SYDNEY--22 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COMSCORE REPORT... RESTON, Virginia - comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring thedigital world, today released its first study of Internet usage in India, whichreports that more than 28 million people in India age 15 and older accessed theInternet from home and work locations in May. This represents a 27-percentincrease versus year ago, making India one of the fastest-growing Internetpopulations among the 37 individually-reported countries in the comScore WorldMetrix audience measurement service. http://www.comscore.com ADT ANTI-THEFT... BOCA RATON, Florida - Research has shown Sensormatic acousto-magnetic (AM)technology from ADT offers retailers exceptional anti-theft alarm detectionrates compared to radio frequency (RF) technology. The US based Loss PreventionResearch Council (LPRC) conducted a retailer-sanctioned study of theftdeterrence across 320 stores. In tests conducted to measure EAS technologyeffectiveness, this real-world research found, on average, AM technologydetection rates were more than 1.5 times those of RF technology. http://www.adt.com/global HURLEY MODEL... LOS ANGELES - Model Bar Refaeli is joining Hurley as a face, voice andspirit of the brand. The 23-year-old Israel-born globetrotter will bring herexperience, enthusiasm and charisma to initiatives and events for which she andHurley share a passion, as well as star in the Young Contemporary campaigns. http://www.hurley.com PEABODY EXPANSION... ST. LOUIS - Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced it has completed the$50-plus million expansion of its Wambo Coal Preparation Facility, the finalphase in a multi-year build out of Peabody's Wambo complex. The plant servesthe North Wambo underground and Wambo open-cut mines in New South Wales,Australia, which export thermal and PCI coals to Asian customers through thePort of Newcastle. http://www.peabodyenergy.com RISI STUDY... BOSTON - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forestproducts industry, today predicted that China's log imports will decline by 13million cubic meters between 2007 and 2012, but the country's total wood fiberdeficit (including logs, woodchips and the roundwood equivalent of its woodproduct and pulp imports) will increase by 22 million cubic meters, a 26%increase during that same timeframe. The prediction came as part of newpublication: China's Timber Supply Outlook 2008 - 2012. The study projectstimber supply and demand, volumes of imports, and potential foreign anddomestic impacts on this market. http://www.risiinfo.com GCC LANDSCAPING... ABU DHABI - Spurred by the boom in the regional construction industry,landscaping projects in the GCC region comprising commercial and residentiallandscaping design and maintenance are set to double in volume to exceed US$16billion by 2010 according to UK's CMPi, organizers of Gulf Landscaping. Theevent is scheduled to take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre,UAE from 17th to 18th November 2008. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080721/NYM104 IOG SALTEX... LONDON - With informative seminar sessions planned for arborists, groundsmenand open space management professionals including landscapers and playofficers, this year's IOG SALTEX education programme taking place in TheGrandstand at Windsor Racecourse on 2-4 September promises to provide thelatest updates on all the issues that count, in presentations from some of theleading names in the industry. And it's all free! http://www.iog.org INFORMEX GALA... PRINCETON - Back by popular demand, InformexUSA will hold the second annualGala Dinner at InformexUSA 2009 to be held in San Francisco, California inJanuary. The themed event, called 'A Taste of the Wine Country', will paytribute to a city recognized for world-class standards in food and wine.Attendees will experience an "evening outing" in the wine country, completewith sommeliers, wine tastings with local experts and a peek into the world ofCalifornia winemaking. The highlight will be the keynote address by formerUnited States Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. http://www.informex.com http://www.cmpi.biz GENENEWS LAUNCH... TORONTO - GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developingblood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases andpersonalized health management, today announced the launch of ColonSentry(TM),the world's first blood-based molecular test for colorectal cancer screening.ColonSentry(TM) is a blood test that assesses a patient's current risk ofhaving colorectal cancer, identifying those in the asymptomatic generalpopulation with increased risk who might benefit from further more invasivediagnostic testing such as colonoscopy. www.genenews.com www.colonsentry.com CONTROLPAY EXPANSION... BREDA - The fast growing Dutch company ControlPay is expanding itsactivities on the Asian market. The freight audit solutions provider intends toopen two new offices in Asia within two years and is to host a seminar inSingapore on August 12 to discuss the benefits of automated freight invoiceaudit processes. http://www.controlpay.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.