SYDNEY--25 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuestREITS GROW... HONG KONG: Walkers, the global offshore law firm of choice for investmentmanagers, financial organizations, and international law firms, Tuesday saidthat a new analysis of the Hong Kong marketplace shows that the structuredfinance market in Asia appears to be gaining momentum with an increased numberof Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and cross-border securitisationtransactions. http://www.walkersglobal.com MANUFACTURING FACILITY... PEORIA, Ill.: Caterpillar Inc. has signed an investment agreement with theSuzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee (SIPAC) to build a new wheelloader manufacturing facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park in China's Jiangsuprovince. http://www.CAT.com CLARITY WINS... SYDNEY: Clarity International, a leading global supplier of next-generationOperational Support Systems (OSS), has signed a multi-million-dollar contractwith Indonesian tier one telecommunications service provider PT Telkom. www.clarity.com MIDEAST PEACE... NEW YORK: Dr. William F. Vendley, the Secretary General of Religions forPeace, the largest coalition of the world's religious communities, Mondayissued a statement urging an end to the violence Between Israel and Hezbollahin Lebanon, and Israel and Hamas in Palestine. JV FINALISED... ATLANTA and HONG KONG: Global Payments Inc., a leader in payment processingservices, Monday announced that it has completed the formation of a jointventure with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited to providepayment processing services to merchants in the Asia-Pacific region. http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com MERCURY HIRES... GREENWICH, Conn.: Mercury Real Estate Advisors LLC, an affiliate of MercuryPartners LLC, a global real estate investment management firm based inGreenwich, CT, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, has sent a letter toits institutional investors, informing them the addition of Mr. Charles H. K.Neo as a Senior Managing Director of the company. http://www.mercuryrealestate.com NEW MEMBER... NIESTETAL, Germany: Pierre-Pascal Urbon joined the managing board of SMATechnologie AG, based in Niestetal, Germany, as of July 1, 2006. http://www.SMA.de http://www2.sma.de/en/general/press/photo-archive/sma-general GROWTH ACCELERATES... RALEIGH, N.C.: Relativity Technologies, Inc. has extended its leadership ofthe Enterprise Application Modernization (EAM) market with yet another quarterof record-breaking results. http://www.relativity.com http://www.relativity.com/careers RELEVANT INFORMATION... MUMBAI: Searching for current and highly relevant information will no longerbe a mirage, according to NetAlter Search creator, Yogesh Rathod. www.netalter.com NEW TOOL... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductordesign software, Monday announced that PrimeYield -- the company's new,comprehensive tool suite for design-yield analysis -- enables automatedcorrection of manufacturing problems early in the design process. http://www.synopsys.com TOOL SUITE... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: In a move that empowers integrated circuit (IC)designers by giving them more control over the manufacturability of theirleading-edge designs, Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor designsoftware, Monday launched the PrimeYield tool suite. http://www.synopsys.com CNH REPORTS... LAKE FOREST, Ill.: CNH Global N.V. Monday reported second quarter 2006 netincome of $147 million, up 29% compared to net income of $114 million in thesecond quarter of 2005. http://www.cnh.com ATMEL UNVEILS... HEILBRONN, Germany: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the developmentand fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, Monday announced theavailability of the new ATA5745 and ATA5746 UHF ASK/FSK receiver ICs, extendingAtmel's broad existing portfolio of automotive RF devices. http://www.atmel.com AVR MICROCONTROLLERS... NANTES, France: Atmel Corporation Monday announced the industry first 8-bitRISC Flash microcontroller to be qualified for operation up to +150 degreesCelsius (AECQ100 Grade 0). http://www.atmel.com SWITCH SOLUTION... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, on Monday launched the KSZ8893FQL. http://www.micrel.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)