SYDNEY--24 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoquestASIA NETCOM... HONG KONG - Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese incumbenttelecommunications service provider, China Netcom, has completed a majornetwork upgrade that will bring a 50 per cent increase in lit capacity to itspan-Asia submarine cable systems, EAC. www.asianetcom.com AXA ROSENBERG... ORINDA, Calif. - AXA Rosenberg Group LLC, the specialist global equityinvestment management firm within the AXA Investment Managers group, announcedthe extension of its highly successful global equity strategy with the launchof the AXA Rosenberg Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy and an All CountryWorld Equity Strategy. www.axarosenberg.com NOVELIS TO... ATLANTA - Novelis Inc. announced that it will invest $30 million over thenext two years to expand its capacity to produce aluminum rolled products atits 68 per cent-owned plant in Yeongju, Republic of Korea. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050105/CLW073LOGO ) www.novelis.com http://photoarchive.ap.org DINMAR OPENS... OTTAWA, - DINMAR, a leading North American healthcare information technologycompany, announced today that it has expanded its business operations intoAustralasia. www.dinmar.com CVRD IRON... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce informs that its iron oreshipments suffered a reduction of one million tons due to interruptions oftrain traffic on the Carajas railroad, which links its Carajas mineral provinceto the Ponta da Madeira maritime terminal. http://www.cvrd.com.br BHARTIYA INTERNATIONAL... HARTLAND, Maine and CHENNAI - Irving Tanning Company (Irving) and BhartiyaInternational Limited (Bhartiya) are pleased to announce their strategicpartnership to design and build a Bovine (Cowhide) tannery in India. http://www.bhartiyainternational.com http://www.irvingtanning.com VOCOLLECT ANNOUNCES... TOKYO and PITTSBURGH - Vocollect, the world leader in voice-directed work,has appointed Cesar Sison of Tokyo as Representative Director and CountryManager for Japan. http://www.vocollect.com GEECF SALE... NASSAU, Bahamas - Global Environmental Energy Corp. confirmed that itssubsidiary, Biosphere Development Corp, has concluded its sixth ChineseBiosphere Process System sale for US$8,500,000. http://www.globalenvironmentalenergy.com http://www.geecf.net CVRD BOARD... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) informs that its Board ofDirectors approved a forward-stock split proposal. http://www.cvrd.com.br / CVRD DIVIDEND... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) informs that its Board ofDirectors authorized CVRD Executive Board to decide on April 12, 2006 about thefirst installment of the Company's minimum dividend, in the amount of US$ 650million, as publicly announced on January 26, 2006. http://www.cvrd.com.br / IBM OPENS... SHANGHAI - IBM opened a new global delivery center in Shanghai, China, toaddress the growing global demand for the delivery of application services. www.ibm.com/services PERCIPIA OPENS... COLUMBUS, Ohio, and CHENNAI - Percipia, Inc. opened a new branch office inChennai, India, to pursue the hospitality market for Voice over InternetProtocol (VoIP) and other services in Asia, and to enhance its ability todeliver Percipia products and services worldwide. http://www.percipia.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)