SYDNEY--22 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TOKYO SEMINAR... TOKYO: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP is sponsoring a seminar on global intellectual property and antitrust issues on Thursday, September 28, 2006 in the Ran Room of the Imperial Hotel in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. APPLICATION KIT... DAVIS, Calif.: Rabbit Semiconductor, Inc. is proud to announce the availability of the Embedded PLC Application Kit, offering PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) developers the ability to incorporate reliable low-cost Rabbit hardware in lieu of more expensive PLC systems. http://www.digi.com ASIA-PACIFIC MARKETS... DENVER: CQG has added trading connectivity to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE). http://cqg.com/trade http://cqg.com/press http://www.cqg.com NIKE REPORTS... BEAVERTON, Ore.: NIKE, Inc. Thursday reported financial results for the first quarter ended August 31, 2006 showing revenue grew 9 percent to $4.2 billion against $3.9 billion for the same period last year. http://www.nikebiz.com BEST PROVIDER... NEW YORK: Sidley Austin LLP was rated by Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine as the hedge fund industry's top provider of legal services. http://www.sidley.com HEAVY-DUTY ENGINE... DETROIT: In an effort to continue supporting a rugged and demanding Australian trucking market, Detroit Diesel is putting a significant amount of testing and development effort into a unique 1,850 power rating for the Series 60 heavy-duty diesel engine. http://www.detroitdiesel.com COGNOS RESULTS... OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass.: Cognos Incorporated, the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions, thursday announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2007, ended August 31, 2006. http://www.cognos.com CERAMIC CAPACITORS... GREENVILLE, S.C.: Already an industry forerunner with the introduction of its "Open Mode/Fail Safe" multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) in 2003, KEMET has done it again by increasing the capacitance values in its 100-volt rated product line. http://www.kemet.com HARVESTING EXCELLENCE... ZEDELGEM: New Holland, a brand leader in the agricultural equipment business and part of the Fiat Group, is celebrating 100 years of harvesting innovation and production excellence at its Zedelgem manufacturing plant in Belgium with a two-month programme of activities. http://www.newholland.com MILK ALLERGY... PARIS: An International Taskforce of experts met in Paris Thursday to launch new guidance on the diagnosis and management of cows' milk protein allergy (CMPA) in infants. http://www.actagainstallergy.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of one securities issue of US$$50 million on Oct 2, 2006 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com NEW SERVICE... HALIFAX, NS: Mailworkz Inc., a world leader in self-service electronic marketing (emarketing) solutions, Thursday announced the release of ZebraTracks, an online email marketing service that enables organizations to significantly improve the cost effectiveness of their marketing initiatives. www.mailworkz.com DIGITAL IMAGER... HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.: Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company, Thursday introduced the DS6707 handheld digital imager scanner designed for bar code scanning and image capture in a multitude of environments. http://www.symbol.com PANACEA APPOINTS... GAITHERSBURG, Md.: Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thursday announced the appointments of Christine L. Brauer, Ph.D. as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, and Jefferey Jones, M.S., as Director of Quality. http://www.panaceapharma.com EPcGLOBAL CERTIFICATIONS... ORLANDO, Fla.: Datamax Corporation, a global leader and supplier of bar code labeling and RFID printing solutions, Thursday announced that it has received the EPCglobal certificate of Gen2 interoperability for each of their RFID-enabled printers tested under EPCglobal's certification process. http://www.EPCglobalinc.org http://www.datamaxcorp.com MUVEE STUDIO SINGAPORE and SEOUL: muvee, the pioneer and leader in automatic video, has teamed with LG Electronics to develop muvee Studio, an embedded camera phone application that lets users automatically turn pictures into emotionally engaging photo shows that are synchronized to music. www.muvee.com PODLOUNGE MOBILE... MELBOURNE: The PodLounge, one of the world's leading podcast directories, Thursday announced the release of The PodLounge Mobile for mobile or cell phone users. http://www.thepodlounge.com http://mobile.thepodlounge.com http://psp.thepodlounge.com BANGKOK OFFICE... LONDON: Vocus, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand software for corporate communications and public relations, announced Thursday the opening of a new Asia Pacific headquarters office in Bangkok, Thailand. http://www.vocus.com http://www.vocuseurope.com ID PROGRAM... AMSTERDAM and MUSCAT: Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, Thursday announced that the Sultanate of Oman has selected its technology to implement the second phase of the country's national ID program. http://www.gemalto.com TRAIN PROJECT... BRISBANE: Union Switch & Signal Pvt Ltd (US&S) has been awarded an INR 28,823,813 contract to execute the signalling requirements on the Kashmir valley train project commissioned by Indian Railways. 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 for full-text versions.