SYDNEY, Sept. 2 -- AsiaNet AGREEMENT SIGNED... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Synopsys, Inc., the world leader in semiconductor design software, Thursday announced that IPCore Technologies Corporation, China's pioneer pure design foundry, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement to adopt Synopsys' Galaxy Design and Discovery Verification Platforms. http://www.synopsys.com http://www.designware.com http://ipcoreinc.com PEPSICO OUTLOOK... PURCHASE, N.Y.: In conjunction with Thursday's announcement of the retirement of Al E. Bru, and the appointment of Irene B. Rosenfeld as Chairman and CEO of Frito-Lay, PepsiCo provided an outlook for the snack and convenient food division's performance for the third quarter. http://www.pepsico.com PEPSICO MANAGEMENT... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo Thursday announced that Al Bru, Chairman and CEO of Frito-Lay and a 28-year veteran of the company, will retire February 1, 2005. http://www.pepsico.com CHEAP TRAVEL... LONDON: The cost of travelling around Britain between November 1, 2004 and February 28, 2005 has been cut dramatically, with 25% off the price of all BritRail Consecutive and BritRail Flexi Passes purchased from Monday, Sept 6, 2004 for use during the off-peak 2004 - 2005 period. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of five securities issues amounting to a total of US$406.96 million on Sept 11 and 13, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com IPHONE LAUNCH... PARIS: NetCentrex, the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and next-generation services, and Al-Pi Telecommunications, a subsidiary of Uni2 and France Telecom and one of Spain's major telecommunications service providers in the Catalonian region, Wednesday announced that Al-Pi Telecommunications has deployed NetCentrex' IPCentrex solution to launch "IPhone," a hosted VoIP communications service for Catalonian enterprises. http://www.netcentrex.net BIOMETRIC SYSTEM... GRENOBLE: Atmel Corporation Wednesday announced the introduction of the AT77SM0101BCB02VKE FingerChip biometric module, a complete biometric system including a processing facility and authentication software, aimed at facilitating the addition of a biometric feature into Physical Access Control, Point of Sales, Locks, and Time and Attendance systems or many other secure applications. http://www.atmel.com GIZMONDO SHOWCASED... LONDON: Gizmondo, the eagerly anticipated, new handheld multi-entertainment device from Tiger Telematics, will be showcased this week at the 2004 European Games Network (EGN) at ExCel in London from September 1 to 3. http://www.tigertelematics.com http://www.gizmondo.com RIFLE MEET ... JAKARTA: The 14th ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet (AARM) with 500 athletes of 10 ASEAN armies taking part in it was opened by Indonesian Army Deputy Chief of Staff, Djoko Santoso, at the Army Reserve and Strategic Command's (Kostrad) Infantry Division in Cilodong, West Java, on Wednesday morning. HERBAL MEDICINE... COPENHAGEN: Danish medical tycoon, Erik Sprunk-Jansen, former CEO of pharmaceutical company Lundbeck, now implements an ambitious venture to create a global company for herbal medicine. http://www.sprunk-jansen.com MONEY TRANSFER... SYDNEY: MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer company, has reached an agreement with UAE Exchange to provide MoneyGram's fast and safe international money transfer services through UAE-owned Xpress Money shops in Australia. http://www.moneygram.com REAL ESTATE... SHANGHAI: Sunrise Real Estate Development Group, Inc. Wednesday announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire Shanghai Xinjiyang Realty Consulting Company and Lin Ray Yang Enterprise. CLINIC PARTNERSHIP... LOS ANGELES, Calif.: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, (AHF) the largest AIDS organization in the United States, which currently operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa and Central America and Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), a respected Indian NGO, Wednesday announced a groundbreaking new clinic partnership. (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)--