SYDNEY, Jan. 24--AsiaNet/InfoQuest STOCK MERGER... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) hasannounces that the shareholders of Valepar S.A. (Valepar), thecontrolling shareholder of CVRD, acting under the existingshareholders agreement of Valepar, approved a proposal of CVRDsenior management to exchange all preferred shares of CaemiMineracao e Metalurgia S.A. (Caemi) owned by itsnon-controlling shareholders for new CVRD preferred shares(PNA) to be issued.http://www.cvrd.com.br TELECOM EXPANSION... MELBOURNE - M2 Telecommunications Group Limited (ASX: MTU)has taken another step in its continuing expansion, with thelaunch of its New Zealand operation (M2NZ Limited), based inAuckland. www.m2.com.au CEO RESIGNATION... PHILADELPHIA - DBM, a global human capital management andtransitions firm, today announced the resignation of CharlesKalmbach, President and Chief Executive Officer. WWW.DBM.COM BOARD CHAIRMAN... CASTLE ROCK - The Board of Directors of Realty InformationSystems, Inc. dba Help-U-Sell Real Estate announced theappointment of Steve Ozonian as Chairman of the Board and ChiefExecutive Officer of Realty Information Systems, Inc. dbaHelp-U-Sell Real Estate, a fee-for-service provider of realestate services. www.helpusell.com WESTINGHOUSE SALE... WASHINGTON - British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) announcedthat it has selected Toshiba Corporation, the highest bidder,as the preferred bidder for the sale of Westinghouse ElectricCompany. www.bnfl.com LICENSE AUTHENTICATION... BUFFALO - World DLA, a provider of endpoint authentificationsolutions, announced from its head office in Buffalo, New York,that the firm has successfully launched the world's first "realtime" driver's license validation service. www.worlddla.com CEO APPOINTMENT... ANDERSON - Remy International, Inc. has announced theappointment of John H. Weber to the position of President andChief Executive Officer for Remy International succeedingThomas J. Snyder. www.remyinc.com TRANSPLANT TECHNIQUE... PITTSBURGH - Carnegie Mellon University scientist Chien Hoand colleagues have developed a promising tool that usesmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to track immune cells as theyinfiltrate a transplanted heart in the early stages of organrejection. www.cmu.edu VENTURE FINANCING... SAN MATEO - Provade, Inc., the leader in on-demand managedprocurement services, announced that it has raised $4 millionin financing, led by Altos Ventures. www.provade.com PATIENT WAIT-TIME... KINGSTON - DINMAR, a North American healthcare informationtechnology company and AdapCS Canada Inc., an innovativeoutcomes-focused company, today announced a partnership thatwill integrate AdapCS's Axcess.Rx wait-list managementapplication with DINMAR's electronic health record system,Oacis / ehr. www.dinmar.com SYSTEM CHIP... HEILBRONN - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced today the availability of its ATA6621 LINsystem basis chip (SBC) which complies with the new LIN2.0standard. www.atmel.com NIKE CEO... BEAVERTON - The Board of Directors of NIKE, Inc. hasannounced the appointment of Nike brand co-President MarkParker as the company's new President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer following the resignation of William D. Perez. www.nikebiz.com BALANCED SCORECARD... BOSTON - In the lead up to his visit to Thailand at the endof March, Professor Kaplan answered some rather trickyquestions regarding his latest thinking on the BalancedScorecard. www.globalleadersevents.com MULTIMEDIA DESIGN... SAN JOSE - Forte Design Systems today announced that ToshibaCorporation has completed an advanced multimedia H.264 designusing Forte's Cynthesizer SystemC behavioral synthesisproduct. www.ForteDS.com COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER... BASKING RIDGE - Verizon Business, the new provider of advancedcommunications and information technology solutions to largebusinesses and government, today officially opened for businessat its offices in more than 75 countries around the world. www.verizonbusiness.com SYNTHESIS PRODUCT... SAN JOSE - Forte Design Systems today announced theavailability of the next generation of its Cynthesizerelectronic system level (ESL) synthesis product. www.ForteDS.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)