SYDNEY--27 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MULTI-AUTHOR STORY... NELSON, NZ: A novel website is set to create the largest authored story inhistory and allows anyone to influence the storyline and become an author. http://www.anovelmillion.com CUP SPONSOR... AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Fraser Jeffries, Vice President Asia Pacific forCustom House, is pleased to announce the foreign exchange leader will sponsorthe Counties Manukau Steelers during the inaugural Air New Zealand CupCompetition. www.customhouse.com KOMAG REPORTS... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier ofthin-film media for disk drives, Wednesday announced record revenue and dilutedearnings per share of $233.6 million and $1.21, respectively, for the secondquarter of 2006. http://www.komag.com AVIATION MAINTENANCE... NEW YORK: Aircraft safety and management strategies for maintaining aircraftin a growing Asian aviation market -- issues that affect airlines, OEMs,suppliers, service providers and the military -- will be the focus ofdiscussions and displays during AVIATION WEEK'S MRO Asia Conference &Exhibition, September 19-21 in Xiamen, China. http://www.aviationweek.com http://www.aviationnow.com/conferences http://www.aviationweek.com/awin http://www.mcgraw-hill.com AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED... SAN JOSE, Calif., and OTTAWA: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and TundraSemiconductor Corporation Wednesday announced an agreement enabling Atmel todeliver leading-edge system interconnect products to the extended-reliabilitymarkets. http://www.tundra.com http://www.atmel.com ENERSYS ACQUIRES... READING, Pa.: EnerSys, the world's largest manufacturer, marketer anddistributor of industrial batteries, Wednesday announced it has entered into adefinitive agreement to purchase the assets of Chaozhou Xuntong Power SourceCompany Limited (CFT), a sealed lead acid battery business located in Chaozhou,China. http://www.enersys.com VOLUNTARY SEPARATION... HONG KONG and MENLO PARK, Calif.: Shanghai Century Acquisition CorporationWednesday announced that it has been notified by I-Bankers SecuritiesIncorporated, the Co-managing underwriter and book runner for its initialpublic offering, which was consummated on April 28, 2006, that commencing onJuly 26, 2006 there will be a voluntary separation of the company's units. RACING TIRES... TOKYO: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that it will supply - asthe chosen one-make tire supplier - racing tires bearing its global flagshipbrand "ADVAN" as the control tire for the 2007 FIA World Touring CarChampionship (WTCC). INFRASTRUCTURE FUND... WASHINGTON and SEOUL, Korea: Emerging markets investment firm Darby OverseasInvestments, Ltd. and one of Korea's leading financial institutions, Hana Bank,announced the closing of the jointly managed Korea Emerging Infrastructure Fund(KEIF) at KRW 580 billion (US$610 million). LUNG CANCER... LONDON: The Tempus Journalism Awards, launched earlier this year by theGlobal Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC), is the first global initiative torecognise excellence in lung cancer reporting. http://www.tempusawards.com AWARD CONTENDERS... BEIJING: Red Herring Wednesday announced that it has narrowed the field ofcontenders for its annual "Red Herring Asia 100" list to 200 companies. http://www.redherring.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)