AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday, August 31
CVRD ANNOUNCES… RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces that the forward stock split proposal was approved at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting. After giving effect to the stock split, CVRD’s capital will be composed of 4,919,314,116 shares, 2,999,797,716 common shares and 1,919,516,400 preferred class “A” shares, including 12 golden shares.
www.cvrd.com.br QUELLAN ANNOUNCES… TOKYO: Quellan Incorporated has announced the QNx220, the company’s newest RF Noise Canceller for advanced mobile communications products. Based on the company’s patented CSP Noise Cancelling Technology, the ultra small CMOS IC cancels unwanted RF interference to improve receiver sensitivity. www.quellan.com AIDS TREATMENT… LOP BURI PROVINCE: In an innovative collaboration that will provide free HIV/AIDS care - including lifesaving antiretroviral treatment - to people living with advanced AIDS in Lop Buri Province, the Provincial Government, Lop Buri Province; the Dramaraksa Foundation-Wat Phrabatnampo; and AIDS Healthcare Foundation will open their first free AIDS treatment clinic in Lop Buri, Thailand with a formal dedication ceremony on Friday, August 31st at 9.30 am (Wat Phrabatnampo, 75 miles north of Bangkok). www.aidshealth.org www.avert.org PICARRO ANNOUNCES… SUNNYVALE, California: Picarro, leading manufacturer of high-performance trace gas analyzers based on patented Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy technology has announced the general availability of the EnviroSense 3000i atmospheric monitor. www.picarro.com VANGUARD NETWORKS… MANSFIELD, Massachusetts: Vanguard Networks announces new SIP (session initiation protocol) gateway to allow customers to reap the benefits of IP Telephony. With the addition of SIP functionality Vanguard customers who subscribe to VOIP services from an IP telephony service provider will now be able to save on monthly charges, while keeping high quality and reliability. www.vanguardnetworks.com www.vanguardnetworks.com/products/solutions/ip_telephony CONTINENTAL ENERGY… DALLAS: Continental Energy Corporation announced that it has closed a private equity placement with Macquarie Bank Limited. The placement was arranged by the London office of Macquarie’s Energy Capital Group with Macquarie Bank Limited subscribing the equity for its own account. www.continentalenergy.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions