Jul 30--PRNewswire/AsiaNetSTORM-SEVERED CABLE RESTORED... WELLINGTON: A break in the cable network connecting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii and the U.S West Coast caused by severe weekend storms has been restored, Southern Cross Cable Network has reported. The rupture, 20km off Sydney, disrupted services for 12-15 hours on Sunday.FEARS OVER WHALING... LONDON: The International Fund for Animal Welfare today warned that commercial whale hunting could resume as early as next year as Japan began lobbying to reduce the protection of the mammal at last week's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in London.NASDAQ DE-LISTING... SAN JOSE: Komag Inc, the media disk drive producer, could be scratched from Nasdaq National Stock market, after the company received a letter indicating it was not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, according to a company news release. TRADE FAIR COMPANY NAME CHANGE... HONG KONG: Asia's premier trade fair organiser, Miller Freeman Asia, today announced that it would change its name to CMP Asia, aligning the company more closely with its parent.KOREAN SOFTWARE DEAL... BELMONT: LG Electronics has signed a three-year deal to buy E2Open's supply chain collaboration software, fresh on the heels of the company opening its doors in Korea, E2Open said today. JAPANESE AUTOMOTIVE DEAL... LAKE FOREST: Tenneco Automotive and Tokico Ltd today said they would join in a strategic alliance to manufacture and market automotive shock absorbers and suspension struts for Japanese original equipment manufacturers.NEW INDUSTRY DATA TRANSER... AUCKLAND: Red Book, the identification manual for New Zealand's automotive, finance and insurance industries, today announced a new client technology, "Thin Client", that allows its clients to access information form a secure Internet database, rather than via tapes, disks and CDs.FINANCIAL RESULTS:MELBOURNE: Domain name supplier, Melbourne IT, today reported its half-yearly financial results, posting a revenue AUD 24.8 million. (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).