ING FINANCIALS...
HONG KONG: ING Financial Markets (ING) announced that due to a string of
recent data surprises in growth across Asia, that it had upgraded its GDP
forecasts for Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
NOVARTIS ANNOUNCEMENT...
PARIS: Novartis announced today at the European Society of Hypertension
meeting and simultaneously published online in The Lancet, the results of VALUE
(Valsartan Antihypertensive Long-term Use Evaluation Trial) a prospective,
double-blind, randomised, active-controlled study conducted at 934 clinical
sites in 31 countries.
www.novartis.com
ECREDIT ANNOUNCEMENT...
DEDHAM, Mass: eCredit announced that Hagemeyer has broadened its
relationship with eCredit by committing to implement eCredit nFusion to
automate its collections processes.
www.ecredit.com
MANGROVE SYSTEMS...
WALLINGFORD, Conn: Mangrove Systems, developer of the industry's first
end-to-end MPLS solution, will unveil its Piranha and Barracuda MetroMPLS
platforms at SUPERCOMM 2004 in Chicago, June 21-24.
www.mangrovesystems.com
MOTOROLA CANOPY...
BEIJING: Motorola, Inc. announced that Daqing Yushulin Oilfield Development
Limited selected its Canopy wireless broadband solution to provide high-speed
data connectivity between its oil drilling sites and data center 18 kilometers
away in the Heilongjiang Province in northern China.
www.motorola.com
HUNGER STRIKE...
TAIPEI: Five hunger strikers and members of the Paper, Allied-Industrial,
Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE) International Union were threatened today by
police of the Taiwan Foreign Ministry with arrest and deportation if they did
not call off their hunger strike in Taipei.
www.fightbackonline.org
ICONIX PHARMACEUTICALS...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif: Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Taisho
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. will engage Iconix to perform a preliminary
chemogenomics profiling and analytical study for a compound in its drug
discovery pipeline.
www.iconixpharm.com
CELLSTAR PACIFIC...
SINGAPORE: Motorola, Inc. announced today that it has named CellStar Pacific
as a distributor to sell Motorola Canopy wireless broadband products into most
countries in Asia.
www.motorola.com
OMA ANNOUNCEMENT...
SINGAPORE: The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) announced at CommunicAsia the
public availability of new and up-leveled mobile specifications.
www.openmobilealliance.org
VENTURE CAPITALISTS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif: Silicon Valley Bank, an American financial services
company serving the technology, life science and private equity industries,
announced it will lead its first delegation of U.S.-based venture capitalists
on an educational and networking trip to Shanghai and Beijing.
www.svb.com
PANAMSAT CORP...
SINGAPORE: PanAmSat Corporation celebrates its tenth year in the
Asia-Pacific market at CommunicAsia 2004, being held from June 15 to June 18,
2004 at the Singapore Convention Center in Singapore.
www.panamsat.com
ST TELEPORT...
SINGAPORE: PanAmSat Corporation announced the signing of a fiber
interconnectivity agreement with ST Teleport, a full-service satellite
communications solution provider based in Singapore.
www.STTeleport.com
SPORT FEST...
WILTON, Conn: PanAmSat Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement
with Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) to deliver live sporting events and
breaking news in high-definition (HD) format via the company's worldwide
satellite and fiber network.
www.panamsat.com
BOOK RELEASE...
MELBOURNE: In his new book `What I Didn't Learn At School But Wish I Had,'
author Jamie McIntyre poses the question why isn't this type of education
taught at school?
CLEARHEART ANNOUNCEMENT...
AUSTIN, Texas: Responding to the success of the launch of PhotoGia and
requests to integrate the PhotoGia technology into digital cameras and
printers, ClearHeart announced that new extensibility and portability has been
added to PhotoGia's core technology that makes the software available for
embedding into digital cameras, scanners, printers, image setters, monitors and
other image capture devices.
www.photogia.com
FTS DEAL...
SINGAPORE: Formula Telecom Solutions, Ltd., (FTS), a developer and a global
provider of postpaid Billing and CRM solutions for the telecom industry,
announced its cooperation with Comverse, by enhancing Comverse's Real-Time
Converged Billing solution, with FTS postpaid billing and CRM software.
www.fts-soft.com
HARRIS CORP...
SINGAPORE: Harris Corporation, a global provider of wireless equipment and
services, announced that it has qualified to supply broadband wireless access
communications to China Network Communications Group Corporation (CNC), a
broadband wireless access (BWA) provider in China.
www.harris.com
TRUEPOINT 5000...
SINGAPORE: Harris Corporation announced that its next-generation microwave
radio, TRuepoint 5000, has been selected as the communications backbone for a
project underway by Centralink, a wireless systems integrator in Indonesia.
www.harris.com
DIALOG SCHOLARSHIPS...
SINGAPORE: Dialog, a Thomson business and worldwide provider of online-based
information services and integrated information solutions, said that it has
awarded its annual Roger K. Summit Scholarship for the Asia Pacific region to
four students from Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore.
www.dialog.com
ING APPOINTMENT...
SEOUL: ING today announced the appointment of Erik Versavel as Country
Manager for South Korea. He will assume his new responsibilities on 15th August
2004 and reports to David Hudson, CEO of ING Bank, Asia.
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