SYDNEY, Sept. 8--AsiaNet/InfoQuest POSITIO PR... SAN JOSE, Calif: Positio Public Relations, Inc. hasannounced details of its annual SEMICON Taiwan NewsMakers MediaReception and extended an open invitation to all accreditedmedia to attend. www.positiopr.com ELLISYS USB... GENEVA: Ellisys, a supplier of USB test solutions, announcedthe Wireless USB Explorer 300. www.ellisys.com LINK TOOLS... CHICAGO, Ill: The usage of LINK TOOLS at nuclear generatingstations has grown dramatically in the summer of 2005. www.link-tools.com LOCOMOTIVE DEAL... BEIJING: Representatives from the Ministry of Railways(MoR), Dalian Locomotive Works (DLoco) and Electro-MotiveDiesel, Inc. (EMD) signed an agreement for the supply of threehundred 6,000 horsepower locomotives, EMD's most powerfuldiesel-electric locomotive. www.EMDiesels.com ITUNES PHONE... SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and CUPERTINO, Calif: Motorola, Inc. andApple announced the availability of the world's first mobilephone with iTunes, enabling music lovers to transfer up to 100of their favorite songs from the iTunes jukebox on their Mac orPC to their mobile phone. www.apple.com/itunes COAL DEAL... SINGAPORE: International law firm Sidley Austin Brown & WoodLLP recently represented Merrill Lynch & Co., as joint leadmanager and sole book runner, in connection with the successfulcompletion of a US$600 million future flow securitization ofcoal export receivables for PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT ArutminIndonesia, two subsidiaries of major Indonesian energy group PTBumi Resources Tbk. www.sidley.com SOFTWARE DEAL... HONG KONG: International law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Woodrecently acted for Longshine Information Technology CompanyLimited, in the sale of its 100% equity in its subsidiarybilling and customer care software business in China, to AmdocsLimited, a NYSE-listed company MICROFINANCE INDIA... BOSTON, Mass. and REDMOND, Wash: Two microfinance organizations,ACCION International and Unitus, announced the creation of theUnitus-ACCION Alliance for India, a strategic partnershipdesigned to catalyze the creation of a large-scale andprofitable microfinance industry in India. www.accion.org NEOMAGIC CORP... SANTA CLARA, Calif: NeoMagic Corporation, a develop ofprocessors for multimedia-rich mobile phones and other wirelesshandheld systems, announced that it has granted SonyCorporation of Tokyo, Japan a worldwide, non-exclusive licenseto all of its patents. www.neomagic.com CLEAN UP... SYDNEY: From Manila to small Island Nations in the Pacificvolunteers across Asia Pacific will take to the streets, parksand beaches next weekend to clean up, fix up and promote greenliving in their community. CHINESE CARS... BEIJING: In its recent dealings with the automotive, financeand insurance industries (and Government bodies) Red Book hasfound that there is considerable concern that there is nonational vehicle coding system available in China. SLEEP APNEA... SYDNEY: Around half a million Australians are missing out ona good night's sleep because they suffer from sleep apnea, butmost have no idea of their condition, according to analystsFrost & Sullivan. www.healthcare.frost.com NETSUITE SINGAPORE... SINGAPORE: NetSuite, Inc. announced the launch of NetSuite'snew office in Singapore to accommodate the growing demand forNetSuite's product offerings including NetSuite, NetSuite SmallBusiness, NetSuite CRM+, and NetSuite Ecommerce. www.netsuite.com/singapore (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)