SYDNEY--7 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SALE COMPLETED... NEW YORK: Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm,said Thursday it has completed the sale of AmeriCast Technologies, Inc., aNorth American leader in the design and manufacture of large, complex steelcastings, to Bradken, Ltd., a leading publicly-traded Australian manufacturerof cast steel and other products, primarily for the mining and railroadindustries. http://www.castleharlan.com http://www.champmbo.com http://www.bradken.com.au VALE PERFORMS... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) in the second quarter of2008 (2Q08) continued to report excellent operational and financialperformance, marked by record production of nickel, pellets and coal, shipmentsof iron ore and pellets, gross revenue, operational profit, cash generation andnet earnings. SHRM HIRES... ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) hasappointed G. "Ravi" Ravindran as managing director of the society's Indiaoffice, Strategic Human Resource Management India Private Limited (SHRMI). http://www.shrm.org SETTLEMENT OFFER... NEW YORK: The New York State Liquor Authority Thursday accepted a settlementoffer from Cipriani that resolves Cipriani's outstanding issues pertaining toits liquor licenses. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS... TORONTO: Glass Earth Gold Limited Wednesday announced the release of itsinterim financial statements for the six month period ending June 30, 2008 andManagement's Discussion and Analysis report for that period. www.glassearthgold.com GAMES PAVILION... BEIJING: Johnson & Johnson, Worldwide Partner of the International OlympicCommittee and Official Partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and ParalympicGames, Wednesday unveiled its Olympic Games Pavilion on the Olympic Green. http://www.jnj.com.cn/Olympics/en/press FREE TICKET... LONDON: A ticket to the National Licensed Business Show (NLBS, 23-25September, Birmingham NEC), the UK's most exciting and defining event for thelicensed trade, is completely free by pre-registering at www.licensedbusiness.co.uk (and avoid the 15-pound entry fee when registeringat the show). http://www.licensedbusiness.co.uk http://www.licensedbusiness.com ABI LAUNCHES... CHESHIRE: Barbour ABI Wednesday announced the launch of further services toboost its online offering. http://www.barbour-abi.com AGREEMENT SIGNED... PASADENA, Calif.: China Healthcare Acquisition Corp and Europe Asia HuaduEnvironment Holding Pte, Ltd. Wednesday announced that CHM and the owner ofEAHE signed a definitive acquisition agreement for CHM to acquire EAHE inexchange for CHM common stock. TIBET FILM... ZURICH: On Wednesday in the city of the XXIX Olympiad, an unprecedented filmmade secretly in Tibet and smuggled out just days before the March uprisingswill be screened for world media. http://www.leavingfearbehind.com MAJOR ORDER... HELSINKI: W?rtsil?-Hyundai Engine Company Ltd., the new joint venturebetween W?rtsil? and Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, has received amajor order. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.