SYDNEY, Jun. 10--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DOCTOR WHO... AUCKLAND & WELLINGTON - Live on stage, the Tardis will betravelling to New Zealand stopping in Wellington on 5 Augustand in Auckland on 6 August. http://www.ticketek.co.nz CONSUMER DATA... HONG KONG - According to the latest TNS Asiapanel consumerpurchasing data released today, more consumers than ever aremaking a move towards a healthier lifestyle. http://www.tns-global.com SIZE STANDARDS... SAN FRANCISCO - When is a firm too big to be considered asmall business? That's a question SBA wants to know as it seekspublic input in June during nationwide hearings on sizestandards. http://www.sba.gov http://www.sba.gov/size/anprm.pdf http://www.sba.gov/size/hearings.pdf EFUNDS ACQUISITION... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - eFunds Corporation, a leading providerof risk management, electronic payments and global outsourcingsolutions, announced Thursday that it has signed a definitiveagreement to acquire WildCard Systems, Inc. http://www.efunds.com http://www.efunds.com/wildcardsystems http://www.wildcardsystems.com ASIA PHARMACEUTICALS... HONG KONG & SINGAPORE - Three global companies have announceda joint venture to commercialize pharmaceutical products in theAsia Pacific region: Interpharma Asia Pacific; Temasek Holdings(Private) Limited; and Quintiles Transnational Corp. http://www.quintiles.com http://www.zuelligpharma.com/ip http://www.pharmaindustries.com http://www.zuelligpharma.com http://www.pharmaLink.com XANDMAIL SUITE... PARIS - XandMail announced Thursday the availability of thelatest version of its Empowered Messaging Suite, offeringconsumer-oriented browser based email, calendar and eventmanagement, address book, virtual storage and photo albumservices for fixed and wireless access, built on Rich InternetApplication standards. http://www.xandmail.com COURT RULING... MIAMI - Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company,Thursday received a ruling from a court in the Netherlands thatfound the company infringed a Boston Scientific patent relatedto a catheter shaft that is used in the delivery system for theCYPHER and CYPHER Select Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stents, aswell as several other catheter-based products. http://www.cordis.com http://www.jnj.com WORLD RECORD... LUGANO - 746 people from around the world made historyThursday by uniting to break the Guinness World Record for thelargest "Chinese whisper" chain - a record that previouslystood at 718 people. http://www.roche-oncology.com http://www.lymphoma-net.org INVESTMENT VENTURE... TORONTO & LUXEMBOURG - Royal Bank of Canada and DexiaBanque Internationale Luxembourg announced they have reachedan agreement to combine their institutional investor servicesbusinesses in an equally owned joint venture to be named RBCDexia Investor Services. http://www.rbcglobalservices.com/iis/rbcanddexia.html http://www.dexia.com http://www.dexiafundservices.com RADWIN PRODUCT... TEL AVIV - Radwin, provider of carrier class broadbandwireless connectivity of TDM and Ethernet services, announcedThursday a new addition to its industry-leading WinLink 1000product family. http://www.radwin.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)