SYDNEY--23 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuest APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED... SYDNEY: With Campus Living Villages interests in New Zealandexpanding, the company has appointed respected and well-knownstudent accommodation professional, Janet Thompson, as itsGeneral Manager of Operations in that country. ENGINEERING AWARD... TAIPEI: Moxa Technologies, a leading manufacturer of devicenetworking products, has received the Engineers' Choice Awardfor the ioLogik E2210 Active Ethernet I/O server. www.moxa.com www.moxa.com/Zones/Active_Ethernet_IO/index.htm TAG EASY... HONG KONG: Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturerand marketer of identification, tracking, security andmerchandising solutions for the retail industry and its supplychain, has announced its participation in METRO Group's "Tag ItEasy!" pilot. www.checkpointasiapac.com www.metrogroup.de DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT... SANTA CLARA, California: NetXen, Inc., a leading provider ofbreakthrough 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) technology, hasannounced a distribution partnership with NetWorld Systems, abusiness unit of Distribution Central Pty Limited, to provideproduct and support services for NetXen's 10GbE Intelligent NICproduct line in Australia and New Zealand. www.netxen.com www.networld.com.au OCEAN RESIDENCES... MIAMI, Florida: Blending the best of oceanfront residentialliving with an ever-changing array of global travelopportunities and the renowned services and amenities of theworld's leading luxury hotel company, BV International OceanHoldings Ltd. unveils Four Seasons Ocean Residences. PROGRAMMING SUPPORT... AUSTIN, Texas: Luminary Micro and BPM Microsystems hasannounced the availability of device programming support ofLuminary Micro's Stellaris family of ARM microcontrollersacross BPM Microsystems' entire line of production equipment. www.luminarymicro.com www.bpmicro.com US MEAT... WASHINGTON: The American Meat Institute said that it isgratified by the World Organization for Animal Health'sadoption of a recommendation to classify the U.S. as acontrolled risk country for Bovine spongiform encephalopathyand hopes that this classification will be the final steptoward full restoration of beef trade with Korea. www.meatami.com LICENSING AGREEMENT... CHICAGO, Illinois: Trading Technologies International, Inc.(TT) and UBS announced that they have entered into a globalsoftware licensing agreement in which UBS will make availableTT's high-speed X_TRADER order-entry software to its customersand internal trading desks in the Americas, Europe and Asia. www.tradingtechnologies.com SPIRIT PRICES... WICHITA, Kansas: Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. hasannounced the pricing of the secondary offering of its Class ACommon Stock at US$33.50 per share. The offering will consistof 31,516,802 shares being sold by Onex Partners LP, itsaffiliates and other existing stockholders. www.spiritaero.com BYTEMOBILE ANNOUNCES... MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Bytemobile, Inc., the globalleader in multi-service optimization solutions for mobile datanetworks, has announced the general availability of its newUnison Multi-Service Platform for network operators. www.bytemobile.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$150million on June 1, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.com NOMINEES ANNOUNCED... PISCATAWAY, New Jersey: American Standard Companies Inc. hasannounced three more nominees - Juergen W. Gromer, Kenneth J.Martin and Michael T. Smith - to the board of directors ofWABCO as it becomes a separate, independently traded company byearly fall of this year. www.americanstandard.com MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES... LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Motorola, Inc. has announced several newenhancements to its flagship, enterprise-class RFS7000 RFSwitch to support location services, management and securityservices. www.motorola.com CROSSCHECK PARTNERS... BOSTON: Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the leading provider ofSOA Testing solutions, announced it has partnered with SecurusSolutions to bring Crosscheck Networks' SOAPSonar to market inAustralia and New Zealand. www.crosschecknet.com www.securusglobal.com www.security-assessment.com ANADIGICS AMPLIFIERS... WARREN, New Jersey: ANADIGICS, Inc. announced that they areshipping production volumes of 3G EVDO power amplifiers toSamsung Electronics for its SCH-u540 mid-range multimediaphone. www.anadigics.com www.samsung.com SYNOPSYS INDIA... BANGALORE: Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductordesign software, has announced that the annual Synopsys Users'Group India will take place at the Leela Palace in Bangalore,India on May 24-25, 2007. www.synopsys.com http://snug-universal.org/asia/india_reg.htm OTIS SELECTED... FARMINGTON, Connecticut: Otis Elevator Company, a unit ofUnited Technologies Corp., has been selected to provide 113elevators, escalators and moving walkways for Bahrain CityCentre, the kingdom's first leisure and shopping destinationand its largest mall. www.otis.com MARVELL ANNOUNCES... LAS VEGAS: Marvell, the leader in storage, communicationsand consumer silicon solutions, has announced the availabilityof its digital office Gigabit Ethernet switch, featuringauto-discovery and auto-configuration for small-to-medium sizedbusiness IP appliances. www.marvell.com MARVELL ANNOUNCES... LAS VEGAS: Marvell has announced that the AricentIntelligent Switch Solution advanced switching and routingsystem is being ported to the Marvell Prestera and Link StreetEthernet switches. www.marvell.com MARVELL ANNOUNCES... LAS VEGAS: Marvell has announced successful interoperabilitybetween the Marvell Prestera family of 10 GbE switches andAeluros AEL2005 EDC (electronic dispersion compensation)/SERDES(serializer/deserializer) devices. www.marvell.com www.aeluros.com MARVELL ANNOUNCES... LAS VEGAS: Marvell has announced that its Prestera family ofEthernet switch solutions has been validated forinteroperability with the Applied Micro Circuits CorporationQT2035/35S 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) physical layer IC. www.marvell.com www.amcc.com REGROWTH APPROVAL... SYDNEY: Advanced Hair Studio, one of the world's largesthair restoration companies, is excited to hear that the US Food& Drug Administration had approved a laser device for regrowinghair for sufferers of hair loss. www.advancedhairstudio.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.