AsiaPulse News back issues from October 2004:
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN: - Despair among parents as teachers, doctors and police are arrested on child pornography charges. - Prime Minister John Howard warns that Labor's Gold Medicare plan is ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS FIRMER - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar jumped more than one US cent overnight to open firmer today on the back of a slump on the US dollar. At 0700 AEST the local currency was trading at $US0.7273/78, compared to 0.7143/48 at yesterday's close. Offshore, it ...
STOCKS - BOMBAY SHARES CLOSE HIGHER - SEPT 30, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... MUMBAI, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - The Bombay stock exchange extended its gains to a second straight session today, soaring 56 points as stocks rallied sharply on sustained short-covering by operators and retail investors coupled with selective purchases by Foreign Institutional ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: KYUNGHYANG SHINMUN: - China asks hand-over of N.Korean defectors from Canada KUKMIN DAILY: - High oil prices shrink military training DONG-A ILBO: - Gov't shows ...
AUSTRALIA'S JETSTAR ANNOUNCES NEW SERVICES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Budget domestic airline Jetstar will add more than 100 new weekly services to its growing network by the end of calendar 2004. Jetstar said as part of the 100 new services it will launch a brand new thrice-weekly service between Whitsunday Coast ...
AUSTRALIA'S BLUESCOPE STEEL MAKES STRONG START IN 2004/05.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW YORK, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's largest steel producer BlueScope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL) has performed strongly in the first few months of the new financial year, the company's chief executive Kirby Adams said yesterday. Record steel prices and unprecedented world demand ...
AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY POSTS MODERATE GROWTH IN SEPT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Australian manufacturing activity continued to grow moderately in September, largely due to improvements in basic metals and transport equipment. The Australian Industry (Ai) Group - PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
AUSTRALIA, E TIMOR WRAP UP TALKS OVER OIL RESOURCES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... CANBERRA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Talks between Australia and East Timor over oil and gas reserve revenues wound up in Darwin yesterday as a Perth businessman warned he would be running ads criticising Canberra's actions in the matter. A Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said ...
BRUANDWO HIKES TAKEOVER BID FOR AUSTRALIAN LIQUOR & HOSPITALITY.
Oct 01, 2004 ... MELBOURNE, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The bidding war for Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group Ltd (ASX:ALH) (ALH) stepped up a notch yesterday as Woolworths-led Bruandwo Pty Ltd lifted its cash offer for the pubs and bottleshops operator to A$3.15 per share. The ALH board, which had ...
INDIAN SBI-CANARA BANK JV BEGINS OPERATIONS IN MOSCOW.
Oct 01, 2004 ... BANGALORE, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Commercial Bank of India LLC (CBI), a joint venture between public sector Canara Bank (BSE:CNBK) and State Bank of India (BSE:SBI), has begun operations in Moscow. SBI holds 60 per cent equity in CBI, the first wholly Indian-owned commercial ...
NOKIA MOST PREFERRED MOBILE PHONE BRAND IN INDIA: STUDY.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - A consumer study has ranked Nokia as the most preferred brand in mobile phones followed by Samsung and Reliance. In terms of aggregate preferences, the Nokia brand topped the chart with 75 per cent followed by Samsung and Reliance with 7 per cent ...
P&G MULLS MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR SHAMPOO IN INDIA.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Procter & Gamble is planning to set up a manufacturing unit for shampoo in India as the domestic market has shown growth in terms of volume, a top company official said today. "We are open to the idea (of a shampoo manufacturing facility). We are ...
IMPACT OF RISING OIL PRICES ON INDIA CONCERNING: ECONOMIST.
Oct 01, 2004 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.3 per cent in 2004 and 6.2 per cent next year while the surging oil prices will influence the course of global economic activity, according to Morgan Stanley Chief Economist Stephen Roach. India is expected ...
ADB SEES INDIA GROWING BY 8.2% IN 2005-07, OFFERS US$6.47 BLN.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Expecting India to sustain a high 8.2 per cent GDP growth in next three years, Asian Development Bank Thursday offered up to US$6.47 billion assistance during 2005-07 with special emphasis on agriculture and poor states. Though appreciative of ...
KOREAN GOV'T IMPOSES ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON CHINESE CHEMICAL.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea will tentatively impose 4.98-23.08 per cent anti-dumping duties on Chinese anatase titanium dioxide, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said Friday. The ministry said the measure will go into effect as of Saturday, following a ...
