SYDNEY, March 11--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
IP DEVELOPMENT...
ASHBURN - MCI, Inc. today announced it is working with
Microsoft to develop, support and deploy new IP-based
technology solutions for customers.
http://www.mci.com
VISTEON AGREEMENT...
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Visteon Corporation today
announced a financial agreement with Ford Motor Company that
will improve Visteon's operating results and cash flow and
strengthen the operations that directly serve the automaker.
http://www.visteon.com
CANCER MEDICINE...
BASEL - Patients in Europe with advanced (metastatic)
colorectal cancer are now eligible to receive the unique new
life extending cancer medicine, Avastin (bevacizumab,
rhuMAb-VEGF).
http://www.roche.com
http://www.gene.com
http://www.health-kiosk.ch
http://www.thenewsmarket.com
ACCOUNTS SERVICE...
SYDNEY - Financial Models Company Inc. today announced that
Model Portfolios Pty Ltd, a new administration service for
managed discretionary accounts (MDA), are poised to launch in
April and will base their operations on FMCSuite.
http://www.fmco.com
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES...
SAN FRANCISCO - Based on the company's commitment to new
clean fuels technology, substantial capacity expansion plans,
expanded integration into retail markets and commitment to
excellence and quality control, Reliance Industries Ltd. today
is honored by World Refining magazine as 2005 "International
Refiner of the Year."
http://www.worldfuels.com
http://www.ril.com
GIZMONDO DISTRIBUTION...
LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd confirmed Thursday it has
signed an agreement with Napoli-based distribution company,
Com. Met. S.r.l., for distribution rights in Italy, ahead of
Gizmondo's pan-European roll out this spring.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
OFFER INCREASE...
FORT WASHINGTON - Coventry First announced Thursday that it
has increased its offer to 21st Services, a provider of medical
underwriting services, from $5 million to $10 million if 21st
Services can provide independent verification that its
underwriting over the last six years was accurate.
http://www.coventryfirst.com
XYRATEX MILESTONE...
HAVANT - Xyratex Ltd announced Thursday that the Company had
shipped its millionth disk drive production test slot from the
organization's Asia-Pacific production facility based in
Seremban, Malaysia.
http://www.xyratex.com
FRAPORT CONFERENCE...
FRANKFURT - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
will be hosting the first industry conference and exhibition
dedicated exclusively to the Airbus A380 jet and the new age of
superjumbo travel.
http://www.fraport.de
http://www.a380conference.com
PLANT BUYER...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - National Semiconductor Corporation
announced Thursday that it is seeking a buyer for its assembly
and test plant in Toa Payoh, Singapore.
http://www.national.com
ASTEA MODULE...
HORSHAM, Pa. - Astea International Inc., a global provider
of service management solutions, announced a new module for its
Alliance service management solution.
http://www.astea.com
SATELLITE NAVIGATION...
LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,
Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., announced Thursday it will
be profiling a satellite navigation software application on the
Gizmondo stand at the CeBIT European consumer electronics and
videogames show, which starts today in Hannover, Germany.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
http://www.tomtom.com
GLOBAL SUMMIT...
MEDAN - The Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable
Development meeting or Lake Toba Summit kicked off in North
Sumatra on Thursday bearing the theme Global Partnership for
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Post Disaster
Settlement.
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