SYDNEY, Jan 12--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PERNOD RICARD PACIFIC... AUCKLAND: Pernod Ricard, the world's number two wine andspirits company, has created a new regional entity, PernodRicard Pacific, following the recent acquisition of AlliedDomecq Wines New Zealand, which will be grouped with theAustralian subsidiary Orlando Wyndham within this new entity. TRAFFIC SOLUTION... TOKYO: In recent years, Japanese Ministry of LandInfrastructure and Transport, in cooperation with the WorldBank, has devised potential solutions for traffic problems inmetropolitan cities in Asia, the 'ITS Toolkit' offers guidancefor the introduction of Intelligent Transport Systemtechnologies based on real and precise traffic situations fortraffic condition improvement in transitional economies in acost effective manner. http://www.hido.or.jp DIGITAL ASSISTANT... HOLTSVILLE: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: SBL), TheEnterprise Mobility Company(TM), Wednesday introduced the MC70mobile computer, the first rugged Enterprise Digital Assistant(EDA) offering multi-mode communications, including cellularvoice/data communications, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth to enablereal-time access to people, information and critical businessapplications. http://www.symbol.com BEAR RESCUE... AUCKLAND: Auckland born vet nurse, Tracey Hampton, 28, willbe speaking about her experience working with bears rescuedfrom Chinese bile farms at a public talk this Saturday atParnell Conference Centre. www.animalsasia.org OPENTV EXPANDS... SAN FRANCISCO: OpenTV Corp. (Nasdaq: OPTV), a leadingprovider of enabling technologies for advanced digitaltelevision services, Wednesday announced a multi-year licenseagreement with companies comprising the Essel Group, adiversified media and communications company that is India'slargest cable and satellite operator, to deploy OpenTV'ssoftware and services. http://www.opentv.com SKYSCRAPER INNOVATION... CHICAGO: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed a 69-storycorporate headquarters that can produce more energy than itconsumes and promises to set new standards for sustainablearchitecture, the Chicago-based firm announced Wednesday. http://www.som.com CLINICAL STUDY... EVRY: Novagali Pharma, a biopharmaceutical companyspecializing in ophthalmology, announced Wednesday thesuccessful completion of a Phase II clinical study of itsformulation of Cyclosporine A, with results demonstrating thesafety of Nova22007 in patients suffering from Sjogren syndromeassociated with keratoconjunctivitis sicca. http://www.novagali.com/ ARROW AWARDED... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd announced Wednesday that ithas received a number of team and individual design awards fromAnalog Devices, including "Mega Design Win", "Blackfin DesignWins for Digital Surveillance" and "Outstanding Design Wins andBusiness Development by Precision Signal Processing". www.arrowasia.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)