SYDNEY, May 11 /AsiaNet/InfoQuest CREDIT DEAL... SEOUL - Samsung Card Co., Ltd. today successfully closed aUS$300 million securitisation of credit card receivables, thefirst Korean cross-border credit card ABS deal in 2005. PEACE PRIZE... TOKYO - The Niwano Peace Foundation awarded thetwenty-second Niwano Peace Prize to the Catholic theologian,Dr. Hans Kung, 77, president of the Global Ethic Foundation inGermany and Switzerland. http://www.npf.or.jp/npf/index_e.html SPACE ADVENTURES... ARLINGTON - Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leadingspace experiences company, announced today the official openingof an office in Tokyo and the appointment of Tatsuhiro Yokoyamaas general manager. http://www.spaceadventures.jp LUFTHANSA AGREEMENT... KELSTERBACH - Lufthansa Systems today announced an agreementwith Thai for the SAP Aerospace & Defense industry solution.This contract with yet another Asian airline significantlybolsters the presence of Lufthansa Systems in the Asianmarket. http://www.LHsystems.com SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Synopsys, Inc., a world leader insemiconductor design software, today introduced PrimeRail forpower network sign-off. PrimeRail offers new hybrid technologyfor full-chip static and dynamic voltage-drop andelectromigration (EM) analysis. http://www.synopsys.com CUSTOM HOUSE... SINGAPORE - Fraser Jeffries, Vice President, Asia Pacificfor Custom House Global Foreign Exchange is delighted toannounce that the company is open for business in Singapore. MARKIT TOKYO... LONDON & TOKYO - Markit Group Limited, the leading industrysource for independent asset valuation data used by globalfinancial institutions for price verification and riskmanagement purposes, today announced the opening of an officein Tokyo. http://www.markit.com ANTICANCER AGREEMENT... DALLAS, Texas & WELLINGTON - Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.announced the completion of a license agreement with TheUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas andVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, providing Reatawith exclusive worldwide rights to a promising new class ofanticancer compounds. http://www.reatapharma.com SHAREHOLDERS' AGM... HAMILTON - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. today held its AnnualGeneral Meeting of shareholders in Hamilton, Bermuda, with aslate of nine directors composed elected to the Board ofDirectors. http://www.wpstewart.com MEDICAL PROCEDURES... WELLINGTON - People who are severely obese rarely find diet,exercise and medication alone are effective in the long termand may need to look to medical procedures as an effectivetreatment, according to Dr Richard Stubbs from the WakefieldGastroenterology Centre in Wellington. INVESTMENT PARTNER... DALLAS - The Ewing Management Group announced today that theHonorable James A. Baker, III has become an Investment Partnerin the firm and will provide advice to EMG as it continues itsexpansion into Asia. E-BOOK DONATION... CHICAGO - Commonwealth Capital Advisors & CCA Internationalhave agreed to donate 1,000,000 E-books called "Raising Capitalfor Start-Up & Early Stage Companies - The Secrets of WallStreet," worth almost US$10 million to the Global EntrepreneurCommunity. http://www.CCAIntl.co.uk STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. and Tata ConsultancyServices Ltd., a leading global IT consulting, solutions,services and business process outsourcing firm, announcedTuesday their plans to advance their strategic alliance todeliver IT solutions to global companies more effectively. http://www.microsoft.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$19.51million on May 20, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com CARDIAC BUSINESS... MILAN - Sorin Group, the largest European cardiovascularmedical devices player and world leader in medical technologiesfor cardiac surgery, announced Tuesday the industrialintegration plan for its Cardiopulmonary business, part of itsCardiac Surgery Business Unit. http://www.sorin.com Q1 RESULTS... OSLO - Fast Search & Transfer, the leading developer ofenterprise search and real-time alerting technologies,announced Tuesday its financial results for the first quarterended March 31, 2005. http://www.fastsearch.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)