SYDNEY, April 20--AsiaNet/InfoQuest LIBRARY SYSTEM... SYDNEY: Geac announced that City of Swan Library Service inPerth, Western Australia has purchased Geac's Vubis Smartlibrary automation system. The City of Swan becomes the firstAustralian public library customer for Vubis Smart, Geac'sinnovative library management system, which has gainedconsiderable market acceptance in Europe and a foothold inNorth America over the past year. http://www.swan.wa.gov.au/library http://www.geac.com FREDDIE MAC... MCLEAN: Freddie Mac announced that it priced $1.25 billionof Reference REMIC R-001, Class AE, a Guaranteed Maturity Classwith a final maturity date of April 15, 2015. Settlement isscheduled for April 22, 2005. http://www.freddiemac.com DIETARY GUIDELINES... PURCHASE, N.Y.: With the completion of the new Food GuidanceSystem, the USDA will now begin its efforts to educateAmericans on the latest Dietary Guidelines recommendations. TheGuidelines highlight energy balance as a key concept inmaintaining health. PepsiCo, in partnership with DiscoveryEducation and America On the Move, has already started teachingkids about the importance of this balance. http://www.pepsico.com http://www.discoveryschool.com/balancefirst EUROPEAN LAUNCH... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc. announced the eagerlyawaited street date for the Gizmondo multi-entertainmenthandheld in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Nordic regionsas the 19th May, in an aggressive expansion of its Europeanlaunch activity. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com SINGLE CHIP... MILPITAS: California Micro Devices introduced the first ofits new PhotonIC family of highly integrated LED drivers. ThePhotonIC CM4600 is a single chip solution capable of drivingall the LEDs in a wireless handset. As mobile phones integratehigher levels of multimedia capabilities, primary and secondarydisplay resolutions are increasing and their brightness is akey selection criterion for consumers. http://www.calmicro.com SUBCONCESSION GRANTED... LAS VEGAS: MGM MIRAGE announced that its joint venturepartnership with Pansy Ho Chiu-king has been granted asubconcession which allows the partnership to develop andoperate hotel and casino resorts in Macau. The subconcessionhas been approved by the government of Macau S.A.R. http://www.mgmmirage.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$120million on April 29, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com VALEO SUPPLIES... PARIS: On the occasion of the launch of the Peugeot 107,Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo, Valeo announces that it suppliesthese vehicles with 14 of its product lines. The heating andair conditioning systems are manufactured in Rakovnik, CzechRepublic and air-conditioning compressors are delivered fromthe Humpolec plant. Polish plants of Skawina and Chrzanowrespectively deliver condensers and wiper systems, andheadlamps. http://www.valeo.com SWISSCOM BROADCAST... WALTHAM: NetCracker Technology, a leading provider of OSSand IT Infrastructure Management solutions, announced thatSwisscom Broadcast Ltd. has been in production with theNetCracker OSS solution for a number of months and is realizingpositive results. http://www.netcracker.com http://www.swisscom.com/broadcast PHARMA RESEARCH... TOKYO: Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced thatForerunner Pharma Research Co., Ltd. was jointly establishedwith Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Central Institute for ExperimentalAnimals. FPR will be engaged in the discovery of innovative newpharmaceuticals and diagnostic products and is planning tocommence operations from April 22, 2005. MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP... SAN MATEO: Siebel Systems, Inc., a leading provider ofbusiness applications software, and Fast Search & Transfer, theleading developer of enterprise search and real-time alertingtechnologies, announced that the companies have formed amulti-year partnership. http://www.fastsearch.com http://www.siebel.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)