SYDNEY, Dec. 6--AsiaNet/InfoQuestSETTLEMENT AGREEMENT... MILPITAS: Linear Technology Corporation and Monolithic PowerSystems Inc. announced that the United States InternationalTrade Commission (ITC) has concluded the investigationinitiated by Linear with respect to MPS. The ITC issued anOrder pursuant to a settlement agreement and consent orderentered into by the parties on October 1. www.linear.com QUICKPAY SOLUTION... PERTH: Quadrem's new QuickPay solution helps suppliers driveworking capital optimization and cost reductions. The firstsolution of its kind to be offered by an emarketplace, QuickPayprovides unprecedented visibility into the future cash flowsassociated with receivables and enables suppliers to forecastand manage their cash accounts with an option to sell thosereceivables for early payment at any time prior to maturity. www.quadrem.com www.primerevenue.com ALCOHOL POLICY... WELLINGTON: Further regulation for licensed venues,increased checks on alcohol advertising, standardised drinkdriving sentencing are just some of the recommendations in thenew alcohol policy from The Royal Australasian College ofPhysicians. www.racp.edu.au/hpu/policy/alcohol/index.htm PRESS CONFERENCE... MONTREAL: Travis Engen, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Alcan Inc., will hold a press conference at MaisonAlcan, the Company's global headquarters, to announce the 2005winner of the Alcan Prize for Sustainability. www.alcanprizeforsustainability.com NEW APPOINTMENT... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced that John C.Mahler, has joined the U.S. investment management team at itsNew York based research and portfolio management subsidiary,W.P. Stewart & Co., Inc. www.wpstewart.com SOLUTION MANAGER... SANTA CLARA: IntelliCorp, a worldwide provider of softwareand applications for SAP lifecycle management and systemsupport, detailed NetProcess' automated, accelerated andefficient capabilities for populating SAP Solution Manager.IntelliCorp estimates show that when using NetProcess,customers may reduce their time and cost investment by up to 90percent. www.intellicorp.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$100million on December 15, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com CLIMATE POLICY... MONTREAL: On Tuesday, December 6, the International Councilfor Capital Formation (ICCF) will host a panel presentation byclimate policy experts for the attendees of COP 11. www.iccfglobal.org AVR MICROCONTROLLERS... SAN JOSE: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced three new members of the AVR FlashMicrocontroller family, targeting battery chargers, sensorend-points and low-end motor control applications. www.atmel.com STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... WILTON: Startech Environmental Corporation, a fullyreporting company, announced that Startech and Ansaldo EnergiaS.p.A. (AEN), having its principal place of business at Genova,Via Nicola Lorenzi 8, Italy, have formed a Strategic AllianceAgreement to mutually obtain commercial contracts that utilizeStartech's and AEN's, resources, equipment, expertise, know-howand experience to produce sales that include their mutualcapabilities. www.startech.net HUMAN RIGHTS... TOKYO: The lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai and theUnited Nations Information Centre in Japan are co-organizers of"Human Rights in the 21st Century - Treasuring EachIndividual," a human rights education exhibition that premieresin Tokyo at the UN Gallery in the UN House in Shibuya fromDecember 7-25. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)