SYDNEY, July 4 -- AsiaNet
BLOOMBERG LINEUP...
NEW YORK - Bloomberg, the leading global provider of data,
news and analytics, today unveiled its lineup of live events
and selected interviews available on Bloomberg Television,
Bloomberg Radio), and to users of the Bloomberg Professional
service, for the week ahead, July 04 through July 08.
http://www.bloomberg.com
WIRELESS SUMMIT...
TOKYO - The Asia Wireless Summit, which brings together
leaders in wireless communications administration from Asia
will be heald on the Thursday the 14th of July at Tokyo Big
Sight, Tokyo, Japan.
http://www.ric.co.jp/expo/wj2005/en_course.html
2012 OLYMPICS...
LONDON - Due to high demand, a selection of key news-feature
stories and highlights of the London 2012 Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games Bid is now available for media to download
from the London 2012 website.
http://www.thenewsmarket.com
http://www.london2012.com
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050701/178261A
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050701/178261B
US AIRPORTS...
COLUMBUS - Four airports, all of them once used by the U.S.
military, will get federal funds to improve their facilities
and attract new business, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Norman Y. Mineta announced today.
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 4 securities issues amounting to a total of US$195.5
million on July 12 and 14 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
NEW DIODE...
MILPITAS, Calif. - California Micro Devices has announced
the availability of its newest PicoGuard ultra low capacitance
diode arrays for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for
digital consumer and computing applications.
http://www.calmicro.com
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050701/SFF018
STEWART DIVIDEND...
HAMILTON - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced Friday that it
has declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per common
share. The dividend is payable on 29 July 2005 to shareholders
of record as of 15 July 2005.
http://www.wpstewart.com
IT PARTNERS...
BEIJING - Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT
services company, and Microsoft were selected as strategic
partners by the Sino-India Cooperative Office of the People's
Republic of China.
http://www.microsoft.com/China
http://www.microsoft.com/China/press
VSNL ACQUISITION...
MUMBAI & NEW YORK - Indian telecommunications provider
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited announced Friday the completion of
the acquisition of Tyco Global Network, an undersea cable
network spanning 60,000 kms and the continents of North
America, Europe and Asia.
http://www.vsnl.in
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