LONDON - New Visa Process for Australian and New Zealand Passport Holders With the holiday season upon us, Cheapflights.com.au, the Australian site of the international travel online price comparison company, suggests that before visiting the USA it pays to check that you know the new visa rules before flying. Cheapflights also has some useful tips to help smooth your transit through domestic US airports once you are there. Also be sure to print out our "before you fly check list" - this and lots of other travel information can be found on Cheapflights' Travel Tips (www.cheapflights.com.au/travel-tips/).

BERLIN - In the news release, "Biosense Webster to Showcase CARTO(R) 3 System at Eurospace" issued on 22 Jun 2009 09:31 GMT, by Biosense Webster, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that in the headline "Eurospace" should have been written as "Europace". The correct headline therefore should have read "Biosense Webster to Showcase CARTO(R) 3 System at Europace".

NEW YORK - Contention over a rare vintage 1962 Beatles poster has been amicably resolved. Melissa Pearl has sold the poster to Rita Wilson, who sought the piece for her husband Tom Hanks. The poster had been the subject of a lawsuit filed by Wilson against Pearl, but Wilson's complaint and all allegations against Pearl have been completely withdrawn.

LONDON - Two Daimler Plants and One BMW Plant Receive Initial Quality Awards Vehicles by Porsche and Mercedes-Benz make a strong showing in initial quality, while BMW, Land Rover, SAAB and Volkswagen improve substantially from 2008, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 U.S. Initial Quality Study(SM) (IQS) released today.

LONDON - The Disciplinary Committee (DC) of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons last week [18 June 2009] issued a reprimand to a veterinary surgeon for reckless certification of an equine passport, having found her to have been "wholly indifferent" as to whether the horse had been vaccinated properly against equine influenza.