SYDNEY, Aug. 10--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CURTIN UNIVERSITY... PERTH: Professor Kevin McKenna will lead Curtin Universityof Technology's international focus following his appointmentas Pro Vice-Chancellor International. FRANKFURT AIRPORT... FRANKFURT: Based on successful cost management and positivedevelopment of revenues during the first six months of 2005,the Fraport Group once again increased earnings substantiallyin comparison to the same period last year. CPE ACQUISITION... THE HAGUE: NetEconomy, a provider of real-time enterpriserisk monitoring and fraud solutions for the finance and telecomindustries, announced that it has been acquired by CazenovePrivate Equity (CPE). www.cazenoveprivateequity.com CANCER TRIALS... BRISBANE: Australian cancer drug development company ProgenIndustries Limited announced the expansion of the Phase IIclinical trial program of its lead anti-cancer product PI-88into prostate cancer. VIRTELA APPOINTMENTS... DENVER, Colo: Virtela, a global network solutions company,announced the appointment of two sales executives to the seniormanagement team. www.virtela.net FUEL CELLS... MILAN & CAMBRIDGE, Mass: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., adesigner, developer and manufacturer of fuel cell power systemsannounced its next-generation automotive fuel cell stack,called Andromeda II, achieved several major milestones duringrecent qualification tests conducted at the company's facilityin Milan, Italy. www.nuvera.com ALCAN LAUDED... CHICAGO, Ill: Alcan received three awards at the 18th AnnualDuPont Flexible Packaging Innovation ceremony, held on August5, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for its pharmaceuticaland food packaging solutions. COLFAX CORP... RICHMOND, Va: Colfax Corporation announced it has completedits acquisition of Tushaco Pumps Private Limited in Mumbai,India from the Turakhia, Shah and Cowlagi families who were thefounding shareholders of Tushaco. www.colfaxcorp.com INTERNET COMMUNICATION... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & TOKYO: PeerMe, Inc., a peer-to-peervoice communications technology company, has introduced itsfirst beta product that provides free, unlimited, voicecommunications for Internet users. www.PeerMe.com ELMO-TECH DEAL... SYDNEY: Elmo-Tech, a provider of electronic monitoringtechnologies, will announce a new 3-year lease contract toprovide electronic monitoring systems to the Government ofSouth Australia. www.elmotech.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.)