INDIAN CABINET COMMITTEE DEFERS DECISION ON INVESTMENT COMM'N.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has deferred a decision on setting up of an Investment Commission due to absence of some of the key ministers. "The decision on Investment Commission has been deferred as 3-4 ministers could not attend the ...
FOREX - US$ OPENS LOWER AGAINST KOREAN WON - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The US dollar opened at 1,147.50 ...
PAKISTAN TELECOM MINISTRY TO CUT INT'L BANDWIDTH RATE BY 27 PCT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... KARACHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The ministry of telecommunications has agreed to cut international bandwidth rate by almost 27 per cent on the demand of Internet service providers (ISPs), who had hinted they would increase service charges. Telecom sources said that over 50 ISPs ...
S KOREA'S TAEGU CITY GAS PLACED UNDER STOCK EXCHANGE SUPERVISION.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Taegu City Gas Co. was placed under the supervision of South Korea's main stock exchange today because of its failure to meet the requirement for trading volume in the third quarter, the Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) said. Taegu City Gas, a subsidiary of ...
BUSINESS WIRE DAILY SUMMARY - SEPT 29, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... A summary of news releases for Sept. 29, 2004, compiled by Business Wire, the global leader in news distribution. To view any of these news release on Business Wire's website, please go to www.businesswire.com. 1) Category Code: Computers/Electronics BNP PARIBAS ...
DIASPORA HELPS INDIA RETAIN EDGE IN OUTSOURCING: WORLD BANK.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Growing influence and expertise of diaspora in US, UK and Canada will help India retain its edge and move up the value chain in outsourcing as other countries try to catch up with it in other parameters, a study by World Bank Institute has said. ...
THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... BANGKOK, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE BANGKOK POST: - About 100 National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) officials yesterday dressed in black to protest against the appointment of Ampon Kittiampon, the deputy permanent ...
OVERSEAS STOCK TRANSACTIONS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM S KOREAN TAXES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - All legitimate overseas securities transactions will be exempt from local taxation starting this month, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said today. The ministry said the measure is designed to facilitate increased transactions of South Korean shares ...
SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SINGAPORE, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STRAITS TIMES: - The Singapore Government has achieved 'markedly inferior' investment returns on its assets over the last five years compared with Hong Kong, global ratings agency Standard & Poor's ...
STOCKS - KOREAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks started higher Friday helped by gains in computer-related shares. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 2.77 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 837.86. The tech-filled KOSDAQ index ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN FIRMER - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market opened slightly higher today, with a weaker US market overnight weighing upon the local bourse. By 1024 AEST the the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.5 points to 3666.5, while the all ordinaries was steady at 3674.4. ...
TAIWAN'S CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER INCREASES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for September stood at 75.68 points, an increase of 1.82 points from the previous month's level, according to the results of a survey released Thursday. The survey carried out by the Research Center for Taiwan ...
TAIWAN'S CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES INTEREST RATE INCREASE.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's Central Bank of China announced Thursday that it will raise key interest rate by a quarter-percentage point starting Friday. In the first rate increase in nearly four years, the bank announced that the discount rate will be adjusted to 1.625 ...
INDIA'S GE SHIPPING ORDERS 2 NORWEGIAN PLATFORM SUPPLY VESSELS.
Oct 01, 2004 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (BSE:GESC) has placed an order for two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) with a Norwegian shipyard, taking the company order book to 14 vessels. Aker Brattvaag of Norway is expected to deliver the UT 755 L design PSVs in ...
TAIWAN, JAPAN, S KOREA DEFEND FISHERY SUBSIDIES IN WTO.
Oct 01, 2004 ... GENEVA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan has joined hands with Japan and South Korea to build a united front to defend their fishery subsidies policies at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a trade source said in Geneva Thursday. The WTO members had agreed at the 2001 Doha Ministerial ...
INDIA'S BILATERAL TRADE WITH EAST ASIA TO GROW BY 15% IN 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - India expects bilateral trade with East Asian countries to grow by 15 per cent to US$23 billion in 2004. "The two-way trade between India and Far East Asian nations is expected to increase to US$23 billion in 2004 as against US$20 billion in 2003," ...
GOVERNOR TAFT LEADS OHIO STATE MISSION ON TAIWAN VISIT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Ohio Governor Bob Taft, at the head of a 50-member delegation from the U.S. state, arrived in Taiwan Thursday for a three-day trade-promotion trip, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) reported. The mission -- made up of about 50 representatives from ...
INDIAN GOVT OKS US$910 MLN EXPANSION PLAN FOR LIGNITE MINER.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The government has approved an expansion of mining and captive power capacities of state-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) with an investment of Rs 41.92 billion (US$910 million). The decision was taken at a meeting of Cabinet Committee on ...
