SYDNEY, Feb. 8--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DME VISION... HOUSTON - Addressing the world's leading energy executivesand policy makers at the Cambridge Energy Research AssociatesCERA Week 2006 conference in Houston, Texas today, The DubaiMercantile Exchange Chief Executive Officer Gary King unveiledthe DME's strategic vision and its plans to introduce a newtrading hub concept on an electronic trading floor. ARROW WEBCAST... HONG KONG - Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. announced that RichardHuxley, Vice President of Marketing, Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., willpresent at a RoHS webcast to be hosted by Electronics News inAustralia on February 8, 2006. http://www.arrowasia.com http://www.ferret.com.au/electronics UWS INSTITUTE... MELBOURNE - The Honourable Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC,former Prime Minister of Australia, recognized the digitalcuration success of the University of Western Sydney's WhitlamInstitute in a speech given yesterday at the State Library ofVictoria. http://www.endinfosys.com http://www.info.scopus.com BYTEMOBILE APPOINTMENTS... MOUNTAIN VIEW - Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader inoptimized Internet protocol services for mobile data networks,today announced the appointments of general managers for Chinaand Japan to direct its business operations in two of theworld's largest wireless markets. http://www.bytemobile.com EQUITY INVESTMENT... BOSTON - Peter Gustavson, FCA, Founder, President and CEO ofCustom House is pleased to announce the completion of asubstantial equity investment in the Company by Great HillPartners, a Boston-based investment firm with over $1.2 billionunder management. HTTP://www.customhouse.com ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION... VANCOUVER - Provincial land use decisions for the CentralCoast and the North Coast will preserve some of the mostspectacular, ecologically diverse regions in the world,including critical Spirit Bear habitat, Premier Gordon Campbellannounced today. HTTP:// www.gov.bc.ca COMPANY PARTNERSHIP... MINNEAPOLIS - SoftBrands, Inc., a global leader innext-generation enterprise software for manufacturing andhospitality businesses, has expanded its presence in theAsia-Pacific region by partnering with Leverage TechnologiesPty Limited to sell, implement and support SoftBrands' FourthShift Edition for SAP Business One in Australia. http://www.softbrands.com http://www.leveragetech.com.au BROADBAND ROUTERS... WASHINGTON - Hughes Network Systems, LLC has announced thelatest addition to its family of high performance satellitebroadband routers. http://www.hns.com SAMSUNG VENDOR... BARCELONA - Fractus, the fractal antenna technology pioneer,has become a Samsung Approved Vendor, providing antennas for anumber of different Samsung handsets. http://www.fractus.com VERIZON RESTRUCTURE... READING - Verizon Business, the premier provider of advancedglobal communications and information technology solutions, hasannounced a new structure and leadership team for itsinternational business. http://www.verizon.com http://www.verizonbusiness.com NEW APPOINTMENT... PALO ALTO - Denali Software has announced that semiconductorindustry veteran Raju Pudota has joined Denali as managingdirector of Denali Design Systems Private Limited, a whollyowned subsidiary of Denali Software, Inc. http://www.denali.com ALCAN RESULTS... MONTREAL - Aalcan Inc. reported operating earnings fromcontinuing operations of $0.54 per common share in the fourthquarter compared to $0.30 a year ago and $0.53 in the thirdquarter of 2005. HTTP://www.alcan.com CHIP FAMILY... SANTA CLARA - Quellan Incorporated announced a completefamily of chips for providing high speed interconnectionsbetween data center systems. http://www.quellan.com IBM JAPAN... TOKYO - IBM Japan, Ltd. has announced the opening of aBusiness Transformation Outsourcing delivery center in UrumaCity, Okinawa, Japan. http://www.ibm.com RTLS SOLUTION... SARATOGA - Ekahau Inc announced that its Real Time LocationSystem solution is ready for installations in undergroundmining and tunnel work sites to track the accurate location andmovement of miners in real time. http://www.ekahau.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)