April 3 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
NEW YORK: Electronic payment services provider First Data and electronic transaction processor Concord have merged to provide a fuller range of electronic payment options to their customers, a release said. www.firstdata.com or www.concordefs.com
Semiconductor solutions provider Unitive will offer its patented wafer bumping technology to circuit manufacturer AMD for use in the assembly of microprocessor chipsets, a statement said. www.unitive.com
FAIRFAX: InfoComm China and InfoComm Japan 2003 exhibitions have been rescheduled due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) threat in China and an economic down-turn in Japan, a report said. www.infocomm.org
NEW YORK: NumeriX's enhanced analytics toolkit and engine is designed to allow users to build their own customised applications for managing credit risk, the company announced today. www.numerix.com
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co. today declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per common share, a company report said. www.wpstewart.com
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LONDON, April 1 PRNewswire/AsiaNet First Data On Novel Anti-Angiogenesis Drug Also Reported By AstraZeneca at AACR Meeting At the 95th annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)meeting in Orlando, USA, AstraZeneca Plc reported new gefitinib (IRESSA(tm),ZD1839) data exploring mechanisms of drug activity and resistance, as well asnew data relating to novel anti-angiogenesis drugs ZD6474 and AZD2171 thathave potential in a wide range of tumours. Furthering scientific understanding of