SYDNEY, Sept. 29--AsiaNet/InfoQuest AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY... SYDNEY - Encouraged by the improving fundamentals of theairline industry, the aircraft leasing companies have placed144 orders for new aircraft in the first half of 2005 comparedto only 12 aircraft in all of 2004. http://www.frost.com TSUNAMI RECOVERY... EDINBURGH - The international relief and developmentorganisation, Mercy Corps, and the global financialinstitution, ING today announced a new corporate partnership tosupport the long term recovery of those worst affected by theBoxing Day Tsunami of December 2004. http://www.mercycorps.org http://www.mercycorps.org.uk http://www.ing.com RESEARCH COLLABORATION... DULUTH, Ga. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Merial andScynexis, Inc. announced today that they have formed a researchcollaboration naming Scynexis as a primary animal healthdiscovery research partner for Merial. http://www.scynexis.com http://www.merial.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae has announced that it hasrepurchased outstanding expired European-style (one-time)callable debt securities. http://www.fanniemae.com ONLINE GOODS... BRADENTON, Fla. - Access USA, a leader in global package andmail forwarding services, announced Wednesday the results of asurvey indicating a significant increase in the interest ofinternational shoppers in purchasing U.S. luxury goods onlinethis holiday season. http://www.myus.com FINANCIAL REPORT... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville, Florida-based TigerTelematics Inc has completed filing of its Report on Form 10Kfor the year ended 2004 and is focused on an expeditedcompletion of its Reports on Form 10Q prior to the Gizmondo'sUS launch date. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com MOBILE ALLIANCE... SAN DIEGO - The Open Mobile Alliance, an internationalspecifications setting body, announces the public availabilityof six new Enabler Releases. http://www.openmobilealliance.org INDUSTRY SUMMIT... LONDON - Top-level speakers and delegates from the world ofinternational public relations meet in London on November 2-3for an industry summit on the hottest topics in globalcommunications at a time of radical change. http://www.ipra.org http://www.iprasummit.org http://www.pinnaclepr.co.uk SEARCH TECHNOLOGY... OSLO - Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developerof enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies,announced that Amp'd Mobile has selected FAST's searchtechnology to help power its upcoming broadband wirelessservice. http://www.fastsearch.com http://www.ampdmobile.com SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS... YOKOHAMA - Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation and SCK Co.,Ltd., an affiliate of Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation,announced Wednesday an agreement under which ShibauraMechatronics Corporation will proactively raise its interest inSCK's operations and strengthen business in Korea. http://www.shibaura.co.jp/e/ AXIOS SYSTEMS... LONDON - Leading global IT Service Management softwarespecialist Axios Systems says it stands to benefit from HewlettPackard's acquisition of Peregrine Systems because theresulting take-over may prove problematic to implement and willcreate uncertainties about the company's eventual productoffering. http://www.axiossystems.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)