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a new office in Malaysia for testing the credit-card issuer's business applications. It didn't give any financial details of the partnership. The new center at Kuala Lumpur will support Satyam's efforts around research and development, and facilitate global colFrance, who quit May 18 after he was accused of attempting to rape a New York hotel maid. He has denied the allegations. Lagarde will meet with the head of Brazil's Central Bank and also the nation's finance minister, Guido Mantega. In recent years, Mantega has loudly fought for reforms in the IMF, World Bank and other multilateral institutions that would take into account the growth of emerging nations such as Brazil, China and India. "We must establish meritocracy, so that the person leading the IMF is selected for their merits and not for being European," Mantega said earlier this month. "You can have a competent European ... but you can have a representative from an emerging nation who is competent as well." Mantega also has said that whoever is chosen to replace Strauss-Kahn should only hold the job until Strauss-Kahn's term expires at the end of 2012. That, Mantega has argued, would give IMF member nations more time to carefully choose a full-term chief. China has suggested it is time to shake things up at the IMF, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu saying the leadership "should be based on fairness, transparency and merit." South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan spoke in stronger terms earlier this month. He said the new director should come from an emerging economy, to "bring a new perspective that will ensure that the interests of all countries, both developed and developing, are fully reflected in the operations and policies of the IMF." French Embassy spokesman Ste