SYDNEY--17 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HUMAN CAPITAL... SINGAPORE: International risk managers see human capitalrisk as being the most significant threat facing their globalbusiness operations, according to a new survey conducted by theEconomist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by the ACE Group ofCompanies.www.acelimited.com READER TECHNOLOGY... WESTMINSTER, Colorado: SkyeTek, Inc., the leading providerof embedded RFID reader technology, continues to expand itsfootprint in Asia with the addition of three new customers andtwo new distributors in the region.www.skyetek.com COTY PRESTIGE... PARIS: Coty Prestige, a division of Coty Inc., announcedthat it has signed an agreement with actor Ewan McGregor to bethe face of Davidoff's newest male fragrance, set to come outin early 2008.www.coty.com KELLY SERVICES... SINGAPORE: Dhirendra Shantilal, Vice President and ManagingDirector (Asia) of Kelly Services, was recently promoted toSenior Vice President, Asia Pacific.www.kellyservices.com TEXAS AMERICAN... AUSTIN, Texas: Texas American Resources-Asia Ltd (TARA), anaffiliate of Texas American Resources Company, Austin, Texas,has announced that effective June 1, 2007, the Chinese Ministryof Commerce has approved TARA's conversion of Block 28/20 froma Geophysical Services Agreement to a Production SharingContract.www.texasarc.com ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION... GENEVA: Studies in the U.S. indicate that the world'selectrical consumption is set to rise to 30 billionkilowatt-hours (kWh) by 2030 from 15.4 billion kWh in 2006.Governments and utilities need to plan to supply large amountsof electrical energy efficiently, inexpensively and withminimal impact on the environment.www.iec.ch BRUNSWICK AGREEMENT... LAKE FOREST, Illinois: Brunswick Corporation announced thatit has reached a definitive agreement to sell Brunswick NewTechnologies' fleet management business unit to Navman WirelessHoldings L.P.www.brunswick.com CELLEBRUM STANDARDIZES... WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts: Envox Worldwide, a leadingglobal provider of voice solutions, has announced thatCellebrum, an MCorpGlobal Group company and Asia's leadingvalue-added services provider, has standardized on Envox CTADE, one of the most widely used interactive voice responsedevelopment tools in the industry.www.envox.comwww.envox.com/software/envox-ct-ade.asp RESEARCH REPORT... JAKARTA: In a research report on CNPC (Hong Kong) dated May28, 2007 prepared by analysts in their Beijing office, GoldmanSachs maintained their BUY rating on CNPC (Hong Kong) andcommented on the Bengara II partnership with ContinentalEnergy.www.continentalenergy.com NEW WEBSITE... RICHMOND, Virginia: Filtrona Fibertec, manufacturer ofcustom fluid handling components and a division of Filtronaplc, has launched a new website at www.filtronafibertec.com HUDSON HIGHLAND... NEW YORK: Hudson Highland Group, Inc. expects to reportEBITDA in the middle of its guidance range of US$12.5-13.5million, excluding an additional US$1.5 million charge for its2006 restructuring program, for the second quarter of 2007.www.hhgroup.com KINGDOM HOTEL... DUBAI: Kingdom Hotel Investments, the leading internationalhotel and resort Investment Company chaired by HRH PrinceAlwaleed Bin Talal, is pleased to announce the acquisition ofthe Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor in Siem Reap and the RafflesHotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh for a total consideration ofapproximately US$35 million. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.