SYDNEY--25 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest LIQUIDNET APPOINTS... NEW YORK: Liquidnet, the largest electronic marketplace for institutional-only block trading, has announced the appointmentof its Asian leadership team that will drive the company's expansion into Asian equities. http://www.liquidnet.com SONY MILESTONE... CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Releasing International crossed the US$1 billion mark in overseas box office receipts in recordtime for the company, it was announced by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for the ColumbiaTriStar Motion Picture Group. http://www.sonypictures.com ALIBRE OFFERS... RICHARDSON: Alibre Inc. has announced that it is now offering its free, award winning parametric 3D CAD software,Alibre Design Xpress, to the Chinese market. http://www.alibre.cn AUTOCLAVE COMPLETED... CHARLESTON: ASC Process Systems has announced the completion of the world's largest autoclave. http://www.voughtaircraft.com http://www.aschome.com ARVINMERITOR CREATES... TROY: ArvinMeritor has announced the creation of an Emissions Technology Group to support increasing customerdemand. http://www.arvinmeritor.com EXECUTIVE QUIZ... LOS ANGELES: The vast majority (81 per cent) of more than 2,300 global executives surveyed say they are connected to work through mobile devices (cell phone, PDA, laptop or pager) all of the time, according to the latest Executive Quiz from KornFerry International, a leading global provider of talent management solutions. http://www.kornferry.com CONFERENCE HELD... TOKYO: Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association along with Tokyo Big Sight Inc. will hold the eight day long JIMTOF2006(23rd Japan International Machine Tool Fair) at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center "Tokyo Big Sight". http://www.jimtof.org/Eng/ ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED... TOKYO: Representatives of U.S. soybean farmers and Japanese customers gathered in Tokyo on Thursday to celebrate the 50thanniversary of the opening of the first overseas office of the American Soybean Association in 1956. http://www.soygrowers.com TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP... RICHMOND and NEW YORK: Belden, a world leader in the development of wired signal transmission products for theenterprise and industrial markets, and Extricom, the designer of the award-winning Interference-Free Wireless LAN System,have announced a technology partnership. http://www.belden.com http://www.extricom.com AMPLIFIER DEVELOPED... TOKYO: Yamaha Corporation has announced the development of the YDA144, non-clip digital IC amplifier, which can preventdistortion at times of high-level input and disconcerting sound breakup. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)