SYDNEY, Feb. 14 /AsiaNet/infoQuest MERRILL CORPORATION... ST. PAUL, Minn: Merrill Corporation announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. ANGIOGENESIS TARGETS... COPENHAGEN and ADELAIDE: Genmab A/S and Bionomics Limited have announced that Genmab has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to develop therapeutics based upon a series of angiogenesis targets identified by Bionomics. www.genmab.com www.bionomics.com.au OSTEOARTHRITIS THERAPY... DUSSELDORF: After the successful completion of clinical studies, the German biotech company Orthogen AG (Dusseldorf)intends to build up a Europe-wide distribution of Orthokine. http://www.orthogen.com AIR SHOW... NEW YORK: McGraw-Hill Aerospace & Defense has reached agreement with the new ownership of the Singapore Air Show, to be its Official Media Partner commencing with the February 26-2 March, 2008 event at Singapore's Changi International Airport. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com http://www.aviationnow.com http://www.aviationweek.com/awin PEPSICO PRESENTATION... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo, Inc. has announced that Mike White,chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo International,will present at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY)Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, at approximately 1:15 p.m.Mountain Time / 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 22. http://www.pepsico.com ALCAN PRESIDENT... MONTREAL, QC: L.Yves Fortier, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alcan Inc. is pleased to announce that the Board has formally approved the appointment of Richard (Dick) Evans(58), Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, as Alcan's next President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 12. MARKETING PARTNER... PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL: Custom House, the largest independent foreign exchange company in North America, has become an official marketing partner of the PGA TOUR through a four-year agreement. www.customhouse.com www.pgatour.com ALCAN DIVIDEND... MONTREAL, QC: Alcan Inc. has declared a quarterly dividend yesterday of 15 cents, in U.S. funds, per Common Share, payable on March 20, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 22, 2006. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS... VALENCIA, Calif.: Long Beach area residents can enjoy a shore leave lunch break on February 23, when Queen Mary 2 sails into the Port of Long Beach for her first-ever meeting with her predecessor and namesake, Queen Mary. The two ships will unite in Long Beach harbor for a jubilant afternoon greeting, from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. http://www.princess.com http://www.visitlongbeach.com http://www.queenmary.com http://www.cunard.com ANADIGICS INTRODUCES... BARCELONA: 3GSM World Congress 2006 - ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless and broadband solutions, has introduced its third generation High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power(HELP3) wideband CDMA (WCDMA) power amplifiers (PAs). http://www.anadigics.com SECURE MICROCONTROLLER... ROUSSET: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the introduction of its new AT91SC512384RCT, a low-power, high-performance 32-bit RISC crypto-controller. http://www.atmel.com http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureARM HONORARY CHAIRMAN... NAPERVILLE, Ill.: PolyBrite International's Westinghouse LED Lighting Systems, a leading provider of light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions, LED light bulbs and safety products, has announced that Mr. Nadhmi Auchi, founder, Chairman and CEO of General Mediterranean Holding SA (GMH) based in Luxembourg,has been named Honorary Chairman. http://www.polybrite.com http://www.w-led.com LINUX MANAGEMENT... BEAVERTON, Ore. and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and member company Levanta have announced the free availability of an Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) study titled "Get the Truth on LinuxManagement." www.levanta.com/linuxstudy/ http://www.levanta.com http://www.osdl.org www.enterprisemanagement.com JAJAH WELCOMES... MENLO PARK, Calif.: Only a week after the release of the revolutionary JAJAH web-activated telephony service, the international VoIP provider strikes with another surprise. ICQ Mastermind Yair Goldfinger goes in with JAJAH. http://www.jajah.com ALARM SYSTEM... SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Nurses, orderlies and other hospital staff were the victims of nearly 5,000 violent assaults in 2004, according to the most current sampling results from U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. In an effortto improve working conditions and ensure the safety of health care workers, Ekahau Inc. is offering a real-time location solution complete with alarm system that will allow security personnel to quickly identify where incidents are taking place and respond. http://www.ekahau.com BULLGUARD RELEASES... BARCELONA: 3GSM World Congress - From Monday BullGuard Mobile Anti-virus was available as a multi-platform retail pack, for mobile devices using Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems. The pack includes full automatic anti-virusprotection and access to BullGuard Support 24-hours a day. http://www.bullguard.com MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS... 3GSM 2006, BARCELONA: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, has announced the demonstration of the next wave of multimedia applications for 3G phones by some of the world's mostinfluential game developers. http://www.nvidia.com DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT... BARCELONA: NVIDIA Corporation has unveiled the NVIDIA GoForce 5500 handheld graphics processing unit (GPU) - the industry's first handheld GPU to enable true, fluid digital TV, high-fidelity surround sound, rapid multi-shot photography, andconsole-class 3D graphics. http://www.nvidia.com DIGITAL TV... BARCELONA: NVIDIA Corporation has announced that it is collaborating with DiBcom, the leader in semiconductor technology for mobile digital TV, to create a DVB-H reference design for mobile handset TV platforms. www.dibcom.com http://www.nvidia.com MOBILE SOLUTIONS... PARIS, and SAN JOSE, Calif.: VMTS, provider of market-proven 2G/3G wireless solutions for mobile handset manufacturers, and CEVA Inc., the leading licensor of digital signal processors (DSP) cores, multimedia, GPS and storage platforms to thesemiconductor industry, announced that VMTS has licensed the CEVA-Teak DSP Core for development of the high-performance, low-power GSM/GPRS/EDGE E-Vision solution for mobile handsets. http://www.vmts.com http://www.ceva-dsp.com/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)