SYDNEY, April 22--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FOUNDER DIES... PRINCETON: Bruce Keener, CEO and president of globalconsulting and training firm Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., announced thedeath of Benjamin B. Tregoe on April 20, after a long battlewith non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Dr. Tregoe was 77. "Dr. Tregoe wasan innovative pioneer," said Mr. Keener, "who was passionatelycommitted to improving the critical-thinking capabilities ofmanagers and workers in organizations around the world." WOMEN'S FORUM... WASHINGTON: The Independent Women's Forum today is disturbedby recent reports that the United Nations is embracing policiesthat are clearly anti-woman and could ultimately lead to a banof infant formula throughout much of the world, setting womenin the workplace back decades. RELAUNCHED WEBSITE... LOS ANGELES: Josephine Wall, one of the world's most popularfantasy artists, was chosen by pop icon Britney Spears to haveher artwork featured throughout Britney's re-designed, officialwebsite. http://www.courtyardofromance.com http://www.josephinewall.com http://www.britneyspears.com HEALTH ACCESS... JOHANNESBURG: Import tariffs, duties and sales taxes onmedicines, medical devices, and the ingredients to makepharmaceuticals block access to medicines in the developingworld, according to a new working paper published by the AEI -Brookings Joint Center in Washington, DC. http://aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=930 REMY EXPANDS... ANDERSON: Remy International, Inc., has formed a whollyforeign-owned enterprise, Remy Electricals (China) CompanyLimited in Shajing, Guangdong Province of China which willsignificantly expand Remy's presence in the region. Thefacility will launch operations in May 2005 to satisfy Remy'snew business demand in China and meet rapidly growingopportunities. http://www.remyinc.com UK DISTRIBUTION... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., is pleased to announcesigning distribution agreements for the UK with leadingindependent distributors, Andromeda Entertainment Ltd. and JustDistribution Ltd, with 60,000 and 40,000 unit dealsrespectively over the next 12 months. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com NEW FRAGRANCE... NEW YORK: Quick -- Name New York's most dynamic, mostexuberant, most flavorful, most colorful, most rapidlyexpanding neighborhood? Answer: Chinatown -- the newChinatown, suffused both with emerging superpower energy andwith the avant-garde cachet of downtown New York. Naturally,Bond No. 9 has captured the essence of this high-energy swatheof Lower Manhattan for its latest New York-centric fragranceand named it none other than Chinatown. www.saks.com AUTOMOTIVE EXPANSION... SHANGHAI: GKN plans to further expand its automotivepresence in China this year with a new joint venture to produceengine components in Henan province. When fully operational,GKN Zhongyuan Cylinder Liners in Mengzhou City will manufacturemore than three-million cylinder liners annually for trucks forboth domestic use and export in the first stage. Production isscheduled to begin in 2006. SOXA ACCELERATOR: WASHINGTON, D.C.: HandySoft announced that its SOXAAccelerator is adopted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering,Inc. (ASE), the world's largest independent provider of ICpackaging and testing services, to comply with the USSarbanes-Oxley Act which is a mandatory requirement from the USSecurities and Exchange Commission. ASE has two listedcompanies in the US: ASE Inc. and ASE Test. www.handysoft.com www.aseglobal.com JOINT VENTURE... BEIJING: Valeo, a global leader in the automotive componentsindustry, announced the signing of a new joint venture withFAW, China's largest automaker. The agreement was signed byValeo Chairman & CEO Thierry Morin and FAW Vice-President andFAWER Chairman Teng Tieqi in the presence of French PrimeMinister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. NEW MODELS... SHANGHAI: The German Luxury Brand presents four new Modelsat this year's International Auto Show in Shanghai andannounces local production of C- and E-Class in China in thesecond half of 2005. The star of Mercedes-Benz's presentationis the Grand Sports Tourer R-Class. It is complemented by thenew Compact Sports Tourer B-Class, the updated CLK-Class andthe new M-Class Sport Utility Vehicle. http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com ASIA PREMIERE... SHANGHAI: At the first press day of Auto Shanghai 2005 thenew Maybach 57 S celebrates its Asia Premiere. "China is one ofthis region's key markets. This is why we strive tocontinuously expand the Maybach brand's presence in thiscountry," explains Dr. Thomas Weber, member of theDaimlerChrysler Board responsible for Research and Technologyand Development of Mercedes Car Group. http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com OFFICE STORAGE... TOKYO: Two Space Co., Ltd., a software development and salescompany, has developed the Office Storage Hub (internationalpatent approved, application no. 2005-109239), a tool that usesXML to allow easy linking of corporate and office data createdin Microsoft Office within a network environment. Officialworldwide sales of Office Storage Hub will commence on May 1,2005. http://www.twospace.co.jp (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)