SYDNEY, Oct. 8 -- AsiaNet VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS... SYDNEY: A broadcast quality video of the opening day of theAustralian International Motor Show, Sydney, is now availableon www.autodeadline.com/events/sydney/2004videos.html www.asianetnews.net RUGBY SPONSORSHIP... VANCOUVER: Peter Gustavson, President and CEO of CustomHouse Global Foreign Exchange announced today that the Companyhas signed a sponsorship agreement with Rugby Canada for thenext three years. www.customhouse.com CLAIMS ESTIMATES... ZURICH: Swiss Re announced today that, based on currentestimates, it expects its claims related to Hurricane Jeanne tobe approximately USD 150 million before tax. CONSULTING SERVICES... IRVINE: Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a regulatoryaffairs and product development consulting company, can nowprovide sophisticated regulatory and medical strategy,pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic study planning, toxicologicalanalysis, review of chemistry, manufacturing and controls dataand clinical trials conduct for medical products in the US andabroad. http://www.groundzerous.com EMERGING MARKETS... ZURICH: Emerging markets will be at the frontier ofinsurance in the 21st century, according to the latest studyfrom Swiss Re's sigma series. Non-life premiums collected inemerging markets are expected to double from USD 123 billion in2003 to around USD 250 billion by 2014, at constant prices. PAGANI ZONDA... SYDNEY: Since its launch at the Geneva Show in 1999, thePagani Zonda has rapidly established itself as the newbenchmark for supercar comparison. In every supercar comparisonconducted by the world's motoring journalists, the Pagani C12Shas consistently humbled its competitors. ELECTRIC VEHICLE... SYDNEY: Hyundai Motor Co.'s zero-emission Tucson fuel cellelectric vehicle is crossing the equator to its southernhemisphere debut at the 2004 Australian International MotorShow in Sydney, October 7-17. JAGUAR PRESENTS... SYDNEY: Juguar has presented its new concept car, TheJuaguar RD6, at the Australian International Motor Show. CEO APPOINTED... GOTHENBURG: Cellectricon is pleased to announce that UlfJonsson has accepted the position as Chief Executive Officer ofthe Company effective January 1, 2005. The appointment is aresult of an extensive international search in conjunction withthe planned resignation of Jakob Lindberg (co-founder). (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--