SYDNEY--22 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HABIB BANK... NEW YORK - Habib Bank Limited, the largest private sectorbank in Pakistan, is now using CHIPS, the real-time, largedollar payments system operated by The Clearing House PaymentsCompany. Habib Bank Limited is the first bank in Pakistan toconnect to CHIPS. www.chips.org www.theclearinghouse.org PEPSICO WEBCAST... PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo, Inc. today announced it will hosta live webcast of the company's presentation at the LehmanBrothers Back-to-School Consumer Conference on Wednesday, Sept.3, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The presentation will be given byMichael D. White, Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCoInternational and Vice Chairman PepsiCo. www.pepsico.com JACKSON LAUNCH... LOS ANGELES - On the eve of her World Tour with theDiscipline album Janet Jackson is adding designer to herimpressive list of talents with the launch of her fashionpartnership with Australian designer Bruno Schiavi. PleasurePrinciple will be Janet and Schiavi's first US lingeriecollection with plans to have product in stores as early asNovember 2008 across America, with Australia, Japan and Europeto follow. OMAXE INFRASTRUCTURE... NEW DELHI - Omaxe Infrastructure & Construction Private Ltd,a wholly owned subsidiary of Omaxe Ltd has received a Letter ofIntent for the construction of Allopathic Medical College andAssociated Hospital at Saharanpur, UP from UP Governmentthrough UP RNNL. The construction value of the project is Rs250crores approx. ONCOLOGY HANDBOOK... MANHASSET, N.Y. - The Oncology Group is pleased to announcethe publication of the 11th edition of Cancer Management: AMultidisciplinary Approach, scheduled for release in the Fallof 2008. A popular resource for the oncology and hematologycommunity, this guide aims to keep pace with these rapidlychanging fields by providing clinicians with up-to-date,practical, and authoritative information on patientmanagement. www.CMPMedica.com CHEVROLET CRUZE... DETROIT - The first photographs of Chevrolet's all-new Cruzesedan - making its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show inOctober - reveal a dynamic four-door coupe that proves excitingdesign and value are not mutually exclusive. On sale beginningin Europe from March next year, Cruze features a dramaticre-interpretation of the traditional sedan featuringChevrolet's new global design language that is becoming asignature on all new products carrying the gold bowtie. www.gm.com CARDIOVASCULAR STUDY... TOKYO and INDIANAPOLIS - A new, pre-specified analysis ofthe landmark Phase III head-to-head TRITON-TIMI 38 study showedpatients who took prasugrel for acute coronary syndromesmanaged with an artery-opening procedure known as percutaneouscoronary intervention and had survived their firstcardiovascular event and then suffered a subsequent event, were35 percent less likely to have a recurrent event than those whotook clopidogrel. These data appear as a special advance accessonline publication from the European Heart Journal. SAXO RESULTS... COPENHAGEN - Saxo Bank today reported half-year resultsshowing a profit before tax of DKK 162 million in the first sixmonths of 2008. This represents a growth of 57 percent comparedto DKK 103 million in 2007. In addition, Operating Income inSaxo Bank Group increased by 55 percent year-on-year from DKK624 million to DKK 969 million. Deposits from clients increasedby DKK 1.7 billion during the first half of 2008 to DKK 8.8billion as of 30 June 2008. The value of clients' assets heldwith Saxo Bank increased by 11 percent to DKK 9.7 billionduring the half-year. www.saxobank.com NORKOM TECHNOLOGIES... SYDNEY - Norkom Technologies, the leading provider offinancial crime and compliance management solutions to theglobal financial services sector, has today announced thatAustralia's financially strongest building society, NewcastlePermanent Building Society, has joined its expanding customerlist. www.newcastlepermanent.com.au www.norkom.com GATE GOURMET... SYDNEY - With the acquisition of Inflight Logistic Servicesnow complete, Gate Gourmet has vaulted into the leadingposition as the premier provider of onboard services to theAustralian aviation industry. Sydney-based ILS focuses onlow-fare carriers and its services include menu/service design,logistics and supply chain management, onboard point-of-salesolutions and cash management processes. In addition, ILS isthe Australian aviation market's largest independent supplierof cabin cleaning and manager of personal media players forin-flight entertainment. www.gategourmet.com www.gategroup.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.