SYDNEY, July 6 -- AsiaNet ATUGEN AG... BERLIN: atugen AG announced that it has signed a contractresearch agreement with Eisai London Research Laboratories(ELL), a subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan's fourth largestpharmaceutical company. www.atugen.com NEXTGEN EXPO... TOKYO: Ric Telecom Co., Ltd. and E. J. Krause & Associates,Inc. announced an upcoming commencement of the first "NextGeneration Wireless Technology Expo" and "Wireless Japan 2004"events to be held at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan from July 21through 23. http://www.ric.co.jp/expo/wj2004/index.html CLASS ACTION... COLCHESTER, Conn: Scott + Scott, LLC, a law firm based inConnecticut with offices in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and San Diego,California, has announced that it has filed a class action inthe United States District Court for the District of New Jerseyon behalf of the purchasers of Commerce Bancorp securitiesbetween the period of June 1, 2002 and June 28, 2004,inclusive. http://www.scott-scott.com HUANENG POWER... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. announced that onJune 30, 2004 it obtained approval from the relevant PRCgovernment authorities on the respective transfer agreementssigned on April 16, 2004 among the Company, China HuanengGroup, Huaneng International Power Development Corporation andJiangxi Provincial Investment Corp. SWISS RE... TAIPEI: Swiss Re today announced that it has been granted areinsurance branch licence from the Taiwan Ministry ofFinance. GLOBE TELECOM... MANILA: Globe Telecom announced today that it is solicitingconsents from holders of its US$200 million 9.750 per centSenior Notes due 2012 to amend the indenture under which theNotes were issued in April, 2002. PAYGLOBAL LIMITED... SYDNEY: Payroll and HR software developer PayGlobal Limitedis launching a ground-breaking global payroll solution calledGlobalPay this weekend at the Microsoft Worldwide Partnerconference in Toronto, Canada. http://www.payglobal.com/ UBINETICS ANNOUNCEMENT... HONG KONG: UbiNetics, a world leader in 3G Terminal and Test& Measurement technology, has announced the delivery of thefirst LG200 Load Generators to major network operators inEurope. www.ubinetics.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.)--InfoQuest (PP)--