SYDNEY--19 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NETVISION INSTALLS... PETACH TIKVA - Oversi, a pioneer of over-the-top caching anddelivery solutions, announced Wednesday that the top IsraeliInternet Service Provider, Netvision 013 Barak, has installedthe OverCache Multi-Service Platform to support the growingdemand for online video services.http://www.netvision013barak.net.ilhttp://www.oversi.com RISI REPORTS... BOSTON - Prices for recovered paper will ascend to a newpeak in 2009 following a sustained increase in paper andpaperboard output and recovered paper consumption, says DavidClapp, Senior Economist of Recovered Paper at RISI.http://www.risiinfo.comhttp://www.risiinfo.com/pulp5year CELEBRITIES HOST... BEVERLY HILLS - Silvia Damiani, third generation member ofthe Damiani family, Italy's premier luxury jewelers; SharonStone, an American Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actress, andAntonio Pavan, C.E.O. and President of Damiani USA, invite thenews media to join them for a press event on Thursday, June19th, 2008 at Damiani - 250 North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hillsat 6:00 PM. JOHNSON & JOHNSON ACQUIRES... SOLLENTUNA - Johnson & Johnson Nordic AB, a Johnson &Johnson company, Wednesday announced the acquisition of Amic, aprivately held Swedish developer of in vitro diagnostictechnologies for use in Point-of-Care and near-patient settings(outside the physical facilities of the clinical laboratory).http://www.jnj.comhttp://www.orthoclinical.com RESVERLOGIX COMPLETES... SAN DIEGO - Resverlogix Corp. announced Wednesday that ithas completed the planned exploratory efficacy analysis of thedata from the Phase I, 7 day RVX-208 treatment subjects.www.resverlogix.com INDUSTRIES CONVENE... LONDON - CEOs and Directors will meet at Building's Gearingup for Nuclear New-Build Conference on 30th June, 2008 inLondon, to debate the opportunities for the constructionindustry to profit from the Government's proposed Nuclearprogramme.www.buildingnuclear.co.uk MICARDIS HELPS... BERLIN - The results of two new studies of MICARDIS(telmisartan) in free combination with amlodipine or fixedcombination with hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg confirm that atelmisartan-based approach to treating hypertensive patients atrisk of cardiovascular events can provide powerful andsustained blood pressure control in a broad range of people,including those who are difficult-to-treat. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$215million on June 28 & July 2, 2008 at a redemption price equalto 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com CANOPUS SIGNS... LOS ANGELES - Canopus BioPharma, Inc., a biotechnologycompany developing pharmaceutical products and assay methodsfor patients suffering from infectious disease, radiationsickness, cancer and addiction, Wednesday announced the signingof a licensing agreement with the Wisconsin Alumni ResearchFoundation, an organization serving the University ofWisconsin-Madison scientific community by patenting thediscoveries of UW-Madison researchers and licensing thesetechnologies to leading companies in Wisconsin, the UnitedStates and worldwide.http://www.canopusbiopharma.comwww.warf.org FRIENDSTER AVAILABLE... KUALA LUMPUR - Friendster, Inc. Wednesday announced thatFriendster.com is available in Malay, allowing Friendster usersand visitors a greater choice of languages with which tonavigate the site, enter content and use Friendster's completeset of social networking features.http://www.friendster.com MICREL POWERS... SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, highbandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, Wednesdayrolled out the MIC6910x/15x/30x, a new family of very lowvoltage linear regulators.http://www.micrel.com/ WHAT INCENTIVE... LOS ANGELES - With the Australian Labor governments firstbudget, an immediate restriction on the A$8000 (US$7,558)rebate incentive via a means test qualification was introduced,not to mention unrealistic time frames for implementation ofthis new rebate system. Many companies and customers have beenleft stranded, victims of the Labor governments overnight,instant effect, policy change. NAVTEQ ANNOUNCES... SINGAPORE - NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital mapdata for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation,announced Tuesday during an awards ceremony at CommunicAsia2008 that Joikusoft is the Grand Prize Winner of this year'sNAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge -- Asia-Pacific (APAC).http://www.navteq.comhttp://www.LBSChallenge.com LANDIS+GYR SECURES... NEW YORK - Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energymanagement offering utilities next generation "smart grid"solutions, Wednesday announced the conclusion of a new US$1.1billion (euro 710 million) refinancing package, bolstering thecompany's future growth plans.http://www.landisgyr.com EMAIL REACHES... SYDNEY - A survey conducted by Epsilon International andReturn Path has revealed that email-based marketing resonatesstrongly with consumers across the Asia Pacific region and,alongside traditional mediums, is fast becoming one of the keyways to reach consumers.http://www.epsilon.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.