SYDNEY, Oct. 19--AsiaNet/InfoQuest AKT ANNOUNCES... SANTA CLARA: AKT, an Applied Materials company and theworld's leading supplier of PECVD systems to the flat paneldisplay industry, announces the new AKT-50K PECVD system formanufacturing Generation-8 TFT-LCD panels. www.appliedmaterials.com SHIPPING RISKS... SEOUL: Marsh, the world's leading risk and insuranceservices firm, is holding its annual marine risks (Protectionand Indemnity P&I) conference in Seoul, Korea. This is thefirst time such a forum has been held in Asia - this congressin the past has been held in London and New York. www.marsh-asia.com NZPA IMAGES... WELLINGTON: The New Zealand Press Association, in a dramaticdeparture from its traditional role as the national newsagency, has launched its photo and graphics arm, NZPA Images,to coincide with the start of Auckland Fashion Week. www.nzpaimages.co.nz POINTCROSS RELEASES... HOUSTON: PointCross releases IEPS Version 2.0, an IntegratedE&P Solutions suite for the upstream exploration and productionindustry. IEPS is built on the Orchestra platform. Since itsinitial release as a configurable funnel process, IEPS hasgained rapid adoption at a global super major and at large oil& gas E&P companies. www.pointcross.com IPO PRICED... CHICAGO: CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for theChicago Board of Trade, has announced the initial publicoffering of 3,191,489 shares of Class A common stock at a priceof US$54.00 per share. The company is selling 2,940,486 shares,and 251,003 shares will be sold by existing stockholders. http://www.cbot.com EBAY AUCTION... LAS VEGAS: In one of the highest legitimate bids in eBayhistory, a collection of Nevada casino chips and tokens - somefrom the felt tables of Bugsy Siegel's Las Vegas - has receivedan opening offer of US$1 million. PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCED... IRVINE: iStor Networks, Inc. and Accusys Inc. have announceda partnership to create an iSCSI to SATA Raid Array that willbe available in Q4 of 2005. "We recognize the importance of keypartnerships with companies such as Accusys in applying thenewest iSCSI technologies to deliver reliable solutions to themasses," says Frank Huang, Vice President of Engineering, iStorNetworks, Inc. www.istor.com ENERGY CONFERENCE... HOUSTON: Energy leaders from around the globe will convergeupon Beijing's Kunlun Hotel November 9-10 for Asia's premierClean Fuels event: Hart's Clean Technologies Conference. http://www.hartenergy.com http://www.worldfuelsconferences.com STUDY FINDS... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Results from a study on chronic totalocclusions in the coronary arteries show positive clinicaloutcomes in patients treated with the CYPHER Stent compared tothose treated with conventional bare metal stents. http://www.tct2005.com http://www.cypherusa.com http://www.cordis.com CORPORATE REPORTING... WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Enhanced Business Reporting Consortiumannounced that it has released its first version of acomprehensive information framework to help companies bettercommunicate with their investors and other key audiences aboutbusiness strategy and current and expected performance. www.ebr360.org FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$75million on October 28, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com CLINICAL RESULTS... MILAN: Sorin Group, Europe's largest medical technologyplayer specialized in the treatment of cardiovascular disease,has released the complete six-month clinical and angiographicanalysis results from its JUPITER II clinical trial thatconfirm Janus strong benefits in terms of safety and efficacyfor patients suffering from coronary artery disease. http://www.sorin.com EARTHQUAKE RELIEF... TOKYO: Soka Gakkai Vice General Director Minoru Harada andVice President Kenji Yoshigo visited the Pakistan Embassy inTokyo on October 17 to express condolences for the country'sloss and donate US$30,000 to the President's Relief Fund forEarthquake Victims for those affected by the devastatingearthquake which hit northeastern Pakistan on October 8. www.sgi.org GRAND OPENING... EAST HARTFORD: Firth Rixson Limited has announced that itwill hold a Grand Opening at its new ring manufacturingfacility, Firth Rixson Aerospace Components (Suzhou) Company,Ltd., located in Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province,China. http://www.firthrixson.com http://www.carlyle.com RADIO SOLUTION... HEILBRONN: Atmel, a global leader in the development andfabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and TexasInstruments Incorporated, the leading supplier of digital audiobroadcasting, Digital Radio Mondiale and HD Radio basebands,have announced that the two companies will support a completeHD Radio solution with Atmel's T4260 RF Tuner IC and TI's HDRadio digital baseband, the TMS320DRI350, bringing flexibilityand performance to HD Radio developers worldwide. http://www.ti.com http://www.atmel.com US PATENT... PRINCETON, N.J.: BioWa, Inc. has announced that the U.S.Patent & Trademark Office has granted a new patent covering itsproprietary Potelligent technology. Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co.,Ltd., the owner of the patents to Potelligent Technology,granted worldwide exclusive rights to Potelligent Technology toBioWa. http://www.biowa.com (iaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. 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