SYDNEY, June 27--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BEIJING CLINIC... BEIJING: Chindex International, Inc., an independentAmerican provider of Western healthcare products and medicalservices in China, today announced the opening of its UnitedFamily Downtown Clinic in Beijing. http://www.chindex.com http://www.unitedfamilyhospitals.com STACKING LINK... SAN DIEGO: Vativ Technologies, Inc., a leading provider ofinnovative DSP-based silicon solutions, announced today theintroduction of a reduced-cost, 10Gbps stacking link IC to itsV10LAN product line. V10LAN is the industry's first and onlyfamily of single-chip 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceivers forfull-duplex operation over a single CAT5e unshieldedtwisted-pair cable. http://www.vativ.com/products.php?productfamily=lan / EXPANSION ANNOUNCED... REDWOOD CITY: Nominum, the leading provider of IP addressinfrastructure solutions, today announced its expansion intoSouth America and the Asia-Pacific region, with the start ofoperations in Australia, China, Singapore, and Brazil. LocalNominum resources are now available in these countries toassist companies looking for commercial grade DNS and DHCPsolutions. http://www.nominum.com NOBEL LAUREATES... LINDAU: Count Bjorn Bernadotte welcomed the 44 NobelLaureates of Chemistry, Physics and Medicine/Physiology andover 700 scientists of tomorrow from 54 countries. The BavarianState Minister for Science, Research and Art, Dr. ThomasGoppel, described the Meeting of Nobel Laureates as an "Olympusof world-wide research." http://www.lindau-nobel.de BRAZILIAN HEALTH... BRASILIA: The Ministry of Health of Brazil has declared theanti-retroviral drug Kaletra (Lopinavir/ritonavir),manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, to be of public interest.As such, the Brazilian government will adopt obligatorylicensing of the medication, in the case that the manufacturerdoes not provide the necessary requirements to guarantee thesustainability of the National STD/AIDS Program. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$325million on July 5 and 6, 2005 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com SWITZERLAND WEBSITE... BERN: Mountains and money, chocolate and cheese are just afew of the cliches about Switzerland. But there's much more tothe Swiss than this. www.swissworld.org provides informationon (almost!) everything anyone might want to know about thisunusual country. www.swissworld.org is even running acompetition whose prize is a study trip to Switzerland to seebehind the scenes. http://www.presence.ch http://www.swissworld.org THAILAND JOINT-VENTURES... PARIS: Valeo announced that it has signed an agreement toacquire an additional 35.9% of the capital of the jointventures Siam Zexel Co., Ltd and Zexel Sales Thailand Co., Ltd.in Thailand to bring its ownership to 74.9 % of the capital andvoting rights of these companies. http://www.valeo.com CNOOC STATEMENT... BEIJING: Statement by Fu Chengyu, Chairman & CEO of CNOOCLimited: "We are extremely pleased that Unocal has indicatedtoday [Friday 24th June] they will begin engaging in talksconcerning our all cash offer. We are prepared to startimmediately. As we indicated upon announcing our bid, webelieve this offer brings superior value to Unocalshareholders..." www.cnoocltd.com www.transactioninfo.com/cnooc IBM INTRODUCES... SHANGHAI: IBM has introduced the world's first supply-chainbusiness transformation outsourcing (BTO) capability. The newoffering will tap into IBM's rich internal supply chainexperience and deep consulting expertise, as well as new IBManalytics technologies, to optimize and help businesses operateend-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement andlogistics to strategy and planning. www.ibm.com/services (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)