SYDNEY--29 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ESS SABRE... FREMONT, California - ESS Technology, a leading provider ofhigh performance audio/video solutions, today announced thatits Sabre Reference eight-channel audio D/A converter isincorporated in the new McIntosh Laboratory MCD500 SACD/CDPlayer, scheduled for availability this month.www.esstech.com CYLEX TRIAL... COLUMBIA, Maryland - "Cylex, Inc., in association with ourKorean distributor, Sun Woo Biotech, is delighted to be able toannounce our support for a major, multi-center trial of theImmuKnow assay for cell-mediated immunity at seven highlyrespected medical institutions in the Republic of Korea,"stated Brad Stewart, president of Cylex. HELMUT LANG... STOCKHOLM - This Friday, August 29th 2008, Absolut, theworld's most iconic spirits brand, will support Helmut Lang'sfirst institutional solo art exhibition, "Alles Gleich Schwer",with a VIP preview party at the renowned kestnergesellschaft inHanover, where the exhibition will run until November 2nd.www.kestner.orghttp://ABSOLUT.COM/HELMUTLANG QSR INTERNATIONAL... MELBOURNE - QSR International today released dedicatedlanguage versions of the analysis software NVivo 8, to helpresearchers working with Simplified Chinese data undertakeglobal collaborative projects.www.qsrinternational.com/quick-order.aspx NVIVO SPANISH... MELBOURNE - QSR International today released dedicatedlanguage versions of the analysis software NVivo 8 to helpSpanish speaking researchers undertake global collaborativeprojects.www.qsrinternational.com/quick-order.aspx CPI CARD... LITTLETON, Colorado - CPI Card Group, a portfolio company ofTricor Pacific Capital, Inc., a private equity firm withoffices in Vancouver, B.C., and Lake Forest, Illinois, hasacquired PCC, a leading plastic card manufacturing,personalization, and fulfillment company.www.cpicardgroup.comwww.pcc.uk.netwww.tricorpacific.com J.P.MORGAN APPOINTMENT HONG KONG - J.P.Morgan Asia Pacific today announced theappointment of Kalpana Morparia as Chief Executive Officer ofthe firm's Indian operations. Ms Morparia joins J.P.Morgan fromthe senior management of the ICICI Group, India's largestprivate sector financial services company.www.jpmorganchase.com SHANGHAI BUILDING... SHANGHAI - The world's tallest building -- Shanghai WorldFinancial Center opens to the media on August 28th, 2008. SHANGHAI BUILDING... SHANGHAI - The world's tallest building -- Shanghai WorldFinancial Center will open to the public from August 30th,2008. GLOBAL DELIVERY... DETROIT, LONDON and MUMBAI - INCAT, a global leader inEngineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development ITservices, today announced the worldwide release of a newbooklet, "Global Delivery - An Essential Guide to EngineeringServices Outsourcing."www.incat.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$250million on September 11, 2009 at a redemption price equal to100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.http://www.fanniemae.com MICREL'S HYPERLIGHT... SAN JOSE, California - Micrel Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, today launched the MIC23030 and MIC23031, the newestadditions to the HyperLight Load family of synchronousstep-down regulators.www.micrel.com LEADERSHIP CONFIDENCE... SINGAPORE, - Confidence in leaders is at a 10-year-low,according to the 2008-2009 Global Leadership Forecast, abi-annual study conducted by Development DimensionsInternational, a global human resource consulting firm.www.ddiworld.com/aboutddi AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.