May 23/RNewswire-AsiaNet AUTOMOTIVE E-BUSINESS... DETROIT: Covisint has enlisted equity from the world's sixth largest car manufacturer, PSA Peugeot Citroen, to partake in its automotive e-business exchange, the company said today.FUEL CELL J-V... MILAN: Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc and RWE Plus AG said today that they have signed a joint venture to develop and distribute fuel cells across Europe.NETWORK MARKETER SOURCES E-BUSINESS... HONG KONG: PacificNet.com has been chosen by the Asian network marketer, NuLife International, to provide software and technology for its regional Internet e-business projects.HYDROGEN FACILITY NEARS OPENING... IRVINE: QUANTUM Technologies and Thiokol Propulsion Corp today declared that their jointly-developed hydrogen storage testing facility would open soon in Promontory, UT.NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR ASTHMA, CANCER?... TOKYO: Scientists today revealed that a new class of drugs developed by EpiGenesis could be effective in treating multifactorial diseases such as asthma, cancer and pulmonary disease, revealing their findings at the "Antisense 2001" international conference.BEYOND A, B, C's ON THE WEB... NEW YORK: Multilingual Internet solutions provider, I-DNS.net International announced today that its internationalised Domain Name Software Development Kit, to encourage use of domain names beyond English, is now freely available for download from https://tech.i-dns.net/sdk/.AERONAUTICAL EXCHANGE... DALLAS: Aeroxchange, the aviation e-commerce marketplace, today announced the addition of China Airlines and Transavia Airlines to its growing aviation exchange.HONG KONG HOTEL CHANGES HANDS... SYDNEY: Bass Hotels & Resorts has bought The Regent Hotel, Hong Kong, for $US 346 million, with the intention of converting it to an Inter-Continental Hotel by early June, the company said today.SPORTS MEDICINE BENEFITS... ANDOVER: Smith & Nephew Inc, the developer of endoscopic techniques, today globally launched its FasT-Fix Meniscal Repair System for use in sports medicine. "UNSIGHTLY" PRODUCTS UNVEILED... SARASOTA: Wave Wireless Networking will capitalise on its presence at Singapore's CommunicAsia trade show from June 19-22, to present its latest non-line-of-sight product range, the company said today.I.T COLLABORATION... SEOUL: Sun Microsystems Inc and iAsiaWorks Inc today said they have combined to provide hardware, software and Internet opportunities for companies wishing to expand their online presence in the United States and Korea.HEPATITIS-C DEAL STRUCK... EMERYVILLE: Chiron Corp and pharmaceutical company, F. Hoffman-La Roche, have re-tuned their licensing deal in the province of intellectual property for Hepatitis-C blood screenings, the two companies announced today.EARNINGS RELEASES: HONG KONG: chinadotcom today reported its first quarter 2001 financial results, posting pro forma revenues of $22.3 million - up 31 per cent on the last year's comparative period. (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).