SYDNEY, May 18--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS... IRVINE, Calif. - "Many dietary supplements sold in Japan areineffective or may be unsafe," says Dr. Stephen Paul, ChiefScientific Officer of Orange County Health Sciences Instituteand 30 year veteran in natural healthcare. AXA ROSENBERG... ORINDA, Calif. & SYDNEY - AXA Rosenberg Group LLC announcedtoday that Nicholas Smith, head of marketing and sales for AXARosenberg Investment Management Ltd (Asia Pacific) and DougBurton, head of client service for AXA Rosenberg InvestmentManagement LLC (Americas) will both relocate to Sydney, Australia in the next few months. http://www.axarosenberg.com AIRLINE AGREEMENT... SHANGHAI - Southwest Airlines and Sabre Airline Solutionsrecently signed a seven-year agreement that promises theairline innovative and cost-effective technology. POKER TOURNAMENT... SAN JOSE, Calif. - College students interested in winningtuition money for Fall 2005 semester at the school of theirchoice have until midnight PST this Thursday May 19 to enterthe AbsolutePoker Free "Win Your Tuition" Texas Hold'emtournament May 26. http://www.absolutepoker.com http://www.absolutepoker.com/college/how-to-enter.asp INTERNATIONAL CENTER... CLEVELAND, Ohio - A $10-million gift to Case Western ReserveUniversity from the Inamori Foundation will enable Case toestablish the Inamori International Center for Ethics andExcellence. http://www.case.edu GE MONEY... NEW YORK - Corporate multinational General Electric Co. willtarget growth as GE Consumer Finance becomes GE Money in Asiancountries throughout 2005. http://geconsumerfinance.com http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/21503/press.shtml HIV/AIDS BATTLE... BEIJING - In response to Chinese Vice Premier Madame Wu Yi'scall on Chinese and international companies to take action tostem the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Global BusinessCoalition on HIV/AIDS announced definite commitments by 26companies to tackle HIV/AIDS in their workplaces and the widercommunity. http://www.businessfightsaids.org IMD EDUCATION... LAUSANNE - IMD executive education has been ranked 3rd inthe world and 1st among European business schools for theoverall quality of its programs, according to the 2005Financial Times rankings of top executive educationproviders. http://www.imd.ch WIRELESS BROADBAND... RICHARDSON, Texas & KANO - Horizon Wireless, one ofNigeria's leading developers of private infrastructure,announced today that it is launching its 3.5 GHz WirelessBroadband network using wireless wide-area broadband equipmentfrom Navini Networks, Inc. http://www.navini.com 3G POLICY... LONDON - The GSM Association welcomes the news that therecommendations of the Indian Regulator (TRAI) stay within theIndian government's established policy of global spectrumharmonisation for 3G services, contained in their SpectrumPolicy (NFAP 2002). SHARE ISSUE... RESTON, Va. - PRA International, a leading global clinicalresearch organization, announced today a proposed publicoffering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock, par valueUS$0.01 per share, all of which will be sold by certainstockholders of PRA. http://www.prainternational.com CLINICAL UNIT... RESTON, Va. - PRA International, a leading global clinicalresearch organization, today announced the creation of the PRANeurobehavioral Unit, which PRA's industry-leading centralnervous system global clinical development services. http://www.prainternational.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 2 securities issues amounting to a total of US$210million on May 27 at a redemption price equal to 100 per centof the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com GIZMONDO CORRECTION... LONDON - In the news release, "EA Backs Gizmondo WithBlockbuster Titles and Co-Publishing Deal" issued on 17 May2005 13:00 GMT, by Tiger Telematics Inc over PR Newswire, weare advised by a representative of the company that in thefirst paragraph, (TM) should be added after EA SPORTS andSSX. http://info.ea.com http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com EXCELLENCE AWARD... ZEELAND, Mich. - Gentex Corporation, the U.S.-based supplierof automatic-dimming mirrors to the worldwide automotiveindustry, has received the "Excellence Quality PerformanceAward" from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America. http://www.gentex.com LASER DRIVER... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, today launched a new 2.7 Gbps high-current, lowpower laser driver for FP/DFB lasers. http://www.micrel.com CANCER TRIAL... ORLANDO, Fla. - Updated results of the independent BreastInternational Group 1-98 trial show initial treatment withletrozole, also known as Femara(R), offers significantlygreater post-surgery protection against breast cancerrecurrence than tamoxifen, in postmenopausal women with earlybreast cancer. http://www.ibcsg.org/index.shtm LAUREUS AWARD... ESTORIL, Portugal - Chinese triumph as gold medal hero LiuXiang wins Laureus World Newcomer of the Year Award, which wasestablished in 1999 by founding patrons DaimlerChrysler andRichemont. http://www.laureus.com SYNOPSYS CONFERENCE... BANGALORE - Synopsys (India) EDA Software Pvt. Ltd., a worldleader in semiconductor design software, announced that it willhost the sixth annual Synopsys Users Group conference inBangalore at the Leela Palace on May 25-26, 2005. http://www.synopsys.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)