AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases For Friday December 16, 2005

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SYDNEY, DEC. 16--AsiaNet/InfoQuest


GOODYEAR BUY-OUT...
AKRON - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company said Friday it
has reached agreement in principle on the final terms to
acquire Ansell Limited's interest in their South Pacific Tyres
joint ventures, pending government and other approvals.

NEW REEF...
LAHAINA - Following two years of preparation, Atlantis
Adventures on Tuesday, sank the Carthaginian replica whaling
ship off Lahaina, Maui, creating an artificial reef that will
have lasting marine life benefits and enhance its submarine
tour experience.

REUTERS SECURITY...
ASHBURN - MCI, Inc Thursday announced that Reuters, the
global information company, has extended its contract with MCI
to monitor Reuters' global enterprise network providing early
warning threat identification and detection capabilities.

MICROSOFT INFRINGEMENT...
REDWOOD SHORES - Visto Corporation has filed a legal action
against Microsoft claiming the company infringed multiple
patents regarding proprietary technology that provides
enterprises and consumers with mobile access to their email and
other data.

CVC PARTNERS...
LONDON - CVC Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm
in Europe and Asia, Thursday announced the immediately
appointment of three new partners, Adrian Mackenzie, Geert
Duyck and Roy Kuan.

IP EXPANSION...
ASHBURN - MCI, Inc. Thursday announced that its latest
global IP network expansion to deliver much needed bandwidth to
South East Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe (SEA-ME-WE)
has been completed and customer traffic is being transmitted on
the new SEA-ME-WE4 submarine network cable system.

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