SYDNEY, May 12 -- AsiaNet MONEYGRAM BRAZIL... MINNEAPOLIS: MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. announced thatit will expand its money transfer network in Brazildramatically with the addition of more than 2,400 Banco Itaulocations. www.moneygram.com PEACE PRIZE... TOKYO: The Niwano Peace Foundation (Nichiko Niwano,president; Kinjiro Niwano, chairman) awarded the 21st NiwanoPeace Prize to the Acholi Religious Leaders' Peace Initiative(ARLPI) of Uganda. http://www.npf.or.jp/npf/index_e.html BLOOD REGULATION... CANBERRA: Agreement has been reached between Australia andNew Zealand to include the regulation of blood in the new jointtherapeutic products agency which will replace Australia'sTherapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and New Zealand'sMedicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe). PACNET FINANCIALS... SINGAPORE: Pacific Internet Limited, or PacNet, announcedits financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,2004, posting its ninth consecutive quarter of profit, withrevenues rising to US$25.1 million and net income toUS$490,000. SHIBUIMARKETS SERVICE... SYDNEY, NEW YORK: In partnership with Asia Pulse Pte Ltd,Asia's leading commercial intelligence and news service,ShibuiMarkets will provide a pan-regional news service on asubscription basis. The newly-added Asia Pulse service providescomprehensive and up-to-date coverage of Asian companies,industries, investments and infrastructure, as well as jointventures and trade opportunities covering over 35 Asiancountries and 50 industry categories. www.shibuimarkets.com ADVERTISING AWARDS... NEW YORK & LONDON: London International Advertising andDesign Awards President Barbara Levy has announced the JuryPresidents and Call for Entries for 2004. Entry forms areavailable only online at www.liaawards.com and the deadline forreceipt is Monday, 14th June 2004. www.liaawards.com PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES... MILPITAS: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. has signed distributionagreements with Japan-based electronics trading companies TokyoElectron Device Limited and Okaya Electronics Corp. to offerPhoenix FirstWare applications to their customers for embeddedsystems. www.phoenix.com GIZMONDO DEBUT... LOS ANGELES: Gizmondo, a new handheld multi-entertainmentdevice from Tiger Telematics will be showcased this week at the2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo), May 12-14, at theLos Angeles Convention Center. www.gizmondo.com EURAND SUBMISSION... MILAN: Eurand, a specialty pharmaceutical company, hasannounced that a US pharmaceutical partner had recentlysubmitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and DrugAdministration. www.eurand.com CHUCK TALKS... DURHAM: Cree, Inc. announced that Chuck Swoboda, presidentand chief executive officer, delivered the keynote address atBlue 2004 - The International Industry Review for Advanced LEDand Semiconductor Laser Technologies in Hsinchu, Taiwan. www.cree.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total ofUS$15.171 million on May 21, 2004 at a redemption price equalto 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com INTERNET FLYING... SEATTLE and MUNICH: Connexion by Boeing, a business unit ofThe Boeing Company, and Lufthansa German Airlines announcedthat passengers on LH 452, flying on May 17, 2004 from Munich,Germany, to Los Angeles, Calif., will be the first in the worldto experience real-time, WiFi-based, high-speed Internetconnectivity on a commercial flight route. www.connexionbyboeing.com NVIDIA CORP... LOS ANGELES: NVIDIA Corporation and Shuttle Computer GroupInc., a provider of motherboards and small form-factor PCs,have announced the immediate availability of Shuttle's newfully-equipped XPC Systems, featuring Shuttle's smallform-factor PC designs, AMD Athlon 64 and Athlon XP processorsand NVIDIA's GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) andNVIDIA nForce3 and NVIDIA nForce2 media and communicationsprocessors (MCPs). www.nvidia.com INTENTIA CEO... STOCKHOLM: Intentia International AB announced that BertrandSciard has formally assumed the post of chief executive officer(CEO). www.intentia.com AUSTRALIAN WINE... ADELAIDE: An influential United States magazine for wineenthusiasts has recommended Jacobs Creek wine to consumers in akey price bracket, one of only three from Australia. ZAP DEAL... SANTA ROSA: Transportation firm ZAP has announced that ithas signed a $10 Million purchase agreement withSMART-Automobile LLC to be the exclusive distributor andlicensed manufacturer in the United States for its 60-MPG SMARTCar. www.zapworld.com CHARLES RIVER... SYDNEY: Charles River Development (Charles River), aprovider of financial software and consulting services to theglobal investment management, banking, pension and insuranceindustries today announced the appointment of Cameron Field asManaging Director of its Asia-Pacific operations. www.crd.com LJ INTERNATIONAL... HONG KONG & LOS ANGELES: LJ International, Inc. todayannounced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding tomarket and sell its jewelry through a joint venture with ChinaCommerce Group, a China-based operator of several retailoutlets including the upscale "China Friendship Shops", HualianDepartment Stores and Juntai Department stores. www.ljintl.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.)