Sep 28--PRNewswire/AsiaNetJAPANESE REFORM… TOKYO: The Japanese government has released a "Reform Schedule" outlining its structural reform initiatives derived from a Cabinet meeting last June, according to an official news release. An interim report will accelerate the program, a statement said.TELCO INVESTMENT… MUNICH: An incubator division of German company, Siemens, today said it had invested in Swedish telco, The PhonePages of Sweden AB, which develops wireless internet technologies, a media release has announced.BANKRUPTCY FILE… SOUTHFIELD: Federal-Mogul Corporation will voluntarily file for financial restructuring under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, to "separate asbestos liabilities from its true operating potential", according to a press statement.IMPOTENCE TREATED… ROME: Impotent males using a hydrochloride treatment called Uprima could function properly in 92 per cent of cases, the Congress of the European Society for Sexual Impotence and Research has heard.MOBILE/INTERNET PARTNERSHIP… MARLOW: Internet antivirus company, Trend Micro Corporation, will team with Telecel Vodafone to provide virus protection to one million Portuguese email subscribers for a "safer Internet experience", a media release said.AUTO MARKET… DETROIT: Automotive market intelligence company, CSM, today announced its latest industry production forecast and analysis against the backdrop of the U.S. terrorist attacks, predicting a slump in consumer confidence delaying a U.S. economic upturn by three to six months, according to the news release.JAPANESE ACQUISTION… HUNTSVILLE: SCI Systems Inc will buy IBM Corporation's design, product/test engineering and electronic manufacturing operations in Yasu, Japan for over $US 700 million, the company has announced.GLOBAL JOINT-VENTURE… DUSSELDORF: A Henkel-Ecolab joint venture will close two months ahead of schedule on November 30, consumer product company, the Henkel Group announced today. "The requirement to better serve the global customer base drives our desire to combine Henkel-Ecolab with Ecolab Inc. in one worldwide operating business", ceo, Mr Ulrich Lehner said.NETWORK SECURITY… TOKYO: Networks will benefit from Netscreen Technologies' latest security product - High Availability Solution - which provides improved firewall and VPN resilience, the company said today.FREE TRADE ZONE… SINGAPORE: Xiamen Customs today said transportation company, BAX Global Xiamen, was the first to be presented a "Class A Company" Distinction award in the Xiangyu Free Trade Zone for two years of continuous trade, strict adherence to customs and legal imperatives, and its professional management team.PROPERTY IPO… BEVERLY HILLS: International real estate and fund management firm, Kennedy-Wilson Inc, today announced the initial public offering (IPO) of its Japanese subsidiary, Kennedy-Wilson Japan. Shares will be listed on the Nasdaq Japan and should be scheduled for late October, the company said.BROADBAND ENDORSEMENT… ALAMEDA: Communications giant, SingTel, has approved Netopia Inc's broadband gateway products - 4500 and R6100 series - the company has announced.GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY… SANTA CLARA: Graphic processing units designed by multimedia technology company, Nvidia Corporation, have been selected by several leading industry suppliers, the company said today.ONLINE SHRIMP… BANGKOK: Transactions of online shrimp auction worth 20 million baht (US$ 444,000) have been struck between shrimp farmers, processors and brokers, said FoodMarketExchange.com, South-East Asia's first B2B e-marketplace for the food industry.CORPORATE BRANDING… DARMSTADT: Merck KGaA today underscored its corporate vision with a new and unmistakable brand design comprising a redefined typeface in the company's traditional blue combined with colorful graphic elements to create a unified whole, according to a media release.DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY… SANTA CLARA: An intellectual property platform for digital cameras was today jointly unveiled by DSP Group and Meicom Technologies Ltd. The design would incorporate DSP's Teak core and Meicom's software, a press release said.JAPANESE-LANGUAGE WEB SITE… BOISE: A Japanese-language web site launched by RidgeRun Inc will extend the company's "embedded solutions" in growing Asian markets and reinforce its Osaka-based sales and support subsidiary, a news release from the company said today.FUEL CELL CAR… ROSWELL: Hydrogen fuel tanks produced by Advanced Technical Products Inc, have been delivered to a Japanese company participating in a project to develop a trans-Atlantic fuel cell electric vehicle, the company has announced.VOICE-RESPONSIVE TECHNOLOGY… DALLAS: Speech-enabled services allowing telephone users to access information from the Internet and other data sources - VoiceXML - have been incorporated into Omvia technology, iVB Network Solutions said today.CONSULTING POSITIONING… UPPER SADDLE RIVER: Global IT consulting and professional services firm, Voice Integrators Inc, today announced that it would change its name to Viecore Inc, to reflect its "expanding product and services mix."PUTTERS' VICTORIES… CARLSBAD: Callaway Golf Company brand, Odyssey Golf, today announced two Senior PGA Tour victories credited in part to its products - the White Hot 2 Putter and Dual Force Rossey 2 Putter. 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