SYDNEY--23 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoquestYANMAR TO... OSAKA - Yanmar Co., Ltd. announced its new high performance marine engines, the BY series, at the recent international boat shows in Dusseldorf and Miami for release to the powerboat engine market from April this year. http://ymrweb2.yanmar.co.jp/net/Press_photo.nsf/index.html ) SWISS RE... MANILA - A Philippine non-government organization has won the USD80,0000 top prize in the annual Swiss Re-sponsored International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management. http://www.swissre.com QUALCOMM AND... SHANGHAI - QUALCOMM Incorporated and China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (TechFaith), at a press conference in Shanghai, announced plans to found a new company to focus on the development of application software for wireless devices. http://www.techfaithwireless.com / http://www.qualcomm.com / STOCKHOLM PRIZE... STOCKHOLM - Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who constantly challenges the "status quo," was today named the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. http://www.siwi.org 'FROWNIE AWARD'... DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - The Delray Beach Film Festival presented the first- ever Frownie Award, given to the best close-up of an actress in a film, to Kashmira Shah, star of "My Bollywood Bride." http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060322/FLW002 http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.frownies.com SONUS NETWORKS... CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider Voice Over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced that an industry report affirmed Sonus' leadership position in the Japanese market for service provider VoIP equipment for Q4 2005, as well as for the entire year 2005. http://www.sonusnet.com GROUP LED... PHOENIX - Quepasa Corporation announced an agreement with an investment group led by Richard L. Scott Investments, LLC, a private investment company based in Naples, Florida. http://www.quepasa.com/ CATERPILLAR CALLS.. ROSEMONT, Ill. - Citing positive economic conditions in the United States and around the globe, Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Owens called on policymakers to reduce anti-trade rhetoric and instead focus on keeping U.S.-China relations positive and constructive. http://www.CAT.com WACHOVIA CELEBRATES... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Wachovia Corp., the fourth largest bank in the U.S. based on assets, has operated in Hong Kong for over 25 years, offering top-ranked correspondent banking and trade services capabilities. http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/314125.html http://www.wachovia.com http://www.wachoviasec.com http://www.evergreeninvestments.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - Thomson Scientific announced that they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for provision of a value-added International Patent Database. www.scientific.thomson.com www.thomson.com THOMSON IDENTIFIES... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The projection of future global-mean temperature and the potential to diagnose Alzheimer's disease are up-and-coming areas of research, according to the Thomson Scientific Essential Science Indicators Special Topics Website. www.esi-topics.com www.scientific.thomson.com www.thomson.com www.esi-topics.com/index.html http://www.esi-topics.com/fbp/2006/february06-WilliamLKlein.html http://www.esi-topics.com/nhp/2006/march-06-CostasVarotsos.html http://www.esi-topics.com/erf/2005/december05-Peterson-Anand.html http://www.esi-topics.com/fmf/2006/march06-TomMLWigley.html RADWIN STRENGTHENS... NEW DELHI - RADWIN, a leading provider of advanced wireless broadband solutions, announced the formal inauguration of its Regional Repair Facility at Malviya Nagar in New Delhi. http://www.radwin.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)