SYDNEY--15 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuestXINHUA ACQUIRES... SAN FRANCISCO: Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading provider of investmentresearch and global proxy advisory and voting services, Thursday announced thatit would be acquired by Xinhua Finance, a world leader in financial informationand media. http://www.xinhuafinance.com http://www.glasslewis.com SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT... SAN FRANCISCO: CMP Technology, producers of industry-defining events such asSD West, Architecture & Design World, .NET 3.0 Roadshow, and Interop, Thursdayannounced several additional key software development professionals who willpresent their knowledge and expertise at Software Development (SD) BestPractices India 2007 ( http://www.sdexpo.in ), a series of one-day events,running in three cities next year: Hyderabad on January 16, Chennai on January17 and Bangalore on January 19. http://www.cmp.com http://www.sdexpo.in http://www.sdmagazine.com http://www.sdexpo.com MORE VALUE... NEW YORK: Six out of seven buy-side traders from the world's major marketcenters agree that they add more value now than they did three years ago. http://www.liquidnet.com http://www.greenwich.com HMSHOST WINS... BETHESDA, Md.: HMSHost Corporation, part of the Autogrill Group, a worldleader in airport dining and shopping, has been awarded a seven-year contractwith a two-year extension option to operate the food and beverage concessionsprogram at the future Bangalore International Airport in India, which isscheduled to open in April 2008. http://www.HMSHost.com http://www.bialairport.com HOTEL PACKAGE... BOSTON: To celebrate the signing of the newest member of the Boston Red Sox,Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hotel Commonwealth, located just steps away from FenwayPark, is offering a special hotel accommodations package to all of Daisuke'sfans visiting Boston through the end of the 2007 World Series. http://www.hotelcommonwealth.com ABDOMINAL OBESITY... QU aac?BEC: For almost twenty years, Dr. Jean-Pierre Despr aac?s, Directorof Research in Cardiology at the H aci?pital Laval Research Centre andScientific Director of the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk at theFaculty of Medicine of Universit aac? Laval, Qu aac?bec City, has conductedwith his research team numerous studies on abdominal obesity as a risk factorfor type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. www.HopitalLaval.qc.ca JV AGREEMENT... BOSTON, MA., and SINGAPORE: Iron Mountain Incorporated, the global leader ininformation protection and storage services, has signed a definitive agreementwith Transnational Company Pte. Ltd. to create a joint venture that will expandIron Mountain's presence in the Asia Pacific region. http://www.ironmountain.com DISCLOSURE SERVICE... LONDON: PR Newswire, the world's leading disclosure and corporate newsdistribution service and Les Echos, the leading French financial newspaper andwebsite ( http://www.Lesechos.fr ) Thursday announced a partnership that willprovide listed companies in France with a disclosure service that is compliantwith the Transparency Obligations Directive, due to be implemented in January2007. http://www.prnewswire.co.uk http://www.Lesechos.fr LANDMARK STUDY... BASEL: Avastin is the first medicine proven to help previously untreatedpatients suffering from the most common form of lung cancer to live longer thana year, according to a landmark US study (E4599) published today in theprestigious New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.roche.com TITIAN BUDAYA... KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia (KEKKWA)is organising the Titian Budaya programme for the second time this year. SECURITY SERVICES... BANGKOK: Asia Netcom and Datacraft Thursday announced a partnership thatwill see them offer managed security services to enterprise customers. www.asianetcom.com www.datacraft-asia.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)