SYDNEY, Dec. 7 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EBAY SALE...
ST. JOHNS: GoldenPalace.com, the online casino that recently
bought the immensely popular Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese
Sandwich, has just bought another paranormal item on eBay, a
haunted walking cane for an unbelievable US$65,000.
http://www.GoldenPalace.com
MOBILE AWARDS...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. announced
Monday that it has won the first prize for the mobile games
section of the Ericsson Mobile Applications Award 2004 with its
innovative 3G product: "V-Girl (tm) - your virtual
girlfriend".
http://www.artificial-life.com
ISO RENEWAL...
TEMPE, Ariz.: Health and security assistance provider
MedAire, Inc. has renewed its ISO 9001:2000 certification after
the company successfully passed its bi-annual ISO audit,
conducted by Australia-based International Certifications,
Ltd.
http://www.medaire.com
COMPANY ACQUISITION...
CARLSBAD, Calif.: Medex, Inc. announced Monday that Smiths
Group plc, a UK based manufacturer has agreed to acquire
privately-held Medex in a transaction which will greatly
enhance the global presence of Smiths Medical for devices used
in critical care.
http://www.medex.com
SEMICONDUCTOR OUTLOOK...
EL SEGUNDO, California.: The market research company iSuppli
Corp. issued two press releases Monday covering its revised
outlook for semiconductor industry growth in 2005 and its
preliminary chip market share estimate for 2004.
http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=3706
http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=3707
http://www.isuppli.com/about/index.asp
PRICE INCREASE...
WILMINGTON, Delaware: DuPont Titanium Technologies announced
Monday a price increase in Asia Pacific for DuPont(TM) titanium
dioxide grades effective Jan. 1, 2005.
http://www.dupont.com
ACCELERATION TECHNOLOGY...
AUSTIN, Texas: Tehuti Networks, a fabless semiconductor
company, has developed and is now offering TCP/IP acceleration
technology designed for servers and motherboards that network
through 1- and 10-gigabit Ethernet.
http://www.tehutinetworks.com
NOTE ISSUE...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae will not issue Callable Benchmark
Notes this month.
http://www.fanniemae.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 December 16 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NEW WEBSITE...
LOS ANGELES: People around the globe will do a double take
when they see the newly redesigned Oakwood.com, home to the
most trusted name in corporate housing, Oakwood Worldwide.
http://www.oakwood.com
REVENUE UPDATE...
SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent
supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, is updating its
revenue outlook for the fourth quarter of 2004.
http://www.komag.com
MARKETING AGREEMENT...
MILAN: Eurand announced Monday that it has signed a
definitive agreement with Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.,
to market Eurand's Potassium Chloride 20mEq tablet product.
http://www.eurand.com
http://www.parpharm.com
RETAIL FIGURES...
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,
reported Monday a fourth consecutive monthly decline in sales
value figures.
http://www.bloomberg.com
COMPANY PARTNERSHIP...
HONG KONG: AsiaPay Limited, a leading provider of ePayment
processing and security service and solutions in Asia,
announced Monday partnership with leading eSecurity solution
leader Softforum.
http://www.asiapay.com
http://www.softforum.com http://www.paydollar.com
ENGINEERING ACQUISITION...
TORTONA: The Mossi and Ghisolfi Group (M&G) announced Monday
that it has purchased, for an undisclosed amount, Chemtex
International Inc. (Chemtex) from Mitsubishi Corporation,
acquiring all its engineering, project implementation and
business assets.
VENTURE CAPITAL...
LUND: QlikTech, a game-changing provider of powerful and
rapidly deployable business intelligence software solutions,
announced Monday that it has raised $12.5 million venture
capital funding.
http://www.qliktech.com
http://www.jvpvc.com
http://www.accel.com
BEER MOU...
HO CHI MINH CITY: Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverages
Corporation (SABECO) and Anheuser-Busch International, Inc.,
Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for
cooperation and experience sharing in the beer business.
http://www.anheuser-busch.com
MULTIMEDIA WEBSITE...
TOKYO: Yamaha Corporation has unveiled a website in China
for providing multimedia content created using the Synthetic
music Mobile Application Format (SMAF), a mobile phone content
standard originated by Yamaha that enables the simultaneous
delivery of sound, graphics, and text.
http://www.global.yamaha.com
http://hv.smaf-yamaha.com.cn/
http://smaf-yamaha.com/cn/
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