SYDNEY--9 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuestWORLD CUP... BONN - Japan faced a fresh injury scare today as playmakerShunsuke Nakamura cut short the team's training for a secondstraight day because of a painful left hamstring. DIRECTED ELECTRONICS... VISTA, Calif. - Directed Electronics, Inc., and a majorsupplier of home audio, mobile audio and video, and satelliteradio products, is pleased to announce the appointment ofArmorTek, Inc. as the newest distributor in DirectedElectronics' broad network of more than 100 distributors inover 70 countries. http://www.directed.com PEPSICO RESULTS... PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo, Inc. announced that itssecond-quarter 2006 earnings conference call and slidepresentation for financial analysts and investors will bewebcast live over the internet on Thursday, July 13, at 11 a.m.(ET) http://www.pepsico.com PRODUCT RECALL... MELBOURNE - Castrol is alerting its customers and motoriststhat it is conducting a voluntary product recall of a lubricantpackaged in a four litre DARK GREY bottle and incorrectlylabelled as Castrol Response Dot 4 (brake fluid). ENERGY SOFTWARE... PEABODY, Mass. - Lodestar Corporation, a leading provider ofenergy software solutions, announced its sponsorship of theAustralian Energy & Utility Summit organized by Association andCommunications Events. http://www.lodestarcorp.com DIESEL ENGINE... DETROIT - Detroit Diesel Corporation announced that it willoffer a new Series 60 heavy-duty diesel engine to theAustralian market in order to meet the country's emissionscertification standards -- ADR 80.1 -- which take effectJanuary 1, 2008. http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/239425.html / http://www.detroitdiesel.com SOLUTION SUITE... OTTAWA - Dinmar, a leading North American healthcareinformation technology company, has announced the availabilityof a new solution suite, Oacis Health Data Warehouse, withessential data analysis capabilities for computerized patientrecord system deployments. http://www.dinmar.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$35million on June 19, 2006, at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com GPS SERVICE... THALWIL, Switzerland - u-blox AG, a leading GPS technologyand solution provider, introduced AssistNow, a completeAssisted GPS service package that brings instant positioning toany u-blox GPS-enabled device with mobile phone connectivity. http://www.u-blox.com/technology/assistnow http://www.u-blox.com BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INVESTMENT... PRINCETON, N.J. - Laureate Pharma, a partner company ofSafeguard Scientifics, announced plans to invest up to $9million to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilityin Princeton, NJ. http://www.laureatepharma.com http://www.safeguard.com FORMULA 1... RACINE, Wis. - For the first time, agricultural equipmentindustry leader Case IH will share the spotlight with Ferrariat two Formula 1 racing events in North America this summer. http://www.caseih.com http://www.cnh.com BIOSPHERE DEVELOPMENT... NASSAU, Bahamas - Global Environmental Energy Corp - USAsubsidiary Biosphere Development Corp., has concluded itsseventh Chinese Biosphere Process System sale forUSD$8,500,000. http://www.globalenvironmentalenergy.com PHOTO COLLAGE... MILAN - Buongiorno and NABA Enter The Guinness World RecordWith the World's Largest Photo Collage: 20,400 PicturesCovering a 141 Square Meters Area, Representing the SmilingLogo of BLINKO, Buongiorno's Consumer Brand, That With a Smileand in a Blink of an Eye Brings Information and EntertainmentPersonalization Services to All Mobile Users. http://www.blinko.it http://www.ebay.it SAFETY SYRINGES... SYDNEY - Ritract Limited today reported US Food & DrugAdministration clearance to begin marketing its range ofauto-retractable safety syringes in the USA. http://www.ritract.com ASIA AWARD... BEIJING - Red Herring now is accepting nominations for itsannual Red Herring 100 Asia award program for privatetechnology companies. http://www.redherring.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)