SYDNEY--24 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest FUEL SAVING... BANGKOK: The Novotel Lotus Hotel expects to save more than $1.6 million(THB) each year in fuel costs and substantially reduce the amount of greenhousegases (GHG's) it releases into the environment as the first off-grid citycenter corporate hotel in Asia to deploy the Etorus FE, a leading fuel savingtechnology. http://www.etorus.com COMSCORE RELEASES... SINGAPORE: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, Tuesdayreleased its ranking of the top search properties in the Asia-Pacific regionbased on data from its comScore qSearch 2.0 service, revealing that GoogleSites led the region with 39.1 percent of all searches conducted, followed byYahoo! Sites (24 percent) and Baidu.com (16.7 percent). http://www.comscore.com MAGNACHIP LAUNCHES... SEOUL: MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a leading provider of analog and mixedsignal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications, Tuesdayannounced the launch of its VGA raw Bayer output CMOS image sensor (MC502ER)for use in PC, notebook and handset camera applications. http://www.magnachip.com DCML FILES... NEW YORK: DCML LLC has filed a letter to Konica Minolta Group's CorporateGovernance Committee regarding the pending acquisition of Danka Office Imaging(DOIC), a subsidiary of Danka Business Services PLC. MEDICAL TOURISM... DUBAI: In an effort to create a complete integration of medical tourism intohealth insurance for both fully insured and self funded employees through aprovision of a common platform for knowledge sharing and networking, SanFrancisco will throw open its doors to the leaders of international medicaltourism at World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress from September 9 to12, 2008. http://www.medicaltourismcongress.com http://www.medicaltravelauthority.com SPB COLLABORATES... ST. PETERSBURG: Spb Software, the leading Windows Mobile applicationsvendor, is partnering with Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd - MobileCommunications Division, to deliver the ultimate mobile device experiencethrough the recently launched Toshiba Portege G810. http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com http://www.toshiba-europe.com/mobile CARGO SCANNING... NEWARK, N.J.: In the high-stakes strategy of homeland security, Congress isdemanding that by 2012, cargo containers bound for the U.S. receive 100 percentscanning prior to loading. Senior Editor R.G. Edmonson takes an in-depth lookat the controversies surrounding this mandate in the June 23 cover story in TheJournal of Commerce. http://www.cbizmedia.com http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com http://www.joc.com BRIDGE INAUGURATION... JERUSALEM: On June 25th, the city of Jerusalem will mark 40 years ofreunification with a spectacular celebration and public inauguration of theJerusalem Light Rail Train Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava. HEALTH EXPERTS... COPENHAGEN and TALLINN: This week (25-27 June), ministers of health,international experts, and over 500 delegates from the 53 countries of the WHOEuropean Region will meet in Tallinn - at the WHO European MinisterialConference on Health Systems: "Health Systems, Health and Wealth" - to discussa new paradigm for health systems. They will examine the existing evidence onthe relationship between health and wealth. http://www.euro.who.int/healthsystems2008 http://www.whoconference2008.org FLOOR SHOW... LONDON: National Floor Show Tuesday announced the involvement of Homes &Gardens magazine at this year's event, held from 2-4 September 2008. http://www.nationalfloorshow.co.uk MANAGEMENT RESTRUCTURING... TORONTO: Glass Earth Gold Limited on Monday announced the favourable outcomeof recent shareholding and management restructuring. www.glassearthlimited.com MYOPIA CONTROL... NAGOYA: Menicon Co., Ltd. and the Novovision Clinic in Madrid areundertaking the Myopia Control with Orthokeratology contact lenses in Spain(MCOS) study to compare the axial length growth between white European myopicchildren wearing orthokeratology contact lenses (OK) and distance single-visionspectacles (SP) over a 2-year period. www.menicon.com ANADIGICS LAUNCHES... WARREN, N.J.: ANADIGICS, Inc. Monday announced the launch of the AIT1032, afully integrated, 1 GHz tuner that enables crystal-clear video in CATV set-topboxes, DVRs, PC TV tuner cards, and other tuner-on-board applications. http://www.anadigics.com http://www.anadigics.com/worldwide_sales CLINICAL TRIALS... LOS ANGELES: Canopus BioPharma, Inc. Monday announced that the South AfricanMedicines Control Council has granted approval for a Phase II study in 30cancer patients evaluating the protective effect of CB1400 on thegastrointestional tract from radiation-induced mucositis. http://www.canopusbiopharma.com DUBAI PENTHOUSE... NEW YORK: Nakheel and the Trump Organization, two of the world's leadingdevelopers, are set to break property records in Dubai after receiving bids foran exclusive penthouse in Trump International Hotel & Tower on Palm Jumeirah. http://www.trumpdubai.com NEW WEBSITES... LONDON: 2008 has been a tremendous year so far for Building Services Journal(BSj) with the launch of two new web sites and a PPA win under its belt. http://www.bsjonline.co.uk http://www.bsj4jobs.com ENTECH POLLUTEC... BANGKOK: Over 150 environmental, renewable energy and control device (Pumps& Valve) companies from around the world attended Entech Pollutec Asia 2008.The eighteenth exhibition, which opened on June 4, 2008, was planned aroundthree important areas: Environmental Technology, Renewable Energy and Pumps &Valves. AERCAP SIGNS... AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. Monday announced that, in a joint venturewith the Deucalion Aviation Funds, (advised and managed by DVB Bank AG), it hassigned an agreement with TUI Travel PLC, a FTSE 100 company, for theacquisition of a 19-aircraft portfolio, including 11 Next Generation Boeing737-800 aircraft. RECORD RESULTS... AMSTERDAM: Tommy Hilfiger Monday released record results for the financialyear ended 31 March 2008 showing total group net sales increasing 14.4% toEUR1,340 million. http://www.tommy.com AWCC NOMINATED... KABUL: Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC), headquartered inKabul, has been nominated for the GSM Association's Best Network QualityInitiative Award for 2008. http://www.bayatfoundation.org http://www.afghan-wireless.com SAUDI CONTRACT... SINGAPORE: Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube (Singapore) Pte Ltd has been awarded aninitial contract of an estimated total value exceeding US$38 million for thesupply of carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel and incoloy pipes,fittings and flanges for the Saudi Kayan Olefins Plant project. http://www.vanleeuwen.com DEXTON INCLUDES... CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL: Dexton, a Dutch software company with more than 20years of experience in complex integration processes, Monday announced thatthey will include Actionable BI functionality for free in their Agile SystemEnvironment platform (ASE). AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.