SYDNEY--27 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HI RELEASES... TOKYO: HI Corporation Wednesday announced the release of MascotCapsuleExtension (MCX), an extension of HI's real-time 3D rendering engineMascotCapsule. http://www.hicorp.co.jp/e_index.html TOKYO OFFICE... NEW YORK: Duff & Phelps, one of the world's leading independent financialadvisory firms, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Tokyo aspart of its dedicated global expansion. http://www.duffandphelps.com CLIENT SEMINAR... HAMILTON, Bermuda: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. Tuesday hosted its annual U.S.investment seminar for clients at The Pierre Hotel in New York City with morethan 400 clients attending from around the world. http://www.wpstewart.com JAJAH MOBILE... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: JAJAH has just unveiled JAJAH Mobile, which allowsconsumers to make very cheap long-distance and international calls directlyfrom their mobile phones. http://www.jajah.com CO-MARKETING PLAN... HAYWARD, Calif.: Multispan Inc., a technology platform company specializingin G-Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) research, Tuesday announced the launch ofa series of co-marketing campaigns with Molecular Devices Corp., the leadingmanufacturer of instrumentation and reagents for GPCR research. http://www.multispaninc.com EXPERT JOINS... BRISBANE: Professor Graham Harris, an internationally awarded water andenvironmental expert, has joined the Advisory Board of EESTech Inc., (EESH.OB),a renewable energy and water purification company. www.eestechinc.com EXPATRIATE EXECUTIVES... LOS ANGELES, Calif.: China is among the easiest countries to attractexpatriate executives to work but is also one of the hardest places for them tosucceed, according to more than 140 international recruiters who completed thetenth edition of the quarterly Executive Recruiter Index, released Tuesday byKorn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talentmanagement solutions. http://www.kornferry.com L-TYROSINE PRODUCTION... TOKYO: Kyowa Hakko Tuesday announced that it has developed the world's firstfermentation-based method for the commercial production of L-Tyrosine. Thecompany plans to start full-scale production in 2007. http://www.kyowa-usa.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of twosecurities issues amounting to a total of US$75 million on Oct 6, 2006 at aredemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com DOMAIN NAMES... DUBLIN, Ireland: Starting Tuesday, the general public is invited to register.mobi domain names. http://dotmobi.mobi http://blog.mobi INTERNATIONAL BIDS... SANTIAGO: Chilectra, Chile's main distributor of electricity, together withElectrica de Puente Alto Ltda., Electrica Municipal de Til Til, Electrica deColina Ltda. and Luz Andes Ltda., issued a second call for international bidsto provide Chile's electricity supply for the 2011-2025 period, within theterms of Law 20.018. http://www.chilectra.cl http://www.licitacion.cl LARGEST RUBY... VANCOUVER: True North Gems Inc., a Canadian exploration company, is pleasedto announce the completion of the carving of what the company believes to bethe largest recorded ruby in the Northwestern Hemisphere. www.truenorthgems.com GPS RECEIVER... STOCKHOLM: Nordnav Tuesday announced the launch of a new ultra-sensitiveindoor GPS Reference Receiver tracking 10 times weaker signals than any othercommercially available GPS receiver. http://www.nordnav.com MERCER EXPANDS... SINGAPORE: Mercer Investment Consulting is to expand its global research ofalternative investments, to give clients access to in-depth analysis of abroader and more diverse range of alternative products. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)