SYDNEY, Nov.24--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
THAI DISTILLERY...
BANGKOK: The Thai Life Group signed an agreement with
Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a listed subsidiary of San Miguel
Corporation, to form a new joint venture distillery business
for the Thai market.
DATES CONFIRMED...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae announced its defined dates for
issuing Benchmark Bills and noncallable Benchmark Notes in
2005. As previously announced in July of 2004, the company
retains the option of electing to forego any monthly scheduled
Benchmark Securities issuance.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of three securities issues amounting to a total of
US$200 million on various dates at a redemption price equal to
100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
HANDSET ANTENNA...
BARCELONA: Telecoms antenna developer Fractus started
deliveries of the first handset antenna using its patented
FracPlane technology, which enables a combined antenna and
ground plane height of just 3.2mm.
http://www.fractus.com
FRESH AIR...
SYDNEY: Reckitt Benckiser has launched Air Wick Decosphere
in New Zealand, a dome-shaped liquid air freshener.
CHEVRONTEXACO PROJECT...
JAKARTA: ChevronTexaco confirmed today that a final
investment decision has been reached by its Indonesian
affiliate to expand the Darajat geothermal power project by
building a new 110 MW generating unit in Garut, West Java.
ChevronTexaco Energy Indonesia Ltd (CTEI) operates 100 per cent
of the geothermal resource.
http://www.chevrontexaco.com
SINGTEL EXPANDS...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited and KPN, one
of Europe's telecommunications service providers, announced
today a significant expansion of their IP-VPN MPLS network
coverage through a distribution agreement.
http://www.singtel.com
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