SYDNEY, Feb. 8--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MERGER VOTE... TOKYO - Dalton Investments LLC will vote against Teikoku'sproposed merger with Grelan Pharmaceutical at Teikoku's SpecialShareholders Meeting scheduled for February 25, 2005. DIGITAL NAVIGATION... ENGLEWOOD - Jeppesen and Qantas have finalized a deal thatpaves the way for the carrier to implement digital navigationcharts throughout its operation. http://www.jeppesen.com MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM... PARIS - NetCentrex, the leading enabler of convergentnetworks and next-generation services, announces that its coreinfrastructure platform will offer IP Multimedia Subsystem(IMS) compliant interfaces by the summer of 2005. http://www.netcentrex.net FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 10 securities issues amounting to a total of US$429million on February 17 and 19 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com IT CONTRACT... OTTAWA - Dinmar, a leading North American healthcareinformation technology company, announced Monday that the SouthAustralia Department of Health (SADH) has signed a contract forvOacis, the web version of the Oacis electronic health record(EHR). http://www.dinmar.com AUDIO CHIP... ROUSSET - Atmel Corporation announced Monday the release ofits AT73C213 Audio Companion Chip for Multimedia PortableApplications. http://www.atmel.com WIRELESS NETWORK... MILPITAS - GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. Mondayfurther extended its leadership in delivering managed secureremote access solutions by unveiling the world's largest andmost comprehensive secure wireless access network. http://www.goremote.com www.panerabread.com NEW FILTER... MILPITAS - California Micro Devices Monday introduced thefirst generation of Praetorian ASIP (Application SpecificIntegrated Passive) EMI (electromagnetic interference)inductor-based filter arrays, offering superior filterperformance combined with robust ESD (electrostatic discharge)protection. http://www.calmicro.com RETAIL SURVEY... LONDON - The Bloomberg Retail Purchasing Managers' Index(PMI), a monthly survey indicating economic conditions in theEurozone retail sector one month ahead of government figures,indicated that month-on-month sales at Eurozone retailersstagnated at the start of 2005. http://www.bloomberg.com ASIANET NEWS... SYDNEY - The 14 news organisations of the AsiaNet Consortiumjoined together in translating and distributing news releasesfrom government, aid agencies and businesses offering help tovictims of the December 26 tsunami. http://www.asianetnews.net (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)