SYDNEY, Sept. 9 -- AsiaNet NEWSMAKERS EVENT... SAN JOSE, Calif.: The health of Taiwan's silicon chipindustry and expansion will be the focal points for industryexecutives as they layout their companies plans for growth inTaiwan at Positio Public Relations' Newsmakers press event,being held in Taiwan on September 13, 2004, according to apress release. www.positiopr.com SATELLITE CONTRACT... ST. LOUIS, Mo.: Boeing received a contract by DIRECTV tobuild three Boeing 702 model satellites, a media statementsaid. www.boeing.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 2 securities issues amounting to a total of US$120million on September 20 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY... SAO PAULO: Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. and Itausa -Investimentos Itau S.A. have been selected as components of theDow Jones Sustainability World Index, together with 316 othercompanies from throughout the world, according to a pressrelease. www.itau.com www.itau.com.br ADVANCED ENERGY... TAIPEI: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. has increasedcustomer support operations in both its Taipei, Taiwan, andShanghai, China facilities, enhancing service for its growingcustomer base in Greater China, a media statement said. www.advanced-energy.com SAMSUNG CHIP... EL SEGUNDO, Calif.: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s share ofthe global semiconductor market continued to skyrocket in thesecond quarter of 2004, with its growth surpassing all othertop-10 players, according to the latest data from iSuppliCorp.'s Quarterly Competitive Landscaping Tool. www.isuppli.com HYDROGEN FACILITY... MILAN & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., aninternational developer of multi-fuel reforming and protonexchange membrane fuel cell technology, is planning toestablish a hydrogen test facility with Rivoira S.p.A., and theSiad Group, both of which partner with Praxair, Inc., a leadingU.S. multinational in the industrial gas sector, according to apress release. www.nuvera.com CERTIPORT CHINA... SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: Certiport today announced new companyexpansion into the Chinese market with the creation of aCertiport China unit based in Shanghai, a media statementsaid. www.certiport.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--