SYDNEY, Dec.16--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BREAST CANCER... LONDON: Breast cancer charities from around the world aretoday celebrating the success of the world's first truly globalbreast cancer awareness campaign --'Redefining Hope andBeauty'. http://www.hopeandbeauty.org MICREL INC... SAN JOSE, Calif: Micrel Inc. has announced the MIC2203, astep-down (buck) regulator that draws ultra-low supplycurrent. http://www.micrel.com HARRIS CORP... RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C: Harris Corporation announced that ithas signed a distribution agreement with Broadcast ServicesAustralia Limited Transmission Services. http://www.harris.com INTERACTIVE BROKERS... GREENWICH, Conn: In an industry first, Interactive Brokerswill offer direct-access and immediate execution for corporatebond trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), theBondDesk ECN and IB's market-making affiliate Timber Hill,starting on Dec. 21. http://www.interactivebrokers.com WYETH PHARMA... MADISON, N.J: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth(NYSE: WYE), announced today that the company has submitted aglobal registration dossier for its investigational antibioticTygacil (tigecycline). http://www.wyeth.com DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS... SILVER SPRING, Md: Discovery Communications has announced itwill extend availability of Discovery HD Theater in marketsoutside of the United States. http://www.discovery.com AMTEL CORP... HEILBRONN & COLUMBIA, Md: Atmel Corporation and iBiquityDigital announced today that iBiquity Digital has certifiedAtmel's T4260 RF tuner chip for use in automotive and home HDRadio receivers. http://www.atmel.com LASER DIODE... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced today theavailability of its new laser diode driver family with LowVoltage Differential Signals (LVDS) for enhanced write speed. http://www.atmel.com COMBAT SHIP... WASHINGTON, D.C: The U.S. Navy today awarded a LockheedMartin-led team $188.2 million to commence detail design andconstruction of the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), arevolutionary new class of naval combatant designed to dominatethe world's coastal waters. http://www.lmlcsteam.com HELLOTUNES SUCCESS... SEOUL: WiderThan announced that its global customer, BhartiTele-Ventures Limited (BTVL), which offers its mobile servicesunder the brand name of Airtel, has reached 1 millionsubscribers for "HelloTunes," a ringback tone service providedand operated by WiderThan, just five months after their July2004 service launch. http://www.widerthan.com/ ING APPOINTMENTS... SINGAPORE: ING Bank N.V. today announced a series of keysenior management appointments in Asia. VIRTUAL HAPPINESS... HONG KONG: Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. todayannounced that it has signed a contract with Malaysian telecomoperator Maxis Communications Berhad to launch its mobile 3Gproduct "V-Girl -- your virtual girlfriend" in Malaysia. http://www.v-girl.com ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION... SYDNEY: The Fondation dEntreprise Veolia Environnement(FEVE) and Clean Up the World (CUW) will today announce apatronage to improve the global state of the environment. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)