SYDNEY, June 28 -- AsiaNet US$ BONDS... HONG KONG: ING Financial Markets Monday predicted that issuance of US dollar-denominated bonds in Asia would rise by about 50 per cent to US$17-18 billion in the second half of 2004 compared to the first half of the year. http://www.ing.com PNA CHEMISTRY... DAEJEON: Panagene Inc., a Korean biotechnology firm developing novel biomaterials for post-genomic era, Friday announced that it has developed a novel PNA (Peptide Nucleic Acid) chemistry, which leads to the manufacture of PNA monomers in a large scale at the lowest cost and to the efficient synthesis of PNA oligomers at higher purity. SUCCESSFUL TRIAL... LONDON: Arrow Therapeutics, the London based anti-infectives drug discovery and development company, Monday announced that its antiviral for Respiratory Syncytial Virus has successfully completed Phase I trials. http://www.arrowt.co.uk LIBRARY PLATFORM... ORLANDO, Fla.: Ebooks Corporation Saturday announced the launch of EBL, a new ebook-lending platform designed to meet the demands of academic and research libraries, at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference. http://www.ebooks.com http://www.ebl.ebooks.com VISTEON APPOINTMENT... RAYONG: Visteon Corporation Friday named Nagamangala Mohan as managing director of its Visteon Thailand Limited manufacturing facility. http://www.visteon.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of four securities issues amounting to a total of US$139.971 million on July 6, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com CLIENT INSTRUCTION... COLCHESTER, Conn.: A lead plaintiff, a non-profit charitable organization, has refused to sign the agreement of the proposed settlement of a consolidated securities class action against Halliburton Company and other individual defendants for $6 million, said Scott + Scott, LLC, a member of the lead Plaintiff Counsel Executive Committee and counsel to the plaintiff, said Friday. http://www.scott-scott.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.)