SYDNEY, Nov. 14 -- AsiaNet WIRELESS SYSTEMS... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. announced today a franchisedistribution agreement to market Boston based EmberCorporation's (Ember) ZigBee wireless mesh networking systemsthroughout Arrow's 41 sales offices in 11 countries andterritories in the Asia Pacific region. www.ember.com www.arrowasia.com BABYLON LAUNCHES... YEHUDA: Babylon Ltd., the leading provider of single-clicktranslation and information access software, today announcedthe launch of the well known Britannica Concise Encyclopedia aspart of Babylon's premium content offering. www.babylon.com www.britannica.com SHOPPING SEARCH... TOKYO: Smarter.com today announced the launch of comparisonshopping search websites in both Japan and China. Smarter.comis the first U.S. comparison shopping search engine to launchin both Japan and China, and the first comparison shoppingsearch engine to be available in the three largest internetmarkets by number of users (U.S., China and Japan). www.dahongbao.com www.morerebates.com www.waribikiya.com www.smarter.com/press www.couponmountain.com www.smarter.com.cn www.smarter.co.jp www.smarter.com STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP... HONG KONG: MCI, Inc. announced it is working with Microsoftto offer newly enhanced IP-based collaboration services forbusinesses across Asia Pacific. With the latest version of MCINet Conferencing Powered by Microsoft Live Meeting, launched inJuly in the United States and Europe, Asia Pacific companiescan now conduct Web conferences that feel more like virtualmeetings. www.mci.com VICE-PRESIDENT NAMED... EL SEGUNDO: Computer Sciences Corporation has announced thatKenneth Y. Wang has been named vice president and generalmanager of CSC's China operations. In this role, Wang will beresponsible for business development and service deliverycommitments within the region. www.csc.com GEAC APPOINTS... MARKHAM: Geac Computer Corporation Limited, a globalenterprise software company dedicated to addressing the needsof CFOs, has announced the appointment of Doug Ring as ChiefTechnology Officer. www.geac.com GLOBAL MARKETING... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. has announced theappointment of Fred T. Busk III to the newly establishedposition of Managing Director - Global Marketing. Mr. Busk willbe responsible for the development and implementation of theCompany's global marketing, asset gathering and clientservicing initiatives. www.wpstewart.com ALL-CASH OFFER... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) hasannounced that it has entered into a definitive supportagreement with Canico Resource Corp., pursuant to which CVRDwill amend the terms of its previously announced take-over bidto, among other things, increase the offer price to C$20.80 incash per Canico common share. www.cvrd.com.br KING KONG... BRISBANE: Australian curators have traced the origins of theiconic image of Fay Wray in the grasp of King Kong to anineteenth century French sculpture. www.kissofthebeast.com FRANKFURT AIRPORT... FRANKFURT: October 2005 could be described as a month ofrecords for Frankfurt Airport, Germany's largest airport. Bothpassenger traffic and aircraft movements, as well as meantakeoff weights - important for calculating airport charges -hit levels never before reached in any previous October. www.fraport.de (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)