SYDNEY--10 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuestARROW EXECUTIVE... HONG KONG - Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. announced that Nat Cheang, VP of Arrow ASEANand Strategic Program Accounts, will speak at the Philippines' 8th SEIPI CEOForum on October 17, 2006. www.arrowasia.com MISSILE DEFENSE... HONOLULU - Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance,MDAA, reports from Hawaii that North Korea's nuclear test demonstrates to allof mankind that they have developed one of the most terrifying and devastatingweapons, even after warnings by the international community and the U.NSecurity Council. http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org SWIRE ANNOUNCES... SYDNEY - The China Navigation Co Ltd (CNCo) has announced plans toconsolidate the majority of its liner shipping services under a new entity,Swire Shipping Ltd, a new company recently incorporated in the United Kingdom. MISS THAILAND... MELBOURNE - In conjunction with Leluus international debut, former MissThailand World, Cindy Burbridge, will be arriving in Australia to personallypromote the brand. WIMAX SMARTENS... BOSTON and RICHARDSON, Texas - At the WiMAX World USA show, Navini Networks,the global leader in providing plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutionswith the most experience in commercial deployments, unveiled its strategy tooptimize mobile WiMAX, a solution called Smart WiMAX. http://www.navini.com FARO RELEASES... LAKE MARY, Fla. - FARO Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the world'sbest-selling portable measurement arm and laser tracker, released version 4.0of its 3-D laser scanning software family: FARO Scene, FARO Scout, FARO ScoutLT and FARO Record. http://www.faro.com SYNOPSYS INTRODUCES... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Synopsys JupiterXT and IC Compiler Tools Enable DieSize Optimization Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor designsoftware, introduced new MinChip technology that analyzes physical designcomplexity and identifies the smallest routable size for semiconductor designs. http://www.synopsys.com FIRST ORDER... PARIS - Valeo announces that its new parking assistance system will equipits first production vehicle -- the VW Touran -- in the first half of 2007. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061009/229188-a MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, announced the KSZ8041NL, theCompany's sixth generation PHY solution. http://www.micrel.com GOOGLE TO... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquireYouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share originalvideos through a Web experience, for US$1.65 billion in a stock-for-stocktransaction. http://www.google.com http://investor.google.com/webcast.html http://www.YouTube.com BANKSERV ANNOUNCES... SYDNEY - In an agreement that stands to simplify international banking,BankServ announced a collaboration with SWIFT to develop a new way of sendingwire transfers and Automated Clearing House items directly over SWIFT, allowinginternational payments to be carried out in a single step instead of the two ormore currently required. http://www.bankserv.com SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY... MELBOURNE - Swinburne and Bostons Northeastern University have signed alandmark agreement to teach a joint Global Leadership Program in Melbourne from2007. www.international.swinburne.edu/northeastern . www.international.swinburne.edu.au/representatives . PARIS FASHION... PARIS - The house of Louis Vuitton, with Marc Jacobs as Artistic Director,closed fashion week in Paris with it's Spring Summer 2007 collection in theprestigious halls of the Petit Palais. http://easyshare2.oodrive.com/workspace/vuitton/main_en.html http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-b http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-c http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-d http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-e http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-f http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-g http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-h http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-i ) http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-b http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-c http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-d http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-e http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-f http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-g http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-h http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061008/LNSU001-i http://easyshare2.oodrive.com/workspace/vuitton/main_en.html (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)