SYDNEY, Aug. 2--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HOTEL CONNECTIVITY...
MELBOURNE - TravelCLICK, through a partnership with Beijing
Great Consulting Co., Ltd., has reached a multi-year agreement
with BTG-Jianguo Hotels and Resorts to provide GDS and website
connectivity via the iHotelier central reservation system.
http://www.travelclick.net
http://www.btgjianguo.com.cn
http://www.bgcc.cn
H1 RESULTS...
SAO PAULO - Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. reports net
income of R$ 2.5 billion for the first half of 2005 - complete
financial statements are available on the Itau website:
http://www.itauri.com.br.
BRAIN PROTECTION...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Living Cell Technologies Ltd announced
pre-clinical results today showing its brain protection
product, NeurotrophinCell produces a marked reduction in the
size of brain lesions in a Huntingtons disease model.
http://www.lctglobal.com
BALLROOM DANCING...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - In the United States, millions of
American television viewers have learned what Australians have
been enjoying for years - celebrity and instructor pairs in
competition ballroom dancing.
http://www.arthurmurray.com
ESTATE AUCTION...
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - More than 12 years after his death the
contents of the Dizzy Gillespie estate will be sold.
http://www.dawsonandnye.com/dizzy
NCIRCLE MARKETING...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - nCircle, provider of enterprise-class
vulnerability and risk management solutions, announced
Lightsource Technologies of Australia and K Solutions of Asia
have joined the nAble Partner Program and will market and
distribute nCircle products to enterprise customers in
Australia.
http://www.ncircle.com
CHINA APPOINTMENT...
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the
premier provider of legal services to technology, life
sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that it
has hired Carmen Chang to lead its China practice and expansion
to the region.
http://www.wsgr.com
IT CONTRACT...
PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems Corporation announced that
Metaldyne, a leading global designer and supplier of automotive
industry components, has selected the company to provide
network management, service desk and data center operations as
part of a 10-year Information Technology services contract.
http://www.sec.gov
http://www.perotsystems.com
TV FEATURE...
PORTLAND Ore. - Axial Vector Engine Corporation announced it
would be featured on the nationally acclaimed business
television show, "World Business Review," a weekly television
series hosted by General Alexander Haig (RET) and former
Secretary of State under former President Ronald Reagan.
http://www.aeromarinengine.com
http://www.runonideas.com
IMAGINE CUP...
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. announced winners of the
Imagine Cup 2005 after an intensive week of competition among
finalists from a pool of nearly 17,000 students representing
more than 90 countries, all vying for the chance to win cash
prizes totaling close to a quarter of a million dollars.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/imaginecup/
http://www.microsoft.com/
GLOBELEQ ACQUISITION...
HOUSTON, Texas - Globeleq, the emerging markets power company,
announced that it had reached an agreement with El Paso
Corporation to purchase their portfolio of power generation
assets in South Asia for $109 million.
http://www.globeleq.com
SATELLITE RADIO...
NEW DELHI - Delphi Corporation, a world leader in automotive
systems and components, announced it has signed an agreement
with WorldSpace, Inc., the only global satellite radio
broadcaster spanning India and China, to make mobile satellite
radio available in Asia for the first time.
http://www.delphi.com/media
SCO PRODUCT...
NEW DELHI - SCO India Pvt. Ltd, announced the launch of SCO
OpenServer Release 6 in India, with events to be held in
Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.
http://www.SCO.com
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