SYDNEY--5 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COGNITIVE TRAINING... SAN FRANCISCO: Preliminary results from the IMPACT study are being presentedFriday at the International College of Geriatric Psychoneurpharmacology's 8thAnnual Scientific Meeting in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. The purposeof the IMPACT (Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive CognitiveTraining) study was to evaluate whether improvements from specialized cognitivetraining extend to standardized, untrained measures of memory performance andto self-reported everyday cognition. http://www.positscience.com FIRM ORDER... SAN DIEGO: Helix Wind, Inc., a San Diego, CA based manufacturer of smallwind turbines, Friday entered into a firm sales agreement with EDAL RE, Inc.,(Energy Development Argentina Limited), a leading cell phone tower constructionand services provider and renewable energy distributor in Argentina. http://www.helixwind.com MANAGEMENT SUMMIT... SHANGHAI: China Cablecom Holdings, Ltd., a joint-venture provider of cabletelevision services in the People's Republic of China (PRC), Friday announcedthat the company will attend SIG's Second Annual Beijing Management Summit tobe held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Beijing, China, from Wednesday, September10 to Friday, September 12, 2008. http://www.chinacablecom.net PEPSICO NAMED... PURCHASE, N.Y.: PepsiCo has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability WorldIndex and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, (DJSI World andDJSI North America) in recognition of the company's economic, environmental andsocial performance. http://www.pepsico.com http://www.sustainability-indexes.com MADISON DEVELOPS... NEW YORK: Madison Equities is developing nine residences at 57 Irving Placein New York City, creating a rare opportunity to choose from a townhouse, aduplex penthouse or a full-floor residence. http://www.57IrvingPlace.com SAI ANNOUNCES... PLAINSBORO, N.J.: SAI Global, a leading provider of enterprise-widecompliance and ethics solutions for global companies, Friday announced thatPaul J. McNulty, partner at the Washington, DC office of Baker & McKenzie LLP,has joined the SAI Global Compliance Law and Ethics Advisors. CARBON CAPTURE... LOS ANGELES: EESTECH Inc. and Tianjin DaGang Huashi Power Generation Co. Ltd(Dagang Huashi) have signed an MOU to establish a Carbon Capture and Storage(CCS) project using EESTECH`s carbon management and storage technology. www.eestechinc.com www.drpr.com.au FARO EXPANDS... LAKE MARY, Fla.: FARO Technologies, Inc., the world leader in portablecomputer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced that it hasenhanced its Quantum, Platinum and Fusion FaroArm product lines in order tomeet the needs of a wider range of applications within its industrial customerbase. http://www.faro.com ABMAC RELEASES... NEW YORK: The ABMAC Foundation, the American Bureau for Medical Advancementin China, Thursday released the first edition of a significant publicationdocumenting the development of a national health care system in Taiwan. http://www.abmac.org NCI JOINS... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source ofintelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced Thursdaythat the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has joined the community of scientistsworldwide using BIOMARKERcenter, the first comprehensive resource for biomarkerintelligence to provide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, and researchorganizations with a framework for assessing and tracking a potential biomarkerfor use at any stage of research or development. http://www.thomsonreuters.com http://www.scientific.thomson.com NEUROFOCUS ACQUIRES... BERKELEY, Calif.: NeuroFocus, Inc., the world's leading company in therapidly-expanding field of neuromarketing, announced Thursday that it hasacquired the "core patent" that underlies the use of neuroimaging as amarketing tool. http://www.neurofocus.com SOLAR ENERGY... HEERLEN, The Netherlands and AACHEN, Germany: Solland Solar, Netherlands'largest producer of solar cells, will enable the solar energy sector to take amajor step forwards with its new Sunweb cell. http://www.sollandsolar.com CATERPILLAR OPENS... JURONG TOWNSHIP: As part of its strategic plan to increase remanufacturingoperations and better support the mining market in Asia, Caterpillar Inc.(NYSE: CAT) announced Thursday it will open a new remanufacturing facility inSingapore. http://www.CAT.com NEW RESEARCH... INGELHEIM: Veterinarians and dog owners are today welcoming new researchthat delivers the promise of an extended happy life together for millions ofdog owners and their pets. http://www.questtrial.com http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com ACISION APPOINTS... READING: Acision, the world's leading messaging company, Wednesday announcedthe appointment of David King as Executive Vice President and Chief OperatingOfficer. DANCE CONTEST... OSAKA: Mandom Corp. is organizing the "GATSBY STYLING DANCE CONTEST"starting from Sept. 1, 2008. The contest is aimed at students of high schools,universities/colleges and vocational schools from seven countries and regionsin Asia (Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan andJapan). http://www.gatsby.jp BYTEMOBILE APPOINTS... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobileinternet solutions for network operators, Thursday announced the appointmentsof Aman Khupsare as sales manager and Amaresh Sawant as sales engineer of thecompany's new team in India. http://www.bytemobile.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.