Sep 12--PRNewswire/AsiaNet U.S MUSLIM GROUP CONDEMNS ATTACKS... DALLAS: Muslim group, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, today said it is "deeply disturbed by the senseless series of apparent terrorist attacks on US soil", condemning these atrocities. The group appealed to Americans to "bond together and ensure that such monstrous actions do not separate us as a nation."SYMPATHY MESSAGE... MINNEAPOLIS: Celebrity evangelist, Billy Graham, today extended sympathies to the families afflicted by what he has called "the most terrible and devastating terrorist attack in history." If ever there was a time for us to turn to God and to pray as a nation, it is now, that this evil will spread no further" he said.TAIWAN CONTRACT... HONG KONG: CommVerge Solutions, the business technology integrator, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to establish Internet services for the Chinese Petroleum Corporation, Taiwan's largest state-owned enterprise, according to a press statement delivered today. FASHION SHOW CANCELLED... NEW YORK: Polo Ralph Lauren today cancelled the release of its 2002 Spring fashion Collection, prompted by terrorist events in the U.S.CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE... GLASGOW: Cardiovascular disease is exploding due to a global diabetes epidemic, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes warned today. Diabetes now ranks alongside smoking, high blood pressure and cholesterol as a major contributor to cardiovascular disease, according to the press statement.AUTO TECHNOLOGY... FRANKFURT: Antonov Automotive Technologies today unveiled its latest automatic transmission - the 6-speed Antonov Automatic Drive - suited to small and medium cars with "traverse engines and front-wheel drive", according to a company news release.TELCO DEAL... CONCORD: Telecommunications company, Orange, will use IN Solutions' web-enabled customer management technology, Actevate, for its internal call centre, the company said today. Orange Dominicana Chooses IN Solutions CRM SolutionSWISS-CHINESE MIX... BERNE: Swiss Radio International will be available on the Internet in Chinese from September 11, in support of the Swiss consulate in Shanghai's Swiss Week. The site - www.swissinfo.org - would focus on education, travel and business, a media release said.STRATEGIC REVIEW... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK: A five-month operational review has led to the launch of a new strategic plan by Quintiles Transnational Corporation, company ceo Pam Kirby said today. The plan would emphasise entering gain-sharing commercialisation contracts, employing e-commerce technologies, and rationalising services to achieve better efficiency, the company said.AUTO SUPPLY CHAIN... DETROIT: Automotive company, Covisint, will establish a common, integrated portal service for the global automotive industry, which will facilitate the supply chain management, a news release has said.NATURAL RESOURCE TECHNOLOHGIES... DALLAS: UK power company, Innogy, will engage Allegro Development's software technology for its natural gas, risk, coal and power management activities, the companies jointly announced today.JAPANESE BANKS DEAL... PALO ALTO: Account One, a new joint venture enterprise that offers account aggregation technologies to Japan's largest banks, will employ Teknowledge Corporation's technology to rollout its business, the company announced today.DOMAIN NAME CURTAIN CALL... STERLING: The application phase for the .biz domain name will end on September 17, NeuLevel Inc the registry operator has announced. (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).