SYDNEY--13 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuestKONE APPOINTS... SINGAPORE - KONE has appointed THIEN NAM, the leading elevator and escalatorcompany in Vietnam, as its authorized distributor in Vietnam. http://www.kone.com OTIS ELEVATOR... FARMINGTON, Conn. - Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp. has been awarded a US$9 million contract to supply and install 29elevators for a multimillion-dollar expansion of the Foxwoods Resort Casino insoutheast Connecticut, U.S.A. http://www.otis.com PANACEA PHARMACEUTICALS... GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused ondeveloping therapeutic and diagnostic products for cancer, announced that ithas closed its Series D Private Placement raising $8.9 million. Participants inthe round included Konishi Hiroshi; Kenso Kogyo Co., Ltd.; Kyokuto SecuritiesCo., Ltd.; Medikit Co., Ltd.; Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd.; Nomura Research &Advisory Co., Ltd.; Shin Nihon Jitsugyo Co., Ltd.; and SOFTBANK INVESTMENTCORPORATION. http://www.PanaceaPharma.com ROSEMOUNT AWARD... JACKSON, Wyo. - Rosemount Estate, the prestige wine of Australia, and theJackson Hole Film Festival announced the winner of its second annual RosemountDiamond Award, a film competition for emerging filmmakers, at an award ceremonyat The Amangani hotel in Jackson, Wyoming Friday evening (June 9th). DUPONT TITANIUM... WILMINGTON, Del. - DuPont Titanium Technologies announced a price increasein the Middle East for all DuPont titanium dioxide grades. http://www.titanium.dupont.com 'LE REVE' THEATRE... LAS VEGAS, NV. - "Le Reve's" 360-degree aquatic theatre has dazzledaudiences for 365 days by submerging them into a dream where tales of love,adventure and mystery are staged with flawless virtuosity. http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/lereve/24570 www.wynnlasvegas.com ASIA AUTOMOTIVE... NEW YORK - Asia Automotive Acquisition Corporation announces that holders ofthe Company's units can now separately trade the common stock and warrantsincluded in such units. http://www.asiadevelopmentcapital.com BRAZIL IMPRESSED... BERLIN - Brazil said it was impressed today with Group F rival Australia'scome-from-behind 3-1 win over Japan and will approach the Socceroos withcaution when they meet Sunday in Munich. WORLD CUP... KAISERSLAUTERN - Japan was downcast after running out of steam and losing3-1 to Australia in its World Cup opener here today, but players and coachvowed to bounce back. JAPANESE CRESTFALLEN... BONN - Still 1-0 up in the 82nd minute - then such a quick and cruel defeatfor Japan's beloved Blue Samurai at the hands of the Australian Socceroos atthe World Cup. ANTI-AVIAN INFLUENZA... Institut Pasteur, Paris, France - For the first time, more than two hundredinternational specialists (ministry of health, police and army, crisismanagement, transports companies, public association, mayors, researchers,pharmaceutical laboratories) will gather on June 29-30 2006 at the InstitutPasteur in Paris, France, to discuss about the latest advances on AvianInfluenza, especially on new therapeutic targets for treatment and preventionin humans, and plan the strategies to avoid or stop a human pandemic. http://www.isanh.com/avian-influenza ONLINE PAYMENTS... SYDNEY - Custom House, one of the largest non-bank foreign exchangecompanies in the world, is seeing a dramatic shift in the Australian FXbusiness as up to eighty per cent of clients including large companies andorganizations rapidly move to embrace secure, online technology and migrateaway from the traditional ways of managing FX payments. www.customhouse.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)