SYDNEY--20 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HEALTH CARE... PITTSBURGH: The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a leading integrated health care enterprise, and dbMotion, anaward-winning provider of web-based data-sharing andintegration technology, have announced an $84 million initiative to create one of the largest models of trueinteroperability in health care. http://www.dbmotion.com http://www.upmc.com INCO ACQUIRED... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announces that it has obtained approval under the Investment Canada Act, in theform of a "net benefit to Canada" ruling from the Canadian Minister of Industry, in connection with its offer to acquireall of the outstanding common shares of Inco Limited (Inco). http://www.cvrd.com.br PAYMENT APPROVED... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce informs that its Board of Directors approved the payment of the secondinstallment of the 2006 dividend to shareholders, US$650 million, equivalent to US$ 0.269 per outstanding common or preferred class A share. http://www.cvrd.com.br NUTRITION ESSENTIAL... HONG KONG: Good nutrition is essential to building and maintaining strong bones, according to a new report issued onFriday by the International Osteoporosis Foundation on the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, October 20. http://www.iofbonehealth.org THINK3 UNVEILS... BEIJING: think3, a leading supplier of product development solutions and industrial design has announced free2Design, abold initiative to empower designers, engineers, manufacturers and students in developing countries such as China with thelegal and licensed use of its 2D software for free. http://www.think3.com http://www.free2Design.org CHAIRMAN APPOINTED... NEW YORK: John W. Snow, the 73rd Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, has been appointed Chairman of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Prior to becoming Secretary of the Treasury in February 2003, Secretary Snow was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CSX Corporation. http://www.cerberuscapital.com MOBILES TATTOOED... LIBERTYVILLE: Motorola, Inc. has announced that it has partnered with Ami James, leading tattoo artist on TLC's hittelevision series "Miami Ink," to produce a portfolio of eye-catching mobile devices for its new Miami Ink Collection. http://www.motorola.com http://www.motorola.com/miamiink FAIR ANNOUNCED... TOKYO: Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association, along with Tokyo Big Sight Inc. will hold the 23rd Japan InternationalMachine Tool Fair during eight days at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, "Tokyo Big Sight". http://www.jimtof.org/Eng/index.html http://www.jimtof.org/Eng/event.html http://www.jimtof.org/Eng/press.html JETS AWARDED... QUINCY: Jets International, an award winning jet technology company offering superior private jet services, has announcedthat it had been named as a 2006 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 company and ranked 173 on Deloitte's Fast 500 list. http://www.jets.com http://www.deloitte.com/us COGSTATE LAUNCHES... SYDNEY: CogState Ltd announced on Thursday that it has officially launched the worlds first real-time cognitive datamonitoring system called CogState DataPoint. http://www.cogstate.com/datapoint/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)