Nov 2--PRNewswire/AsiaNetACQUISITION SEALED... TORONTO: Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc today signed off on its $US1.7 billion purchase of Keyport Life Insurance and Independent Financial Marketing Group, following regulatory approval, according to a press statement.ENERGY EQUITY... HONG KONG: Enterprise Development Company Ltd today became the largest shareholder in Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Ltd, taking a 20.6% equity stake, the company said today.STEEL MANUFACTURING... SOUTHFIELD: Federal-Mogul Corporation and Teikoku Piston Ring Co have formed a $10 million joint venture, United Piston Rings, to manufacture high performance steel piston rings, the companies said today.ONLINE GAMBLING... ST LOUIS: Twenty-eight percent of Internet gamblers bet online for real money and another 47 per cent participate in “free-play” games, a report from The River City Group has revealed. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS... CANBERRA: Australia’s Commonwealth Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business will provide video broadcast and on-demand video services to staff members nationally using Cisco Systems’ Enterprise Content Delivery Network, according to a statement. TEETH AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE... WARMINSTER: Cardiovascular disease and periodontal disease may be related, a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on oral health care has revealed in a study. Orapharma Inc also announced that “smokers being treated for periodontal disease respond more favourably to a combined treatment of scaling and root planning (SRP), together with a treatment called Arestin, than to SRP alone.”FINANCIAL RESULTS: TORONTO: Sherritt International yesterday held a teleconference call between its executive, media and individual investors to discuss the company’s third quarter results. (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).