SYDNEY, Feb. 10--AsiaNet/InfoQuest PHILIPPINE CRUSADE... DALLAS - Pastor Benny Hinn, internationally knownevangelist, author and host of "This Is Your Day," which isseen daily in over 200 countries, will be visiting Manila,Philippines for an International Crusade from February 11-13. http://www.bennyhinn.org FIRM MERGER... SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & WASHINGTON, D.C. - Law firmsPillsbury Winthrop LLP and Shaw Pittman LLP have signed aletter of intent to merge the two firms. http://www.shawpittman.com http://www.pillsburywinthrop.com NEW CEO... SYDNEY - Benitec, Ltd., announced today that Sara Cunninghamhas been confirmed as Chief Executive Officer of Benitec Ltd. SALES ANNOUNCEMENT... TOKYO - IPFlex Inc. today announced that sales of itsDAPDNA-FW II Integrated Development Environment has reached 100licenses. http://www.ipflex.com ASIP SOLUTIONS... CANNES - California Micro Devices today announced it will beshowcasing its popular Application Specific Integrated Passive(ASIP) solutions for the latest wireless handsets at 3GSM WorldCongress '05. http://www.calmicro.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 5 securities issues amounting to a total of US$355million and HK$700 million on February 19, 22 and 25 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amountredeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com CARDIAC DEVICE... SYDNEY - International medical technology company VentracorLimited said Wednesday it had received conditional approvalfrom the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for afeasibility study of its cardiac assist device in the USA. http://www.ventracor.com Q4 RESULTS... STOCKHOLM - Intentia International AB, the global enterprisesolutions provider for the manufacturing, distribution andmaintenance industries, announced its results for the fourthquarter of 2004 and the full year. http://www.intentia.com AWARD WINNER... GOTHENBURG - Sweden based Cellectricon AB is the recipientof the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration LeadershipAward in recognition of its comprehensive and distinctiveportfolio of cell-based assay products. http://www.cellectricon.com http://www.awards.frost.com GEMPLUS RESULTS... LUXEMBOURG - Gemplus International S.A. the world's leadingprovider of smart card solutions, reported results for thefourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2004. http://www.gemplus.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)