SYDNEY, May 13--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PRODUCT PIPELINE... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK: Quintiles Transnational Corp.announced it has entered a partnership with Roche for clinicalstudy management services. The two companies have signed athree-year preferred provider agreement, which will give Rochemore flexibility and efficiency in the development of itsproduct pipeline. http://www.quintiles.com NEW SOFTWARE... WELLINGTON: Innovative new software from PixAlert to preventillegal or inappropriate images from being displayed in theworkplace will be on show in New Zealand for the first time atthe eRisk consulting ltd stand (A21) at the GOVIS 2005conference in Wellington between the 18th & 20th of May 2005. www.pixalert.com MAIL SOLUTION... PARIS: XandMail, the digital communication solutionsprovider, now makes it possible to directly receive push emailfrom any account on any mobile phone. XandMail, the digitalcommunication solutions provider, announced the availability ofXandMail Push Mail Solution, a carrier-grade solution providingpush feature for any email account, local or external likeYahoo!, Gmail, EarthLink. www.xandmail.com UBS WINS... NEW YORK: UBS took first place for the fourth year runningin Institutional Investor's twelfth annual All-Asia ResearchTeam, according to the results of the survey, which aimed tofind out which brokerage firms' analysts did the best jobcovering more than 25 industry categories, investmentspecialties and countries. In this year's survey, UBS repeatedin first place, with 28 positions on the team, more than anyother firm. http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/pr OPEN LETTER... NEW YORK: A group of shareholders and former members ofsenior management of Morgan Stanley have published an openletter to Morgan Stanley shareholders. "May 12, 2005 To theShareholders of Morgan Stanley: We are today releasing detailedmaterials outlining a proposal to spin off the InstitutionalSecurities Business..." http://www.futureofms.com MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENT... SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports, Asia's number one sportsbroadcaster has announced a new appointment to its managementteam with David Shin taking on the role of Senior VicePresident, Commercial Development with immediate effect. Shinwill be based in Singapore with region-wide responsibility fordeveloping new commercial initiatives for ESPN STAR Sports'networks across Asia. He will report directly to Rik Dovey,Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports. ENTREPRENEURS MEET... KUALA LUMPUR: Member leaders of the Entrepreneurs'Organization (EO) will meet in Kuala Lumpur, 12 - 14 May forthe ninth annual Global Leadership Conference. As therepresentatives of entrepreneurs from more than 40 countries,EO chapter offices are uniting for the first ever in Malaysiato continue to drive the world's economy through small businessgrowth and development. http://www.eonetwork.org NEW SCHOLARSHIPS... BREUKELEN: Nyenrode Business Universiteit is introducingseveral new scholarships for students of the full-time Masterof Science in Management program and those of the InternationalMBA program. With these scholarships, Nyenrode wishes tofurther enhance the chances of highly motivated and talentedstudents to follow a master's degree at the university. http://www.nyenrode.nl (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)