SYDNEY--9 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ANALOGICTECH BATTERYMANAGER... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated, a developerof power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices,announced the AAT3681, an extremely small, single-cell Lithium-ion/polymerbattery charger IC designed to operate from either a USB or an AC adapter onthe same input. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050829/SFTU089LOGO www.analogictech.com http://photoarchive.ap.org MICREL LDOs... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, launched a new family of dualultra-low dropout voltage linear regulators. http://www.micrel.com/ HARRIS CORPORATION... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Harris Corporation, a leading global providerof wireless equipment and services, announced that its digital microwave radioswill play a key role in the network expansion of Bangladesh Telephone andTelegraph Board, a leading provider of telecommunication services in Bangladesh. http://www.harris.com BANCO BRADESCO... SAO PAULO, Brazil - Banco Bradesco posted Net Income of R$ 1.530 billion inthe 1st quarter of 2006 (equivalent to EPS of R$ 1.56), compared to the R$1.205 billion Net Income recorded in the same period of 2005, a 27 per centincrease. http://www.bradesco.com.br/ir RED HERRING... BARCELONA - Red Herring has recognised Fractus, the fractal antennatechnology pioneer, as one of the most innovative technology companies of 2006with its inclusion in the top 100 private companies in Europe and the MiddleEast, announced. www.fractus.com www.redherring.com www.axicom.com TECK COMINCO... VANCOUVER - Teck Cominco Limited announced that it will make a C$17.8billion cash and share offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of IncoLimited, conditional on Inco not completing its announced takeover bid forFalconbridge Ltd. www.teckcominco.com www.sec.gov MARVELL JOINS... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Marvell, the leader in storage, communications andconsumer silicon solutions, announced it has become a corporate sponsor of the"One Laptop Per Child" initiative. http://www.marvell.com/ INTERVIEW SECRETS... LOS ANGELES - Talking too much is the most common interview mistake that jobcandidates make, according to 36 per cent of recruiters who completed the ninthedition of the quarterly Executive Recruiter Index, released by Korn/FerryInternational, the premier global provider of executive search, outsourcedrecruiting and leadership development solutions. www.kornferry.com www.futurestep.com TUNDRA SEMICONDUCTOR... OTTAWA - Tundra Semiconductor Corporation, the leader in SystemInterconnect, announced it has completed the acquisition of the SystemsSolutions Business Unit of Alliance Semiconductor Corporation. www.tundra.com NETALTER TO... Mumbai - About a year ago, NetAlter Software Limited embarked on anambitious project which has the potential of bringing about a profound changein how we compute, communicate and share information with others. http://www.netalter.com/Solutions/netalterbrowser.pdf www.netalter.com ICE OPENS... ATLANTA - IntercontinentalExchange, the leading electronic energymarketplace, announced that it has opened its new Singapore telecommunicationshub. www.theice.com ANTARES EXHIBITS... GILBERT, Ariz. - Antares conTech, the world's largest provider of high-endsockets/connectors for the semiconductor industry, announced that it willexhibit for the first time as an independent company, at SEMICON/Singapore 2006. http://www.antarescontech.com WORLD BUSINESS... CHICAGO, Ill. - In yet another example of Chicago reaching out to theever-growing Chinese economy, World Business Chicago's director ofinternational business development, Tom Bartkoski, this week will addressbusiness leaders in Nanjing, China at a forum on developing the Yangtze RiverEconomic Belt. http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com FEMALE HEALTH... CHICAGO, Ill. - The Female Health Company announced it has received aninitial order for 500,100 FC Female Condoms for the National AIDS ControlOrganization of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. http://www.femalehealth.com http://www.femalecondom.org SONUS REPORTS... CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of serviceprovider Voice over IP infrastructure solutions, reported its financial resultsfor the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. http://www.sonusnet.com SINGERS COMPETE... 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH - The 46th International Vocal Competition in's-Hertogenbosch will be held from the 11 to 25 September 2006. http://www.ivc.nu CHINA GUIYANG... BEIJING and PLEASANTON, Calif. - Guiyang CMCC, a provincial operator ofChina Mobile Communication Corporation, has selected FlexLight Networks'Gigabit Passive Optical Network system for deployment in its metro ConvergedNetwork. http://www.FlexLight-networks.com CAPITAL RAISING... SYDNEY - Allegiance Mining NL is pleased to announce a capital raising of$51.2 million through an institutional placement of 165 million shares at $0.31per share. www.allegiance-mining.com.au UFIDA JOINS... BEIJING - On 21 April 2006, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China(ICBC) and UFIDA Software Co. Ltd., the largest commercial bank and managementsoftware company in China, respectively, jointly held the ICBC-UFIDA StrategicCooperation & New Products Release Conference. BRITNEY SPEARS... NEW YORK - Britney Spears celebrated the astounding success of her threefragrances, Curious, Fantasy and In Control, with Elizabeth Arden, the companythat manufactures and markets the scents, at a celebration today at the HudsonHotel. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060508/NYM237 http://photoarchive.ap.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)