SYDNEY--13 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuestAUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporationand leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research andbusiness communities, Monday announced that Australia's Group of Eight havepurchased its National Citation Report. The Group of Eight (Go8) representsAustralia's leading research universities. http://scientific.thomson.com http://www.thomson.com MAJOR PROJECT... SYDNEY: Citect, a division of Schneider Electric, was present at theirsigning of a Statement of Intent with Delfin Lend Lease for a major developmentproject at Yarrabilba in SE Queensland. The event held in London, UK on Friday10 November was attended by Queensland Premier and Minister for Trade, PeterBeattie, and saw the two companies cement a relationship, which would see bothSchneider Electric and Citect take leading roles in the development of thisenvironmental initiative. http://www.citect.com REPEAT TREATMENT... WASHINGTON: Data presented at this year's American College of RheumatologyCongress (ACR) show that patients receiving repeat treatment withMabThera/Rituxan (rituximab) achieved continued improvement in both physicaland mental aspects of quality of life measures. http://www.roche.com MERGER COMPLETED... REYKJAVIK: CCP, the largest European virtual world company, Saturdayannounced the completion of its merger with White Wolf, the world's secondlargest role-playing publisher. http://www.white-wolf.com http://www.ccpgames.com DIABETES DAY... BRUSSELS: World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on 14 November. Thedate commemorates the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with CharlesBest, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921. http://www.unitefordiabetes.org http://www.worlddiabetesday.org BEAZLEY EXPANDS... LONDON: Beazley Group plc is pleased to announce the expansion of itsengineering and construction team into Singapore, with the opening of a newoffice and the appointment of Byran Lee Guan Leong and Wong Jyh Lih. http://www.beazley.com POLAR BEAR... CHURCHILL, MB: The Polar Bear Cam broadcasts the annual polar bearaggregation near Churchill, enabling web-surfers worldwide to watch the bearsvia live streaming video. For 2006 Frontiers North's Tundra Buggy Adventure( www.tundrabuggy.com ) has teamed up with National Geographic Magazine( www.ngm.com ), Polar Bears International ( www.polarbearsinternational.org ) andwith WildlifeHD ( www.wildlifehd.com ) to broadcast the bears' activity. ENGINEERING EDUCATION... HANOVER and FRANKFURT: Engineering education that instills global competenceis not keeping pace with the complex and highly dynamic development process ofglobalization, according to the "Global Engineering Excellence" study, whichwas initiated by Continental AG. http://www.conti-online.com http://www.global-engineering-excellence.org FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of fivesecurities issues amounting to a total of US$210 million on Nov 20, 21 and 22at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com INTRANET AWARDS... MELBOURNE/DALLAS: Intranet DASHBOARD congratulates Shell for winning BestIntranet Design, and Lloyds TSB for winning Best Intranet Content, at the 2006International Benchmarking Forum Intranet of the Year Awards in London. http://www.intranetdashboard.com MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, on Friday launched a family of eightnew CML, LVPECL, and LVDS buffers and multiplexers that feature unique,patent-pending Fail Safe Input (FSI) circuitry and patented 3-pin internaltermination. http://www.micrel.com VOIP SUPPORT... DENVER, Co.: Integrated Research (ASX:IRI), developers of PROGNOSIS systemperformance monitoring and management solutions, Friday announced a newstrategic initiative to expand its IP telephony and Voice over IP (VoIP)management software to support three additional IP communication platforms. www.prognosis.com DIGITAL BROADCASTING... TOKYO: ULDAGE Inc. announced Friday that 10 essential patent holders, FranceTelecom, Hitachi, Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., MitsubishiElectric Corporation, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., SharpCorporation, Sony Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Victor Company of Japan,Limited, have started discussions on a patent pool license program for JapaneseDigital Broadcasting Standards (ARIB Standards). http://www.uldage.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)