SYDNEY, July 27 -- AsiaNet FOOD RECALL... AUCKLAND: Edmonds is voluntarily recalling two batches ofEdmonds Fielders Cornflour 300g as a precautionary measure.This follows advice from a supplier that the cornflour suppliedto us and used in these products may contain lead above maximumfood standard limits. INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE... TAIPEI: BEA Systems, Inc., the world's leading applicationinfrastructure software company, today announced the generalavailability of BEA WebLogic Server Process Edition, designedto help enable companies to quickly and cost-effectivelyexperience the benefits of service-oriented architecture. www.bea.com COAL SUPPLY... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. has signed the"Year 2005-2007 Coal Supply Agreement" with Shenhua CoalTrading Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, Shenhua Coal willbe providing to the Company with high-quality thermal coalamounting to 9 million tonnes, 10.5 million tonnes and 11million tonnes for the years of 2005, 2006 and 2007respectively. INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS... WASHINGTON: The Special Libraries Association (SLA) hasformed a new chapter in Australia and New Zealand, the 59thgeographically-oriented network within its membership. The SLABoard of Directors approved the motion to create the newchapter during its meetings held last month in conjunction withthe SLA Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. http://www.sla.org/ NEW HOTEL... TOKYO: The tropical resort setting of The Republic of Palau,famous for its pristine diving environment, will be thelocation of a new Nikko Hotels International resort hotel thatis scheduled to open next summer, according to JAL HotelsCompany, Ltd., operator of the Nikko Hotels Internationalluxury hotels chain. "Palau Royal Resort," now underconstruction, is expected to open in July 2005. CONTRACT AWARDED... MARKHAM AND STUDLEY: Fortis, a European top 20 banking,insurance and investments group, has awarded a contract toAllshare, the distributor in the Netherlands for Geac , forGeac Performance Management software and related implementationservices. The scheduled "go live" date for the first phase ofimplementation of the Geac software is mid-August 2004.http://www.geac.com WORLD CONFERENCE... NORTH CAROLINA: The Ninth International Conference onElectrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensionswill gather scientists and engineers from around the world nextmonth in Beijing, China. http://www.lord.com SALE ANNOUNCED... Boise Cascade Corporation announced today that it hasreached a definitive agreement to sell its paper, forestproducts, and timberland assets for approximately $3.7 billionto affiliates of Boise Cascade, L.L.C., a new company formed byMadison Dearborn Partners LLC, a leading private equityinvestment firm located in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.bc.com/media.htm http://www.bc.com STIKINE GOLD... VANCOUVER: Stikine Gold Corporation ("Stikine") may be onthe brink of finding the big sister of one of the world'slargest past producing mines. Diamond drilling at Stikine'sSullivan Deeps Project, located at Kimberley, British Columbiahas passed a depth of 2,000m (6,560 feet) and has intersectedthe geologically important 'Hiawatha Marker'. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/mmnr/stikine/ www.stikinegold.com/ GRAPHICS PROCESSING... CALIFORNIA NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader invisual processing solutions, today announced that independentthird-party testing confirms that the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultraand the GeForce 6800 GT graphics processing units (GPUs)deliver faster performance than comparable competitiveofferings in Doom 3, regarded as one of the mosthighly-anticipated PC games in history. http://www.nvidia.com INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS... BOSTON: Nearly 70 per cent of senior universityadministrative officials from around the world expect anincrease in international students to their schools e-learningprograms, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted byAcadient, a leading developer and distributor of onlineeducation for higher education, shows that administratorsexpect the increase to come from students in Asia specificallyChina, Malaysia and India. http://www.acadient.com FINANCIAL RESULTS... TOKYO: Trend Micro, a leader in network antivirus andInternet content security software and services, todayannounced that the forecast of consolidated financial resultsfor the second quarter of the fiscal year 2004, is revised. www.trendmicro.com RECORD NUMBERS... TOKYO: Ric Telecom Co., Ltd. and E. J. Krause & Associates,Inc. were pleased to announce today the number of attendees atthe first "Next Generation Wireless Technology Expo" and"Wireless Japan 2004" held from July 21 through 23 at Tokyo BigSite was 32,836 including a record-high 436 mediarepresentatives from Japan and throughout the rest of Asia. http://www.ric.co.jp/expo/wj2004/en/cust_index.html PETROLEUM AGREEMENT... OKLAHOMA: Syntroleum Corporation announced today that theyhave signed an agreement to undertake a feasibility study withOil Search Limited ) for a gas- to-liquids (GTL) Barge in PapuaNew Guinea (PNG). The conceptual design will include gasprocessing to extract natural gas liquids (NGL) in advance ofthe gas-to-liquids section that will utilize the SyntroleumProcess and would produce a nominal 20,000 barrels per day oftotal liquids. http://www.syntroleum.com CHINA TRAVEL... NEW YORK: IAC/InterActiveCorp today announced its entry intothe travel market in China through its agreement to invest $60million for a 30 per cent interest in eLong, Inc., a privatelyheld online travel provider based in Beijing that operates thewebsites eLong.com and eLong.net. http://www.iac.com http://www.eLong.com http://www.eLong.net (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)--