Zi shares soar on Chinese deal

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Software maker Zi Corp of Calgary, Alberta, has announced that it signed a contract with Chinese cellular phone company Konka Group Co Ltd. Zi will provide Chinese language software for Konka's digital cellphones sold in China and overseas. The new contract comes a month after it bagged a deal to provide the same software to set-top interactive TV devices made by a Chinese electronics institute and to an educational products company run by the government.

China, Software Publishers, Use of materials & supplies, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Applications Software Pkgs (Micro), Applications software, Konka Group Company Ltd.

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Celestica in $1-billion (U.S.) deal with Motorola

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Celestica Inc. has entered a contract worth more than $1-billion (U.S.) over three years to manufacture electronic components for Motorola Inc.'s mobile phones and other wireless devices. The company has also agreed to purchase two Motorola manufacturing plants for $70-million.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Capital expenditures, Radio & TV communications equipment, Telephone Equip NEC, Mobile Telephones ex Cellular, Telecommunications equipment industry, Cellular telephone equipment industry, Motorola Inc., MOT, Telephone equipment, Celestica Inc., CLS

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GM shares $4-billion order from U.S. Army

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A General Motors Corp. assembly plant in London, Ontario has been selected, along with two other plants, to build the U.S. Army's new armored personnel carrier. The $4 billion contract for 2,000 vehicles has been awarded to a joint venture between GM and General Dynamics Corp.

United States, Joint ventures, Motor Vehicles & Parts, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing, Motor Vehicles and Equipment, All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, Ordnance & Accessories, Defense industries, Armored Personnel Carriers, Tracked, Product development, General Motors Corp., GM, Transportation equipment industry, United States. Army, Armored personnel carriers, Tracked military vehicles, General Dynamics Corp., GD, Weapons industry, Military vehicle industry

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