SYDNEY--20 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TXU UNVEILS... DALLAS - Friday, TXU Energy introduced its new energyconservation product - the TXU Energy iThermostat. http://www.txuenergy.com GTA PARTICIPATES... NEW YORK - GTA by Travelport, one of the world's leadingwholesalers of hotels, ground products and services to thetravel industry, has announced that it has been selected toparticipate in the National Tour Association's China InboundProgram. http://www.travelport.com http://www.NTAonline.com http://www.gta-travel.com JOURNAL PRESENTS... DURHAM - The journal STEM CELLS announced that Lena Motoda,M.D., Ph.D. won the 3rd Annual STEM CELLS Young InvestigatorAward. http://www.StemCells.com http://www.cic.re.kr/symposium PPR PARTNERS... PARIS - PPR announced the signature of a long-term strategicpartnership with the Sowind Group, a Swiss holding companybased in La Chaux de Fonds headed by Luigi Macaluso. http://www.girard-perregaux.com http://www.jeanrichard.com BILLBOARD GRABS... VIENNA - The world's biggest billboard has been grabbing theattention of football fans flying into Vienna Airport for theclosing stages of Euro 2008 - covering an area of more than 50football pitches, online betting company Betfair has spent thelast four months growing different kinds of plants to spell outthe message 'NO.1 FOR FOOTBALL AND STILL GROWING!'. WORTH FORECAST... BOSTON - The emerging biomass industry is projected tobecome a US$1.5 billion fiber market by 2012, RISI indicates inits International Woodfiber Report (IWR). The market'sexplosive growth is due not only to multi-billion investmentsfrom private equity firms and Fortune 500 corporations but alsoas a result of numerous legislative initiatives including thenew Farm Bill. http://www.risiinfo.com http://www.risiinfo.com/wf http://www.risiinfo.com/biomass COURT DETERMINES... SUNNYVALE - Artecel, Inc., announced Friday that the patentinventorship litigation concerning the foundational,composition-of-matter patent covering stem cells isolated fromadipose (fat) tissue has been decided in favor of Artecel'slicensor, the University of Pittsburgh and against CytoriTherapeutics' licensor, the University of California. http://www.artecel.com CONVENTION FEATURES... SAN DIEGO - A new chemical fertility control technology thatcould substantially reduce the devastating impacts of rodentson rice production in developing countries is being featured atthe BIO 2008 International Convention in San Diego, Californiafrom the 17th through the 20th of June. http://www.senestech.com CGI SIGNS... MONTREAL - CGI Group Inc., announced Thursday the signing ofseven year agreements with Australia and New Zealand BankingGroup Limited and BMO Financial Group to extend their use ofCGI's Proponix global trade platform. www.cgi.com EVENT ADDRESSES... SAN FRANCISCO - TechInsights Thursday announced theexpansion of the RFID World 2008 conference, offeringdemonstrable vertical market RFID solutions, discussion forums,seminars and symposia that address the increased demand fromindustry leaders for a RFID solutions-focused event. http://www.rfid-world.com/2008 DUPONT RAISES... WILMINGTON - DuPont Titanium Technologies friday announcedits second global price increase for titanium dioxide in twoweeks in an attempt to keep pace with rapidly rising costs ofenergy and raw materials. http://www.titanium.dupont.com FIRSTGROUP CHOOSES... ABERDEEN - Quintiq, a leading provider of advanced planningand scheduling solutions, Thursday announced that it has wonthe contract to provide a comprehensive resource optimisationsolution to FirstGroup, the world's leading transportoperator. http://www.firstgroup.com http://www.quintiq.com JAPAN APPROVES... SUNNYVALE - Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in thefield of radiosurgery, announced Thursday that Japan's Ministryof Health, Labor and Welfare has granted Shonin approval of theCyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System for use in treatment ofextracranial tumors, including tumors that move withrespiration. http://www.accuray.com ATMAIL SUPPORTS... BRISBANE - AtMail, a leading provider of easy-to-use,Linux-based email management appliances and software, Thursdayannounced that its commercial AtMail Webmail system is fullycompatible with the FireFox 3 web browser. http://www.atmail.org MEDLEY ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK - Medley Global Advisors, LLC, the leading providerof policy intelligence to hedge funds, investment banks,governments, announced Thurday that it has hired christiandistasio to join its content team. http://www.medleyadvisors.com NEUFTEC RESPONDS... ROSEAU - Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of the originalnano-particulate cerium oxide fuel catalyst technology, whichrecently issued a claim against Oxonica Energy Limited, awholly owned subsidiary of Oxonica PLC, for infringement of itsEuropean Patent in the High Court of Justice, has commented ona fundamental inaccuracy in Oxonica's AGM Statement issued byDr Matthews (CEO) on 19 June 2008. CB1400 PREVENTS... LOS ANGELES - Canopus BioPharma, Inc., has confirmed theefficacy of its oncology candidate, CB1400, as a tumor reducingagent and has also demonstrated the synergistic effect of thisdrug in combination with both cisplatin and cetuximab (Erbitux)in two mice lung cancer models. http://www.canopusbiopharma.com . EXHIBITIONS PRODUCE... BANGKOK - CMP Media (Thailand) Co Ltd, and the ThailandBoard of Investment (BOI) jointly announced the success of therecently concluded INTERMACH 2008 and SUBCON THAILAND 2008machinery exhibition which attracted over 35,000 local andforeign visitors and produced combined transaction values ofover 4.2 billion baht. COMPANIES PROFIT... HANNOVER - Companies looking for the best way to enter theGerman-speaking market profit from hannoverimpuls' targetedoptions: one of the partners working with the hannoverimpulsbusiness promotion company is Inline Sales. www.hannoverimpuls.de RIGHTS APPEALED... TOKYO - The 8th United Nations Human Rights Council inGeneva, Switzerland has unanimously approved a resolutiontabled by Japan, entitled "Elimination of DiscriminationAgainst Persons Affected by Leprosy and their FamilyMembers." ADVENTURES EMBRACED... ABU DHABI - Adrenaline Sports Live! will encompass stuntsand sporting action from world-class professional athletes,whilst giving visitors the opportunity to try out activitiesfor themselves, to showcase the world's playgrounds tothousands in Abu Dhabi between 13th and 15th November. http://www.adrenalinesportslive.com http://www.cmpiuae.com ROLLOUT ACCELERATES... LONDON - Mapesbury Communications Ltd, a UK GSM licenceholder, Thursday announced an agreement with SpectrumInteractive (UK) Ltd for the rights to broadcast its UK01 GSMservice from hundreds of payphone kiosks; these sites willaccelerate the rollout of its new mobile phone service brandedas UK01. http://www.uk01.com LOGWIN STRENGTHENS... HONG KONG - The Air + Ocean business segment of Logwin AG isexpanding its airfreight management team in line with the highgrowth rates in the airfreight sector. http://www.logwin-logistics.com http://www.thiel-logistik.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.