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SYDNEY, Nov. 30 /AsiaNet/ –

CHANNEL SELECTION…
TEL AVIV: RADWIN, provider of carrier class broadband
wireless connectivity of TDM and Ethernet services, Tuesday announced its
Automatic Channel Selection (ACS) feature for the WinLink 1000 broadband
wireless system.
http://www.radwin.com

AIDS STANDARD…
NEW YORK: In response to growing demand from its 200 member companies, the
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) Tuesday announced the creation of
the first measurement system for business and AIDS — a new Best Practice AIDS
Standard for corporate HIV/AIDS programs.
http://www.businessfightsaids.org
http://www.businessfightsaids.org/casestudies

DATE EXTENDED…
CALI, Colombia: Transtel Tenderco, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Transtel S.A., Tuesday announced that it has extended the expiration date of
its offer to purchase all outstanding units, as described in the Offer to
Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated October 28, 2005, to 8:00
a.m., New York City time, on December 13, 2005 unless such date is extended or
earlier terminated.

SIGNING CEREMONY…
SINGAPORE: Mercer Human Resource Consulting Korea Limited (Mercer), a
leading global human resource and benefits consulting firm, Wednesday announced
that it is entering a strategic alliance with the Korea Development Bank (KDB),
a leading bank in Korea.

PAKISTAN DEAL…
SYDNEY: PanAmSat Tuesday announced that CNBC Pakistan has signed a
multi-year, multi-transponder deal for the distribution of its programming
across Pakistan.
http://www.panamsat.com

LCD-TV DESIGNS…
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Tvia, Inc., a leading provider of multimedia digital
display processors for advanced TV, emerging digital display and consumer
electronics markets, Tuesday announced the completion of a successful three-day
summit focused on the design and manufacturing of next generation LCD-TVs for
2006 & 2007.
http://www.tvia.com

PRICE INCREASE…
READING, Pa.: EnerSys, the world’s largest manufacturer, marketer and
distributor of industrial batteries, Tuesday announced a general price increase
of 6%.
http://www.enersys.com

STUDY DISCONTINUED…
CO CORK: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Tuesday announced the discontinuation
of a single exploratory open-label phase II study involving TMC125, a
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI).
http://www.tibotec.com

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE…
MELBOURNE, Fla.: Symetrics Industries of Melbourne, Florida, and
PhotoTelesis of San Antonio, Texas, have formed a strategic alliance by
combining their businesses as wholly owned subsidiaries of a newly formed
entity, Symetrics Technology Group.
http://www.symetrics.com
http://www.phototelesis.com

FILM FESTIVAL…
SALT LAKE CITY: In the first of four program announcements, Sundance
Institute Tuesday announced the line-up of films for the Independent Feature
Film and World Cinema Competitions in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, taking
place January 19-29, 2006, in Park City, Utah.
http://www.sundance.org

CVRD ACQUIRES…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) Tuesday announced
that 42,117,999 common shares of Canico Resource Corp., including shares
deposited by guaranteed delivery, representing 93% of the Canico common shares
outstanding on a fully-diluted basis, were deposited to the offer to acquire
all of the outstanding common shares of Canico for CAD$20.80 in cash per Canico
share as at the expiry time, 8:00 p.m. Toronto time on November 28, 2005.
http://www.cvrd.com.br

MADRID OPERATIONS…
LOS ANGELES and MADRID, Spain: Futurestep, the recruitment outsourcing
subsidiary of Korn/Ferry International, Tuesday announced that the company has
opened operations in Madrid, Spain under the guidance of new Country Leader,
Andres Fontenla.
http://www.kornferry.com
http://www.futurestep.com

STENT SYSTEM…
NATICK, Mass.: Boston Scientific Corporation Tuesday welcomed interim
results from the independent, multicentre STENT registry that further
demonstrate the efficacy and safety of Boston Scientific’s TAXUS Express2
paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system among real-world patients with blocked
coronary arteries.
http://www.bostonscientific.com

INT’L FORUM…
BEIJING: SAI Global will join Motorola and Corning as a host sponsor of the
global telecommunication industry’s premier conference, QuEST Forum, to be held
in Beijing, China on 1 December 2005.
http://www.sai-global.com
http://www.xlp.com

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