SYDNEY, Jan. 26--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HEALTH IT... PLANO: Triad Hospitals, Inc., Perot Systems Corporation andMcKesson Corporation have announced a US$1.3 billion healthcareinformation technology initiative to support Triad's clinicalexcellence and business transformation programs. http://www.perotsystems.com http://www.triadhospitals.com http://mpt.mckesson.com QUALCOMM ANNOUNCES... SAN DIEGO: QUALCOMM Incorporated has announced results forits first quarter of fiscal 2006 ended December 25, 2005. http://www.qualcomm.com RECORD REVENUE... SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independentsupplier of thin-film media for disk drives, has announcedrecord revenue for the fourth quarter and 2005 fiscal year of$192.9 million and $685.9 million, respectively. http://www.komag.com PURCHASE FINALIZED... FINDLAY: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced that itsacquisition of 51% of Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) PassengerTire Co., Ltd., and Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company,Ltd. has been finalized with an effective date of February 4,2006. http://www.coopertireandrubber.com NET INCOME... LAKE FOREST, Ill.: CNH Global N.V. has reported fourthquarter 2005 net income of $7 million, compared to $26 millionfor 2004. http://www.cnh.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTNR securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on Feb 4, 2006 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com DEFENSE SYSTEMS... CHATSWORTH, Calif.: Aitech Defense Systems, a world leaderin the development and manufacture of board and subsystem levelproducts for harsh environment defense, aerospace and spaceapplications, has announced that it has joined the board ofdirectors of VITA, the VMEbus International Trade Associationdedicated to fostering open systems architecture in a varietyof embedded computing applications. http://www.rugged.com http://www.vita.com MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel, Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, has launched the MIC2285, the industry's first 8MHz, 500mA synchronous buck regulator for portableapplications. http://www.micrel.com OTIS SELECTED... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., has been selected to supply and install 45 elevators forthree modern buildings in a major South East London developmentalong the Thames called Bankside 123. http://www.otis.com ANALOGICTECH UNVEILS... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Advanced Analogic TechnologiesIncorporated (AnalogicTech), a developer of power managementsemiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, hasintroduced two new DC/DC converters for portable systemspowered by single-cell lithium-ion/polymer batteries. http://www.analogictech.com EXPLORATION PROGRAM... ADELAIDE: LNG and oil are the focus of a 25 well,high-impact exploration program announced by Santos for 2006. http://www.asianetnews.net/ GLOBAL INNOVATION... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, a business ofThe Thomson Corporation, has just published its "Pick of 2005".The review features hot research and technology areas, highimpact journals, and 2005 patenting statistics-providing asnapshot of global innovation. www.scientific.thomson.com\newsletter www.thomson.com www.scientific.thomson.com CITATION INDEX... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Two key information solutionsproviders involved in enabling the open-access movementannounced an initiative that will provide greater access toinstitutionally created research. The Thomson Scientific WebCitation Index will index ProQuest's Digital Commons openaccess material. www.il.proquest.com www.thomson.com www.scientific.thomson.com COLLABORATION ANNOUNCED... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Librarians could soon have a muchgreater understanding of how electronic information is used. Acollaboration announced between Thomson Scientific and MPSTechnologies aims to build links between their libraryproducts. www.mpstechnologies.com www.thomson.com www.scientific.thomson.com SANTOS REVENUE... ADELAIDE: Santos has announced record sales revenue ofA$2.46 billion for the 2005 full year, up 64% on the company'sprevious record of A$1.5 billion achieved in 2004. RISK MANAGEMENT... DAVOS: William G. Parrett, Chief Executive Officer, DeloitteTouche Tohmatsu (Deloitte), told attendees at the WorldEconomic Forum that the importance of risk management forcorporations around the world has risen dramatically since 9/11and that new approaches will be necessary if businesses are toensure sustainability in the face of an ever widening spectrumof possible threats. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)