SYDNEY, March 8--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BROTHER SUBSIDIARY... NAGOYA - Brother Industries, Ltd. announces that it hasreceived an official permit from the Ministry of Commerce ofthe People's Republic of China to establish a wholesalecompany, Brother (China) Ltd., as a wholly owned subsidiary ofBrother. BROKERAGE REVIEW... GREENWICH - Interactive Brokers LLC came in as the NumberOne software-based broker in Barron's 2005 annual review ofonline brokerage firms. http://www.interactivebrokers.com NEW SERVERS... TOKYO - Raritan Computer Inc. today is introducing five newmodels of the Dominion SX, its IP-based secure console serverfor remote access and control of serial devices, such asservers and routers, from anywhere, at anytime. OMEGA PRESENTATION... MELBOURNE - OMEGA ambassadors & World Champs Meet MichaelSchumacher & Ian Thorpe OMEGA ambassadors Michael Schumacherand Ian Thorpe presented each other with exclusive OMEGAtimepieces in recognition of their history makingachievements. http://www.aapmedianet.com.au http://www.asianetnews.net SEMICONDUCTOR EXPO... SHANGHAI - SEMICON China 2005, the largest and mostcomprehensive exposition in China dedicated to semiconductormanufacturing technology, will feature the latest technologyproducts from more than 935 exhibitors occupying 1,500 boothsincluding the new IC Manufacturing and Design AutomationPavilion. http://www.fsa.org http://www.semi.org FINANCIAL RESULTS... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp.today announced financial results for the year and quarterended Dec. 31, 2004. http://www.quintiles.com http://www.quintiles.com/Corporate_Info/Broadcast_Center JOINT VENTURE... NEW YORK - In an unprecedented agreement augmentingU.S.-China business and cultural exchange, Beijing GehuaCultural Development Group (Gehua Group), and Clear ChannelEntertainment (CCE) today announced a landmark, 50-year jointventure. http://www.cc.com http://www.clearchannel.com HEALTH STUDY... ORLANDO - Investigators from the Women's Health Study (WHS)reported Monday important new findings demonstrating asignificant benefit for aspirin in the prevention of a firststroke in apparently healthy women. TOURISM EXHIBITION... FRANKFURT - Fraport AG, the owner and manager of FrankfurtAirport (FRA), will be exhibiting again at this year'sInternational Tourism Exchange (ITB) from March 11 to 15 at theBerlin exhibition grounds in Germany. http://www.fraport.de HANDWRITTEN MESSAGING... PARIS - Realeyes3D, the pioneer in handwritten messaging andother embedded applications and content services for cameraphones, announced Monday the world-premiere availability ofhandwritten messaging on Samsung's SCH-S260 handset, releasedin Korea. http://www.realeyes3d.com http://www.partechvc.com http://www.siemens.com/mobile http://www.isourcegestion.fr TRADE MISSION... MIAMI - The Jay Malina International Trade Consortium ofMiami-Dade County, Florida, U.S., chaired by Hon. Jose "Pepe"Diaz, Miami-Dade Commissioner, will be conducting a 17-memberbusiness and trade development mission to Asia from March 7-20,2005. http://www.miamidade.gov/itc IP SERVER... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a leadingsupplier of media processing and call-control products, todayannounced a new release of its SnowShore IP Media Server thatprovides increased scalability, density and interoperability. http://www.brooktrout.com DFT COMPILER... MUNICH - Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductordesign software, today announced DFT Compiler MAX, its nextgeneration DFT synthesis solution, offering 1-pass test datavolume compression capabilities to address design and testchallenges occurring in 130-nm and smaller processtechnologies. http://www.micronas.com http://www.synopsys.com PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT... SAN JOSE, Calif - Atmel Corporation and Celoxica Ltdannounced today cooperation that extends Electronic SystemLevel (ESL) design to a family of dynamically reconfigurableprocessors currently under development at Atmel. http://www.celoxica.com http://www.atmel.com NATIONAL STANDARD... WASHINGTON, D.C. - A4Vision announced today that itsproposal to amend the existing US national standard for FaceRecognition Format and Data Interchange to include 3D facialimage data has been supported and co-sponsored by an impressivealliance, including ID Technology Partners, Logitech, Motorola,Oracle and Unisys Corporation. http://www.a4vision.com EUROZONE SURVEY... LONDON - Today's Bloomberg Eurozone Retail PurchasingManagers' Index, a monthly survey indicating economicconditions in the Eurozone retail sector one month ahead ofgovernment figures, indicates that month-on-month sales atEurozone retailers continued to fall in February and thatprofits fell. http://www.bloomberg.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)