SYDNEY--15 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoquestEUROPEAN CAPITAL... LUXEMBOURG: European Capital Limited and its wholly ownedsubsidiary European Capital S.A. SICAR announced it hasinvested approximately euro 121 million (US$145 million) in 6companies year to date, totaling 15 companies since itsformation in August 2005. http://www.americancapital.co http://www.EuropeanCapital.com NETECONOMY GROWS... THE HAGUE: NetEconomy, the leading provider of real-timeenterprise risk monitoring solutions for the finance industry,has announced that 12 new customers have selected its ERASEFinancial Crime Suite solution to detect and deter fraud,market abuse, money laundering and terrorist financingschemes. http://www.neteconomy.com ANNUAL CONFERENCE... DUSSELDORF: From April 9-11, 2006, top managers in the aircargo and logistics industry will gather in Beijing for theannual International Air Cargo Association conference, wherethey will induct Dusseldorf based businessman Manfred Kiel intothe industry's hall of fame. Mr. Kiel, 65, is CEO ofDusseldorf-based S.A.T. Sea-Air Transport GmbH. DIGITAL DICTATION... SYDNEY: Allens Arthur Robinson, recently named AustralasianLaw Firm of the year 2005, has selected the WinScribe DigitalDictation solution for a program designed to replace tape basedsystems. www.winscribe.com TRADING PLATFORM... MONTREAL: The Boston Options Exchange has confirmed theimplementation of a new trading platform - SOLA, a nextgeneration trading solution created by the Montreal aac?al Exchange. www.m-x.ca RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS... DUSSELDORF: A group of Orthopedic surgeons from Germany(Dusseldorf) have discovered a new class of biologicalcompounds for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Thesecompounds are called "anti-inflammatory exosomes." Thetreatment of 66 patients with RA proved successful using thistechnology. http://www.neue-orthopaedie.de ENOXAPARIN STRATEGY... BOSTON: Doctors treating patients who have suffered an acuteheart attack can now employ a better, more effective bloodthinning strategy, using a medication called enoxaparin, toprevent blood clots from reforming in heart arteries. http://www.brighamandwomens.org RADIO RATINGS... NEW YORK: Arbitron Inc. has announced that it will begin therollout of the Portable People Meter system as its radioratings service in the top 50 markets in the United States. http://www.arbitron.com http://www.arbitron.com/ppmrollout.htm DUFF & PHELPS... NEW YORK: Duff & Phelps, a leading provider of independentfinancial advisory services, has announced that Dan Peters hasjoined the firm. Mr. Peters, formerly the managing partner ofKPMG's Global Transfer Pricing Services practice, will leadDuff & Phelps' Transfer Pricing practice. http://www.duffandphelps.com NEW SCANNER... HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.: Symbol Technologies, Inc., The EnterpriseMobility Company, has introduced a new high-value laser barcode scanner targeted at small businesses. http://www.symbol.com COMPETITIVE ALTERNATIVES... TORONTO: KPMG will unveil the results of its 2006Competitive Alternatives study on March 21st, 9:30 a.m. in theTSX Gallery Room. The press conference will declare the 2006cost competitiveness leader among nine industrializedcountries, and will discuss the impact of the rising dollar onCanada's ability to compete globally. www.CompetitiveAlternatives.com OTIS WINS... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of UnitedTechnologies Corp., was awarded a contract to supply andinstall 120 elevators for the Shunfa Jiajing Tianchengresidential complex in Hangzhou, the capital of China'sZhejiang Province. http://www.otis.com WIRELESS LAN... SAN DIEGO, Calif.: Ekahau Inc. has announced that it iscollaborating with Digi International to embed Ekahau'slocation-enabling technology into the Digi Connect family ofwireless LAN embedded modules and external device serverproducts. www.ekahau.com www.digi.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)