SYDNEY, June 2 -- AsiaNet XINHUA FINANCE... HONG KONG: Xinhua Finance, China's premier financialservices and media company, has unveiled a new corporateidentity and logo and launches a revamped website. www.xinhuafinance.com AFRICAN FASHION... WATTENS: African supermodel Alek Wek was the dazzlinghighlight of a spectacular show staged by Swarovski to presentits Autumn/Winter collection 2004 - "Out of Africa". STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL... WILTON, Conn: Startech Environmental Corporation announcedits new Plasma Converter System for the safe and irreversibledestruction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). www.startech.net BARCELONA DESIGN... NEWARK, Calif: Barcelona Design, Inc. announced that it isopening up its silicon-proven synthesis technology to analogdesigners through the launch of two new equation-based modelingand optimization products. www.barcelonadesign.com NVIDIA CORP... TAIPEI: NVIDIA Corporation has announced the NVIDIA nForce 3Ultra MCP, a new media and communications processor formotherboards and PC systems based on the AMD64 computingplatform. www.nvidia.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total ofUS$23,136,000 on June 11 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY... TAIPEI: In conjunction with hard drive manufacturers,including Hitachi, Maxtor, Samsung, and Seagate, NVIDIACorporation has announced joint efforts to bringnext-generation Serial ATA (SATA) technology into desktop PCs,workstations and servers. www.nvidia.com ATMEL CORPORATION... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced the availability ofits new stand-alone LIN bus transceiver IC ATA6661 whichcomplies with the new LIN2.0 standard and provides outstandingESD protection (5 kV). www.atmel.com SOFTWARE RELEASE... TAIPEI: NVIDIA Corporation has unveiled NVIDIA nStant Media-- new multimedia software that gives users quick access todigital content on notebook PCs. www.nvidia.com FMC AUSTRALIA... SYDNEY: Financial Models Company Inc. (FMC) has announcedthat Wilson HTM Services Ltd (WHTM) have gone live with theirintegrated asset management solution from FMC Software PtyLimited, FMC's Australian subsidiary. www.fmco.com BA ENERGY... CALGARY: BA Energy Inc., a member of the Value CreationGroup of Companies, has announced that the application to theAlberta Energy and Utilities Board for approval of its proposedHeartland Upgrader was filed Monday, May 31. FOUR SEASONS... NEW YORK: Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope, a philanthropyprogram, is taking its message of Hope worldwide via afirst-of-its-kind star-studded charity web cast live from NewYork City. www.fourseasonsofhope.com TRUSTEDCORE PRODUCT... MILPITAS, Calif. & TAIPEI: Phoenix Technologies Ltd launchedits Phoenix cME TrustedCore product suite, next-generationsoftware that aims to improve security and manageability fornetwork-connected server, desktop, notebook and embeddedsystems. www.phoenix.com GOALS GALORE... MANCHESTER: Fans of European football throughout the worldwill be able to watch video highlights from every match at UEFAEURO 2004 thanks to a new subscription service being offered atthe official website - euro2004.com. www.euro2004.com ING GROUP... SEOUL: ING Group (ING) announced that it has reached anagreement in principle, subject to regulatory approval, to buya 49% stake in KB Life, a new life insurance company beingformed in Korea by Kookmin Bank. SYNOPSYS INC... BANGALORE: Synopsys, Inc. announced that it will celebratethe fifth anniversary of the Synopsys Users Group for India onJune 24-25 with a program filled with 12 user presentations, apanel discussion and meetings with key research and developmentpersonnel. www.synopsys.com HWL DENIAL... HONG KONG: In response to unfounded market speculation abouta possible exit of Hutchison Whampoa (HWL) from Hutchison 3G UK(H3G UK), HWL states that it categorically denies the rumoursand reiterates its commitment to H3G UK. WILDCAT SUCCESS... HONG KONG: CNOOC Limited announced that a wildcat drilled onHZ ("Huizhou") 26-3 in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of SouthChina Sea was successful. CCCI FINANCIALS... BEIJING: China Cable and Communication, Inc. (CCCI) todayannounced its financial results for the first quarter of 2004,which beginning on January 1, 2004 have included consolidationwith results of the Baoding Joint Venture. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)