SYDNEY, March 9--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
GOLF TOURNAMENT...
BEIJING - Retief Goosen, the two-time US Open Champion
ranked number 5 in the world, has confirmed his entry for the
2005 Johnnie Walker Classic.
http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com
REUTERS LAUNCH...
BANGKOK - Reuters, the global information and news company,
today announced the launch of Reuters Order Routing for
Equities (RORE) for the equity trading community in Thailand.
http://www.reuters.com
PRIZE MONEY...
TEL AVIV - RAD Data Communications has announced that it
will award $1,000 to the first person to correctly solve the
"Challenging Brain Teaser" question currently posted on its
corporate Web site.
http://www.rad.com
http://www.rad.com/Article/0,6583,20746,00.html
APPAREL CONTRACT...
SINGAPORE & MARKHAM - Geac today announced it has won a
contract valued at more than US$800,000 with Smart Shirts
Limited of Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Kellwood Company (NYSE:
KWD), a leading marketer of apparel and consumer soft goods.
http://www.geac.com
McDONALD'S CAMPAIGN...
NEW YORK, FEATURE PHOTO SERVICE - Today McDonald's launched
a new worldwide Balanced, Active Lifestyles public awareness
campaign, "it's what I eat and what I do," with the help of
hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and five-time gold-medallist speed
skater, Bonnie Blair.
HR COMPETITION...
SINGAPORE - "What Are We Missing?" - Mercer Human Resource
Consulting challenges graduate researchers to find answers to
the issues that keep Asian HR managers awake at night - Winner
takes home US$10,000.
http://www.mercerHR.com/mercerawardasia
STONEBRIDGE CHINA...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Stonebridge International LLC, a leading global
business strategy firm, announced Tuesday the establishment of
Stonebridge China to enhance its presence in Asia.
http://www.stonebridge-international.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 2securities issues amounting to a total of US$322.98
million on March 18, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100
percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET...
LONDON - With 70 per cent market growth in 2003 China has
become the world's third largest automotive market, raising the
question; Will Shanghai become the new Detroit?.
http://www.autologisticsasia.com
QUALCOMM CONFERENCE...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - QUALCOMM Incorporated will host a news
conference to discuss the succession plan for senior company
management, Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 1 - 1:30 p.m.
http://www.qualcomm.com
QUALCOMM MANAGEMENT...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - QUALCOMM Incorporated Tuesday announced
at its annual stockholders' meeting that its board of directors
has unanimously approved a succession plan for executive
management of the Company.
http://www.qualcomm.com
SEMICONDUCTOR AVAILABILITY...
NANTES - Corporation, a global leader in the development and
fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced
Tuesday the availability of its new AT89LP family, based on a
Single-Cycle 8051 Core.
http://www.atmel.com
MINING RESULTS...
SYDNEY - Allegiance Mining NL is very pleased and encouraged
by the recently announced drilling results and the progress
made on the Avebury Nickel Sulphide Project.
FRITZ!BOX FON...
BERLIN and PARIS - NetCentrex, the leading enabler of
voice-video-data networks and next-generation services, and
AVM, the leading supplier of VoIP devices, have completed their
joint interoperability testing of the FRITZ!Box Fon and
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN from AVM with NetCentrex's CCS Softswitch
environment, using the SIP protocol.
http://www.netcentrex.net
http://www.avm.de/en
GSM PHONE...
IRVINE, Calif. - Hop-on.com, Inc. announced that it will
launch a dual band (900/1800 MHz) GSM cell phone targeted for
the India market that will be available for only US$36 in
quantities of at least 10,000 units.
http://www.Hop-on.com
PERTO APPOINTMENTS...
PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems Corporation Tuesday announced
the appointments of Anuroop (Tony) Singh to its Board of
Directors and Padma Ravichander as managing director of the
company's Technology Services division and senior executive for
India and the Asia-Pacific region.
http://www.perotsystems.com
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