SYDNEY, May 9--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HEART DEVICE... SYDNEY: A 56-year old New Zealand man has become the firstperson to be implanted with the CPulse heart device developedby Australian company Sunshine Heart, Inc. The world firstoperation took place at Auckland City Hospital on 4th May withdoctors today releasing details of the successfulimplantation. BUSINESS AWARDS... DENVER: Virtela, a global network solutions company, wasnamed a Finalist in the third annual American Business Awards,in the Best Product or Service category, for Virtela's MPLSService Fabric. http://www.virtela.net http://www.stevieawards.com http://www.stevieawards.com/aba TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE... NEW YORK: Platts is set on June 1 to roll out a majorTransparency Initiative for the Asian aromatics markets. Underthis initiative, Platts will refine its Asian aromaticsassessment methodology with two new measures: (1) applying amore clearly defined "window" for carrying out Market On Closeassessments, and (2) identifying by name companies behind bids,offers, and transactions. http://www.platts.com http://www.mcgraw-hill.com ON-LINE BOOKING... LONDON: It's new! It's easy to use! It's fast! It'sBritRail's online booking system! Buying BritRail Passes andtickets is now just a computer terminal away from everyoverseas visitor to Britain. It is time to go on-line to get onthe tracks. http://www.BritRail.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$27million on May 18, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com HARRY POTTER... LOS ANGELES: "HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE" welcomesback stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint asRon Weasley, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and Tom Felton astheir archrival Draco Malfoy. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)