SYDNEY, March 22 -- AsiaNet EXPORT FINANCE... ISLAMABAD: The Export-Import Bank of the United States willoffer expanded financing opportunities for U.S. exports to thepublic sector in Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powellannounced this morning (March 18). http://www.exim.gov Q4 EARNINGS... HONG KONG: LJ International Inc., one of the fastest growingfine jewelry companies in the world, will release its fourthquarter 2003 results pre-market on Wednesday, March 31, 2004. LICENSE APPLICATION... TAIPEI: Swiss Re announced that it has been grantedpermission by the Taiwan Ministry of Finance to begin thelicensing process for a branch office in Taiwan. SUMMER TIMETABLE... FRANKFURT: Frankfurt Airport's Summer Timetable 2004 - whichgoes into effect on March 28 - will feature 112 scheduledairlines offering a total of 4,217 flights per week to 300destinations in 109 countries. http://www.fraport.de WIRELESS FLEXIBILITY... MISSISSAUGA: Redknee Inc. announced that Bell Mobility hasselected Redknee's Wireless Enterprise Service for mobilecorporate markets. http://www.redknee.com PORTABLE GENERATORS... VANCOUVER: Twenty-four giant generators with enough capacityto easily run the entire Taipei Financial Center are being soldby unreserved auction by Ritchie Bros. ANNUAL DIVIDEND... LAKE FOREST: The Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. hasrecommended a dividend of $0.25 per share for the year 2003. http://www.cnh.com FREE WHEELCHAIRS... VIENTIANE: The Wheelchair Foundation is delivering over10,000 new wheelchairs each month to people with physicaldisabilities around the world. http://www.wheelchairfoundation.org SLASHING COSTS... TAIPEI: Taiwan's innovative Taishin Bank has launched itsnew core technology platform which it says will slash operatingcosts and staffing ratios, while at the same time dramaticallyimproving customer service. MOBILE E-MAIL... HANNOVER: PocketMail Group Limited, a provider ofvalue-priced world-wide mobile e-mail services, announced atCeBIT 2004 the release of a European version of its popularPocketMail Composer handheld mobile email device. http://www.orloffwilliams.com EPILEPSY STUDY... ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited has announced the publication ofits international clinical study involving patients with a formof epilepsy confined to early childhood in the scientificjournal, Annals of Neurology. http://www.bionomics.com.au NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR... HONG KONG: Johnson Electric Holdings Limited announced theappointment of Professor Michael Enright as independentnon-executive director of the company. http://www.johnsonelectric.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)