ACQUISITION COMPLETED...
HONG KONG and ATLANTA: chinadotcom corporation, a leading integrated
enterprise software and mobile applications company in China and
internationally, Friday announced that it has completed its acquisition of Ross
Systems, Inc. and will pay US$65.7 million in cash and chinadotcom shares to
the shareholders of Ross Systems.
http://www.corp.china.c
INTERIM RESULTS...
HONG KONG: Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited Sunday released
its financial results for the six months to 30 June 2004, which showed that net
sales rose 15.7 per cent on-year to RMB17,428 million while pre-tax profit
soared 204 per cent on-year to RMB1,820 million.
BROADBAND SERVICE...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.: Nasdaq-listed SupportSoft, Inc., a leading provider of
Real-Time Service Management (RTSM) software, Monday announced that its Service
Automation Suite for Broadband has been localized for the Japanese market.
http://www.support.com
MELBOURNE OFFICE...
BURLINGTON, Mass. & MELBOURNE: Charles River Development, a leading provider
of financial software and consulting services to the global investment
management, banking, pension, and insurance industries, Thursday announced the
opening of its third Asia-Pacific office in Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.crd.com
CO-FINANCING AGREEMENT...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)
and its Japanese counterpart, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI),
Saturday signed a co-financing agreement that will facilitate export
transactions involving companies in both the United States and Japan.
http://www.exim.gov
THOMSON ACQUIRES...
STAMFORD, Conn.: The Thomson Corporation and KnowledgeNet, Inc., a
privately held company recognized as a leader in live e-learning, Friday
announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Thomson will
acquire KnowledgeNet and merge it with its enterprise learning business,
Thomson NETg.
http://www.thomson.com
http://www.netg.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of 13
securities issues amounting to a total of US$690 million on Sept 7 and 8, 2004
at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FLUID TECHNOLOGY...
CARY, N.C.: In its drive to develop increasingly widespread industrial
applications for its patented Rheonetic magnetorheological (MR) fluid
technology, Lord Corporation has established a significant presence in the Far
East with a new business development manager in Japan and a new distributor in
Korea.
http://www.lord.com
BLOG SERVICE...
TOKYO: Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. Friday announced that has released a new Blog
configuration service, which enables blogs to be applied to businesses.
http://www.mitsue.co.jp/english
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