SYDNEY--6 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest JLT LIXIN... SINGAPORE: JLT Lixin Insurance Brokers has expanded itspresence in China with a new branch office in Shanghai. TheShanghai branch will allow JLT Lixin to leverage itsinternational specialist expertise, coupled with domesticregulatory and market knowledge, to introduce to clients a widescope of insurance and reinsurance products and services thathave been tried and tested in worldwide markets.www.jltasia.com FENOFIBRATE EYE... SYDNEY: Fenofibrate is the first and only widely availablelipid modifying agent to demonstrate significant protection tothe eye of patients with type 2 diabetes, reducing the need forlaser therapy in a wide spectrum of patients which shoulddecrease the risk of progressive loss of vision.www.thelancet.com/journals/eop ISPA RECALL... LEXINGTON: The International SPA Association Monday issued arecall of its 2007 Global Consumer Studies conducted by a majoroutside research firm, citing a number of statistical andanalytical errors associated with the research. This recallincludes all information contained in the ISPA 2007 GlobalConsumer Report; the ISPA 2007 Asia-Pacific Consumer Report;and the Spa & Institut Beyond Beauty Paris 2007 EuropeanConsumer Report, done in partnership with ITEC France.www.beyondbeautyparis.com NIKE FOOTBALL... BEAVERTON, Oregon: NIKE, Inc. today announced Bert Hoyt asVice President and General Manager of Global Football, one ofthe company's biggest businesses in which Nike is a globalbrand leader in the world's most popular sport.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990818/NIKELOGOwww.nikebiz.comhttp://photoarchive.ap.org DUKE ENERGY... NEW YORK: At the inaugural Platts Lecture on "Climate,Energy, and the Climate for Energy," Duke Energy Chairman,President and CEO Jim Rogers is expected to challenge theenergy industry to "build a bridge to a low-carbon economy."The lecture will be held Nov. 29 at the Digital Sandbox in NewYork City.www.platts.com www.mcgraw-hill.com Marvell Handset Alliance SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell, a leader in storage,communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announcedthat the Company has joined the Open Handset Alliance, amultinational organization of technology and mobile industryleaders who share a common goal of fostering innovation onmobile devices and giving consumers a far better userexperience than much of what is available on today's mobileplatforms.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070411/SFW034LOGOhttp://photoarchive.ap.org www.marvell.com MARVELL CARBON... SANTA CLARA, California: Marvell today announced energyefficient digital power factor correction technology for powersupplies that is designed to cut PC energy use and help reducethe carbon footprint by reducing the need to add more powerplants.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071105/AQM120www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070411/SFW034LOGOwww.marvell.com/products/power/pfc_controllers/index.jspwww.marvell.com http://photoarchive.ap.org HEART FAILURE... ORLANDO: New data from the CORONA study presented today atthe American Heart Association 2007 Scientific Sessions showedthat adding a statin to optimised heart failure treatment didnot significantly improve the prognosis for patients withadvanced heart failure because it could not reverse or preventthe deterioration of a failing heart.www.astrazeneca.comwww.AstraZenecaPressOffice.com PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES... MILPITAS, California: Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the globalleader in core systems firmware, today announced PhoenixHyperSpace, an innovative platform that promises to ignite a PCrevolution by transforming the mobile personal computingexperience. Enhanced by Intel processor technology, PhoenixHyperSpace provides a secure foundation of 'embeddedsimplicity.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070410/SFTU048LOGOwww.phoenix.com http://photoarchive.ap.org PEPSICO STRUCTURE... PURCHASE, New York: PepsiCo announced today a strategicrealignment of its organizational structure to position thecompany for continued strong growth and more fully leverage thetalents of its senior leaders.www.pepsico.com XSUNX, INC... ALISO VIEJO, California: XsunX, Inc., announced today thatit has secured a total of $21,000,000 in financing with FusionCapital Fund II, LLC, a Chicago-based institutional investor,to support the launch of its phased plans to build a 100megawatt amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic solar modulemanufacturing facility.www.XsunX.com BULLGUARD SECURITY... COPENHAGEN: Today BullGuard releases its Internet Security8.0, the latest version of BullGuard's flagship product. Newfeatures include a 5 gigabyte Online Backup Drive, improvedFirewall and Spamfilter engines and remote access for BullGuardSupport.www.bullguard.com EPOETIN DELTA... BASINGSTOKE: New data presented today at the 40th annualAmerican Society of Nephrology meeting and scientificexposition in San Francisco, CA, USA, show that epoetin delta-- the only erythropoiesis-stimulating agent produced in ahuman cell line -- has less pronounced angiogenic propertiesthan darbepoetin alfa in vitro at similar pharmacokineticconcentrations. www.shire.com HUA FU... BEIJING: NE.TIGER announced today that it will take part inChina Fashion Week for the sixth time since its inception. NE.TIGER is thefirst Chinese luxury brand to bring us thegrand opening ceremony -- this time, with 2008 NE.TIGER Hua FuSeries.www.xprn.com.cn/xprn/sa/200711051436.jpg SENATOR WOLF... BERLIN:Berlin Mayor and Senator for Economics, Technology,and Women's Affairs Harald Wolf will be visiting Hong Kong,Shenzhen, and Beijing November 7-12, where he'll be meeting andholding talks with politicians and business representatives.www.berlin-partner.dewww.berlin-china.netwww.shenzhen-berlin.com FOOD SAFETY... LONDON: At FI Europe, the world's largest food ingredientsevent, with a record breaking 23000 visitors and over 1,000exhibitors in London this week, a distinguished panel of judgeshas awarded its prestigious Gold Award to EBI Food Safety ofThe Netherlands.www.ebifoodsafety.com GATSBY CONTEST... OSAKA: Mandom Corporation started a CM contest last year,inviting entries from students, who are the core target of itsGATSBY brand. The competition provides an opportunity for youngcommercial film creators to present their work to the widerpublic.www.gatsby.co.kr www.mandom.co.jp/gbcmp/ GLIDE MOBILE... NEW YORK: Today TransMedia launched Glide Mobile, localizedin Hindi for mobile phone users in India. Glide Mobile isavailable on your cell phone at http://www.GlideMobile.com.www.transmediacorp.comwww.GlideOS.comwww.GlideMobile.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.