May 31/PRNewswire-AsiaNetFIRST TO DEVELOP SCREEN... TOKYO: Toshiba Corp has launched a prototype for the world's first full-colour polymer light-emitting screen, which they expect to bring to market by April next year, the company said today.BUSINESSES BRANCH-OFF... ESSEN: HOCHTIEF shareholders' today backed the company's proposed restructure of its core building and civil businesses, involving the establishment of a spin-off company, HOCHTIEF Construction AG .WIRELESS ANALYSER SHOWCASED... WALNUT CREEK: WildPackets Inc, the network developers, and DIT Company Ltd, are poised to release their wireless LAN analyser at Tokyo's Networld+Interop Expo, next week, the companies jointly announced today.FRENCH-BRAZILIAN CONNECTION... SAO PAULO: Visteon Corporation today said it will deck the interiors for two classes of Peugeot vehicles manufactured in Brazil, the Peugeot 206 and the Citroen Xsara Picasso.FOIL ROLL-UP... ZURICH: Alcan Inc will sell its Spanish, Swiss and German foil container manufacturing assets, according to a press release distributed by the company today.VICTORY ANNOUNCED... CANTON: Team Rahal driver, Kenny Brack, held his lead for 75 laps before winning the Firestone Firehawk 500 on May 19 in Tokyo - his first victory - his sponsor, The Timken Company has announced.BRAND GLOBALISATION... NEW YORK: Brand globalisation will be the hot topic when global corporate image experts meet in Hong Kong next month for the Asia-Pacific Corporate Image Conference, "Building Brands Without Borders".CORPORATE TAKEOVER... VILLACH: The SEZ Group today said it has taken full control of SEZ Japan, increasing its stake in the former joint venture to 100 per cent. RECRUITERS RETAIN IT GROUP... LONDON: CODA, the financial accounting and procurement software company, has been retained by global recruiters, Michael Page International, the company announced today.GOLD, GOLD, GOLD! WALNUT CREEK: Homestake Mining Company has signed a deal with Rio Tinto subsidiary, North Gold Ltd, to buy a 100 per cent stake in the Cowal Gold project in NSW, Australia, according to a press release from the company today.EDUCATIONAL ARM ACQUIRED... HALF MOON BAY: VIP Tone Inc today announced its acquisition of Australian company, Matcom Information technologies Pty Ltd, adding to its stable a K-12 school management system that is 29 per cent of Australian schools. PROPERTY FUNDS MERGER... MELBOURNE: AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited said today that it has signed a binding merger agreement with Deutsche Asset Management Limited that, with regulatory approval, will combine their direct property funds management businesses. (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).