SYDNEY, July 13 -- AsiaNet ANTIPODEAN ABEBOOKS VICTORIA: Abebooks.com, the world's largest onlinemarketplace for books, has launched www.Abebooks.com.au andwww.Abebooks.co.nz, a microsite to help Australian and NewZealand booksellers and publishers sell books online, a mediastatement said. www.Abebooks.com.au www.Abebooks.co.nz PREM RAWAT... ROME: Responding to an invitation from current and formermembers of the Italian Parliament, Prem Rawat, also known asMaharaji, addressed a distinguished audience of senators,deputies, diplomats and government officials on July 7 in theConference Hall of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in PalazzoMarini, according to a press release. www.tprf.org FLUOR WIN... ALISO VIEJO, Calif.: Fluor Corporation has been contractedto provide asset management support services to Australia'snewest alumina refinery with its joint venture partnerMonadelphous Engineering Pty. Ltd., according to a pressrelease. www.monadel.com.au www.fluor.com ASAT HOLDINGS... HONG KONG and PLEASANTON, Calif.: ASAT Holdings Limited, aglobal provider of semiconductor package design, assembly andtest, will provide stacked die Leadless Plastic Chip Carriertechnology to Integrant Technologies Inc., a Korean-basedfabless semiconductor manufacturer, to meet the increasingdemand for tri-band mobile chipsets required for nextgeneration wireless phones. a media statement said. www.asat.com LA AUTOSHOW... LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Recognizing the global influence ofSouthern California as an automotive design center, the LosAngeles Auto Show has announced Design Los Angeles is the themefor the January, 2005 show, according to a press release. www.LAautoshow.com MICREL CHIP... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power,Protect and Connect IC solutions, has launched the MIC2215, anew triple, low dropout regulator for electronic deviceapplications including cellular phones, PDAs, PCs andperipherals such as wireless LAN cards, a media statementsaid. www.micrel.com SMART CARD... NANTES: Atmel Corporation's AT83C24 low-cost smart cardinterface IC has been approved by NDS for use in Set Top Box,featuring NDS VideoGuard - a pre-eminent conditional accesssoftware solution for pay-TV, a media statement said. www.atmel.com HIV TREATMENT... INGELHEIM, LONDON and PHILADELPHIA: Boehringer Ingelheim andGlaxoSmithKline plc have signed a letter of intent for anaccelerated development programme for a co-package for Viramuneand Combivir for chronic treatment of HIV infection in thedeveloping world, according to a press release. www.boehringer-ingelheim.com www.gsk.com YUKOS OIL... COLCHESTER, Conn.: Scott + Scott, LLC, a law firm based inConnecticut with offices in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and San Diego,California, has filed a class action in the United StatesDistrict Court for the Southern District of New York on behalfof purchasers of the securities of Yukos Oil Company betweenFebruary 13, 2003 and October 25, 2003, a media statementsaid. www.scott-scott.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--