Oct 25--PRNewswire/AsiaNetHIV DIAGNOSIS... HERCULES: A diagnostic license for HIV-2, a virus known to cause AIDS in humans, has been issued to Genelabs Diagnostics providing for the manufacture and sale of two detection products, patent holder BioRad Laboratories has announced.MILITARY PURCHASE... MOSCOW: Sweden is likely to purchase two Russian high-speed patrol boats - the Mustang and Mangoose, following a recent demonstration administered by the Russian Federal Border Service and arranged by national arms exporter Rosoboronexport, the company has announced. GENE TECHNOLOGY... CAMBRIDGE: Genomics-based drug discovery and development today received a booster shot, following the joint announcement of Millenium Pharmaceuticals and Affymetrix Inc's four-year R&D and volume supply deal to co-develop a new line of GeneChip technology.DAIRY ISSUE... AUCKLAND: Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd is to issue up to NZ$200 million of capital notes, Chief Financial Officer Graham Stuart said today. The notes would have an initial minimum interest rate of 7 percent and come with an A+ credit rating from Standard & Poor's, according to a media release.FLIGHT LOADS... FRANKFURT: Frankfurt Airport's 2001 Winter Timetable will feature over 4,000 direct connections weekly to 270 destinations in 104 countries, although this figure could drop if Lufthansa culls their flight schedule as rumoured due to the September 11 incident, Fraport AG said today. MICRODISPLAY MARKET... SAN JOSE: The global market for microdisplays as components would grow from $668 million in 2001 to $1.9 million in 2007, market intelligence firm Stanford Resources-iSuppli has unveiled in a report today.CONSUMER ELECTRONICS... SINGAPORE: Seagate Technology today launched its newest Consumer Electronics Testing and Engineering Center (CETEC) n Singapore to help Consumer Electronics (CE) customers in Asia to integrate hard drives into new classes of consumer devices, according to a news release. E-PROCESSING COUP... NEW YORK: SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, the financial services e-processing company, today announced its first mainland Chinese client, CITIC Industrial Bank. With assets of $US 28.34 billion, CITIC has retained SunGard to underpin its foreign exchange, money market, fixed income and derivatives businesses, a media release said.BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE... CAMBRIDGE: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that an audio version of its presentation to the Mass Opportunities Investor Conference hosted by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council in Boston will be webcast live.HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE... CAMBRIDGE: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc today said that an audio version of its presentation to the Salomon Smith Barney Health Care Conference will be webcast live.PUTTER SUCCESS... CARLSBAD: Ahead of its market release in January 2002, Callaway Golf Company's '2-ball' putter has already proved a winner the company said today. 1999 British Open champion and staff professional Paul Lawrie used the new putter to drain a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews, a news release said. FINANCIAL RESULTS: TORONTO: Sun Life Financial Services of Canada today recorded its third-quarter shareholder net income of $215 million, up 6 per cent year-on-year, and reported a dividend of $0.12 per share payable December 31.(AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.aufor full-text versions)