SYDNEY, Oct. 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest VIDEOCAST SERVICE... TOKYO - Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. has released VideocastService which distributes video messages from websites usingvideocasting technology. http://www.mitsue.co.jp/english/ CORPORATE RANKINGS... PLANO - Perot Systems Corporation announced today that ithas been ranked first among technology companies in the 2005InformationWeek 500 corporate rankings of most innovative usersof information technology. http://www.perotsystems.com THAI ACQUISITION... MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Brady Corporation, a world leader inidentification solutions and precision die-cut materials,announced that it has acquired QDPT (Thailand) Co. Ltd., inWangnoi, Ayutthaya, Thailand. http://www.bradycorp.com http://www.qdpt.co.th RESEARCH RESULTS... SINGAPORE and IRVINE, Calif. - PrimeGen Biotech, LLC, a 3year old privately-held stem cell engineering firm, announcedit will present results of its research on the therapeuticreprogramming of murine germ-line stem cells at the KeystoneSymposium on Stem Cells, Senescence and Cancer, currently beingheld in Singapore. http://www.primegenbiotech.com COOPER TIRE... FINDLAY, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announcedthat an agreement has been reached for Cooper Tire to obtain 51per cent ownership in Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) PassengerTire Co. Ltd. and Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Truck TireCompany, Ltd. http://www.coopertireandrubber.com SYDNEY OFFICE... GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. - CIBER, Inc. announced that it hasextended its global reach to a new continent with the openingof an office in Sydney, Australia. http://www.ciber.com DINMAR CONTRACT... OTTAWA - Dinmar, a leading North American healthcareinformation technology company, announced that the SouthAustralia Department of Health has signed a contract for theMedication Management Module of the Oacis Order Managementapplication. http:// www.dinmar.com FINANCIAL RESULTS... HAMILTON - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. reported net income of$12.2 million, or $0.27 per share (diluted) and $0.27 per share(basic), for the third quarter ended 30 September 2005. http://www.wpstewart.com http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz410327404gf12.html BIRD FLU... HONG KONG - A new poll completed thisweek by global market-information provider TNS reveals anextremely high level of concern and pessimism in Hong Kong andelsewhere in Asia about the potential consequences to publichealth, with many consumers already having made changes totheir dietary habits or travel plans as a direct result of theperceived threat. http:// www.tns-global.com GROUP PROFIT... LONDON - British American Tobacco for the quarter to 30September 2005 said group profit from operations was 43 percent lower at 1,901 million pounds sterling. http://www.bat.com/ RAINBOW MEDIA... HONG KONG - Media channel veteran Gregory Ang hassuccessfully enticed HD TV content giant, Rainbow Media LLC(Rainbow) into Asia. http://www.rainbow-media.com http://www.gangtv.tv VISA SPONSORSHIP... SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The International ParalympicCommittee and Visa International announced that they haverenewed their exclusive partnership agreement making Visa theofficial payments sponsor of the IPC through the Beijing 2008Paralympic Games. http://www.paralympic.org http://www.corporate.visa.com CHINESE MICROSATELLITE... GUILDFORD - At 7.32 a.m. BST on Thursday 27th October Chinawill take its place as one of the leading nations in the fieldof space technology with the launch of the innovative Beijing-1earth-monitoring microsatellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome innorthern Russia. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/sseti_express/index.html CNPC ACQUISITION... CALGARY and BEIJING - China National Petroleum Corporation'sacquisition of PetroKazakhstan Inc., through its wholly-ownedsubsidiary CNPC International, was successfully concluded afterreceiving formal approval from the Court of Queen's Bench, inCalgary, Alberta. www.cnpc.com.cn/english/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)