sydney--7 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MAJOR PARTNERSHIP... SAN LEANDRO, California: Yokogawa Electric Corporation andOSIsoft, Inc. have entered into a major partnership to betterserve industrial automation markets throughout much of Asia. www.yokogawa.com www.osisoft.com LE MANS... SYDNEY: If the smell of burning rubber does for you whatcoffee does for the rest of us, then an auction of Le Mans andrelated memorabilia will be the perfect cup of tea. With 150lots up for sale comprising books, posters, programs, tickets,limited edition prints and thousands of photographs coveringthe history of the famous race it is arguably the largestcollection of its type ever assembled in Australia. www.leski.com.au HERMAN MILLER... SHANGHAI: Herman Miller, a leader in office furnishings andrelated services, is pleased to announce the expansion of itsbusiness operation in Asia, as it embarks on a multi-milliondollar investment in China. www.HermanMiller.com CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS... MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Catapult CommunicationsCorporation has announced that Masato Koike has joined theCompany's Japanese subsidiary, Catapult Communications KK, asRepresentative Director. www.catapult.com BRAZILIAN MARKET... SINGAPORE: On September 12, the Brazilian capital marketwill be presenting a road show for institutional investors,brokers and traders in Singapore. www.bestbrazil.org.br BRAZILIAN MARKET... HONG KONG: On September 14, the Brazilian capital marketwill be presenting a road show for brokers, institutionalinvestors and traders in Hong Kong. www.bestbrazil.org.br WEB APPLICATION... SYDNEY: bCODETM, the universal provider of mobile ticketingsolutions, has announced the launch of its bCODE-Drinksconsumer portal located at www.bcodedrinks.com . www.bcode.com www.bcode.com/media ENERGY COMPANIES... SINGAPORE: Platts has released its annual 2006 Top 250Global Energy Companies rankings, recognizing the industry'stop-performing companies around the world. www.top250.platts.com www.mcgraw-hill.com HOOTERS AUSTRALIA... SYDNEY: The Hooters of Parramatta opened its doors on July14th to an anxious crowd in Sydney, Australia. This is thefirst of 5 Hooters locations slated to open in Australia andNew Zealand by the end of 2007. www.hooters.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$50million on September 18, 2006 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com FARO LAUNCHES... LAKE MARY, Florida: FARO Technologies, Inc., a single sourcefor a complete line of portable CAM2 solutions, has launchedits new Web site that enables visitors to easily accessinformation most relevant to their industry, application orproduct preference. www.faro.com GIFTS SOFTWARE... NEW YORK: GIFTS Software, a leading provider of anti-moneylaundering, funds transfer, investigation and compensation, ande-banking solutions, announced that Allied Banking Corporation,Philippines, has selected its Anti-Money Laundering Solution,GIFTSWEB EDD, for installation in the Philippines. www.giftssoft.com http://profnet.prnewswire.com/ud_public.jsp?userid=340520 http://profnet.prnewswire.com/ud_public.jsp?userid=340526 NEW-ONSET DIABETES... BARCELONA: A hypertension regimen based on the calciumchannel blocker amlodipine has been shown to reduce the risk ofnew-onset diabetes by 34 percent in people with high bloodpressure, compared with a widely used beta-blocker-basedantihypertensive regimen, according to findings from thelargest study of hypertensive patients ever conducted in Europe(nearly 20,000 patients). DESIGN PLATFORM... SHANGHAI: VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), aleading world class ASIC design foundry, semiconductor libraryand IP provider focusing on design and manufacturing servicesfor customers worldwide, and Semiconductor ManufacturingInternational Corporation (SMIC), a leading foundry, havejointly announced the release of VeriSilicon's Standard DesignPlatform for SMIC's 0.13um Low Leakage process. www.smics.com www.verisilicon.com SOFTWARE ACCREDITATION... SYDNEY: Union Switch & Signal Pvt Ltd (US&S India) isdelighted to advise that their software department has securedthe international software Capability Maturity ModelIntegration maturity level 3 certification. www.ansaldo-signal.com.au www.ansaldo-signal.co.in (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)