NIPPON SANSO AND TAIYO TOYO SANSO SUCCESSFULLY MERGE.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2004--Nippon Sanso Corporation (JP:4091) has successfully completed its merger transaction with Taiyo Toyo Sanso Corporation (JP:4103). "Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation," as Japan's largest and ...
NASSCOM TO HOLD INDIA-US SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SECURITY.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Industry body Nasscom will hold the first ever India-US Information Security Summit on October 12-13 here as part of efforts to explore joint programmes for strengthening information security. The summit, being held in association with Information ...
INDIAN GOVT MAY ANNOUNCE BSNL-MTNL MERGER PLANS IN PARLIAMENT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - In a bid to strengthen the presence of state-owned telecom companies, the Government is considering merging state-owned telecom players Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) (BSE:BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) (BSE:MTNL), and an annoucment in this ...
INDIAN PC DISSOLVES CONSULTATIVE GROUPS AFTER CONTROVERSY.
Oct 01, 2004 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Bowing to the pressure from the Left parties, the Planning Commission Thursday dissolved all the 19 consultative groups in the light of the controversy over the presence of "foreign" experts in these groups. The decision was taken within three days ...
TAIWAN OFFICIAL URGES INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION INNOVATION.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - A financial environment with a combination of venture capital, technological innovation and a spirit of enterprise is crucial to the continuous development of Taiwan's information and communications industries, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang ...
TAIWAN HELPING TRAIN GAMBIAN PETROLEUM SPECIALISTS.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan is helping Gambia nurture specialists in crude oil exploration and other areas of the petroleum industry by offering four-year university education to 25 Gambian citizens. A ceremony marking the beginning of the first semester of the Gambian ...
STOCKS - TOKYO SHARES OPEN HIGHER - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TOKYO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Share prices in Tokyo opened higher this morning after the the key Tankan survey showed improved business confidence, ...
TAIWAN'S TEENAGERS PLAGUED BY DEPRESSION: POLL.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Approximately 28 per cent of Taiwan's teenagers are seriously depressive and 30.6 per cent of them wish they could "vanish from the earth", according to the results of a survey released Thursday. The survey was conducted by the John Tung Foundation ...
PRESSURE ON AUSTRALIA AS RUSSIA MOVES TO RATIFY KYOTO PROTOCOL.
Oct 01, 2004 ... CANBERRA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The major parties' different approaches to the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions became starker today after Russia made steps to ratify the agreement. Russia's expected endorsement would bring critical mass to the 10-year-old protocol, ...
AUSTRALIAN GOODS & SERVICES PRICES RISE SLIGHTLY IN SEPT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The price of Australian consumer goods and services rose modestly in September on the back of increases in the cost of rents, house purchases and holiday travel. TD Securities/ Melbourne Institute Experimental Monthly Inflation Gauge rose by 0.2 per ...
KOOKMIN BANK'S Q3 PROFIT FORECAST WILL MATCH H1 PROFIT: CEO.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Kookmin Bank, South Korea's leading lender, is expected to have racked up around 300 billion won (US$261 million) in net profit in the last three months, the bank's head said today. "Our third-quarter profits are forecast to match first-half profits," ...
MERGED ENTITY OF CITIBANK, S KOREA'S KORAM TO LAUNCH IN NOV.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The bank resulting from the merger between the nation's seventh-largest lender and Citibank's Seoul branch will launch on November 1, financial sources said today. The merged bank, or Citibank Korea Inc., will begin operation from next month after the ...
PEPSICO Q3 REVENUE GROWTH OVER 6%, OPERATING PROFIT UP 11%.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of this release can be found at www.asianetnews.net) PURCHASE, N.Y., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- PepsiCo delivered another strong quarter, with earnings per share of .79 that included tax benefits of $0.13. Excluding the tax benefits, earnings per share were ...
SPRINT & SUNET SET INTERNET DATA SPEED RECORD.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement, contact details below) OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Sprint (NYSE: FON) and the Swedish National Research and Education Network (SUNET) were today officially awarded the Internet Land Speed Record from Internet2 at their fall ...
LINCOLN ELECTRIC ANNOUNCES ASIA PACIFIC EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement, contact details below) CLEVELAND, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO) announced today that Thomas A. Flohn has been elected Vice President and President, Lincoln Electric Asia Pacific, effective January 1, ...
