SYDNEY, Dec 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
WATERFRONT RESORT...
TOKYO: JAL Hotels Company, Ltd., which operates the Nikko
Hotels International group of luxury international hotels,
announced today that it will assume management this spring of a
large urban resort hotel in Fukuoka, Japan.
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT...
MILPITAS: Sipex Corporation, a leading provider of high
performance, analog integrated circuits, today announced the
SP8064, a new photo detector integrated circuit designed for
use in 16x DVD writers.
www.sipex.com
BUSINESS EXPANSION...
OSAKA: Elecom Co., Ltd., a major PC peripheral equipment
company in Japan, on December 15 established an Italian sales
company, the firm's third sales company in Europe following
those in the United Kingdom (established February 2003) and
Germany (established October 2004).
UKRAINIAN ELECTION...
KIEV: A nation-wide Exit Poll conducted by two leading U.S.
public opinion researchers have declared opposition leader
Viktor Yushchenko the overwhelming winner in today's re-run of
the heavily contested Presidential Election.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$100
million on January 3, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
Fannie Mae will also redeem US$80 million MTN securities
issues on January 6, 2005.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SYDNEY-HOBART RACE...
SYDNEY: Centrebet says that the 60th Sydney Hobart Yacht
Race is the most competitive ever with three big boats - Konica
Minolta (2.60), Skandia (2.60) and Nicorette (3.00) - vying for
favouritism.
http://www.centrebet.com
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