SYDNEY--23 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest THAI TOURISM... BANGKOK - A free online consultation is featured inthailandwonders.com, a new website of the Tourism Authority ofThailand (TAT).http://www.thailandwonders.com UBIQUISYS SECURES... SWINDON - Ubiquisys Ltd, pioneer of intelligent 3G femtocellaccess points for the residential market, today announced ithas secured B-round funding totaling $25m.http://www.femtoforum.orghttp://www.ubiquisys.com NOVOZYMES STRENGTHENS... BAGSVAERD - Novozymes A/S has signed a definitive agreementunder which it will acquire the enzyme activities of BioconLimited, Bangalore, India. Novozymes does not currently holdany stake in Biocon.http://www.novozymes.com AVASTIN RECEIVES... BASEL - Roche announced that the European Committee forMedicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positiverecommendation for the first-line use of Avastin in thetreatment of the most common form of lung cancer, incombination with platinum-based chemotherapy.www.roche.com/pages/downloads/company/pdfmboncology05e_b.pdfwww.health-kiosk.ch/start_krebswww.avastin-info.com CVRD EXERCISES... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announcesthat it has exercised a call option to acquire a 51 per centinterest in the Belvedere coal joint venture (Belvedere) forUS$90 million.http://www.cvrd.com.br SINGAPORE AIRLINES... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Singapore Airlines has chosen GoodrichCorporation to provide asset management services,including component and system maintenance and technicalsupport, for the airline's fleet of 19 A380 aircraft.http://www.goodrich.com TRICOM TO... SYDNEY - SecuritEase announced its second big win sincelaunching its stockbroking software into the Australian marketlast month.www.securitease.com.auwww.securitease.co.nz MICROSOFT, ASK.COM... REDMOND, Wash., and OAKLAND, Calif. - Building on theirrespective efforts to protect consumer privacy, industryleaders Microsoft Corp. and Ask.com, a wholly owned business ofIAC, joined together in the commitment to call on the industryto develop global privacy principles for data collection, useand protection related to searching and online advertising.http://www.microsoft.com/privacyhttp://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/privacy.shtml.http://www.Ask.comhttp://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://www.microsoft.com BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB... SYDNEY - Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a new approach toexpand its SECURE THE FUTURE program in the developing worldthrough replicating its most successful HIV treatment supportprograms in partnership with governments, community groups andother funders.http://www.bms.comhttp://www.bms.com/foundation AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.