AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday October 28,2005
SYDNEY, Oct. 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
VIDEOCAST SERVICE...
TOKYO - Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. has released Videocast
Service which distributes video messages from websites using
videocasting technology.
http://www.mitsue.co.jp/english/
CORPORATE RANKINGS...
PLANO - Perot Systems Corporation announced today that it
has been ranked first among technology companies in the 2005
InformationWeek 500 corporate rankings of most innovative users
of information technology.
http://www.perotsystems.com
THAI ACQUISITION...
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Brady Corporation, a world leader in
identification solutions and precision die-cut materials,
announced that it has acquired QDPT (Thailand) Co. Ltd., in
Wangnoi, Ayutthaya, Thailand.
http://www.bradycorp.com
http://www.qdpt.co.th
RESEARCH RESULTS...
SINGAPORE and IRVINE, Calif. - PrimeGen Biotech, LLC, a 3
year old privately-held stem cell engineering firm, announced
it will present results of its research on the therapeutic
reprogramming of murine germ-line stem cells at the Keystone
Symposium on Stem Cells, Senescence and Cancer, currently being
held in Singapore.
http://www.primegenbiotech.com
COOPER TIRE...
FINDLAY, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced
that an agreement has been reached for Cooper Tire to obtain 51
per cent ownership in Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Passenger
Tire Co. Ltd. and Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Truck Tire
Company, Ltd.
http://www.coopertireandrubber.com
SYDNEY OFFICE...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. - CIBER, Inc. announced that it has
extended its global reach to a new continent with the opening
of an office in Sydney, Australia.
http://www.ciber.com
DINMAR CONTRACT...
OTTAWA - Dinmar, a leading North American healthcare
information technology company, announced that the South
Australia Department of Health has signed a contract for the
Medication Management Module of the Oacis Order Management
application.
http:// www.dinmar.com
FINANCIAL RESULTS...
HAMILTON - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. reported net income of
$12.2 million, or $0.27 per share (diluted) and $0.27 per share
(basic), for the third quarter ended 30 September 2005.
http://www.wpstewart.com
http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz410327404gf12.html
BIRD FLU...
HONG KONG - A new poll completed this
week by global market-information provider TNS reveals an
extremely high level of concern and pessimism in Hong Kong and
elsewhere in Asia about the potential consequences to public
health, with many consumers already having made changes to
their dietary habits or travel plans as a direct result of the
perceived threat.
http:// www.tns-global.com
GROUP PROFIT...
LONDON - British American Tobacco for the quarter to 30
September 2005 said group profit from operations was 43 per
cent lower at 1,901 million pounds sterling.
http://www.bat.com/
RAINBOW MEDIA...
HONG KONG - Media channel veteran Gregory Ang has
successfully enticed HD TV content giant, Rainbow Media LLC
(Rainbow) into Asia.
http://www.rainbow-media.com
http://www.gangtv.tv
VISA SPONSORSHIP...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The International Paralympic
Committee and Visa International announced that they have
renewed their exclusive partnership agreement making Visa the
official payments sponsor of the IPC through the Beijing 2008
Paralympic Games.
http://www.paralympic.org
http://www.corporate.visa.com
CHINESE MICROSATELLITE...
GUILDFORD - At 7.32 a.m. BST on Thursday 27th October China
will take its place as one of the leading nations in the field
of space technology with the launch of the innovative Beijing-1
earth-monitoring microsatellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in
northern Russia.
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/index.html
CNPC ACQUISITION...
CALGARY and BEIJING - China National Petroleum Corporation's
acquisition of PetroKazakhstan Inc., through its wholly-owned
subsidiary CNPC International, was successfully concluded after
receiving formal approval from the Court of Queen's Bench, in
Calgary, Alberta.
www.cnpc.com.cn/english/
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