SYDNEY--17 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuestAUSTRALIAN NICKEL... SYDNEY - Emerging Australian nickel producer, AllegianceMining NL is pleased to announce an expansion of its AveburyNickel Project to 900,000 tonnes of ore per annum50 per centlarger than the 2005 feasibility study project size announcedon 6 December2005. http://www.allegiance-mining.com.au SCIENCEDIRECT ONLINE... DES PLAINES, Ill. - Elsevier and Endeavor InformationSystems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elsevier, announced thatthe more than 100 member organizations of the Chinese AcademicLibrary & Information System will transition to the Web-basedversion of ScienceDirect by July 2006. http://www.endinfosys.com http://www.sciencedirect.com http://www.mdconsult.com http://www.info.scopus.com http://www.elsevier.com http://www.reedelsevier.com VIETNAM BRANCH... CHARLOTTE - Wachovia Corp. opened a new representativebanking office in Hanoi, Vietnam - demonstrating Wachovia'scommitment to Vietnam, and complementing Wachovia's existingpresence in Ho Chi Minh City as a major global correspondentbank and trade service provider. http://wachovia.com http://wachoviasec.com http://evergreeninvestments.com NIKE RULING... BEAVERTON, Ore. - NIKE, Inc. has announced an arbitrationruling arising from a contract dispute between the company'sConverse subsidiary and Alon International, S.A., a formerlicensee for Converse in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay andUruguay. http://www.nikebiz.com COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY... LONDON - Thunderhead, the leading provider of enterprisecommunications technology, has announced the launch ofThunderhead, version 3.0. http://www.thunderhead.com CLINICAL TRIAL... NATICK, Mass. - Boston Scientific Corporation has announcednine-month data from its TAXUS ATLAS clinical trial. http://www.bostonscientific.com BOSTON SCIENTIFIC... NATICK, Mass., and PARIS - Boston Scientific Corporation hasannounced three-year follow-up data from its TAXUS VI clinicaltrial. http://www.bostonscientific.com NEW WINZIP... MANSFIELD, Conn. - WinZip Computing significantly improvesthe effectiveness of its file distribution solution with therelease of WinZip Self-Extractor 3.0. http://www.winzip.com LICENSING AGREEMENT... ABBOTT PARK, Ill. - Abbott announced it has entered into alicensing agreement with Advanced Life Science Institute, Inc.for its Pro-gastrin-releasing peptide. http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/110328.html http://www.abbott.com http://www.cancer.org NETALTER SYSTEM... MUMBAI - After years of research and development, NetAlterSoftware Limited has conceptualized the perfect Peer to PeerPersonal Networking Tool in the form of NetAlter System. http://www.netalter.com/Solutions/p2p.pdf http://www.netalter.com ATMEL MICROCONTROLLERS... NANTES, France - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced four new AEC Q100-qualified AVR Flashmicrocontrollers dedicated to the automotive segment. http://www.atmel.com WiMAX EQUIPMENT... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Atmel Corporation announced acollaboration with Wavesat to offer a WiMAX mini-PCI referencedesign, that provides the industry's lowest costWiMAX-compliant customer premise equipment. http://www.atmel.com/ ANTI-CANCER DRUG... BRISBANE - Progen Industries announced it has receivednotification from the US Food and Drug Administration guidingthe accelerated development of its anti-cancer drug PI-88. http://www.progen.com.au VoIP PARTNERSHIP... CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplierof service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructuresolutions, and Netcentrex, the leading enabler of nextgeneration converged voice and video solutions, announced thatthe two companies have partnered to advance consumer access tonext generation voice applications. http://www.sonusnet.com http://www.netcentrex.net VoIP NETWORK... CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Sonus Networks, Inc. announced thatTelio, the largest and fastest growing access independent VoIPprovider in Europe, has selected Sonus' industry-leading IPMultimedia Subsystem (IMS)-ready solutions as the foundationfor its next generation IP-based voice network. http://www.sonusnet.com http://www.Telio.no BROADBAND PLATFORM... NICE - TeleManagement World - Axiom Systems announced that,with their partners Inoven and Accenture, the AXIOSS platformhas been chosen to enable the design, creation and delivery ofall new IP and broadband services for AOL in France. http://www.axiomsystems.com IP INTEGRATION... NICE - Telemanagement World - Axiom Systems the leader inService Fulfilment software for telecommunications, announcedthat its AXIOSS for IP Services solution is now integrated withthe Alcatel 5620 Service Aware Manager. PERMANENT RECALL... AUCKLAND - Bausch & Lomb announced that it is permanentlyrecalling its MoistureLocTM contact lens solution fromworldwide markets effective immediately. http://www.bausch.com CORONARY STENT... NATICK, Mass. - Boston Scientific Corporation announced thatit has received indication extensions to the European CE markfor its TAXUS Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent systemfor use in some of the most challenging coronary procedures. http://www.bostonscientific.com PATENT CASE... TAIPEI - System General Corporation announced that theAdministrative Law Judge of the United States InternationalTrade Commission has made an Initial Determination in thepatent infringement case in which SG and Power Integrations,Inc. are the parties. http://www.sg.com.tw (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)