SYDNEY, Feb. 1--AsiaNet/InfoQuest INTERIOR MOTIVES... LONDON: Student registration for the fourth annual interiormotives design conference is now open http://www.interiormotivesawards.com W.P. STEWART... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. reported earnings of $2.8million, or $0.06 per share (diluted) and $0.06 per share(basic) for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2005. http://www.wpstewart.com AT&T WEBCAST... NEW YORK: AT&T Inc. webcast its Analyst Day Conference herefrom 12:30 to 5 p.m. EST on Jan 31. http://www.sbc.com/att.investor.relations http://www.TheNewATT.com DOW AGROSCIENCES... INDIANAPOLIS: Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, announced that it hasreceived the world's first regulatory approval for a plant-madevaccine from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)Center for Veterinary Biologics. http://www.dowagro.com FINANCE MEETING... MOSCOW: The meeting of finance ministers from the Group ofEight leading industrial nations (G8) which includes Canada,France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the USA. http://www.register.G8finance.ru WATERVIEW TOWER... CHICAGO: Waterview LLC has broken ground at the site ofWaterview Tower & Shangri-La Hotel, Chicago, a 90-story,mixed-use high rise in downtown Chicago that, when finished,will be the fifth tallest building in the city at 1,050 feet. http://www.waterviewtower.com SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS... WICHITA: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. announced that it hassigned an agreement with BAE Systems to acquire theAerostructures business unit of BAE Systems, which hasoperations in Prestwick, Scotland and in Samlesbury, England. http://www.spiritaero.com ALCAN PRIZE... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. announced that it will host the firstever Alcan Prize for Sustainability Conference in Vancouver,British Columbia from March 1-3 2006. www.30daysofsustainability.com MAKOTO MEGURO... NEW YORK: Makoto Meguro has joined private investment firmSterling Stamos Capital Management, L.P. as a Managing Directoron the firm's Partner Relations team. MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT... SAO PAULO: Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A.(Itau) and XLCapital Ltd. through its subsidiary XL Insurance (Bermuda)Ltd,have signed a Memorandum of Understandings aiming to create anew insurance company in Brazil, which will operate in thecommercial lines insurance market. http://www.itau.com SUCAMPO OBTAINS... BETHESDA: Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that theU.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drugapplication for AMITIZA (lubiprostone) capsules, an oraltreatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults. http://www.sucampo.com http://www.AMITIZA.com http://www.takeda.co.jp http://www.tpna.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)