SYDNEY, Aug. 3--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BUSINESS CHECKLIST...
SYDNEY - Leading business improvement specialists, Oliver
Wight International, has launched an updated checklist - The
Oliver Wight Class A Checklist for Business Excellence, Sixth
Edition - for companies seeking to achieve global standards of
business excellence.
http://www.oliverwightasiapacific.com
TICKETMASTER ACQUISITION...
AUCKLAND - New Zealand Post and Ticketmaster, the world's
leading ticketing company, today announced an agreement whereby
Ticketmaster NZ Limited will acquire the Red Tickets brand and
certain ticketing assets from New Zealand Post Limited.
http://www.ticketmaster.com
MARKETING STRATERGIES...
HAMBURG - word of mouth marketing becoming increasingly
important in market strategising as numerous companies are
trying - and in some cases are being compelled - to reduce
their marketing and advertising expenditures.
http://www.b-s-i.org/wom
RARITAN PRODUCTS...
TOKYO - Raritan today announced that its Dominion SX
serial-over-IP product line supports Sun Microsystems newest
operating system Solaris 10 OS for all supported platforms.
http://www.raritan.co.jp
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$100
million on August 12, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
CNOOC BID...
HONG KONG - CNOOC Limited announces that it has withdrawn
its offer for Unocal.
http://www.cnoocltd.com
OPHTHALMIC KNIVES...
ASCOT - Element Six, the world's leading developer and
producer of technical solutions based on diamond, announces the
launch of a new range of diamond ophthalmic knives
incorporating a 'LuerLock' adaptor to facilitate reliable and
easy instrument cleaning.
CHINESE SEARCH...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. & SHANGHAI - Smarter.com announced that it
will be launching a Chinese version of its P4P shopping search
engine in Q4 2005.
http://www.smarter.com
http://www.smarter.com.cn
BOOST CONVERTER...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in
analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC
solutions, has launched the MIC2296, a new highly efficient
DC/DC boost converter.
http://www.micrel.com
COKETUNES LAUNCH...
LONDON - Loudeye Corp., a worldwide leader in
business-to-business digital media solutions, announced Tuesday
it has teamed with Satellite Interactive, a New Zealand based
interactive media company, to launch CokeTunes - a Coca-Cola
branded digital music service for the New Zealand market.
http://www.loudeye.com
INTERTEK ACQUISITION...
HOUSTON, Texas & PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Intertek Caleb Brett, a division of
Intertek Group plc, a leading global testing, inspection and
certification company, announces the acquisition of PARC
Technical Services, Inc., a petroleum and chemical process and
automotive testing services company, from the Shareholders of
Gemini Holdings, Inc.
http://www.intertek-cb.com
http://www.parctech.com
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