SYDNEY--1 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ART GALLERY... BRISBANE: Brisbane's new Gallery of Modern Art andrefurbished Queensland Art Gallery opens tomorrow with The 5thAsiaPacific Triennial of Contemporary Art and new Collectiondisplays. www.asiapacifictriennial.com/mediacentre ADVERTISING AGENCY... NEW YORK: Euro RSCG Worldwide today is the largest globaladvertising agency, measured by number of accounts. Rankednumber 3 in the 2005 Advertising Age Global Marketers Report,Euro RSCG Worldwide was elevated in this year's ranking due inpart to a significant business expansion with U.K.-basedhousehold cleaning brand Reckitt Benckiser, as well as growthin the Latin American and Chinese markets. www.AdAge.com NETECONOMY EXPANDS... THE HAGUE: NetEconomy, the global leader in financial crimemanagement and compliance solutions, announced it has openedoffices in Sydney and Shanghai to expand its foothold in theAsia Pacific region and support its new customers. www.neteconomy.com LANGUAGE COOPERATION... MUNICH: The German language technology specialist Linguatecand the renowned Chinese Academy of Sciences have reached anagreement on strategic cooperation. The goal is joint researchand development of new language technology solutions to makecloser ties between Europe and China possible. www.linguatec.net www.ict.ac.cn/en/index.htm EUROPEAN BRANDS... ST. LOUIS and BRUSSELS: Anheuser-Busch will become theexclusive U.S. importer of a number of InBev's premium Europeanimport brands, including Stella Artois, Beck's, Bass Pale Ale,Hoegaarden, Leffe and other select InBev brands, the twobrewers announced. www.anheuser-busch.com www.InBev.com OMNICOM ACQUIRES... NEW YORK: Omnicom Group Inc., the leading global advertisingand marketing services group, announced that it has acquired amajority stake in 180 Amsterdam. www.omnicomgroup.com www.180amsterdam.com CONSUMER PCs... SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell, the leader in storage,communications and consumer silicon solutions, has announcedthat Marvell's TopDog draft 802.11n WLAN technology is nowavailable in Gateway's consumer lines of desktop and notebookPCs. www.marvell.com HELIOS NANOLAB... HILLSBORO, Oregon: FEI Company will expand itstop-of-the-line Helios NanoLab family of DualBeams when itintroduces the Helios NanoLab 400 and 400S systems next week atSEMICON Japan. www.fei.com www.feicompany.com SAMSONITE APPOINTS... LONDON, NEW YORK and HONG KONG: Samsonite Group announcesthe appointment of Shawn Cox to the newly created position ofChief Retail Officer as of January 15th, 2007. He will be basedat Samsonite's London Executive Offices and will join theManagement Board, reporting to President and CEO, MarcelloBottoli. BUCK REGULATOR... SAN JOSE, California: Micrel Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, has launched the MIC4722, a 3 mm x 3 mm MLF 2.7MHz3A PWM buck regulator and the industry's highest frequency 3Adevice. www.micrel.com VERIZON BUSINESS... READING, and MILAN: Verizon Business announced that it hasbeen chosen to build a global managed IP network for d'AmicoSociet agr? di Navigazione, the global shipping group andshipowner. www.verizon.com www.verizon.com/news www.verizonbusiness.com JOURNALISM AWARDS... LONDON: Following the success of the 2006 Lung CancerJournalism Awards, The Global Lung Cancer Coalition is excitedto launch the 2007 Lung Cancer Journalism Awards during LungCancer Awareness Month, a global initiative to recogniseexcellence in lung cancer reporting. www.lungcancerjournalism.com SCO CONFERENCE... ALMATY: A large-scale international conference, the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO): Results and Prospects, is beingheld in the city of Almaty from November 30 through December 1,2006, Kazakhstan's Public Diplomacy Foundation said. TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM... HONG KONG: Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced a new globalcooperation with Ericsson and Nokia that aims to unite theNetwork Equipment Provider community and assisttelecommunications operators and service providers. http://sun.com www.ericsson.com www.nokia.com www.empresa.movistar.es www.picmg.org www.scope-alliance.org ARCHITECTURE FIRM... CHICAGO: Adrian Smith, FAIA, RIBA, and Gordon Gill, AIAannounce the formation of their new design practice AdrianSmith + Gordon Gill Architecture. The firm will focus on thedesign of high performance and sustainable architecture on aninternational scale, intending to be a leader in thedevelopment of new strategies for environmentally consciousbuildings. www.smithgill.com AIDS PHOTOS... NEW DELHI, and LOS ANGELES: The American Center, New Delhi,and AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) commemorate World AIDS Daythis year in India with the opening of Photos of Hope: LivesSaved and Transformed by HIV Treatment, a photo exhibit inDelhi that features portraits of men, women and childrenthriving on HIV/AIDS care and anti-retroviral treatment (ART)provided through several of AHF's free treatment clinics inIndia and the United States. The exhibit will run throughDecember 16 at the American Center. www.AidsHealth.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)