Nov 6--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
ANTHRAX BACKGROUND...
PHILADELPHIA:The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has made available a scientific article on anthrax. A press statement said: "Given the current public health concern regarding Anthrax infection through out the world, most recently reported in Pakistan and Cuba, it is the hope of the ACCP that this document will serve as a baseline medical reference.The article is available at http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/116/5/1369."
WATER MANAGEMENT...
DELFT:A press statement said today the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education will be established in Delft, The Netherlands.This was decided at the 31st General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in Paris.The UNESCO release said: "With this decision, knowledge on water management will become more accessible to those of the developing world, in particular because water will become one of the main political issues of the next century."
EXPANDED CONTRACT...
AUCKLAND:In a press statement today, SITEL Corporation announced the expansion of its contract with Genesis Power, a New Zealand state-owned electricity generator and retailer.The agreement "provides for SITEL to deliver customer care, billing and financial management services to an additional 290,000 commercial and residential electricity customers recently acquired by Genesis from Natural Gas Corporations Holdings Limited."
AGREEMENT SIGNED...
COLORADO:McDATA Corporation said today it has entered a three-year OEM relationship with Compaq Computer Corporation in which Compaq will market and distribute McDATA's hardware and software products worldwide under the StorageWorks and SANworks brand names. McDATA's Galaxy-class 6000 Series Director and its Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) software are the first products that will be introduced by Compaq under the terms of this agreement.
QUARTERLY RESULT...
HONG KONG:CNOOC Limited today reported that third quarter production increased by 11 percent to 260,189 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day compared to 234,972 boe per day for the same quarter last year. The increase was "largely attributed to a 59% increase in crude oil production in the Bohai Bay." Oil and gas revenue totalled RMB 4.34 billion.
CONSUMER PRESENTATION...
NEW YORK:PepsiCo today announced that Indra K. Nooyi, President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer Conference at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7 (US). A live webcast will be accessible through PepsiCo's website at http://www.pepsico.com .
ART EXHIBITION...
BELGRADE: A Soka Gakkai press release today announced the opening in Belgrade of the World Boys and Girls Art Exhibition "We Are All Friends on This Planet" from November 5 to 24. It would feature paintings by children from 100 nations selected from a total of 100,000 collected by Soka Gakkai International (SGI) in 161 countries.
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