SYDNEY, Sept. 7 -- AsiaNet WHITE & CASE... TOKYO: With hedge fund investment in Asia poised for arenewed surge, White & Case LLP has announced the formation ofits Asia Investment and Hedge Funds Support Group to assistclients in the set-up and operation of such funds, a mediastatement said. www.whitecase.com GIZMONDO GERMANY... LONDON: Tiger Telematics, subsidiary of Gizmondo EuropeLtd., has made Playcom Software Vertriebs GmbH the exclusivedistributor of the Gizmondo multi-entertainment device andaccessories in the German and Austrian markets to independentretailers, according to a press release. www.gizmondo.com www.tigertelematics.com www.playcom.de www.playcom.biz ENGINEERS TRAINING... STUTTGART: The southwest of Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg -the home of DaimlerChrysler, Porsche, Bosch - offers the ideallocation to study for a degree in the field of automotives, amedia statement said. www.sympra.de PRA INTERNATIONAL... MCLEAN, Va.: PRA International, one of the world's leadingclinical research organizations, has announced the globalimplementation of the PRA Management System, a fully integratedquality management initiative, according to a press release. www.prainternational.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of nineteen securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$1.365 billion from September 15-16, 2004 at a redemptionprice equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest, a media statement said. www.fanniemae.com INTENTIA INTERNATIONAL... STOCKHOLM: Intentia International AB held an ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting yesterday regarding the proposal to increasethe number of members of its board of directors to a total ofnine, according to a press release. www.intentia.com BLOOMBERG SURVEY... LONDON: Bloomberg LP will published its first findings ofthe new monthly Bloomberg Retail Purchasing Managers IndexEurozone survey on 6 September 2004, a media statement said. www.bloomberg.com VIDEO TOOLBOX... TAIPEI: Ulead Systems, Inc, a 15-year industry-leader indigital media software development, has launched Video ToolBox2, the first PC video converter for editing and sharing videotaken on 3G-enabled mobile phones, according to a pressrelease. www.ulead.co.jp PREVX HOME... LONDON: Security software specialist Prevx has officiallylaunched Prevx Home, the world's first free downloadable HostIntrusion Prevention Software to fill the security gap left byAnti-Virus software, spyware clean-up tools and firewalls, amedia statement said. www.prevx.com/prevxhome (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--