SYDNEY--20 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest JAPAN, CROATIA... NUREMBERG - Japan and Croatia battled to a goalless draw which left bothnations with a slim chance of reaching the second round of the World Cup. SELLING MOTHER... MUNICH - Desperate Socceroo fans jokingly attempt to trade their mother andsisters for World Cup tickets into Munich's Allianz Stadium for the big game. SOCCEROOS STILL... MUNICH - The Socceroos remain a huge chance to advance to the World Cup'ssecond stage despite a 2-0 loss to Brazil in their Group F match in Munich. FRANCE HELD... LEIPZIG - France was held to a 1-1 draw by a dogged South Korea side thatleft Group G wide open after the former champion missed a series of latechances. RED CARDS... LEIPZIG - FIFA is pleased players and spectators have noticed World Cupreferees producing plenty of yellow cards for sliding tackles and reds forelbowing. NETALTER SOFTWARES... MUMBAI - NetAlter Software Limited has recently received intimation letterof grant as per the Acceptance Intimation from the Indian Patent Office for itsNetAlter System. http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ www.netalter.com INTERFACE REBRANDS... SINGAPORE - As a global organisation with several product groups and brands,Interface has launched a rebranding initiative to unite all its companiesworldwide under one masterbrand -- Interface. KIDMAN'S WEDDING... SYDNEY - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban respond to media enquiries as to whythey are in Australia stating: "We are very happy to be back in Australia. Wehave come home to celebrate our wedding with our family and friends." A.T. KEARNEY... DUBAI - A.T. Kearney, the leading international management consultancy firm,announced it will establish a regional base at the Dubai InternationalFinancial Centre (DIFC) to serve its growing number of local clients andsupport the continued diversification and growth of the UAE economy. http://www.atkearney.com / www.difc.ae NANORADIO COMPLETES... STOCKHOLM - Nanoradio AB, the new market leader in low power WiFi, announcedit has completed financing round B with 11.5MUSD to secure volume ramping ofits first generation WiFi chipset solution named NRX700 for portable electronicdevices. http://www.nanoradio.com SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES... HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. - Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise MobilityCompany, introduced the VC5090 vehicle/fixed-mount mobile computer whichcombines rugged construction, high performance processing and wirelessnetworking to enable real-time data access and collection on forklifts used inthe harshest environments. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041029/SYMBOLOGO http://www.symbol.com CLAYTON, DUBILIER... NEW YORK - Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., a leading global private equityfirm, and Alberto-Culver Company announced that they have reached a definitiveagreement for a CD&R-managed fund to acquire a 47.5 per cent equity interest inSally Beauty Company, Alberto-Culver's beauty supplies distribution businessand the world's number one marketer of professional beauty supplies. http://www.alberto.com http://www.cdr-inc.com CALIFORNIA MICRO... MILPITAS, Calif. - California Micro Devices, a leading supplier ofapplication specific analog semiconductor products for mobile handsets,personal computers and digital consumer electronics, announced that Mr. HirokiTeraoka had been named Sales Director and Country Manager, Japan. http://www.calmicro.com INDUCTIS WINS... NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. - Inductis, a Management Consulting and AnalyticalServices firm has bagged the first place in the 17th European Conference onMachine Learning and the 10th European Conference on Principles and Practice ofKnowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD). http://www.inductis.com LORAL SKYNET... SINGAPORE - Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications(Nasdaq: LORL), and Go2Call, a pioneer in the Voice-over-IP (VoIP) servicesindustry, announced here at the CommunicAsia 2006 show that they have formed astrategic relationship to provide VoIP services in Asia to telecommunicationsand ISP/Broadband carriers, businesses and government organizations. http://www.loral.com http://www.go2call.com GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY... BERLIN - FIFA will not consider using video evidence or other goal-linetechnology to determine if a goal has been scored until it is 100 per centreliable, spokesman Markus Siegler said. GHANA APPEAL... BERLIN - FIFA has no plans to reverse a yellow card which rules Ghanastriker Asamoah Gyan out of Thursday's crucial World Cup match with the UnitedStates, a FIFA spokesman said. UKRAINE CRUSHES... HAMBURG - Ukraine revived its hopes of advancing to the World Cup's secondround with a crushing 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in World Cup Group H. SPAIN FIGHT... STUTTGART - Late strikes from Raul and a Fernando Torres double inspiredSpain to come from behind to claim a dramatic 3-1 win over Tunisia thatclinched a place in the knockout stages of the World Cup. NANOINK ANNOUNCES... SKOKIE, Ill. - NanoInk, Inc. announced that they have reached an agreementwith PucoTech of Seoul, Korea whereby PucoTech will become the sole distributorin Korea for NanoInk's NSCRIPTOR Dip Pen Nanolithography System. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060410/NANOLOGO http://www.nanoink.net http://www.pucotech.com http://photoarchive.ap.org BYTEMOBILE SIGNS... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SINGAPORE - Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader inoptimized Internet protocol services for mobile data networks, announced areseller partnership with Interactive Technology Limited, a majortelecommunications solutions provider based in Hong Kong. www.ithlgroup.com http://www.bytemobile.com SUCAMPO FILES... BETHESDA, Md. - Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc, announced that it has filed aregistration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for theinitial public offering of its class A common stock. http://www.sucampo.com FUSION LAUNCHES... NEW YORK - Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc. announced that ithas launched a revolutionary free VoIP service under its global efonica brand. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050705/NYTU073LOGO http://www.fusiontel.com http://www.efonica.com CHU NAMED... LOS GATOS, Calif. - ICTV, creator of enhanced VOD solutions that seamlesslyblend the choice and control of broadband video with the quality andresponsiveness of television, announced that Philip Chu has joined the companyas Vice President of Business Development, Asia Pacific region. http://www.ictv.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)