SYDNEY--14 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuestVINEYARD VIEWS... HONG KONG - Renowned Australian artist, Richard Humphrys, will exhibit hisunique brand of photography in Hong Kong for the first time. http://www.aapmedianet.com.au SANYO AND... TOKYO - Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and Institut Technologi Bandung announced ajoint research and development agreement to provide household waterdecontamination solutions, 'aquaoasis'. RENESAS DESIGN... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductordesign software, announced that Renesas Design Viet Nam Co. Ltd, a system LSIsemiconductor design subsidiary of the leading microcontroller supplier RenesasTechnology Corp., has chosen Synopsys as its electronic design automationprovider for system-on-chip design. http://www.renesas.com ELEMENT SIX... ASCOT - Element Six announced that it has acquired the assets andintellectual property in order to fabricate a new material, ScD, a uniquecemented diamond-silicon carbide composite. GSM MOBILE... LONDON - By this weekend, GSM mobile phones will be used by more than twobillion people worldwide -- almost twice as many as use the Internet. www.gsmworld.com/2billion_images.shtml CHINA EXHIBITION... HONG KONG - The most authoritative China event for security and Olympics2008: The 2nd China (Beijing) International Exhibition and Symposium on PoliceEquipment and Anti Terrorism Technology and Equipment (CIPATE 2007), will beheld in Beijing during May 17-19, 2007. www.verticalexpo.com www.cipate.com BAYER ANNOUNCES... LEVERKUSEN, Germany - Bayer Aktiengesellschaft announced today that DritteBV GmbH had purchased an additional 530,417 bearer shares with no par value ofSchering Aktiengesellschaft at EUR 86.00 per Share on Monday, June 12, 2006 inopen market or privately negotiated transactions and may continue to purchaseShares in such transactions. http://www.bayer.com TELCONTAR ANNOUNCES... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Telcontar, the leading supplier of software platforms andservices for the location-based services market, announced that it is changingits corporate name to deCarta. www.telcontar.com www.decarta.com OTIS ELEVATOR... FARMINGTON, Conn. - Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp. has been named for the third consecutive year a "Best Employer" byChinese university graduates. http://51job.com http://www.otis.com ATMEL AND... HEILBRONN, Germany and THALWIL, Switzerland - Atmel Corporation, a globalleader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions,and u-blox AG, a leading provider of innovative GPS receiver technology,announced the availability of their latest weak-signal tracking GPS technologyin an ultra-small form factor. http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=3932 http://www.u-blox.com/ http://www.atmel.com PLATINUM COSTS... MIDLAND, Mich. - Platinum metal plays a vital role in the pressure sensitiveindustry. http://www.dowcorning.com http://www.dowcorning.com/psi http://www.platinum.matthey.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of$25,000,000 securities on June 23, 2006 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com BRASKEM CHOOSES... ROANOKE, Va. - Meridium, Inc., the leader in asset performance managementsoftware and consulting solutions, announced plans for a Meridiumimplementation at Braskem, the leading petrochemical company in Latin America. http://www.meridium.com http://www.braskem.com.br http://www.sap.com ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS... MELBOURNE - A new study published by physicians from the Mental HealthResearch Institute and Monash University of Victoria, Australia, showed thatall atypical antipsychotics studied were equally efficacious when used atoptimal doses as primary medication for inpatients with acute psychosis. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie May announces new issue 2-year benchmark notes and newissue 10-year benchmark notes. http://www.fanniemae.com TAOHUAYUAN TOURISM... XI'AN - New Taohuayuan Culture Tourism Co., Ltd. announced that for its yearended December 31, 2005 it had comprehensive income of $1,404,706. WORLD CUP... FRANKFURT - South Korea was given quite a scare by Togo today before asecond-half revival earned it a 2-1 victory to launch its World Cup campaign. JAPAN FOOTBALL... BONN - The head of the Japan Football Association today apologised toJapanese fans for the team's 3-1 loss to Australia in its World Cup openingmatch. KOREA FOOTBALL... FRANKFURT - Talismanic striker Ahn Jung-hwan came off the bench to score thewinner for South Korea in their come-from-behind 2-1 victory over 10-man Togoin their Group G World Cup opener in Frankfurt. G2E ACQUIRES... Xinhua - Global Gaming Expo (G2E), a joint venture of the American GamingAssociation and Reed Exhibitions, announced its acquisition of the Asian GamingExpo from the Australasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association. www.globalgamingexpo.com USER INTERFACE... TOKYO - HI CORPORATION announced that the company has executed a licenseagreement with Dopod International Corporation to provide HI's 3D graphicsengine MascotCapsule and 3DMenu, which is an user interface framework. http://www.hicorp.co.jp/e_index.html ING ADVISES... HONG KONG - ING Wholesale Banking Asia advises investors to remain focusedon the US growth outlook. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. 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