SYDNEY, May 17--MediaNet International-AsiaNet/InfoQuest KAPLAN ACQUISITION... SINGAPORE - Kaplan, Inc. today announced that it hasacquired Asia Pacific Management Institute, one of the largestprivate education providers for undergraduate and postgraduatestudents, executives and managers in Asia. http://www.kaplan.com INKJET CARTRIDGES... TOKYO - Inke has a new lineup of models for black and colorinkjet cartridges which will be on display at the Inke booth atTokyo Big Sight, Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Japanfrom 18th - 20th May 2005. http://www.inke.com.sg MELANOMA TRIAL... BRISBANE - Progen Industries Limited today announced resultsfrom a Phase II melanoma pilot clinical trial which showedsigns of benefit in some patients with advanced melanoma. http://www.progen.com.au DOMAIN REGISTRAR... MELBOURNE - Last week, Instra Corporation, the leadinginternational Domain Registrar, was accredited by AusRegistryto provide Electronic Number Mapping (ENUM) registrationservices. http://www.enumregistry.com PLASTICS NEWS... AKRON - Plastics News in mid-June is launching a weeklyelectronic news service for the Greater China region. Thee-mail news broadcast will be free to subscribers. http://www.PlasticsNews.com/China http://www.crain.com BREAST CANCER... MACCLESFIELD - The crucial benefits of using 'Arimidex'(anastrozole) to help postmenopausal women continue to livefree from breast cancer, were confirmed by the latest data fromthe groundbreaking ATAC trial, presented at the AmericanSociety of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. http://www.astrazenecapressoffice.com ASSYST SOLUTION... EDINBURGH - The manufacturing and service functions ofWilliam Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd., which owns, amongstothers, two of the world's most revered single malt Scotchwhiskies, Glenfiddich and The Balvenie, are now underpinned byassyst, which plays the central role in handling its Incident,Asset & Configuration and Service Level Agreement Management. SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY... SAN FRANCISCO - Zero G Software announced generalavailability of InstallAnywhere 7, the latest version of itsaward-winning multi-platform software deployment solution. http://www.zerog.com BROADBAND MANUFACTURER... HICKORY, N.C. - CommScope, Inc., a world leader in cable andconnectivity solutions for communications networks, announcedMonday the opening of a broadband cable manufacturing facilityin the Peoples Republic of China. http://www.commscope.com BILL GATES... GENEVA - In a major address to international healthofficials, Bill Gates said the world now has a "historicchance" to achieve dramatic improvements in health, and calledon governments, the scientific community, and the privatesector to more aggressively fight the diseases that affecthundreds of millions of the world's poorest people each year. http://www.gatesfoundation.org PR ACQUISITION... SEATTLE, Wash. & HONG KONG, - Waggener Edstrom Inc. hasannounced that it will acquire Shout Holdings Limited, a publicrelations firm headquartered in Hong Kong. http://www.shoutasia.com http://www.wagged.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$250million on May 26, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com SEMICONDUCTOR RANGE... GRENOBLE - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced a new range of products for its well knownAVIIVA SM2 and AVIIVA SC2 Smarter Linescan cameras. http://www.atmel.com QUADRANT POSITION... DENVER - Virtela, a global network solutions company,announced Monday that Gartner, Inc. has positioned it in theVisionary quadrant in the 2005 Managed Remote Access & MobilityServices Magic Quadrant. http://www.virtela.net COOL VENDORS... DENVER - Virtela, a global network solutions company, hasbeen included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in Gartner, Inc.'s"Cool Vendors in Network Services 2005" report by K. Adams, E.Paulak, et al, published March 31, 2005. http://www.virtela.net GAMING INCOME... MINEOLA, N.Y.- Kenilworth Systems Corporation's lobbyingefforts assisted in the signing into law on May 11, 2005, theHouse Enrolled Act 1120, which, in addition to providingfunding for a new stadium for the Indianapolis Colts, requiresthe Indiana Gaming Commission to study alternative forms ofgames or trends in casino gaming that could create additionalincome for Indiana without expanding casino gaming within thestate. http://www.roulabette.com FREDDIE MAC... MCLEAN, Va. - Freddie Mac Monday announced the company'sintent to issue an additional US$1 billion of ReferenceREMIC(SM) R-001 Guaranteed Maturity Class securities, with afinal maturity date of April 15, 2015. Settlement is scheduledlater this month. http://www.freddiemac.com RITUXIMAB TREATMENT... ORLANDO, Fla. - Data presented at the annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology showed that continuing touse MabThera (rituximab) as maintenance therapy after thecompletion of an initial treatment of MabThera pluschemotherapy can almost double the time a lymphoma patientremains in remission. http://www.roche.com http://www.gene.com http://www.biogen.com http://www.health-kiosk.ch http://www.lymphoma-net.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)