Sep 20--PRNewswire/AsiaNet TERRORIST FUND... NEW YORK: Over $US 89 million has been raised for the September 11th Fund by The New York Community Trust and United Way to help the victims and families of those affected by last week's terrorist attacks in the United States, the organisations have announced. Major corporations and foundations have pledged almost $US 30 million of this in just three days, they said.ASIAN TRADING... HONG KONG: Asian Internet stockbroker and financial technology firm, Boom, today announced the launch of a pan-Asian online trading platform, linking via a single account to all major Asian stock exchanges. The company expects this addition to double the size of its business, according to a press statement issued today.CHINESE SCIENCE... HONG KONG: A MOU that will see the construction of science and business park projects across China and overseas, was signed today between China's Vision Century Investments Ltd and Tsinghua Science Park Development Centre, a media release said today. The facility would have a gross floor area of 50,000 sq.m and would be located on the Tsinghua University Campus.EURO EXHIBITION... FRANKFURT: An exhibition on the Euro currency - The Euro: Our Money - will be hosted at Frankfurt Airport from September 19 to January 13, supported by the State of Hesse Central Bank and Germany's Bundesbank, airport owner-operators Fraport AG announced today.DRUG TESTING... CAMBRIDGE: Two leading pharmaceutical companies - Bayer AG and Millenium Pharmaceuticals - today said over 140 "disease-relevant drug targets" had been flagged for development and screening. Six of these will be submitted to clinical testing, following successful tests on animals, the companies said.EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS: PURCHASE: PepsiCo today announced that Mr John Cahill would succeed Mr Craig Weatherup as ceo of the company's bottling group. Chairman, Mr Steve Reinemund, said "John is an insightful strategist and highly talented operator who has demonstrated his extraordinary capabilities both at PBG and at PepsiCo." (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).