SYDNEY--15 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest RENTAL CONCEPT... BEIJING - Caterpillar Inc. is formally introducing itsproven rental store concept to customers in China during theinaugural CONEXPO Asia trade show taking place in Beijing. http://www.cat.com CATERPILLAR INC... BEIJING - Caterpillar Inc. is giving customers attending thefirst CONEXPO Asia the opportunity to see how Caterpillarproducts will continue to play a vital role in the economicprogress that is taking place in China and across Asia. http://www.cat.com CENTREBET ODDS... SYDNEY - Centrebet has slashed its odds on Danyon Loaderwinning the Dancing with the Stars gold medal. http://www.centrebet.com NEUROSCIENCE TECHNOLOGY... WALTHAM - Researchers at Australia's top neuroscienceresearch labs and universities are using a new parallelsupercomputing system to help unravel the mysteries of thebrain to fight disease. http://www.interactivesupercomputing.com http://www.hfi.unimelb.edu.au .TEL DOMAIN... LONDON - ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Namesand Numbers) unanimously approved the creation of the new .TelTop Level Domain (TLD) and awarded the contract to TelnicLimited. http://www.telnic.org CALYON FINANCIAL... CHICAGO - Calyon Financial announced the addition of formerSunGard Futures Systems President Steve Auerbach as Global Headof Projects. http://www.calyonfinancial.com http://www.calyon.com FOREX TRADING... CHICAGO - Calyon Financial announced the launch of its newonline foreign exchange trading platform, Calyon Financial FXEdge. http://www.calyonfinancial.com http://www.calyon.com CONTINENTAL AG... HANOVER - Slovakia and Mexico are world champions! The men'steam at the Continental plant in Puchov took the title inContinental AG's own world football championship tournament,the ContiTeamCup. http://www.conti-online.com CHINA NPL... LONDON - The Nonperforming Loan Report that was issued on 3May 2006 reported that the NPL exposure for China was estimatedat US$911 billion. http://www.ey.com TRANSTEL REFINANCING... CALI - Transtel Tenderco announces receipt of requisiteconsents in consent solicitations with respect to alloutstanding units of transtel S.A. and shareholder approval oftranstel's refinancing. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae announced that it will not issue anoncallable Benchmark Note this month. http://www.fanniemae.com NEW APPOINTMENT... VANCOUVER - Donald R. Lindsay, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Teck Cominco Limited is pleased to announce thateffective July 15, 2006, Peter Kukielski will join Teck Comincoas Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. http://www.teckcominco.com http://www.newswire.ca (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)