SYDNEY, Sept. 26--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CYNTHESIZER UPGRADE... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Forte Design Systems today announced thatit has upgraded its industry-leading Cynthesizer behavioralsynthesis solution to provide a more extensive production ESLdesign flow. http://www.forteds.com http://www.ForteDS.com EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP... HONG KONG - Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. has just announced exclusivepartnership agreements for Greater China areas with ChanceuxCo., a Taiwan-based company. http://www.chanceux.com.tw http://www.arrowasia.com OWNERSHIP CHANGE... SYDNEY - Two of the global spirits industry's largestcompanies, Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard, have agreed on anownership change that will affect Australian spiritsdistributor, Swift and Moore Pty Limited. http://www.brown-forman.com WISCHIP SOLUTION... SANTA CLARA, Calif. - WISchip International Ltd., a globalprovider of digital video and audio semiconductor solutions,today announced the DeCypher 8100, a breakthrough multi-stream,high-definition, audio/video system-on-chip decoder withintegrated digital rights management and networking support. http://www.wischip.com DIVIDEND PROPOSAL... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce informs that onOctober 14, 2005 its Executive Committee will submit a proposalto the Company's Board of Directors to distribute the secondtranche of the US$1 billion minimum dividend to shareholdersfor 2005 announced on January 31, 2005. http://www.cvrd.com.br TOURISM GATEWAY... ZURICH - IXEO Interactive Travel SA, the global gateway fortourism, announced new and improved features for the world'slargest interactive tourism gateway, http://www.ixeo.com. http://www.ixeo.com http://www.presseportal.de/story.htx?nr=728933&firmaid=59572 WOODWING EXPANSION... ZAANDAM - WoodWing Software's internationalroster of clients continues to grow, as the company has signedup its first customer in India - the Vikatan Group, one ofIndia's largest magazine publishing companies. http://www.woodwing.com MESOBLAST TRIAL... MELBOURNE - Australian adult stem cell company, MesoblastLimited, announced approval to commence the first humanorthopaedic trial of Mesoblasts specialist adult stem celltechnology. http//www.mesoblast.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)