SYDNEY, April 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
OBI EXPANSION...
WERMELSKIRCHEN: The supervisory board of OBI AG decided to
increasingly focus the company's expansion course on European
countries. Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy and
Switzerland in particular will play a central role as potential
growth markets in the expansion policy of Europe's leading DIY
brand.
BANCO ITAU...
SAO PAULO: Banco Itau Holding Financeira S/A has announced a
May 4 Webcast about its results for the first quarter of
2005.
http://itauir.com
PEPSICO MEETING...
PURCHASE, N.Y: PepsiCo announced that its annual
shareholders' meeting will be webcast live from Plano, Texas,
over the Internet on Wednesday, May 4, at 11 AM local time
(12:00 noon ET).
http://www.pepsico.com
STATS CHIPPAC...
SINGAPORE: STATS ChipPAC Ltd., an independent semiconductor
test and advanced packaging service provider, has announced
results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.
www.statschippac.com
STANLEY WORKS...
NEW BRITAIN, Conn: The Stanley Works announced that Jeff
Chen, 46, has been named Vice President, Global Operations and
has been elected a corporate executive officer effective
immediately.
http://www.StanleyWorks.com
KOMAG RESULTS...
SAN JOSE, Calif: Komag, Incorporated, an independent
supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, has announced
record finished disk shipments of 22.2 million units, net
income of $18.5 million, and diluted earnings per share of
$0.59 on $140.3 million of revenue for the first quarter of
2005.
http://www.komag.com
CVRD RESULTS...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce will release its
first quarter 2005 earnings on Wednesday, May 11, 2005, after
market close.
http://www.cvrd.com.br
SPEEDERA NETWORKS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: Speedera Networks Inc., a global
provider of on-demand distributed hosting and content delivery
services, today announced Speedera SinoCDN, the only service
for in-country delivery of Web content within China that is
provided by a truly global content delivery service provider.
www.speedera.com
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