STUDY SUGGESTS DIFFERENCES IN DRUG-ELUTING STENTS.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement, contact details below) SEOUL, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Results of a multi-center, prospective study involving two leading drug-eluting stents were presented today, with data indicating that patients with long areas of vessel blockage () 24mm) ...
NETCENTREX RESIDENTIAL DEPLOYMENTS EXCEED 1 MLN VOICE LINES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement, contact details below) PARIS, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- NetCentrex(TM), the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and next-generation services, announced it has exceeded 1 million Class 5 end-to-end voice over IP (VoIP) ...
CVRD PROPOSES ADDITIONAL DIVIDEND FOR 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement, contact details below) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (NYSE: RIO) (CVRD) informs that its Executive Committee will submit, on October 13, 2004, a proposal to the Company's Board of Directors to ...
S KOREAN PUBLIC UNIMPRESSED BY GOVT'S ECONOMIC PLAN.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - A majority of South Korean people expressed their skepticism with the government's economic revitalization plan, according to an on-line survey released today by the Ministry of Finance and Economy. The survey, recently conducted by the ministry, ...
US-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT.
Oct 01, 2004 ... WASHINGTON, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The US-China Business Council has announced that John Frisbie will be the Council's new President, starting from November 1, 2004. Mr. Frisbie, 45, succeeds Robert A. Kapp as leader of the Council, the leading organization of US companies engaged ...
ADVISORY - NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY IN CHINA, OCT 1 - OCT 7, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... Due to National Day holiday in China from October 1 to 7, there will be no stories from Xinhua ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES HIGHER AT NOON - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Resource stocks were helping Australian stock market hold higher ground at noon today despite a weaker US market overnight weighing upon the local bourse at open. Austock Brokers private client adviser Peter Cuthbertson said banks were stronger and ...
PHILIPPINES' HIGH POPULATION GROWTH LESSENS EMPLOYMENT CHANCES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... MANILA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Philippines' high population growth of 2.36 per cent has contributed significantly to decreasing employment opportunities and underemployment of as high as 17.1 percent in 2003. A Country Gender Assessment on the Philippines conducted by the Asian ...
PHILIPPINES SEEKS TO MODERNIZE ITS DUCK INDUSTRY.
Oct 01, 2004 ... MANILA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap cited today the export potential of the country's duck and duck products, adding that his department is aggressively pursuing measures to modernize the fledgling industry. Yap enumerated the various meat and egg ...
STOCKS - MALAYSIAN STOCKS UP IN EARLY TRADE - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Malaysian sharemarket was up 0.56 per cent in early trade due to bargain hunting in selected bluechips, dealers said. At 10:26 a.m., the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 4.77 points at 854.73. The ...
UNICOM TO PROMOTE NEW BRAND WITH EXTENDED-FUNCTION CARDS.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of a statement, contact details below) BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2004-- Axalto (EURONEXT:AXL)(EURONEXT:NL0000400653), today announced the successful delivery of world's largest UIM CDMA cards to China Unicom. With the implementation of the latest 64K ...
MORE DEREGULATION IN 'CORPORATE CITIES' PLAN: S.KOREAN BUSINESS.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's biggest business association appealed Friday to the government for deregulation of its ambitious bill to build "corporate cities." The bill, which aims to persuade big businesses to invest in constructing rural cities that specialize in a ...
STOCKS - SINGAPORE STOCKS UP IN EARLY TRADE - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... SINGAPORE, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Singapore shares were higher in early trade, with the Straits Times Index up 9.16 points at 1993.9 at 10:35 a.m. The market rose due to bargain-hunting in selected bluechips, including Fraser & ...
JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TOKYO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: NIKKEI NET: - Japan's largest firms are more upbeat than they were three months ago and revised up their profit expectations and investment plans, according to stronger-than-expected results of the Bank of ...
VISA INT'L TO JOIN 'VISIT JAPAN CAMPAIGN' WITH STAR ALLIANCE.
Oct 01, 2004 ... TOKYO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Visa International said Thursday that it will launch a two-year Japanese tourism campaign in cooperation with the government's ongoing promotion, targeting its overseas cardholders. The company will also join hands with the Star Alliance network of ...
MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2004.
Oct 01, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STAR: - The Government's move to increase petrol and diesel prices by five sen a litre from today is to rationalise the current fuel subsidies and to curb the budget deficit, Minister in the Prime ...
QUALCOMM TO ACQUIRE CHIP DESIGN COMPANY SPIKE TECHNOLOGIES.
Oct 01, 2004 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Acquisition Furthers QUALCOMM's Efforts to Support the Increasing Demand for 3G CDMA Wireless Devices Worldwide QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), ...