SYDNEY, Sept. 27--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ESPN STAR... SINGAPORE - ESPN STAR Sports, Asia's number one sportsbroadcaster today announced the promotion of Manu Sawhney tothe newly-created role of Executive Vice President, Programmingand Marketing. http://xprnnews.xfn.info/espnstar/20050927/ManuSawhney.htm Q1 RESULTS... ATLANTA - Global Payments Inc. today announced results forthe first quarter ended August 31, 2005, which saw revenue grow17 per cent to $224.5 million compared to $192.6 million in theprior year. http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com LIGHTHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES... SINGAPORE - Lighthouse Technologies today unveiled that itwill be showcasing its most popular LED video screen models fordigital signage, entertainment and special events at thisyear's Integrated Systems Asia 2005 show which will be stagedat the Suntec Singapore from 12-14 October 2005. http://www.lighthouse-tech.com VERISIGN AGREEMENT... SINGAPORE - VeriSign, Inc. today announced an agreement withSingapore Telecommunications Limited, under which VeriSign willprovide feature-rich roaming and short message capabilitiesbetween SingTel and operators in the Americas. http://www.singtel.com http://www.verisign.com PARTNER PROGRAM... SINGAPORE - VeriSign, Inc. today announced the launch of theVeriSign International Channel Partner Program, which willsupport value-added resellers, technology partners and systemsintegrators and complement direct sales activities for VeriSignIntelligent Communications, Commerce and Content services. http://www.verisign.com NEW CEO... TEL AVIV and SILICON VALLEY - FlexLight Networks, Inc.announced today that PON pioneer Armando Pereira has joined thecompany as President and Chief Executive Officer. http://www.flexLight-networks.com GLOBALIZATION CONGRESS... TOKYO - GLOBALIZATION and Law Congress to convene on theoccasion of the 'Germany in Japan Year' 2005/2006; GermanCultural Centre Tokyo, Akasaka 7-5-56, Minato-ku, Tokyo107-0052, September 29-30, 2005. http://tokyo.daad.de/german/de_index.htm http://tokyo.daad.de MOODYS UPGRADE... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce informs thatMoodys Investors Service, one of the largest and mostprestigious rating agencies in the world, has upgraded theratings of the Company's structured finance transactions. http://www.cvrd.com.br SUPPLY AGREEMENT... MILPITAS - In a move to expand its foundry resources tosupport expected continued growth, California Micro Devices hasannounced the completion of a wafer supply agreement with SeikoEpson Corporation. http://www.calmicro.com http://www.epson.co.jp/e/ FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae has announced that it hasrepurchased outstanding expired European-style callable debtsecurities and the results of the tender offer will beavailable on Fannie Mae's web site. http://www.fanniemae.com PRICE HIKE... WILMINGTON - DuPont Titanium Technologies announced Monday aprice increase in of US$100 per tonne in the Asia Pacific forDuPont titanium dioxide grades, effective Oct. 1, 2005. http://www.titanium.dupont.com NEW GM... PORTLAND - Axial Vector Engine Corporation, a companydeveloping internal combustion engine technologies, announcedthe appointment of Mr. Oyvin Haugan as Engineering Manager. http://www.axialvectorengine.com SWIMSUIT CONTENT... SAN FRANCISCO - AG Interactive, the new media subsidiary ofAmerican Greetings Corporation, and SI Mobile, SportsIllustrated's wireless media group, announced Monday amulti-year, exclusive partnership to develop and distributepremium content from the magazine's famed Swimsuit Issuethrough AG Interactive and SI-branded mobile, Instant Messagingand online channels. http://www.interactive.ag.com http://www.si.com KOIZUMI SPEECH... TOKYO - The 163rd session of the Diet was convened onSeptember 26, 2005 and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumidelivered a general policy speech to a plenary session of theHouse of Representatives and the House of Councillors. http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/m-magazine/index.html POWER AMPLIFIERS... WARREN, N.J. - Anadigics, Inc., a leading supplier ofwireless and broadband solutions, has introduced a newgeneration of High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power power amplifiers forCDMA applications. http://www.anadigics.com AMTEL TRANSCEIVERS... HEILBRONN - Atmel Corporation announced the availability ofits new full duplex RF transceiver ICs ATA5824 and ATA5823,optimized for automotive keyless entry/passive entry go andtire pressure monitoring systems. http://www.atmel.com MICREL PRODUCT... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel, Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high-bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, Monday added to its family of limiting PostAmplifiers by introducing the SY88903ALKG, a 1.25 Gbps Limitingpost Amplifier featuring 3.3V operation with better than 5mVsensitivity. http://www.micrel.com MOBILE EMAIL... SINGAPORE and SAN FRANCISCO - Survey results released Mondayreveal a significant market opportunity for consumer mobileemail in Singapore as nearly half (46 per cent) of those aged18-29 want email on their mobile phone. http://www.criticalpath.net RECRUITERS SURVEY... LAUSANNE - IMD's MBA program was ranked first for the secondconsecutive year by The Wall Street Journal in its annualsurvey of international recruiters. http://www.imd.ch/mba SOFTWARE DEAL... SYDNEY - SAI Global Limited's compliance services arm, Easyi, has entered the software reseller market through a deal withBytes Technology Group, the UK's third largest solutionprovider certified by Microsoft. http://www.Microsoft.com/learning/mell/ http://www.bytes.co.uk http://www.sai-global.com EURAIL PASS... UTRECHT - In 2006 the best way to see Europe will get evenbetter with the introduction of a new Eurail Pass category andnew country combinations added to the Eurail Regional Pass. http://www.gta-travel.com http://www.flightcentre.com http://www.raileurope.fr/representatives http://www.eurail-acprail.com SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY... KYOTO - Kyocera Corporation announced that its founder andchairman emeritus Kazuo Inamori attended to celebrate the fifthawarding ceremony of "The Inamori-Kyocera Western DevelopmentScholarship" held on September 22, at Lanzhou University, inGansu Province of China. http://www.kyocera.co.jp/news/award/20050926.html (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)