SYDNEY, Sept. 30 -- AsiaNet PEPSICO PRESENTATION... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo, Inc. yesterday announced thatMartin Glenn, President, PepsiCo UK and Ireland, will make apresentation at the Merrill Lynch Global Consumer ProductsConference at 10:10 am London time/5:10 am New York time onWednesday, October 6. www.pepsico.com IPO PRICING... HACKENSACK, N.J.: Ness Technologies, Inc., yesterdayannounced that its initial public offering of 11,672,000 sharesof its common stock was priced at $12.00 per share. www.ness.com NEW APPOINTMENT... MARKHAM, ON and SOUTHBOROUGH, MA: Geac yesterday announcedthe appointment of Jeffrey W. Murphy to lead the GeacPerformance Management software business worldwide. www.sedar.com www.sec.gov www.geac.com NEW LOOK... NEW YORK: Visitor publication, Where Magazine has undergonea redesign that gives the publication a fresh new look. INDIA DVD... PALO ALTO, Calif.: Digital Video Systems, Inc. announcedyesterday that DVS, Electronics its wholly owned Indiansubsidiary, passed a sales trial with BPL Limited in the Stateof Kerala by quickly selling 2,000 DVD player units. www.dvs.co.in www.dvsystems.com FROGPAD KEYBOARD... HOUSTON, Texas: FrogPad, an innovator in data entry methodsfor mobile computing, and its partner, Gennum Corporation,announced yesterday the global launch of iFrog, thefirst-to-market portable keyboard with Bluetooth technology. www.frogpad.com www.gennum.com DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR... PERTH: Curtin University of Technology yesterday appointedinternational education specialist Professor Jeanette Hacket asits new Deputy Vice-Chancellor. www.curtin.edu.au EUROPEAN EXPANSION... BERLIN: Loudeye Corp., a worldwide leader inbusiness-to-business digital media solutions, yesterdayannounced the immediate availability of its Overpeer assetprotection and promotion services in the Europeanmarketplace. www.loudeye.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)--