SYDNEY, June 17--AsiaNet/InfoQuestTYGACIL APPROVAL... MADISON, N.J: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)has approved Tygacil (tigecycline), a novel I.V. antibioticwith a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity, includingactivity against the drug-resistant bacteriamethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). www.wyeth.com PARADIGM AWARD... MUMBAI: Paradigm, a provider of petroleum geoscience anddrilling technology to the oil and gas E&P industry, hasannounced that its regional office Paradigm India has beenawarded the international Quality Management Award ISO 9001:2000 for the Provision of Seismic Data Processing, Imaging andReservoir Studies, including Interpretation Services. www.paradigmgeo.com COREL PROMOTION... HONG KONG: Corel, a company specialising in graphics andoffice productivity software, has announced the launch of theLegal Corel Software Campaign with its latest offer - receive aFREE Apple iPod Shuffle MP3 player with every purchase of thesoftware package CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12. www.corel.com FAST FOURIER... TOKYO: RIKEN Wako Institute's Toshikazu EbisuzakiComputational Astrophysics Laboratory and IPFlex Inc. announcedthat they have jointly developed two-dimensional fast Fouriertransform accelerator using a DAPDNA-2 reconfigurableprocessor, shortening phase retrieval process by an order ofmagnitude. www.spring8.or.jp/j/ LODESTAR FINANCIALS... PEABODY, Mass: LODESTAR Corporation, a provider of softwaresolutions for energy providers, has reported solid 2004financial results. www.lodestarcorp.com SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENT... SAO PAULO: The Teaching and Research Institute of theSyrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo (Instituto de Ensino ePesquisa do Hospital Sirio-Libanes) announced today ascientific agreement in Brazil. EURO RSCG... NEW YORK: Jim Heekin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officerof Euro RSCG Worldwide, has announced the appointment of GeorgeGallate, 41, as Chief Executive Officer of Euro RSCGAsia-Pacific, India, Middle East. www.eurorscg.com PAUL KLEE... BERN: swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is payinghomage to the life and work of the world famous avant-gardeartist Paul Klee. www.swissinfo.org AZURE SOLUTIONS... LONDON: Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, hasannounced that it has secured a further $15 million of funding.This round of funding was led by Doughty Hanson TechnologyVentures with additional financing coming from Intel Capital. www.azuresolutions.com XYRATEX LTD... HAVANT: Xyratex Ltd, an OEM provider of enterprise-classdata storage subsystems and network technology, announced a newOEM agreement with Acer Inc, the world's fifth largest ITEquipment and Information System Supplier. www.acer.com CCB STAKE... CHARLOTTE, N.C: Bank of America Corporation announced adefinitive agreement to buy approximately 9 per cent of thestock of China Construction Bank (CCB) for US$3 billion, withthe option of increasing its stake in future years. www.bankofamerica.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)