AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Monday November 14 - newswit
SYDNEY, Nov. 14 -- AsiaNet
WIRELESS SYSTEMS...
HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. announced today a franchise
distribution agreement to market Boston based Ember
Corporation's (Ember) ZigBee wireless mesh networking systems
throughout Arrow's 41 sales offices in 11 countries and
territories in the Asia Pacific region.
www.ember.com
www.arrowasia.com
BABYLON LAUNCHES...
YEHUDA: Babylon Ltd., the leading provider of single-click
translation and information access software, today announced
the launch of the well known Britannica Concise Encyclopedia as
part of Babylon's premium content offering.
www.babylon.com
www.britannica.com
SHOPPING SEARCH...
TOKYO: Smarter.com today announced the launch of comparison
shopping search websites in both Japan and China. Smarter.com
is the first U.S. comparison shopping search engine to launch
in both Japan and China, and the first comparison shopping
search engine to be available in the three largest internet
markets by number of users (U.S., China and Japan).
www.dahongbao.com
www.morerebates.com
www.waribikiya.com
www.smarter.com/press
www.couponmountain.com
www.smarter.com.cn
www.smarter.co.jp
www.smarter.com
STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP...
HONG KONG: MCI, Inc. announced it is working with Microsoft
to offer newly enhanced IP-based collaboration services for
businesses across Asia Pacific. With the latest version of MCI
Net Conferencing Powered by Microsoft Live Meeting, launched in
July in the United States and Europe, Asia Pacific companies
can now conduct Web conferences that feel more like virtual
meetings.
www.mci.com
VICE-PRESIDENT NAMED...
EL SEGUNDO: Computer Sciences Corporation has announced that
Kenneth Y. Wang has been named vice president and general
manager of CSC's China operations. In this role, Wang will be
responsible for business development and service delivery
commitments within the region.
www.csc.com
GEAC APPOINTS...
MARKHAM: Geac Computer Corporation Limited, a global
enterprise software company dedicated to addressing the needs
of CFOs, has announced the appointment of Doug Ring as Chief
Technology Officer.
www.geac.com
GLOBAL MARKETING...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. has announced the
appointment of Fred T. Busk III to the newly established
position of Managing Director - Global Marketing. Mr. Busk will
be responsible for the development and implementation of the
Company's global marketing, asset gathering and client
servicing initiatives.
www.wpstewart.com
ALL-CASH OFFER...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) has
announced that it has entered into a definitive support
agreement with Canico Resource Corp., pursuant to which CVRD
will amend the terms of its previously announced take-over bid
to, among other things, increase the offer price to C$20.80 in
cash per Canico common share.
www.cvrd.com.br
KING KONG...
BRISBANE: Australian curators have traced the origins of the
iconic image of Fay Wray in the grasp of King Kong to a
nineteenth century French sculpture.
www.kissofthebeast.com
FRANKFURT AIRPORT...
FRANKFURT: October 2005 could be described as a month of
records for Frankfurt Airport, Germany's largest airport. Both
passenger traffic and aircraft movements, as well as mean
takeoff weights - important for calculating airport charges -
hit levels never before reached in any previous October.
www.fraport.de
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