May 9/PRNewswire-AsiaNetPEPSICO STRATEGY WEBCAST... PURCHASE: PepsiCo Inc announced today that its chairman and ceo, Steven S Reinemund, would discuss the company's growth strategy, an event that will be webcast, at the Goldman Sachs Global Beverage, Food and Tobacco Conference on 9 May.KENTUCKY DERBY BROADCAST... LOUISVILLE: Triple Crown Productions today said it has scored exclusive television broadcast rights for the Kentucky Derby.AGE NO FACTOR?... CANBERRA: Auckland Hospital's Dr Falah Haddawi will address the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons today, reasoning that elderly patients' recovery from major abdominal surgery is contingent on an operation's length and their medical state prior to surgery, not simply age. CLIENT BASE GROWS... LOS ANGELES: tv. Corporation, the global web identity services provider, today announced new partnerships with a dozen-plus Asian, European and North-American registrars. PRODUCTS LAUNCHED... BOULDER: Rogue Wave Software Inc, the global software and consulting services company, today said it has updated and released four new C++ products, empowering developers to create business applications more quickly.E-PETROLEUM MERGER EXAMINED... HONG KONG: Global electronic payment processing solutions provider, First Ecom.com Inc, is considering a merger with Gasco Energy Inc, a company that acquires and explores U.S petroleum and natural gas properties.KOREAN IP SERVICE... TOKYO: Asia Internet Holding Co said today that it plans to engage with Hanaro Telecom Inc, the Korean Internet service provider, to expand its IP-VPN service into Korea. (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).