SYDNEY, June 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
NEW SLOGAN...
BEIJING: With the dream of uniting the world around the
Rings in 2008, the Beijing Olympic Games has a new slogan --
One World, One Dream. The slogan, presented at a grand ceremony
Sunday held at the Workers' Gymnasium in the Chinese
capital,replaces the previous one "New Beijing, Great
Olympics", which had been used during the city's bid for the
2008 Games.
DYNAFLOW SYSTEMS...
GOTHENBURG: Cellectricon proudly announces that AstraZeneca
has implemented multiple Dynaflow systems on several sites
worldwide. AstraZeneca's integration of Dynaflow into their ion
channel drug discovery program is an important validation of
the system and proves its unique efficiency features.
DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT...
TOKYO: Expanding its presence and expertise in the Japanese
market, Geac announced that it has signed a distributor
agreement with BearingPoint Co., Ltd. (BearingPoint Japan), an
operating affiliate of BearingPoint, Inc., one of the world's
largest business consulting and system integration firms, that
will facilitate the delivery of Geac Performance Management
solutions to large and growing Japanese companies.
www.bearingpoint.co.jp
http://www.geac.com
REAL-ESTATE EXHIBITION...
HONG KONG: MIPIM, the international rendezvous for top real
estate professionals, will expand into Asia next year with the
launch of MIPIM ASIA in Hong Kong from September 27 - 29, 2006.
MIPIM and MIPIM ASIA are organised by Reed MIDEM, a company
with over 40 years of exhibition experience.
XML APPLICATION...
SAN FRANCISCO: At the 2005 JavaOne Conference and Expo,
Justsystem Corporation, announces xfy Basic Edition 1.0, an
integrated XML application development/runtime/authoring
environment, along with two associated development tools. The
new environment will free XML technology from the confines of
servers and extend it to the client -- enabling a new
generation of XML-based desktop and mobile applications.
www.xfytec.com
http://www.justsystem.com
PRESIDENT NAMED...
PHILADELPHIA: CIGNA Corporation announced that it will
appoint Paul Hartley as president of CIGNA International,
reporting to CIGNA Chairman and CEO H. Edward Hanway. Hartley,
who most recently served as chief executive officer of CIGNA's
Asia-Pacific region, succeeds Terry Kendall, who passed away
last week following a prolonged illness. Kendall had led CIGNA
International since 1999.
http://www.cigna.com
RESULTS ANNOUNCED...
ORLANDO: GMC Holding Corp. announced results of internal
testing and independent verification of the company's
high-efficiency electromagnetic pulse motor-generator, based
upon the Company's proprietary technology, coined REMAT, an
acronym for Rare Earth Magnetic Amplification Technology, a
trademark also owned by GMC. http://www.gmcholdings.com
http://www.rematinc.com
CM1230 AVAILABILITY...
MILPITAS: California Micro Devices announced the
availability of the CM1230, the newest solution in its family
of PicoGuard ultra low capacitance diode arrays for
electrostatic discharge protection of high speed serial
interfaces.
http://www.calmicro.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$50
million on July 7, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 per
cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
AMERICA'S HEROES...
CHARLOTTE: In acknowledgement of U.S. troops serving at home
and abroad, Bank of America, the Official Bank of Baseball and
one of the world's largest financial institutions, is teaming
up with Fox Sports Net and Major League Baseball on
Independence Day to bring the spirit of the holiday -- and
America's favorite pastime -- to our military service men and
women around the world.
http://www.bankofamerica.com
RF TRANSCEIVER...
GRENOBLE: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor
solutions, announced a new single-chip RF transceiver,
providing high-level performance for ISM band applications,
with notably lowered current consumption and a 30 percent cut
in the low bill-of-materials.
http://www.atmel.com
NIKE RESULTS...
BEAVERTON: Nike, Inc. reported record financial results for
the 2005 fiscal year, ended May 31, 2005. Earnings per diluted
share for the year grew 28 per cent to $4.48, supported by
double digit revenue growth and record gross margins. For the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, revenues increased 12 per cent
to $13.7 billion, compared to $12.3 billion in fiscal year
2004.
http://www.nikebiz.com
AUDIO PLATFORM...
SAN JOSE: CEVA, Inc. the leading licensor of digital signal
processor (DSP) cores, multimedia, GPS and storage platforms to
the semiconductor industry, unveiled CEVA-Audio - a new
DSP-based audio platform targeting high-volume markets such as
portable audio players, cellular handsets and home
entertainment equipment.
http://www.ceva-dsp.com
AUSTRIAN DIRECTORY...
OSLO: Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developer of
enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies,
announced that HEROLD Business Data has deployed FAST AdVisor
to enhance the search capabilities of HEROLD.at's expanded
site, http://www.herold.at. With 36.9 million page impressions
per month, 3.6 million visits and 1.1 million unique clients,
HEROLD.at is Austria's favorite and largest website for
accessing telephone numbers, addresses, products and
services.
http://www.fastsearch.com
http://www.herold.at
MICREL LAUNCHES...
SAN JOSE: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high
bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, announced
the MIC5264, a new dual LDO regulator offered in a miniature
2.5mm x 2.5mm MLF package.
http://www.micrel.com
MARKETING IDEAS...
SINGAPORE: Singapore-based company, World Marketing Group
and The China Post, China's National postal bureau,
collaborated to introduce the United States' most
groundbreaking marketing ideas to Chinese business leaders at
the Western Methods, Asian Applications Forums in Shanghai and
Beijing.
http://www.wmgevents.com
http://www.wmg-group.com
LUNG CANCER...
BASEL: Roche announced that its innovative, oral cancer
medicine Tarceva (erlotinib) has received a positive
recommendation from the European Committee for Medicinal
Products for Human Use for the treatment of non-small cell lung
cancer, the most common form of lung cancer.
http://www.roche.com
http://www.health-kiosk.ch
http://www.osip.com
http://www.gene.com
http://www.lungcancercoalition.org/cancer_facts.html
ILIAD ACQUISITION...
ADELAIDE: At an extraordinary general meeting in Adelaide,
shareholders of Bionomics Limited gave their formal support to
the company's acquisition of Iliad Chemicals and a $6 million
capital raising. Both motions attracted comprehensive support
with over 99% voting in favour of the acquisition and over 96%
in favour of the capital raising.
www.bionomics.com.au
www.iliad.com.au
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