SYDNEY, Oct. 14 -- AsiaNet TOOL TIME... TOKYO: The 22nd Japan International Machine Tool Fair(JIMTOF 2004) is due to commence on Monday November 1 and isthe largest machine tool fair in Asia. http://www.jimtof.org/index_e.html NORTEK PRODUCTS... HONG KONG: The latest product line from Nortek Internationalwill feature at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair, Booth 5E12,F09,11, Oct 13-16, 2004. http://www.nortekonline.com OPEN EYES... SYDNEY: New Zealand's medical eye specialists have appealedfor support for organisations involved in eye care work indeveloping countries. XINHUA FINANCE... HONG KONG: Xinhua Finance reports positive financialperformance for first half of 2004 ended June 30, 2004. http://www.xinhuafinance.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total of US$25million on October 25, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com ASSUREX SPREADS... COLUMBUS, Ohio: Assurex Global has expanded its worldwidepresence with the addition of international broker Partners inMonte Carlo, Monaco; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Philadelphia,Pennsylvania; and Wilmington, Delaware. http://www.assurexglobal.com DUTCH FEET... AMSTERDAM: Two gigantic footsteps have been placed in frontof the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. These colossal footprintsmark the start of the ING Amsterdam Marathon next SundayOctober 17. PRA INTERNATIONAL... MCLEAN, Va: PRA International (PRA) has announced theformation of its global Therapeutic Area Business Development(TABD) services division. http://www.prainternational.com MAHATHIR TALK... LONDON: Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister ofMalaysia, is to address political and industry leaders meetingto discuss Asian developments in the field of radio-frequencytagging. Commonly referred to as RFID or Smart Labels, it willbe the focus of Smart Labels Asia 2004, a conference on 10-11November in Tokyo, Japan. http://www.smartlabelsasia.com CVRD DIVIDEND... RIO DE JANEIRO: The Board of Directors of Companhia Vale doRio Doce (CVRD), has approved the payment of the secondinstallment of the 2004 minimum dividend to shareholders, aswell as an additional dividend. http://www.cvrd.com.br DATABEACON INC... OSAKA: Databeacon Inc., a developer of Web reporting anddata analysis software and Microsoft Empower ISV partner, todayannounced the availability of the Databeacon Smart Clientfamily of products: Databeacon Smart Client Professional,Databeacon Smart Client Standard and entry-level DatabeaconAnalyst. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--