March 22/PRNewswire-AsiaNet SHARE BUYBACK……. LOS ANGELES: PSAINC today said that up to 500,000 shares would be available for the company's buyback, which started last Friday.HAZELTON BOUGHT……. MELBOURNE: Ansett Australia has hedged a full takeover of Hazelton Airlines, acquiring more than 90% of the company's shares, the company said today.BEST OVERALL SEARCH ENGINE…… BEIJING: CNAZ, a joint Hong Kong-Chinese organisation measuring Chinese websites globally, has voted the "Search Fox" Best Search Engine, while SOHU.com has taken out No.1 in terms of overall ranking, according to a press release distributed today.BUSINESS PLAN REVISED……. TOKYO: Toshiba Corporation today advised of a mid-term business plan revision, providing for ongoing global growth, and "a strengthened management system, enhanced corporate value and reinforced mobile and network IT-related businesses".ONLINE CAPITAL…………….. NEW YORK: The Bank of New York launched today the world's first real-time, interactive, online global capital flows research tool, Interactive Portfolio Flow Monitor. STREAMED CONTENT…………… MIAMI BEACH: Medium4.com, the Internet broadcaster, announced today the launch of a series of continuous streaming broadband entertainment channels, as well as a continuous streaming video player similar to a virtual TV set.STRATEGIC BIOTECH ALLIANCE……… CLERMONT-FERRAND: MERISTEM Therapeutics, the recombinant protein technology developers, and contract researchers, Quintiles Inc, today said they would form a strategic alliance to help biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to develop therapeutic proteins.TOSHIBA'S WIRELESS NETWORK…….. TOKYO: Toshiba Corporation will launch its Wireless Network Internet solution for business travellers at CeBIT, the world's largest IT trade fair, starting today.NEW VP……… DETROIT: Covisint will today hold a conference call to introduce its new Executive Vice President, International Operations, Peter Weiss.RUMOUR DENIAL…………. MONTREAL: Alcan today denied rumours that it was considering a bid for Billiton.EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS……… SINGAPORE: BAX Global Inc, the global transportation and logistics provider, today announced two senior appointments for the Asia-Pacific region, David Oldridge and Phillip Maw.ERICSSON CHOOSES ZICORP…………. CALGARY: Zi Corp, has scooped a global deal with Ericsson, to use its eZiText product on Ericsonn's entire range, the company said today.VIRTUAL SOUND HEADPHONES…………… SANTA CLARA: Spatializer Audio Laboratories Inc, today announced the release of its latest product, the Natural Headphone, which provides virtual surround sound effects for headphones.SONY ONLINE……….. SANTA MONICA: NxN Software Inc, said today that Sony Online Entertainment had chosen to instal its alienbrain digital production management solution on the company's key products.ACCELERATION INTO JAPAN….. MOBILE: Accelerated Technology Inc, the real-time operating systems developer, today announced its launch into the Japanese market.SHIMADZU BIOTECH…. KYOTO: Shimadzu Corporation today announced a new strategic global business unit, Shimadzu Biotech, focusing on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors.GLOBAL ONE NEWS…… FRANKFURT: Global One, the e-business solutions provider, and Dupont, the established industrial enterprise, have recently signed a major data and voice contract. HANOVER: In a separate release, Global One also announced the the expansion of its international Voice overIP (VoIP) service at the CeBIT trade show. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).