SYDNEY, May 12--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MODERN ACQUARIUM... SEOUL: The most modern aquarium in the world will be builtin New Songdo City, South Korea, it was announced today. TheNew Songdo National Aquarium, with over 200,000 square feet andbuilt at a cost of $150 million, will be the largest and mostinnovative aquarium in South Korea. The aquarium, to be locatedon the edge of New Songdo City's Central Park, will beginconstruction in January 2006. http://www.NewSongdoCity.com http://www.csp-architects.com http://www.idea-aquariums.com NEW OFFICE... HONG KONG: TAGSYS, the global leader in Radio FrequencyIdentification tags and reading systems for item-level trackingand authentication, announced today the opening of a new officein Hong Kong to meet the growing demand for RFID implementationin the Northern Asian market. This expansion strengthensTAGSYS' overall presence in the Asia Pacific region. OFFICIAL OPENING... SYDNEY: The Tudor Group announced the official opening ofits Australian affiliate, Tudor Capital Australia Pty Ltd at 13Hickson Road in Sydney. Tudor's founder and CEO, Paul TudorJones said, "Australia is an increasingly important segment ofthe global economy. We are excited to have a presence in Sydneythat will complement the strength of our trading, research andstrategic investment capabilities in our US, European and Asianoffices." HIGHER EARNINGS... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce has just reportedits net earnings for the first quarter of 2005: US$698 million,US$0.61 per share. This was 72.3 per cent higher than the 1Q04net earnings of US$405 million and the third highest-everquarterly earnings in the Company's history. http://www.cvrd.com.br ACQUISITION ANNOUNCED... KYOTO: Omron Corporation announced today that it willacquire all shares of Colin Medical Technology Corporation fromCarlyle Group (Washington D.C.) and other stockholders throughits wholly owned company, Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. (Kyoto,Japan). The acquisition is planned for June 2005. http://www.omronhealthcare.com TELEPHONY ASSESSOR... SYDNEY: Integrated Research, developers of PROGNOSIS Voiceover IP and IP telephony management software, announced therelease of the enhanced version of their PROGNOSIS IP TelephonyAssessor solution, which is specifically designed to assessnetwork readiness for VoIP, particularly across multi-siteorganizations. www.ir.com www.davidwall.com DATA TRANSCEIVER... GRENOBLE: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced a shrink version of its popular AT86RF211single-chip RF transceiver with new features and 100%hardware/firmware compatibility with its predecessor, enablingcost reduction through direct in-production replacement. http://www.atmel.com BREAST CANCER... LONDON: New data presented at the American Society ofClinical Oncology Annual Meeting will reveal: how vital it isfor women to receive the right breast cancer treatmentimmediately following surgery, and the time at which women canbenefit most from treatment with anastrozole to help them staycancer free for longer http://www.astrazenecapressoffice.com MEDIA SERVICE... EMERYVILLE: Orb Networks, Inc., a developer of streamingmedia software and services, today announced the Japaneseversion of its Orb Media software. With the announcement ofanother language-based version of their innovative streamingmedia service, Orb strengthens its international presence withits first version based on a non-Latin language. http://www.orb.com MOBILE GAMES... SEATTLE: RealNetworks, Inc., the global leader indownloadable PC-based casual games, announced it has acquiredHelsinki-based Mr.Goodliving Ltd, an innovative developer andpublisher of high-quality mobile games throughout Europe. Theacquisition establishes Real in the mobile games market,provides new market opportunities for its existing library ofgame titles and will expand the reach of Mr.Goodliving's titlesinto the US and Asia. http://www.mrgoodliving.com http://www.realnetworks.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)