILPITAS: California Micro Devices, today announced the industry's first family of fully integrated, all linear regulator solutions optimized for powering SOCs (Systems On Chip) and DDR (Double Data Rate) memory in digital consumer electronics and PC peripherals.
http://www.calmicro.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$320 million on November 26, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. Fannie Mae will also redeem MTNR securities issues worth US$75 million on the same date.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SPORTSCAR DEBUTED...
AUCKLAND: Marcos Engineering Limited is pleased to announce the new Marcos TSO roadcar has made its southern hemisphere debut in Auckland, New Zealand. The two seat open top sports car delivers stunning performance with a Grand Touring
capability and a familiar GM drivetrain that make it ideal for New Zealand motoring enthusiasts.
www.lotuscars.net.nz
www.marcos-eng.com
MOBILE CHECK-IN...
LONDON: Check-in queues could be a thing of the past as SITA Information Networking Computing, the world's leading supplier of IT solutions to the air transport and related industries has partnered with Siemens Business Services to provide advanced mobile passenger services. The first result of this partnership
will be the launch of a new mobile phone check-in service system for airline passengers.
http://www.siemens.com/sbs
http://www.sita.aero
CANCER PREVENTION...
LONDON: A group of the world's leading scientists is gathering in London today to address a pressing and perplexing question: what does science tell us about which foods we can eat and things we can do to prevent cancer? Chaired by Sir Michael Marmot, this latest in a series of meetings of international experts will take place over the next three days. During that time, the panel will review a mountain of data that has been painstakingly gathered for them by teams of scientists at prestigious research centers in the US, UK and continental
Europe.
http://www.aicr.org
EYE DISEASE...
MELBOURNE: Medical eye specialists said today that a varied diet without excessive animal or vegetable fat intake could help reduce the risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, as well as heart disease. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists said that, with regard to AMD, there was evidence suggesting that eating vegetables, especially dark green, leafy vegetables, as well as fish, may be beneficial.
NZ BUSINESSES...
AUCKLAND: New Zealand Businesses have effectively tightened their terms of credit over the past 18 months and reduced their outstanding payment days by, in some cases, a staggering 16 days, according to the latest D&B New Zealand Trade Payment Analysis.
PRESIDENT APPOINTED...
HONG KONG: Lucent Technologies has appointed Bart Vogel president for Asia Pacific, giving him end-to-end accountability for all wireline and mobility solutions operations in the region.
http://www.lucent.com
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