SYDNEY, July 28 -- AsiaNet LAB TESTING... MONTREAL: MDS Pharma Services, a leading provider ofinnovative drug discovery and development solutions, announcesthe expansion of its central lab network with the developmentof a clinical safety-testing laboratory in Singapore. This newfacility is an extension of the offerings MDS Pharma Servicescurrently provides in Singapore, which includes central labstudy coordination services, logistics and global clinicaldevelopment services. www.mdsps.com NEW LICENSEE... SUNNYVALE: PalmSource, Inc. provider of Palm OS, a leadingoperating system powering next generation mobile devices andsmartphones, and QTech, Inc., today announced QTech haslicensed Palm OS to bring next generation Palm Poweredsmartphones and mobile solutions to the Indian and LatinAmerican markets. http://www.qtechinc.com http://www.palmsource.com CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES... HSINCHU: ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. today announcedpositive guidance for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, asChipMOS continues to benefit from increased demand for testingservices for memory semiconductors, in particular DRAM andflash memory semiconductors and testing and assembly servicesfor liquid crystal display and other flat-panel display driversemiconductors. JOINT VENTURE: MICHIGAN: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company's operating group,Cooper-Standard Automotive, has formed a joint venture companywith Saiyang Sealing Products Company of China for themanufacture and sales of automobile sealing systems under thename Cooper Saiyang Wuhu Automotive. http://www.coopertireandrubber.com MEDICAL IMAGING... MASSACHUSETTS: Synarc, Inc., a leader in providing highlyspecialized medical imaging and molecular marker services forglobal clinical trials, announced today that it has completedthe acquisition of IoDP Medical Imaging Research, a provider ofmedical imaging services focused on clinical trials incardiovascular diseases, stroke and other indications focusedon asthma, contrast media studies, and retinal angiographyanalysis. http://www.synarc.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$40.549 million on August 6 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com LAWSUIT FILED... CONNECTICUT: Scott + Scott, LLC, a law firm based inConnecticut with offices in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and San Diego,California filed a class action in the United States DistrictCourt for the District of New Jersey on behalf of thepurchasers of Commerce Bancorp securities between the period ofJune 1, 2002 and June 28, 2004, inclusive. http://www.scott-scott.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040715/155355_1.html INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT... SYDNEY: FMC Software Pty Limited, a leading provider ofsolutions and services to the investment management community,today announced that Dalton Nicol Reid, a Brisbane basedboutique Fund Manager with approximately $200m undermanagement, have selected FMC's integrated investmentmanagement solution. http://www.fmco.com CNT ULTRANET... LAS VEGAS: CNT, a global expert in storage networkingsolutions, today announced that IBM will resell its newUltraNet Multi-service Director, a new generation storagenetworking infrastructure platform with superior scalability inports, protocols, and speeds. http://www.cnt.com MUSIC PIRACY... LONDON: Global sales of pirate music have hit another recordat 1.1 billion discs annually, but thanks to stepped upenforcement efforts the fake CD trade is spreading more slowlythan in recent years. Music piracy remains a huge US$4.5billion illegal business driven by organised crime, governmentapathy and corruption. MICREL LDOS... SAN JOSE: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connectand Protect IC solutions today rolled out four newhigh-performance, low-dropout regulators in the industry'ssmallest plastic packaging; the 2x2 MLF. The MIC5219/47/52/55series is part of Micrel's family of popular micropower LDOsaimed at a wide range of portable electronics applications. http://www.micrel.com COMMUNICATION SERVICES... KUALA LUMPUR: JARING, one of Malaysia's largest Internetservice providers, and SOMA Networks, Inc., today announcedthey have signed a contract to deliver broadband and voiceservices across Malaysia using SOMA Networks' last-milewireless access solution. http://www.JARING.my http://www.somanetworks.com DARBY ASIA... HONG KONG: Darby Asia Investors, Ltd., announced that itsAsian Infrastructure Mezzanine Capital Fund led a syndicate toacquire for total cash consideration of US$84.6 million a 20per cent interest in Meiya Power Company Limited, anindependent power producer specializing in developing andoperating power projects located in Asia, primarily China andSouth Korea INTERIM REPORT... LONDON: Operating profit, excluding goodwill amortisationand exceptional items, was 1 per cent higher at GBP1,346million, affected by the translation of results to sterlingwhich strengthened against almost all currencies. At comparablerates of exchange, operating profit would have risen by 7 percent. . NEW TECHNOLOGY... ILLINOIS: On the eve of its annual financial analystsmeeting, Motorola, Inc. unveiled groundbreaking products andpartnerships that will create a seamless mobile experience forcustomers. http://www.motorola.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)--