SYDNEY, March 8--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BROTHER SUBSIDIARY...
NAGOYA - Brother Industries, Ltd. announces that it has
received an official permit from the Ministry of Commerce of
the People's Republic of China to establish a wholesale
company, Brother (China) Ltd., as a wholly owned subsidiary of
Brother.
BROKERAGE REVIEW...
GREENWICH - Interactive Brokers LLC came in as the Number
One software-based broker in Barron's 2005 annual review of
online brokerage firms.
http://www.interactivebrokers.com
NEW SERVERS...
TOKYO - Raritan Computer Inc. today is introducing five new
models of the Dominion SX, its IP-based secure console server
for remote access and control of serial devices, such as
servers and routers, from anywhere, at anytime.
OMEGA PRESENTATION...
MELBOURNE - OMEGA ambassadors & World Champs Meet Michael
Schumacher & Ian Thorpe OMEGA ambassadors Michael Schumacher
and Ian Thorpe presented each other with exclusive OMEGA
timepieces in recognition of their history making
achievements.
http://www.aapmedianet.com.au
http://www.asianetnews.net
SEMICONDUCTOR EXPO...
SHANGHAI - SEMICON China 2005, the largest and most
comprehensive exposition in China dedicated to semiconductor
manufacturing technology, will feature the latest technology
products from more than 935 exhibitors occupying 1,500 booths
including the new IC Manufacturing and Design Automation
Pavilion.
http://www.fsa.org
http://www.semi.org
FINANCIAL RESULTS...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp.
today announced financial results for the year and quarter
ended Dec. 31, 2004.
http://www.quintiles.com
http://www.quintiles.com/Corporate_Info/Broadcast_Center
JOINT VENTURE...
NEW YORK - In an unprecedented agreement augmenting
U.S.-China business and cultural exchange, Beijing Gehua
Cultural Development Group (Gehua Group), and Clear Channel
Entertainment (CCE) today announced a landmark, 50-year joint
venture.
http://www.cc.com
http://www.clearchannel.com
HEALTH STUDY...
ORLANDO - Investigators from the Women's Health Study (WHS)
reported Monday important new findings demonstrating a
significant benefit for aspirin in the prevention of a first
stroke in apparently healthy women.
TOURISM EXHIBITION...
FRANKFURT - Fraport AG, the owner and manager of Frankfurt
Airport (FRA), will be exhibiting again at this year's
International Tourism Exchange (ITB) from March 11 to 15 at the
Berlin exhibition grounds in Germany.
http://www.fraport.de
HANDWRITTEN MESSAGING...
PARIS - Realeyes3D, the pioneer in handwritten messaging and
other embedded applications and content services for camera
phones, announced Monday the world-premiere availability of
handwritten messaging on Samsung's SCH-S260 handset, released
in Korea.
http://www.realeyes3d.com
http://www.partechvc.com
http://www.siemens.com/mobile
http://www.isourcegestion.fr
TRADE MISSION...
MIAMI - The Jay Malina International Trade Consortium of
Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S., chaired by Hon. Jose "Pepe"
Diaz, Miami-Dade Commissioner, will be conducting a 17-member
business and trade development mission to Asia from March 7-20,
2005.
http://www.miamidade.gov/itc
IP SERVER...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a leading
supplier of media processing and call-control products, today
announced a new release of its SnowShore IP Media Server that
provides increased scalability, density and interoperability.
http://www.brooktrout.com
DFT COMPILER...
MUNICH - Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor
design software, today announced DFT Compiler MAX, its next
generation DFT synthesis solution, offering 1-pass test data
volume compression capabilities to address design and test
challenges occurring in 130-nm and smaller process
technologies.
http://www.micronas.com
http://www.synopsys.com
PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT...
SAN JOSE, Calif - Atmel Corporation and Celoxica Ltd
announced today cooperation that extends Electronic System
Level (ESL) design to a family of dynamically reconfigurable
processors currently under development at Atmel.
http://www.celoxica.com
http://www.atmel.com
NATIONAL STANDARD...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A4Vision announced today that its
proposal to amend the existing US national standard for Face
Recognition Format and Data Interchange to include 3D facial
image data has been supported and co-sponsored by an impressive
alliance, including ID Technology Partners, Logitech, Motorola,
Oracle and Unisys Corporation.
http://www.a4vision.com
EUROZONE SURVEY...
LONDON - Today's Bloomberg Eurozone Retail Purchasing
Managers' Index, a monthly survey indicating economic
conditions in the Eurozone retail sector one month ahead of
government figures, indicates that month-on-month sales at
Eurozone retailers continued to fall in February and that
profits fell.
http://www.bloomberg.com
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