June 14/PRNewswire-AsiaNetSTRATEGIC ALLIANCE BANKED ON... LONDON: CR2, the channel banking company, and server-producer, Stratus Technologies, will team in a global strategic alliance to deliver "fault-tolerant" banking solutions to the financial services sector, the company said today. DEAL DELIVERS ANALYSTS... HONG KONG: Online financial information provider, Quam Limited, today said it would partner with Tempest Consultants, the originators of The Reuters Survey, to give its clients free access to Tempest's Analyst Ranking service.VENTURE CAPITALISTS IDENTIFY LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY... LEIDEN: Screentec, the Dutch life science company, has secured an investment of EUR 6.5 million from three venture capitalist companies, Prelude Trust, Alafi and Life Science Partners, to be used to fund development of biomolecular-based drug discovery technologies, according to a company news release. GOOD FORTUNE FOR GENES... ANN ARBOR: A new gene analysis device has been introduced by Genomic Solutions, the developers of technology for gene researchers, which will "increase the productivity of genomics researchers while providing maximum flexibility and high-quality data", the company said today.SAME POWER COSTS LESS... LIEGE: Solar energy now generates power as effectively as conventionally-generated electricity and has the bonus of being more economical, says Belgian company, Solarmundo, who have refined the process at their solar thermal power plant over several years. AIRFREIGHT CONFERENCE CARRIES WEIGHT... FRANKFURT: Global airport operator, Fraport AG, announced today that it would present its 12th International Frankfurt Air Freight Day conference, held biennally for airfreight and logistics experts from October 10-11.LUXURY CARS FOR CORPORATION... COVENTRY: Visteon Corporation added the Jaguar x-type to its portfolio today, as it announced its deal to provide cutting-edge technology for the luxury carmaker's latest sports model.MAD COW BREAKTHROUGH... GENEVA: Mad Cow disease could be detected earlier, thanks to a new procedure devised by researchers at Switzerland's Serono Pharmaceutical Institute, published this week in the distinguished science magazine, Nature, the Institute reported today.TOSS OUT THE OLD, BRING IN THE NEW... MIDLAND: Athletic clothing, shoes and computers could be produced using entirely original materials experiments currently being conducted by Dow Chemical, a company press release disclosed today. CHINA ENDORSES HEALTH STANDARDS... ANN ARBOR: International public health standards body, NSF International, today said it has licensed drinking water treatment units and water additives standards to China's Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection and the Ministry of Economic Affairs.IPO ANNOUNCED... CHICAGO: FMC Technologies Inc's will sell shares at $US 20 each when its initial public offering begins trading tomorrow, the company has announced.SERVER SERVED UP... MILPITAS: Information storage solution company, LSI Logic Storage Systems Inc, today launched its new server product, the TotalNET Advanced Server, allowing file-sharing among heterogeneous computers.DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EXPOSE... SINGAPORE: EdgeMatrix, the provider of communications infrastructure, will demonstrate its latest product, Xeus, a digital technology platform, at the CommunicAsia 2001 trade show in Singapore.EXECUTIVE MOVEMENTS:NEW YORK: Unilever Cosmetics International today announced the retirement of its chief operating officer and president of business units, Peter Midwood. (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).