Sydney--8 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuestHUDSON RESULTS... NEW YORK: Hudson Highland Group, Inc., one of the world'sleading providers of specialised professional staffing,retained executive search and talent management solutions,announced financial results on Tuesday for the second quarterand six months ended June 30, 2006. http://www.hhgroup.com PAEDIATRICIANS WARN... AUCKLAND: Children in out-of-home care are likely to havepoorer physical, mental and developmental health than theirpeers. A new policy by paediatricians released Tuesday saysmajor changes are needed to the New Zealand health system tolook after these children. SONUS REPORTS... CHELMSFORD: Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier ofservice provider Voice over IP infrastructure solutions, hasreported its revenue results for the second quarter ended June30, 2006. http://www.sonusnet.com . MANUFACTURERS JOIN... AUBURN HILLS: Plexus Systems and Tokyo-based SanohIndustrial Company are launching a significant internationalpartnership to manage Sanoh's global manufacturing operationsusing Plexus Online, the first true on-demand manufacturingperformance system. www.plex.com ARMOUR AUTHORISED... BALTIMORE and NEW YORK: The National Football League hasnamed Under Armour, Inc., an authorised supplier of footwear,it was announced Tuesday. http://www.underarmour.com EESTECH WEBSITE... SYDNEY: Renewable energy and water purification specialistEESTech Inc. has a new website, which summarises their focusand the widespread international endorsement of the technologyas demonstrated on the links page of the new web site. http://eestechinc.com/ BRADESCO POSTS... SAO PAULO: Banco Bradesco posted Net Income of R$3.132billion (US$1.4 billion) in the 1st half of 2006 (equivalent toEPS of R$3.20) vis-a-vis R$2.621 billion recorded in the sameperiod of 2005 (equivalent to EPS of R$2.67), a 19.5 per centincrease. http://www.bradesco.com.br FLOWSERVE OPEN... SUZHOU: Flowserve Corp., a world leader in fluid motion andcontrol products and services, held a dedication ceremony onTuesday at its new pump, valve and seal manufacturing facilityin Suzhou, China. VERISILICON ANNOUNCES... SANTA CLARA: VeriSilicon, a leading world class ASIC designfoundry and semiconductor IP provider focusing on design andmanufacturing services for customers worldwide, announced onAugust 8 the addition of GSM-AMR-WB wideband codec to itsZ.Voice portfolio of VoIP solutions. http://www.verisilicon.com http://www.zsp.com LINEAR SUES... MILPITAS: Linear Technology Corporation, a leading supplierof high-performance linear and analog integrated circuits, hasfiled a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District ofDelaware against Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. based on breachof a settlement agreement and patent infringement. http://www.monolithicpower.com http://www.linear.com INTELLEVATE LEASES... MINNEAPOLIS: On Tuesday, legal process outsourcing firmIntellevate LLC, part of the CPA Group, announced it had signedan agreement to lease additional office space in New Delhi,India, increasing capacity to 100,000 square feet, which is setto double again over the next three years. http://www.intellevate.com http://www.cpaglobal.com MIELE EXPANDS... GUTERSLOH: During the past reporting period, thefamily-owned Miele company succeeded in expanding its positionthroughout the world as unchallenged market leader and premiummarque. The five-strong Miele board of management is proud topresent record results for the 2005/2006 financial year endingJune 30. http://www.miele-presse.de MICREL RELEASES... SAN JOSE: Micrel, Inc., an industry leader in analog, highbandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, haslaunched a new family of tiny dual ultra-low dropout voltagelinear regulators. http://www.micrel.com CAMERAS DOMINATE... SINGAPORE: GfK Asia released its 2006 Mid-Year Pan AsianMobile Phone and Digital Imaging summary Tuesday which showsretail sales of colour camera phones continued to dominate themobile phone market across the 11 countries assessed across theregion in the first half of 2006. http://www.gfkms.com http://www.gfk.com HUGHES UNVEILS... GERMANTOWN: Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the world's leadingprovider of broadband satellite networks and services, bridgingthe best of satellite and terrestrial technologies, hasintroduced a new version of its advanced AB9000 LMDS system. http://www.hughes.com GFK REPORTS... SINGAPORE: GfK Asia has released its 2006 Mid Year Pan AsianConsumer Electronics Data Summary which highlights the trendsin the region's consumer electronics sector from January toJune 2006 in several categories. http://www.gfkms.com http://www.gfk.com NOBLE RESULTS... HONG KONG: Noble Group Limited, a leading global supplychain manager of agricultural, industrial and energy products,will report second quarter 2006 financial results and discussits management outlook going forward on Thursday August 10after Singapore market hours. http://events12.broadcastone.net/noble/20060810i default.asp AUTISM DISCUSSED... HONG KONG: Autism Parents Network Foundation, a Hong Kongbased parents support group, has announced that the AsianAutism Conference 2006 will be held in Hong Kong Academy ofMedicine on August 12 and 13, 2006. www.conference.autismpnhk.org www.autismpnhk.org CLARITY PROVIDES... SYDNEY: Clarity International, a leading supplier of nextgeneration Operational Support Systems (OSS) has won a contractwith Indonesia's PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications (HCPT) toprovide highly scalable real-time provisioning of mobileservices. www.clarity.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)