Sydney, Dec. 06--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
HONG KONG: PowerHotel, an online information and booking service for the travel and hospitality industries in Greater China, has seen more than twenty major hotels and resorts in Taiwan sign on for service since its initial roll out, a media release reported today. PowerHotel, an affiliate of chinadotcom corporation, "provides development tools for hotels to cost-effectively build websites accessible by travel agencies, corporate accounts and the individual traveler to search for information and make reservations."
TOKYO: Toshiba Corporation today announced a new subsidiary in South Korea, the Toshiba Digital Media Network Korea Corporation, which will begin operation in February 2002. The new division "will market PCs, color TVs, projection TVs and digital consumer products" a press release said.
MELBOURNE: Transport operator Connex Group Australia Pty Ltd today issued a press statement in reference to recent media reports regarding the sale by TranzRail Ltd of its TranzScenic Rail Business. The company announced that "neither The Victorian Railway Company Pty Ltd (West Coast Railway) nor Connex is directly or indirectly involved in the acquisition or ongoing operation of the TranzScenic business".
TORONTO: Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc today announced it has "closed the sale of its U.K. subsidiary SLC Asset Management to Credit Suisse Asset Management, a division of Credit Suisse Group" with proceeds to be "used for general corporate purposes", according to a press release.
NEW YORK: Unilever Cosmetics International today announced that a large container of "high-quality counterfeit fragrance product relating to the prestige trademarks of UCI, L'Oreal, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Lancaster-Coty and LVMH-Christian Dior" has been seized by law enforcement authorities in Jakarta. The estimated street value of the seizure exceeds $1,000,000 (US), a media release said.
VISTA: Advanced materials manufacturer Nextec Applications Inc has announced a strategic alliance partnership with "Teijin Inc., one of the world's largest textile companies" according to a press statement issued today. Peter Ellman,President and CEO of Nextec Applications, Inc,said:"Teijin and Nextec applications, Inc. have been working together for several years engineering custom woven textiles that optimize our patented encapsulation technology. Together, our companies have been able to produce a variety of unique products that are revolutionizing the performance outerwear industry".
STREETSBORO: The Step2 Company and Lerado Overseas Company, Ltd, "formally resolved to terminate an agreement authorizing Lerado to license, manufacture and sell Step2 products in designated parts of the world" it was announced today. The resolution was made on October 05, 2001. The Step2 Company "manufactures children's play and furniture products as well as a line of products for the home and garden".
DALLAS: American Consumer Opinion has announced a new forum for Japanese views on new products like computers, cameras and cellular phones, it was announced today. Participants join the panel for free via the Internet and are paid for their opinions, according to a press statement.
DALLAS: The American Consumer Opinion has added India to its Internet forum project for feedback on products such as computers, sporting goods and food, a release said.
TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. today announced its unaudited consolidated net revenues and the unaudited net revenues for its packaging operations in Kaohsiung for the month of November 2001. The results included "the net revenues of majority owned subsidiaries such as ASE Test Limited, ASE (Chung Li) Inc., ASE (Korea) Inc., ASE Holding Electronics (Philippines) Inc. and ASE Material Inc" according to a media release issued today.
TAIPEI: ASE Test Limited today announces that its "unaudited consolidated November 2001 net revenues were US$23.27 million. Compared to prior periods, the November figure represented a drop of 44% year-over-year and an increase of 3% sequentially", a media release said.
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30 สิงหาคม เอเชียเน็ท/อินโฟเควสท์ การซื้อกิจการ ฮ่องกง และแอตแลนต้า: ไชน่าดอทคอม คอร์ปอเรชั่น (chinadotcom corporation) ผู้นำในธุรกิจซอฟท์แวร์และโมไบล์ แอพพลิเคชั่นในประเทศจีนและต่างประเทศ ประกาศเมื่อวันศุกร์ว่า บริษัทเสร็จสิ้นการซื้อกิจการของบริษัทรอส ซิสเต็มส์ อิงค์ (Ross Systems, Inc.) โดยจะจ่ายเป็นเงินสด และหุ้นของไชน่าดอทคอม มูลค่า 65.7 ล้านเหรียญสหรัฐฯ ให้แก่ผู้ถือหุ้นของรอส ซิสเต็มส์ http://www.corp.china.c ผลประกอบการระหว่างกาล ฮ่องกง: ซิโนเพกซ์ เซี่ยงไฮ้ ปิโตรเคมิคอล คอมปานี ลิมิเต็ด