Jan., 7 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNetREFCO ACQUISITION... NEW YORK: REFCO Group Ltd., LLC Tuesday announced that its subsidiary, REFCO Global Holdings, LLC, has completed a US$4.5 million acquisition of HanMag Futures in Seoul, Korea. http://www.refco.comTYCO CONTRACT... MORRISTOWN, N.J.: Tyco Telecommunications Tuesday announced a multi-million dollar contract for diverse 10Gb/s Wavelengths with KT Corporation (KT), Korea's largest telecom operator, http://www.tyco.com http://www.kt.co.kr http://www.flagtelecom.comNOBLE SYSTEMS... ATLANTA: Noble Systems Corporation has received a "Product of the Year Award" from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine for its DNC Manager solution. http://www.noblesys.comPEPSICO WEBCAST... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo Tuesday announced that its fourth quarter 2003 earnings conference call with financial analysts and investors will be webcast live over the internet on Thursday, February 5, from 11:00 a.m. (ET) to 12:00 noon. http://www.pepsico.comARGON TECHNOLOGY... TORONTO: Argon Technology Tuesday announced the release of its newest product, a fully managed 10/100 Fast Ethernet Cardbus network adapter for notebook computers. www.ArgonTechnology.comNVIDIA CORPORATION... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation Tuesday announced that its NVIDIA nForce 3 media and communications processors (MCPs) fully support the new AMD Athlon64 Processor 3400+ announced earlier in the day. http://www.nvidia.comKOMAG OUTLOOK... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, the largest independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, is updating its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2003. http://www.komag.comVTECH APPOINTMENT... HONG KONG: VTech Holdings Ltd Tuesday announced the appointment of James D. Palmer as President of VTech Communications, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary located in North America. http://www.vtech.comCENTURY MARBLE... HSIN CHU, Taiwan: Century Marble Trading Co. Tuesday said consumers and merchandisers should return its manufactured products, Decorative Lighting Strings (Model TS-100/2F), as they do not comply with Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) safety requirements and are not authorized to bear the UL Mark.EVOLVING SYSTEMS... ENGLEWOOD, Colo.: Evolving Systems, Inc. Tuesday announced plans to form Evolving Systems India, a wholly owned subsidiary, located in the Indian city of Bangalore. http://www.evolving.comRMF SPONSORSHIP... SEOUL: RMF, the leading provider of alternative investment solutions in Europe, has commenced sponsorship of a Korean long/short equity start-up fund through its Hedge Fund Ventures (HFV) programme. www.maninvestments.comSTONEPATH GROUP... PHILADELPHIA, PA: Stonepath Group, a global logistics services organization, has significantly expanded its Asian network through several recent acquisitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Malaysia. http://www.stonepath.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)