SYDNEY--14 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SIGGRAPH DEBUTS... SINGAPORE - ACM SIGGRAPH (Association for Computing Machinery's SpecialInterest Group on Computer Graphics), the world's largest society on computergraphics, will mark its entry into Asia with SIGGRAPH Asia 2008, to be held inSingapore from 10 - 13 December 2008. SVB GLOBAL... BANGALORE and SANTA CLARA, Calif. - SVB Global, the international arm offinancial services company SVB Financial Group, announced its release offindings from a multi-company, five-month study of human resources trends andpractices in India.http://www.svb.comhttp://www.zinnov.com ZAP FACTORY... LING XIAN - A factory near completion in the Shandong Province of China willhave the capacity to produce up to 4,000 cars per month, according to a jointannouncement from Shandong Jindalu Vehicle Company, Ltd. and Californiaelectric vehicle manufacturer ZAP.http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070813/AQM060http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070130/SFTU060LOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.orghttp://www.zapworld.com BARIX ANNUNCICOM... ZURICH - Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom andcontrol/monitoring, has supplied Century City, a large business precinct inCape Town, South Africa, with its Annuncicom IP intercom and Barionet IPautomation technology as part of a new security system.http://www.barix.com PEROT SYSTEMS... PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems Corporation announced that it has entered intoa definitive agreement to acquire JJWild, Inc., the preferred provider ofintegrated healthcare delivery solutions for organizations using the MEDITECHHealthcare Information System.http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/122686.html/http://www.perotsystems.com / BNY MELLON... LONDON - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in asset servicing,continues to expand its global fund services offering with a dedicated transferagency facility in Singapore to support the bank's clients in distributingtheir investment fund products in the region.http://www.bnymellon.comhttp://www.aimglobal.comhttp://www.invesco.com SINO GOLD... TORONTO - Sino Gold Mining Limited and Golden China Resources Corporationannounced that they have entered into an agreement regarding a proposed offerby Sino Gold for all of the outstanding common shares of Golden China.www.sinogold.com.auwww.renmarkfinancial.comwww.goldenchina.ca COMSCORE NAMED... RESTON, Va. - comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world,announced that it was ranked among the Top 25 Global Market ResearchOrganizations based on 2006 revenue.http://www.comscore.com GROUP RCI... PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Group RCI, the global leader in non-hotel leisureaccommodations, today announced they would be hosting their first Leisure RealEstate Symposium in India.http://www.wyndhamworldwide.comhttp://www.grouprci.comhttp://www.rcisymposiums.com / CLINSYS RESEARCH... BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. - Clinsys Clinical Research, Inc., a therapeuticallyfocused clinical research organization, today announced the appointment ofHartmut Schmied, MD as Vice President, European Operations based in thecompany's Dusseldorf, Germany facility.http://www.clinsyscro.comhttp://jubl.com ATX, SK TELECOM... SEOUL - ATX Group, the world's largest independent telematics provider tothe automotive industry, and SK Telecom, one of the leading and most innovativewireless carriers in Asia, announced today the creation of a strategic,cooperative agreement to deliver telematics services to the Chinese market.http://www.atxg.comhttp://www.sktelecom NEXT SAFETY... JEFFERSON, N.C. - In a study of 30 test subjects, participants achieved muchhigher nicotine blood levels at faster rates than those possible from smokingcigarettes, without receiving any of the deadly carcinogens. Each subjectinhaled less nicotine than typically inhaled from smoking one cigarette: withgreater psychoactive effects.http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070813/CLM032-ahttp://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070813/CLM032-bhttp://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070813/CLM032-chttp://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070615/CLF038LOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.org ADVANCED ENERGY... HACHIOJI - Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced a significant upgradeto its Japanese-specific website, http://www.advanced-energy.co.jp.http://www.advanced-energy.co.jp HEALTHE SHAPES... SINGAPORE - Healthe, a leading service provider of health and wellnessservices, has selected Verizon Business to implement a global voice and datanetwork to link its Singapore headquarters with its primary business locationsin Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the United States.http://www.verizonbusiness.comhttp://www.verizon.com/newshttp://www.verizon.comhttp://www.healthe.com NEW YORK MELLON... NEW YORK - The Bank of New York Mellon, a global leader in asset managementand securities servicing, has appointed Dominick Falco as managing director andhead of broker-dealer services in Asia.http://www.bnymellon.com UNIQLO COMPETITION... TOKYO - UNIQLO launches its UT GRAND PRIX 08 T-shirt design competition onAugust 15, 2007.http://ut.uniqlo.com/utgp AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.