SYDNEY, May 13 -- AsiaNet INVESTMENT FUND... TOKYO: The FTSE4Good Global 100 index has been selected asthe benchmark for a new socially responsible investment fund byNomura Asset Management, launched last week. www.ftse.com GIZMONDO EUROPE... LOS ANGELES: Gizmondo Europe Ltd., subsidiary of TigerTelematics, has today launched "Colors," a GPS-enabled interactive game at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo) 2004. www.gizmondo.com HUANENG POWER... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. has held its 2003Annual General Meeting in Beijing. Mr. Li Xiaopeng, Chairman ofthe Company, presided over the meeting. ORANGE FRANCE... PARIS: XandMail SA, a digital communication solutionsprovider, announced that Orange France has chosen the XandMailMultiMedia Center server software as the foundation componentof its advanced multimedia services. www.orange.fr NORTH CHINA... TIANJIN: Founded in 1994, Binhai New Area in Tianjin, northChina, has now become one of the most active economic areasattracting more foreign capital in China, and is buildingitself into a "Pudong New Area." INPUT/OUTPUT INC... CALGARY: Input/Output, Inc. announced the launch of thecompany's newest innovation in land seismic imaging, the SystemFour Digital-Analog platform. www.i-o.com POLL FRAUD... MANILA: Claims of voting irregularities and vote countmanipulation are increasing in volume this week as the outcomeof recent presidential balloting in the Philippines continuesto be tabulated. SORIN REPORT... MILAN: Sorin's Board of Directors, meeting in Milan underthe chairmanship of Umberto Rosa, reviewed and approved thereport on operations in the first quarter of 2004 presented byDrago Cerchiari, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. www.sorin.com CVRD FINANCIALS... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) hasreported net earnings of US$405 million for the first quarterof 2004, corresponding to earnings per share of US$ 1.06. www.cvrd.com.br ING SELLS... SYDNEY: ING Group (ING) announced today that it has enteredinto a letter of intent regarding the sale to QBE InsuranceGroup Limited (QBE) of Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Australia)Limited (MMIA), Mercantile Mutual Insurance (WorkersCompensation) Limited and its 50% stake in the QBE MercantileMutual joint venture for A$740 million. MEDICAL RESEARCH... ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited announced today that research byits collaborators Womens and Childrens Hospital, in conjunctionwith the University of Melbourne and a US group in Tennessee,has been published in the scientific journal, Human MolecularGenetics. www.wch.sa.gov.au ADP EXPANSION... ROSELAND: ADP, Employer Services division, a provider ofintegrated outsourced payroll and human resources services,today announced plans to expand its alliance with SAP AG toextend the availability of their joint BPO solution. www.adp.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.)