SYDNEY--25 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TAKEOVER OFFER... SINGAPORE: Connect Holdings Limited has announced that itsvoluntary conditional cash general offer to acquire all theissued shares of Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet Limited forUS$11.00 net in cash per share, without interest, was declaredunconditional in all respects and has successfully closed as of1:00am, New York City time, on 22 June 2007, 1:00pm, Singaporetime, on 22 June 2007, which marks the expiration of theinitial offer period. www.sec.gov FORTENT APPOINTS... NEW YORK and TOKYO: Fortent, a provider of compliancetechnology, information, and training, has announced theappointment of Masahiko Hibino as Sales Director, Japan. RENEWABLE ENERGY... BERLIN: The renewable energies sector is increasing inrelevance and profitability for investors. This will be a majortopic at the upcoming POWER-GEN Europe 2007 running from June26th-June 28th in Madrid, Spain. http://www.invest-in-germany.com http://www.invest-in-germany.com NCIRCLE LAUNCHES... SAN FRANCISCO: nCircle, the leading provider of agentlesssecurity risk management and compliance solutions, hasannounced that Japan's leading business-oriented ISP, NTTPC,will launch a security service based on nCircle's suite ofadvanced security products to its managed security serviceclients. http://www.ncircle.com WISEKEY EXPANDS... GENEVA, VALENCIA and SAO PAULO: WISeKey is expanding itsglobal reach to South America. This cooperation allows theWISeKey Spanish subsidiary, with head offices in Bilbao, toexpand its cooperation with Brasilinvest to offer WISeKey'stechnology in both Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. http://www.brasilinvest.com.br GLOBAL BIOFUELS... HOUSTON: Hart Energy Consulting is pleased to announce thatGolden Hope has become the first Malaysian company to join theGlobal Biofuels Center. http://www.hartenergy.com http://www.goldenhope.com.my BULL FACE... SYDNEY: John Bull Footwear is proud to announce thatlegendary All Black Wayne BuckShelford is to be the new faceof the John Bull brand in New Zealand. DIABETES SOLUTIONS... BRUSSELS and CHICAGO: The International Diabetes Federationhas called for projects that adapt science to meet the needs ofpeople living with diabetes and to implement practicalsolutions for improving diabetes care and preventionworldwide. http://www.idf.org http://www.idfbridges.org http://www.lilly.com LOAN DEALS... MOSCOW and TORONTO: On June 22, 2007 OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickelsigned loan agreements for an aggregate amount of US$6 billionwith Original Mandated Lead Arrangers BNP Paribas and Soci aac??t aac aac??G aac??n aac??rale for purpose of funding the acquisition by a NorilskNickel Group company of all of the outstanding common shares ofLionOre Mining International Ltd. http://www.nornik.ru/en VISA FILES... SAN FRANCISCO: Visa Inc. has filed a registration statementwith the United States Securities and Exchange Commissionrelated to the series of transactions for the plannedcombination of Visa Canada, Visa International and Visa USAinto a single private stock company, Visa Inc. http://www.corporate.visa.com http://www.sec.gov CASH DIVIDEND... CLEVELAND: American Greetings Corporation has announced thatits Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividendof $0.10 per share. http://corporate.americangreetings.com http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060321/CLTU081LOGO ELECTRIC VEHICLE... SANTA ROSA: Electric car pioneer ZAP is launching a newdevelopment program for a high-performance electric vehiclethat is affordable for consumers. http://www.zapworld.com HEALTH STUDY... TOOWOOMBA: A new analysis from the 2002 The US Women'sHealth Initiative was reported this week in the New EnglandMedical Journal and shows that the women in their study, whocommenced oestrogen therapy nearer menopause and under age 60,had a 35 per cent reduction in their coronary artery plaqueburden. FOOD REGULATORS... SYDNEY: An extraordinary meeting of the Australia and NewZealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council was held inCanberra on Friday, chaired by Senator Brett Mason,Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Government Ministerfor Health and Ageing. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.