SYDNEY, Dec. 3 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest INSURERS' LIABILITY... ADELAIDE: Santos Limited Friday advised that its insurers have agreed that losses resulting from the New Year's Day incident at the Moomba Gas Plant are recoverable under the property damage and business interruption policy. CLASS ACTION... PHILADELPHIA: The dismissal of the securities class action lawsuit against Bridgestone Corporation has been reversed by the court of appeals, Barrack Rodos & Bacine (BR&B), the co-lead counsel for lead plaintiffs, announced Thursday. http://www.barrack.com INVESTOR CONFERENCES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, Thursday announced that it will be participating in two upcoming investor conferences: Raymond James 2004 IT Supply Chain Conference in New York on December 8, 2004 and Lehman Brothers Technology and Telecom Trends for Tomorrow Conference in San Francisco on December 9, 2004. http://www.komag.com LED DRIVER... MILPITAS, Calif.: Sipex Corporation, a leading supplier of high performance, analog integrated circuits (ICs), further expands its family of LED drivers with the SP6685, a breakthrough 1x/2x current regulated charge pump delivering 700mA. http://www.sipex.com FPE ACQUISITION... ITASCA, Ill.: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Thursday announced the acquisition of FPE Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. http://www.ajg.com PMI SURVEY... LONDON: The November Bloomberg Retail Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Eurozone survey results will be released on 6 December 2004. http://www.bloomberg.com PRE-ORDERS SURGE... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd., subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., Thursday confirmed pre-order figures following the first TV teaser campaign, which began airing on terrestrial, satellite and cable across Europe in the last couple of weeks. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com IMAGE BOOST... INGOLSTADT: The product placement in the Hollywood blockbuster "I, Robot" starring Will Smith has proved a huge success for Audi AG, according to the results of surveys conducted in the US. CONTRACT EXTENSION... SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) Thursday announced that it has signed a multi-million contract extension with Schenker, Germany-based leading logistics giant and one of the top five logistics providers in the world. http://www.singtel.com http://www.optus.com.au http://www.schenker.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.)