SHARES DE-LISTING...
BEIJING: China Cable and Communication, Inc., a leading China-based cable TV
company, Wednesday announced it has engaged legal counsel in Germany to de-list
its stock from any and all foreign exchanges.
http://www.chinacable.us
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING...
ATLANTA, Ga. & HONG KONG: Ross Systems Inc. and CDC Software, a
wholly-owned subsidiary and software division of chinadotcom corporation,
Wednesday announced the meeting date of Ross Systems shareholders to vote on
its Board of Directors' recommendation to approve the merger with chinadotcom
corporation.
http://www.corp.china.com
ONSITE SERVICES...
SHENZHEN: BroadenGate Systems, Inc., one of China's fastest growing software
outsourcing companies, Wednesday announced that on June 22, 2004, it secured
two long term contracts from China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited to provide onsite
services on software development and testing.
http://www.chinamobilehk.com
WLAN PA...
TAIPEI: RF Integrated Corp. (RFIC), a leading Wireless RF component
manufacturer, Wednesday announced that its 802.11b WLAN power amplifier -
AP1092 will be packaged with TI chipsets for making HP's new smartphone h6300,
the first consumer model smartphone with three wireless technologies of
GSM/GPRS, 802.11b Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 1.1 in one package.
http://www.rfintc.com
SARS PROTECTION...
BURLINGTON, Vt.: Triosyn Corp., a developer of products aimed at protecting
against microbial threats, Wednesday announced that tests conducted by Health
Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory show that Triosyn T-1000 Series
Respirators protect against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
http://www.triosyn.com
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
PAYMENT SOLUTION...
ZURICH: Bluewin, a subsidiary of Switzerland's largest telecommunication
provider Swisscom Fixnet, and Webpay International AG, the parent company of
the German market leader in online-payments, FIRSTGATE Internet AG, introduce
the Internet payment solution Click&Buy in Switzerland.
http://www.webpay-international.com
WLAN CHIPSETS...
TOKYO: IceFyre(TM) Semiconductor, Inc. will demonstrate wireless local area
network (WLAN) chipsets that support next-generation WLAN-enabled multimedia
products on July 21-23, 2004 at the Wireless Japan 2004 being held at the Tokyo
International Exhibition Centre.
http://www.icefyre.com
FAMILY FOUNDATION...
SEATTLE, Wash.: Bill Gates, co-founder and trustee of the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, Wednesday announced that he will pledge to the family
foundation all of his proceeds from a decision announced by Microsoft Corp. to
issue a one-time, special stock dividend.
HYDROGEN FUEL...
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.: Air Products' hydrogen fueling technology was placed
into use on Monday for the first time at a retail site in Asia as BP Singapore
held a public launch ceremony to officially open its hydrogen filling station,
located in the eastern suburb area of Singapore.
http://www.airproducts.com
FIRST PRODUCTION...
OKLAHOMA CITY: Kerr-McGee China Petroleum, Ltd., a wholly owned affiliate of
Kerr-McGee Corp., announced that it achieved first production from four wells
at its development of the CFD 11-1 and CFD 11-2 fields on block 04/36 in Bohai
Bay, China, on July 18.
http://www.kerr-mcgee.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two
securities issues amounting to a total of US$141.542 million on July 30, 2004
at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PHISHING PREVENTION...
ADDISON, Texas: Wireless & Mobile Solutions, Inc. (WMS), a leader in
wireless technology marketing, has introduced a mobile solution to prevent
phishing.
http://www.wireless-mobile.com/
http://www.handsetmedia.com
http://www.soprano.com.au
SALE AGREEMENT...
IRVINE, California: Edison Mission Energy (EME) and its parent Edison
International Tuesday announced that EME had entered into an agreement to sell
its 51.2 percent holding in Contact Energy Ltd. to Origin Energy Limited for
NZ$5.67 per share, or total consideration of NZ$1,674.7 million.
http://www.edisonnews.com
MICROPOWER REGULATOR...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connect and
Protect IC solutions, Tuesday launched its latest micropower low dropout
regulator, the MIC5253.
http://www.micrel.com
TRITON ATMS...
LONG BEACH, Miss.: Triton, the leader in off-premise ATMs, Tuesday announced
that it will open the Triton Standard interface specifications for availability
to the many manufacturers emulating Triton ATMs.
http://www.tritonatm.com
STRONG GROWTH...
BASEL: Novartis has released strong first half 2004 results, with group
sales rising 14.9 per cent on-year to US$13.6 billion.
www.novartis.com
TELEDATA WINS...
AMSTERDAM: Teledata Networks, a leading provider of wireline access products
and network solutions for telecom operators and service providers worldwide,
was a winner in a tender issued by Kazakhtelecom, the ILEC (Incumbent Local
Exchange Carrier) of Kazakhstan.
www.teledata-networks.com
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