SYDNEY--2 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COUNCIL CONGRATULATES... WASHINGTON: The U.S.-India Friendship Council Thursday congratulated theUnited States Congress on approving the historic U.S.-India Nuclear CivilianAgreement. VENTRIA EXPANDS... JUNCTION CITY, Kan.: Ventria Bioscience Thursday announced it hassuccessfully increased production of lactoferrin.http://www.ventria.com ENERGY AWARDS... NEW YORK: In announcing the 2008 finalists for its annual Platts GlobalEnergy Awards today, Platts underscores the changing emphasis of global energytowards long-term supply solutions with finalists in two new categories:Sustainable Technology Innovation of the Year and Strategic Energy Investmentof the Year.http://www.platts.com SCREEN AWARDS... BRISBANE: Men Jeuk (Sparrow, Hong Kong),will vie for Best Feature Film inthe Asia Pacific Screen Awards to be announced on the Gold Coast, Queensland,Australia, on November 11.http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news_room/apsa_media_centre SOLAR MODULES... ZURICH: 3S Industries AG, worldwide providers of production equipment forthe manufacture of solar modules, and the Swiss DKSH Group, the leading companyin the field of Market Expansion Services with focus on Asia, are workingtogether with immediate effect to expand in the markets of Korea and Taiwan. HARDING ANNOUNCES... DALLAS: Harding Energy Partners, LLC of Dallas, TX, on Sept. 30, 2008announced its acquisition of all core Barnett Shale assets, including those ofExxonMobil, that were held by DDJET Limited LLP, and its subsequent sale ofthese holdings to Chesapeake Energy Corporation.http://www.hardingenergypartners.com PEABODY SIGNS... ST. LOUIS: Peabody Energy has entered into an agreement with the governmentof Inner Mongolia and other Chinese partners to explore developmentopportunities for a large surface mine and downstream coal gasificationfacility that would produce methanol, chemicals or fuel products.http://www.peabodyenergy.com NOBEL LAUREATES... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters Thursdayannounced the 2008 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates -- researchers likely tobe in contention for Nobel honors -- in anticipation of this year's Nobel Prizewinners to be announced in October.http://www.thomsonreuters.comhttp://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/nobel INGREDIENTS SOURCE... LONDON: Following recent market research, Ingredients Source 2008 has beendeveloped to tackle spiralling ingredients prices through effective sourcingstrategies, supplier relationship management, and new supplier identification.This two-day event runs from 24 to 25 November, 2008 at the Movenpick CityCentre hotel, Amsterdam and is proving to be another hugely successful eventfrom Food Ingredients Europe.www.ingredientssource.com CHEVROLET CRUZE... PARIS: General Motors President and Chief Operating Officer Fritz Hendersonand Ed Welburn, vice president of Global Design, Thursday revealed the all-newChevrolet Cruze at a special premiere event at the "Le Pavillon Dauphine",located in the heart of Paris.http://media.gm.comhttp://www.gm.com SUNGARD ACQUIRES... WAYNE, Pa. and PARIS: SunGard and GL TRADE today announced that SunGard hadcompleted the previously announced acquisition of a majority interest in GLTRADE, a global financial software solutions company.http://www.sungard.comhttp://www.gltrade.com INFORMEX ANNOUNCES... PRINCETON, N.J.: Informex Wednesday announced that Scientific Update, LLP, aprovider of educational meetings to the organic chemical processing industry,will host the Networking Roundtables at InformexUSA, January 27, in SanFrancisco, California.http://www.cmp.bizwww.informexusa.com PHARMACEUTICAL REPORTS... LONDON and PHILADELPHIA: Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source ofintelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced theavailability of three Pharma Matters reports covering the time periodApril-June 2008.http://www.thomsonreuters.com SHARE EXCHANGE... ZURICH: The K&N Value Select Corporation is offering to exchange one of itsshares for each share of Johnson & Johnson. The offer period starts on 13October 2008 and ends on 27 November 2008.http://www.valueselect.com/jnj CONTEX RELEASES... ALLEROED: Contex and Vidar, a brand of Contex - the world's leading wideformat scanner manufacturer - Wednesday announced the global availability of anew upgrade to Nextimage multi-function scanning and copying software.http://www.contex.com 10TH ANNIVERSARY... SYDNEY: To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of BridgeClimb Sydney, onWednesday 1 October 2008, 137 Climbers each carried a flag onto the arch of theworld famous Sydney Harbour Bridge to represent every part of the world thatClimbers have hailed from since BridgeClimb opened ten years ago. BHARAT SELECTS... ROANOKE, Va.: Meridium Inc., the global leader in asset performancemanagement software and consulting solutions, Wednesday announced that BharatPetroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has licensed Meridium software for itsKochi and Mumbai refineries.http://www.meridium.com EQUINIX HOSTS... TOKYO: Equinix, Inc., the leading global provider of network-neutral datacenters and Internet exchange services, Wednesday announced that it is hostingthe Tokyo Peering Forum 2008. NEW FACTORY... HELSINKI: Wartsila-Hyundai Engine Company, a joint venture between Wartsilaand Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Wednesday inaugurated its new factory inKorea.http://english.hhi.co.krhttp://www.wartsila.com/ SOLAR POWER... BELMONT: SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high-efficiency, solarcells, solar panels, and solar systems, Wednesday announced it has signed anagreement to build a 305-kilowatt SunPower solar power system atop the roof ofthe Crowne Plaza Hotel in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.http://www.sunpowercorp.com KOREAN NOMINEES... BRISBANE: Films from the Republic of Korea have received a total of fivenominations in the second Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be announced on theGold Coast, Queensland, Australia on November 11.http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news_room/apsa_media_centre INDIAN NOMINEES... BRISBANE: Indian films have received a total of five nominations in thesecond Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be announced on the Gold Coast,Queensland, Australia on November 11.http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news_room/apsa_media_centre AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.