April 23/PRNewswire-AsiaNet MAIL BOUGHT... STAMFORD: Pitney Bowes Inc today said it has entered into an agreement with Bell & Howell to buy its International Mail and Messaging Technologies (MMT) business in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia for $US 51 million.VICTORIOUS AGAIN... BEIJING: SOHU.COM, the Internet portal and online media services provider, today claimed web audience measurement company, iamasia's, No.1 ranking for the fourth consecutive month, the company said today.CLINICAL TRIALS N BEGIN... DUBLIN: ThromboGenics announced today that it has begun 2 separate clinical trials in Belgium for SY162, a recombinant-DNA agent to be potentially used in the treatment of arterial occlusive disease and venous catheter occlusion.CHINA SUBSIDIARY... CLARK: Wiscom Technologies Inc, the mobile communication technology developer, today officially launched Wiscom Beijing Communication Technologies Co, its subsidiary in China.PORT ACCESS APPROVED... TULSA: Syntroleum Corp has acquired 30-year access to the Western Australian plant and port facilities of Sweetwater GTL, the company said today.QATAR OIL DEAL SIGNED... CALGARY: Gulfstream Resources Canada Limited will proceed with developing the Al Rayyan oil field off Qatar, after consummating a deal with Qatar Petroleum, according to a press release circulated today. ALCAN AGM INVITATION... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc today invited media to attend its AGM on April 26, chaired by its president & CEO, Travis Engen.EARNINGS RESULTS... SAN JOSE: Komag Inc, media producer for disk drives, today concurrently posted its first quarter financial results and announced that its manufacturing arm would be moved to Malaysia earlier than anticipated. MALVERN: Vishay Intertechnology Inc said today that it will report its first quarter results on April 26. BROOMFIELD: McDATA Corp, the open storage network provider, today reported record revenues for first quarter 2001. (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).