SYDNEY, June 17 -- AsiaNet NASDAQ APPOINTMENT... NEW YORK: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced theappointment of Stuart Patterson as Senior Managing Director,Asia Pacific. www.nasdaq.com HUANENG POWER... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. held itsExtraordinary General Meeting in Beijing. Mr. Li Xiaopeng,Chairman of the Company, presided over the EGM as the Chairmanof the EGM. CTRIP.COM STAKE... SHANGHAI: Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a Cayman Islandscompany, understands that on June 14, 2004, certain existingshareholders of Ctrip entered into a stock purchase agreementwith Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese public company listed on theJASDAQ market, pursuant to which Rakuten would acquire, in aprivate transaction, a total of 6,645,000 ordinary shares ofCtrip from these shareholders. GIZMONDO EUROPE... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, FLTiger Telematics Inc (TIGR), announced the signing of a headsof agreement with Renaissance Corporation Ltd, anAuckland-based technology distributor and marketer. www.gizmondo.com SENETEK PLC... NAPA, Calif: Senetek PLC, a healthcare technologies companyfocused on developing and co-marketing products for theanti-aging markets worldwide, announced that commercial salesof Senetek's patented erectile dysfunction drug Invicorp by itscommercial partner, Auckland-based Douglas PharmaceuticalsLimited, will commence June 28. www.senetekplc.com CARDIOSTIM 2004... NICE: Sorin, Europe's largest cardiovascular medical devicesgroup, is attending Cardiostim 2004, the 14th World Congress inCardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Technologies, in Nice. DUPONT TITANIUM... WILMINGTON: DuPont Titanium Technologies announced on June15 a price increase in Asia Pacific for DuPont Ti-Pure titaniumdioxide grades. www.dupont.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C: Fannie Mae has confirmed a US$4 billionissue, to mature on July 15, 2006. www.fanniemae.com ANGLER RECORD... BENTON, Ky: Reigning Japan Bass Angler of the Year ShinichiFukae of Osaka, Japan, is poised to make professionalbass-fishing history in New York on Lake Champlain June 23-26if he holds on to his 33-point lead over his closest Americanchallenger to win the Wal-Mart FLW Tour's coveted Land O'LakesAngler of the Year title. www.flwoutdoors.com MAHARAJI TALKS... BARCELONA: On June 14, Prem Rawat, known also as Maharaji,addressed an audience of more than 2,000 at an event endorsedby the Universal Forum of Cultures. www.barcelona2004.org HUNGER STRIKE... TAIPEI: Police surveillance and threats of arrest anddeportation continue to shadow the hunger strikers protestingat China Synthetic Rubber Company and Taiwan Cement over theenvironmental pollution and three-year lockout at thecompanies' subsidiary, Continental Carbon Company. www.paceunion.org ITTIAM SYSTEMS... BANGALORE: Ittiam Systems today announced the availabilityof its IEEE 802.11g compliant wireless LAN (Local Area Network)physical layer as a silicon IP, ready for delivery andintegration in system on chip (SoC) designs. www.ittiam.com ASIA NETCOM... SYDNEY: Asia Netcom today announced that it has beenselected by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) as theprovider of global telecommunications services. www.asianetcom.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)