Jul 12--PRNewswire/AsiaNetBREAKTHROUGH WEB AUTHORING SOFTWARE... TOKYO: Toshiba Corporation announced today that it has developed web page authoring software that enables awkwardly-shaped objects from films to be delivered to the web site as an MPEG-4 video, allowing mastery of a previously complex, time-consuming process.SECURITIES FIRM ACQUIRED... BROOKFIELD: Global provider of data, analysis and information systems to the international financial community, Thomson Financial, has acquired the assets of MIS Banking Systems Limited, a London-based firm that provides securities data processing and fixed income systems to Europe and Asia, a company news release has said.JAPANESE RESELLING DEAL DISBANDED... REDWOOD CITY: Liquid Audio Inc and Liquid Audio Japan today said they would mutually end their licensing and reselling agreements, disengaging Liquid Audio Japan from its name and obligation to sell the parent company's digital distribution platform in the Japanese music market.ONLINE CASINO A HIT WITH CHINESE... ANTIGUA: DrHo.com, the world's only online casino, today noted its worldwide success with Chinese-speaking communities, stating that forecast budgets were being exceeded, a dedicated Chinese language website would be created and a complement of Chinese games and gaming tables would be developed, according to a company news release.CANS SOLD TO PACKAGERS... BROOMFIELD: Ball Corporation's can operations product line in China would be bought by the company's Asia packaging business, Ball Asia-Pacific Holdings Ltd, following a letter of intent signed today.WIRELESS PARTNERSHIP... HONG KONG: Conduit Software and CommVerge Solutions will team in a partnership deal announced today, to integrate their service provider systems and wireless technology.NEW ASIA-PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS... HONG KONG: Global communications company, Sprint Communications has opened its new Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Hong Kong, the company announced today.SPEECH/TOUCH-TONE TECHNOLOGY... DALLAS: iVB Enterprise Solutions has today launched an advanced version of its speech and touch-tone call automation system, InVision, the company has announced.FINANCIAL RESULTS: DEARBORN: Visteon Corporation's Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share on the company's common stock, payable on September 4.MONTREAL: Market supply and demand, the industry outlook and business division status report will be topics addressed when Alcan Inc delivers its second quarter results to media and analysts on Monday, July 16.EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS: PROVO: Novell Inc has announced a new executive team to direct its convergence with Cambridge Technology Partners, following yesterday's announcement that it has acquired the IT consultancy.HONG KONG: Asia Global Crossing today named Mr David Chan as Vice President, Enterprise Sales, and Mr Mark Simpson, as Vice President, Customer Service.DEARBORN: Visteon Corporation, the automotive component company, has today announced the appointment of Mr James C Orchard as President of North America & Asia.DEARBORN: Visteon Corporation announced today that Kathleen J Hempel would join its board of directors, effective immediately. (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).