SYDNEY, Jan. 26 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest SHUNRA SOFTWARE... MUMBAI: Shunra Software Ltd., a provider of application andinfrastructure performance solutions, announced that it hasopened an office in Mumbai, the financial centre of India. http://www.shunra.com CATERPILLAR MOVE... BEIJING: Caterpillar Inc. announced the selection of thecity of Qingdao in Shandong Province as the location for astate-of-the-art Innovation Center for product and processdevelopment in China. http://www.cat.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of four securities issues amounting to a total ofUS$324.247 million on various dates at a redemption price equalto 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com GIZMONDO EUROPE... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd., subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., released further detailsof the location-based services to be made available via itspartner, MapInfo Corporation. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com INPHARMATICA DEALS... LONDON: Inpharmatica Ltd, the drug discovery company, hasannounced a series of agreements with Pfizer. http://www.inpharmatica.com TSUNAMI AID... SEOUL: During a brief ceremony today conducted at theCommunity Chest of Korea (CCK), the President of GlobalCommunity Relations at Samsung, Soo-Bin Lee, today announced aUS$2 million contribution to the United Way South Asia ResponseFund, created to support the wide range of long-term responseand recovery needs of communities in South Asia severelyimpacted in recent weeks by the tragic earthquake and tsunamiwaves. http://www.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse EX-IM BANK... BEIJING: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-ImBank) has signed a framework agreement that will make it easierfor the Bank to help finance purchases of U.S. exports byChinese government entities. www.exim.gov INTRANSA EXPANDS... SAN JOSE, Calif: Intransa has announced a partnershipagreement with Singapore systems integrator CVSI, to resell andimplement the broad range of Intransa's IP SAN product familyfor small, mid-tier, and large enterprises throughout SouthAsia. www.intransa.com RARITAN APPOINTMENT... SOMERSET, N.J: Raritan Computer Inc. - a provider ofsolutions for managing IT infrastructure equipment and themission-critical applications and services that run on it - hasannounced that Thomas M. Swift has been promoted to Presidentand Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. http://www.raritan.com CONFERENCE MOVE... EL SEGUNDO, Calif: With worldwide consumption and productionof flat-panel displays increasingly migrating to China, iSuppliCorp.'s Flat Information Display (FID) Conference is movingthere as well. http://www.chinaecnet.com/sym/050315/notice-e.asp (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)