SYDNEY, Jan. 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
NAN SHAN...
TAIPEI: Approved by the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance on
January 10, Nan Shan Life from Taiwan is going to establish a
representative office in Hanoi soon.
http://www.nanshanlife.com.tw
DENDRITIC NANOTECHNOLOGIES...
MELBOURNE: Dendritic NanoTechnologies Inc. (DNT), The Dow
Chemical Company and Starpharma Holdings Limited of Melbourne,
Australia, have reached an agreement.
http://www.starpharma.com
BANK KYOTO...
KYOTO: The Bank of Kyoto, set up its Representative Office
in Shanghai on December 15, 2004, was due to hold an opening
reception at Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai on January 27, 2005.
http://www.kyotobank.co.jp/
SANTOS VISION...
ADELAIDE: Santos will invest a total of $153 million testing
prospects within its expanding domestic and international
exploration portfolio - up 21 per cent from the $126 million
spent on exploration in 2004.
www.santos.com
PERU AIRPORT...
FRANKFURT: The new Peru Plaza at Jorge Chavez International
Airport (LIM) in Lima has been officially inaugurated by Peru's
President Alejandro Toledo Manrique and Fraport AG's executive
board chairman Dr. Wilhelm Bender.
http://www.fraport.de
WP STEWART...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. reported net income of
$21.8 million, or $0.48 per share (diluted) and $0.48 per share
(basic), for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2004.
http://www.wpstewart.com
GIZMONDO EUROPE...
LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., has announced Mike Morgan
will be joining the Tiger Telematics management team as Vice
President of Worldwide Sales for Gizmondo from the 1st February
2005.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
CANCER FIND...
BASEL: New data have shown that adding Tarceva (erlotinib)
to chemotherapy improves survival in patients with locally
advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.
http://www.roche.com
CANCER STUDY...
BASEL: A new study shows Avastin (bevacizumab, rhuMAb-VEGF)
significantly increases survival in patients with advanced
colorectal cancer when used in combination with an
oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy regimen.
http://www.roche.com
PEPSI DIVIDEND...
PURCHASE, N.Y: The Board of Directors of PepsiCo declared a
quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share on PepsiCo common stock.
The dividend is payable March 31, 2005 to shareholders of
record on March 11, 2005.
http://www.pepsico.com
CLINTON TALKS...
DAVOS: Former President Bill Clinton said that he is
organizing a major annual gathering of leaders to address
global challenges, with the first meeting set to take place
this fall in New York City.
http://www.ClintonGlobalInitiative.org
BALL'S GOOD...
MELBOURNE: Auto-Ref Inc. owner of sophisticated technology
designed to bring more accuracy to the game of tennis,
announced today from the Australian Open that it has received
the U.S. patent 6,816,185 for System and Method for Judging
Boundary Lines.
IRANIAN ANGER...
DAVOS: In an exclusive interview on Bloomberg Television,
Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi stated that Iran rejects any
"discriminatory" proposals to restrict its nuclear work.
http://www.bloomberg.com
TAKING STOCK...
MELBOURNE: The Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report has added
Starpharmas American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)to its
Nanosphere list of leading nanotechnology stocks.
www.forbes.com/newsletters
RESONANCE HEALTH...
PERTH: Resonance Health Limited announced today that its
subsidiary, Inner Vision Biometrics Pty Ltd (IVB), has achieved
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing approval for
FerriScan its novel non-invasive diagnostic test for liver iron
concentration.
www.resonancehealth.com
www.ferriscan.com
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