SYDNEY--12 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuestFIFA SIGNS... LONDON - Kobalt Music Group, music publisher and online publishingadministrator, has been signed up by FIFA (the Federation Internationale deFootball Association) to be the exclusive worldwide licensor and administratorfor the Official Melody of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. NEUREN GRANTED... SYDNEY - Neuren Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce that its patentapplication entitled GPE Analogs and Peptidomimetics (PCT/US02/16361) has beenissued in the United States (US Patent No: 7,041,314) on 9 May 2006. www.neurenpharma.com MICREL INTRODUCES... SAN JOSE, Calif - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, launched the MICRF405, the industry'smost power-efficient radio transmitter IC in its class. http://www.micrel.com ALCAN SECURES... MONTREAL - Alcan Inc. announced that it has secured 40 per cent of theenergy required for a potential 280kt/year expansion of its ISAL smelter inStraumsvik, Iceland. www.alcan.com http://www.newswire.ca QUINTILES LAUNCHES... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Quintiles Transnational Corp. announced thelaunch of its expanded strategic partnering group under the NovaQuest brandand, to further NovaQuest's mission, an alliance with TPG-Axon Capital, aglobal investment firm with over $5.8 billion in equity capital. www.quintiles.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA, and LONDON - The latest issue of Science Watch, the bimonthlynewsletter published by Thomson Scientific, a business of The ThomsonCorporation, ranks United Kingdom universities based on both the total numberof citations as well as their impact (or the average number of citations perpaper) during the 2001-2005 period. http://www.scientific.thomson.com http://www.thomson.com OVERTURE FINANCIAL... NEW YORK - Overture Financial Services LLC announced the appointment ofWinthrop H. Smith, Jr. as Chairman of its Advisory Board, an external groupthat will be formed to act as an available resource to Overture Financial'sexecutive management primarily for evaluation and recommendation of strategicinitiatives and partnerships as well as the development of client relationships. http://www.overturefinancial.com TRIDENT ENTERTAINMENT... KAHNAWAKE - Two of the most successful and established online casino andpoker room groups in the online gaming industry, Trident Entertainment Groupand Carmen Media Group, have announced plans to create a new Internetsuper-group. www.riverbellecasino.com www.thegamingclub.com www.gamingclubsportsbook.com www.luckynuggetcasino.com www.jackpotcitycasino.com www.aceshighcasino.com www.showdowncasino.com www.homecasino.com www.kingneptunescasino.com www.tridentloungecasino.com www.vegasusa.com www.tridentpoker.com http://www.carmenmedia.com http://www.tridentegroup.com FILM FESTIVAL... JACKSON, Wyo. - Rosemount Estate, the Prestige Wine of Australia, and theJackson Hole Film Festival announce the five finalists for the 2nd annualRosemount Diamond Award, an international film competition for emergingfilmmakers. FEI SYSTEM... HILLSBORO, Ore. - FEI Company announced that a global Japanese electronicsmanufacturer has selected FEI's DA 300 in-fab defect analyzer for its factory. http://www.feicompany.com GRIFOLS DONATES... BARCELONA - Grifols S.A. announced that it will donate approximately $1.4million in blood clotting therapies to the World Federation of Hemophilia. http://www.grifols.com http://www.WFH.org ARIZONA STATE... TEMPE, Ariz. - Wu Qidi, vice minister of education of the People's Republicof China, was awarded an honorary degree at Arizona State University's springcommencement ceremony May 11, 2006. KASENNA APPOINTS... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Kasenna, The IPTV Company, a leading provider ofvideo-on-demand content and MPEG-4 ready IPTV applications for Triple Playservices over broadband networks, announced the appointment of Kumar Shah asits CEO, effective immediately. http://www.kasenna.com OSDL JAPAN... TOKYO, - The Open Source Development Labs, a global consortium dedicated toaccelerating the adoption of Linux and open source software, announced it hasappointed Takashi Kunai as its new director of Japan. http://www.osdl.org CSIRO SUPPORTS... CANBERRA - In an effort to improve health outcomes in Africa, a majorinternational project will be using CSIROs hairpinRNAi technology to addressproblems with one of the staples of the African diet cassava. www.pi.csiro.au/rnai/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions. )